NASCAR wanted to be in Nashville and Dover Motorsports Inc. had a way to make that happen. DMI is taking one of its two Cup dates and moving it to the Nashville Speedway, a track that has essentially gone unused for the past nine years. This will be for races starting in 2021. “While we have been in discussions with NASCAR for some time about the possibility of bringing the NASCAR Cup Series to Nashville Superspeedway, plans really just became solidified in recent weeks," DMI President and CEO Denis McGlynn said. DMI built the 1.33 mile concrete track in Nashville in 2001 and held lower level NASCAR series races there until 2011. It is expected that Nashville will host a Cup race next June while Dover will have its lone race date in May 2021. "Nashville has become an absolute priority for the sport and for NASCAR," Dover International Speedway President and CEO Mike Tatoian explained. In 2019, DMI stated the two Dover race weekends had a $94 million economic impact for Delaware. There will be less money for local businesses with only one race going forward. "It absolutely is going to have an economic impact," Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce President Judy Diogo said. "Folks come in are staying in hotels, they are buying gasoline, they are buying groceries and you have some that come in and spend as much as a whole week here." NASCAR has not announced their plans for Dover in 2020. Tatoian said he is preparing the track for the possibility of multiple races the weekend of August 22nd.
Nashville Appeal Means Dover Loses NASCAR Date
