{"id":97627,"date":"2025-08-20T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97627\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:32:11","slug":"nascar-nashville-race-weekend-dates-set-for-2026-at-nashville-superspeedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97627\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Nashville race weekend dates set for 2026 at Nashville Superspeedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cracker Barrel 400 <\/a>at Nashville Superspeedway will remain the same time on the calendar (May 31) in 2026 as it was this season.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Cracker Barrel 400<\/a> was won by Ryan Blaney in front of a sold out crowd. The Nashville Cup race has sold out every year but one since NASCAR racing returned to the Superspeedway in 2021.<\/p>\n

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The 2026 weekend will begin<\/a> on May 29 with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, followed by the NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series race on May 30.<\/p>\n

Start times, on-track competition schedules, additional entertainment and broadcast information for all three races will be released at a later date.<\/p>\n

\u201cYear after year, we\u2019re so honored to welcome NASCAR back to Middle Tennessee,\u201d Nashville Superspeedway general manager Matt Greci said in a release.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur fans and community have embraced this weekend as a can\u2019t-miss celebration to kick off the summer. The team here at Nashville Superspeedway takes pride in blending the best in racing with the energy and hospitality that Nashville is known for. This race weekend always delivers exciting finishes and unforgettable memories, and we know that 2026 will be no exception.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is the complete 2026 NASCAR schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reach Mike Organ at 615-259-8021 or on X @MikeOrganWriter. <\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR Nashville race date set for 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway will remain the same time on the calendar (May 31) in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[65779,425,65778,8656,99],"class_list":["post-97627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-cracker-barrel","tag-nascar","tag-nashville-superspeedway","tag-ryan-blaney","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}