Nashville Fair Board Leader Says Racetrack Deal is Almost Ready

On-again, off-again efforts to bring NASCAR back to Nashville after a multi-decade absence are back on again.

Jasper Hendricks, chair of the Metro Board of Fair Commissioners, told the Banner on Wednesday that a deal between Metro and Speedway Motorsports Inc. to overhaul the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and bring top-tier NASCAR races back to the South Nashville site is nearly ready to announce.

Hendricks, a supporter of racing at the Fairgrounds Nashville, said there would be more to share “over the next few days.”…

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