Rain may affect the timetable for the Grand Prix race.
Saturday & Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway
A chance of rain is forecast for Saturday which could wash out qualifying for Sunday’s Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway.
In that event, the starting lineup for the 27-car field will be based on the point standings, which will put Alex Palou on the pole.
Will Power, the only driver with a shot at beating Palou for the IndyCar championship in the season finale, will start on the outside of the front row.
Colton Herta, a California native who moved to Nashville last year and drives a car co-owned by Nashville racing/music mogul Mike Curb, would start 4th and Hendersonville’s Josef Newgarden 8th.
If the rain holds off, Saturday’s qualifying will start at 1:45, with drivers shooting for Scott Dixon’s NSS track record (206.211 mph) set in 2003.
Should Sunday’s scheduled 2 p.m. race be rained out it will be run on the next clear day, with a to-be-determined starting time.
Fairgrounds set for 2025: Track Enterprises has been awarded a contract to operate Nashville’s Fairgrounds Speedway next season, continuing an association that began in 2015. The deal assures area drivers and fans that racing will continue next season.
Even if Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) leases the track and brings in NASCAR events, Track Enterprises will oversee the local racing schedule.
Bridgestone, Penske extend deal: Bridgestone and Penske Racing announced a “multi-year” extension of their IndyCar partnership in a Wednesday press conference at Nashville’s downtown Bridgestone Tower.
Community Hero: At a Wednesday ceremony in Nashville, Bristol Motor Speedway president Jerry Caldwell presented Clemmie Greenlee the 2024 Neighborhood Hero Award for community service, and made a donation to Rock United Ministries. Greenlee will be a guest at next weekend’s NASCAR Bristol race.
Nashville Peacemakers founder Clemmie Greenlee (left) has been named the 2024 Bristol Motor Speedway Neighborhood Hero for middle Tennessee. BMS President Jerry Caldwell presented Greenlee with a donation for $1,000 as part of the ceremony. She will be honored during pre-race at BMS on Saturday, Sept. 21 prior to the green flag for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race. SUBMITTED
Local racer at Bristol: Mt. Juliet resident Logan Misuraca will run the Thursday, Sept. 19 ARCA race at Bristol. Misuraca is a Florida native and New Smyrna Speedway track champion who moved to Wilson County last year to pursue her racing career while assisting with promotions at Nashville Superspeedway. She finished an impressive 5th in her ARCA debut at Daytona.
