Music City 200

The Music City 200 is a 119.200-mile (191.834 km) annual ARCA Menards Series East race held at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. The event has been part of the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East (previously the NASCAR Busch and Camping World East Series) schedules and has come and gone from both throughout its history. It was originally held in 1992 in what was then known as the ARCA SuperCar Series, brought back in 2007 and 2008 as an East Series race, brought back in 2015 as an ARCA Racing (later Menards) Series race, and then moved back to the East Series after NASCAR's acquisition of ARCA.

Music City 200
ARCA Menards Series East
VenueNashville Fairgrounds Speedway
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Corporate sponsor(None)
First race1992
Distance119.200 mi (191.834 km)
Laps200
Previous namesNashville 200 (1992)
Music City 150 (2007)
Strutmasters.com 150 presented by Dollar General (2008)
Troop Aid 200 (2015)
Music City 200 (2016–2020)
Crosley Record Pressing 200 (2021)
Most wins (driver)Sammy Smith (2)
Most wins (team)All winning teams have 1
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (7)
Circuit information
Length0.596 mi (0.959 km)
Turns4

Luke Fenhaus is the defending winner of this race, having won in 2023.

History
Future NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano interacting with fans before competing in this race in 2007, which he finished second in, behind Rogelio López. He was 17 years old at the time.

Chevrolet won the first six races, while Toyota has won the last three. During its first stint on the East Series schedule in 2007 and 2008, the race was 150 laps instead of the 200 laps that it has had in all the other years it has been run.

Marc Davis, Logano's teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, signing autographs before the 2007 race, which he finished third in, behind López and Logano.

The race was a late addition to the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East schedule.[1] The rest of the races on the schedule had been announced a month earlier.[2] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 race ended up being cancelled.[3] It was not rescheduled for another date later in the season. Unlike some of the other cancelled races on the East Series schedule, it was not replaced by another race at a different track.

Crosley Brands became the title sponsor of the race in 2021.[4] They did not return in 2022 and another title sponsor was not found, and as a result, the race went back to the name it has had in the years it has not had a title sponsor, the Music City 200.

Past winners

ARCA Menards Series
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average speed
(mph)
Laps Miles
1992[5] July 4 39 David Green Roulo Brothers Racing Chevrolet 200 119.200 (191.834) N/A 88.043
1993
–
2014		 Not held
2015[6] April 11 23 Grant Enfinger GMS Racing Chevrolet (2) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:27:43 81.529
2016[7] April 9 6 Josh Williams Josh Williams Motorsports Chevrolet (3) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:29:41 79.745
2017[8] April 8 51 Chad Finley Chad Finley Racing Chevrolet (4) 200 119.200 (191.834) 2:06:11 59.549
2018[9] April 7 41 Zane Smith MDM Motorsports Toyota 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:30:21 79.2
2019[10] May 5 15 Christian Eckes Venturini Motorsports Toyota (2) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:14:34 95.893

ARCA Menards Series East
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average speed
(mph)
Laps Miles
2007[11] July 22 03 Rogelio López Dave Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 150 89.400 (143.875) 1:22:39 64.9
2008[12] July 19 40 Matt Kobyluck Mohegan Sun Racing Chevrolet (2) 150 89.400 (143.875) 1:12:52 73.614
2009
–
2019		 Not held
2020 May 2 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021[13] May 8 18 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:18:13 91.438
2022[14] May 7 18 Sammy Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota (2) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:31:12 78.421
2023[15] May 13 28 Luke Fenhaus Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet (3) 205* 122.180 (196.624) 1:24:52 86.380

References
  1. McFadin, Daniel (December 14, 2019). "Sioux Chief to sponsor ARCA Showdown, East Series to race at Nashville Fairgrounds". NASCAR on NBC. NBC Sports. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. "ARCA Menards Series East 2020 Schedule Announced". ARCARacing.com. November 6, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  3. "ARCA Menards Series East Music City 200 at Nashville Suspended". STLRacing.com. March 17, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. "Crosley Record Pressing Named Title Sponsor For Tripleheader At Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway". ARCARacing.com. April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  5. "1992 Nashville 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. "2015 Troop Aid 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. "2016 Music City 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. "2017 Music City 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  9. "2018 Music City 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  10. "2019 Music City 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  11. "2007 Music City 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  12. "2008 Strutmasters.com 150 by Dollar General". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  13. "2021 Crosley Record Pressing 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  14. "2022 Music City 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  15. "2023 Music City 200". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
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