1/2 Mile Track (1958 - 1969)
Record Driver / Car Speed / Time Race Date
Pole Speed /
Time:
Richard Petty - 1968 Plymouth 85.066 mph / 21.15 sec 68 Nashville 400 7/27/68
         
Race Speed /
Time:
Richard Petty - 1969 Ford 78.74 mph / 2hrs 32.24 69 Nashville 400 7/26/69
         
Record
Total Wins Six - Richard Petty
   
Lead Changes: Five - 1962 Nashville 500, (August 5th, 1962). Winner was Jim Paschal in a Plymouth
   
Most Cautions: Eight for 50 Laps - 1967 Nashville 500 (July 29, 1967).  Winner was Richard Petty in a Plymouth
   
Cars  on Lead Lap: Three - 1958 Nashville 200.  Winner was Joe Weatherly in a Mercury. 
   
Most Laps Led : 400 - Richard Petty during both the 1964 Nashville 400 and the 1966 Nashville 400
   

 

5/8 Mile Track - 33 Degree Banking (1970 - 1972)
Record Driver / Car Speed / Time Race Date
         
Pole Speed /
 Time:
 Bobby Allison - 1972 Chevrolet 116.932 mph / 18.349 sec 1972 Nashville 420 8/26/72
         
Race Speed /
 Time:
 Bobby Allison - 1972 Chevrolet 92.24 mph / 2hrs 42.14 1972 Nashville 420 8/26/72
         


5/8 Mile Track - 18 Degree Banking (1973 - 1984)
Record Driver / Car Speed / Time Race Date
         
Pole Speed /
Time:
Cale Yarbrough - Chevrolet 106.591 mph / 20.129 sec 1980 Music City 420 5/10/80
Race Speed /
Time:
Cale Yarbrough - 73 Chevrolet 98.419 mph / 2hrs 34.48 1973 Music City 420 5/12/73
         
Record
Total Wins Eight - Darrell Waltrip
   
Lead Changes: 16 - 1976 Music City 420, (May 8. 1976). Winner was Cale Yarborough in a Chevrolet
   
Fewest Cautions: One - 1975 Music City 420 (Darrell Waltrip) and 1980 Busch Nashville 420 (Dale Earnhardt)
   
Most Cautions: Ten for 54 Laps - 1977 Nashville 420 (July 16, 1977).  Winner was Darrell Waltrip in a Chevrolet
   
Cars  on Lead Lap: 25 - 1980 Music City 420 (May 10, 1980).  Winner was Richard Petty in a Chevrolet. 
   
Most Laps Led: 420 - Cale Yarborough - Oldsmobile.  1978 Music City 420 (June 3, 1978)
   

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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