Mailing Address 5500 Taylor Forge Drive Memphis, TN 38053
Ticket Office 866-40-SPEED (7-7333)
Qualifying Records
Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 120.267 mph; October 28, 2000 (Nationwide)
Greg Biffle, Ford, 120.139 mph; May 8, 1999 (Trucks)
Race Records
Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 92.352 mph; October 29, 2000 (Nationwide)
Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 91.806 mph; June 30, 2007 (Trucks)
History Memphis International Motorsports Park was founded in 1986 by Ed Gatlin who, along with a group of investors, bought a 400-acre tract of land in northeast Shelby County, Tenn., and built a drag strip with an adjacent road course, a dirt track and go-kart track. The drag strip drew the attention of the NHRA and was awarded a sanction in 1988 as the host site of the Mid-South Nationals. While the NHRA has 140 member tracks, Memphis is one of only 23 to host a national event, and one of only two to host night racing.
The entire facility was purchased by the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach in 1996, and in 1997, a 3/4-mile paved tri-oval was added on the site of the old dirt track, while a new dirt track was built on the site of the former go-kart track. The name of the facility was also changed - to Memphis Motorsports Park - and the tri-oval opened on June 5, 1998.
The following month, the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach was acquired by Dover Downs Entertainment, Inc. And on September 13, 1998, before a sold-out crowd and a national television audience, the facility hosted its first NASCAR event – the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Memphis 200.
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Take I-240, Exit 3A (Austin Peay Highway), follow Raleigh-Millington Rd. to Rite Rd. and take a left. Memphis Motorsports Park is located on Taylor Forge Road, adjacent to Charles Baker Airport.
