Memphis Motorsports Park

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Memphis Motorsports Park is a race track located in just across the Loosahatchie River from Memphis, Tennessee, approximately ten miles south of Millington, Tennessee. It is owned by Dover Motorsports, which also controls Dover International Speedway, Gateway International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway. It is a short track which is currently the site of a NASCAR Busch Series race, a Craftsman Truck Series race and also has a 4,400-foot drag strip to host an NHRA event among others.

See also: List of NASCAR race tracks

[edit] Current Races

• NASCAR Busch Series - Sam's Town 250
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - O'Reilly 200

[edit] Records

• NASCAR Busch Series Qualifying: Jeff Green, 22.450 sec. (120.267 mph), 2000
• NASCAR Busch Series Race: Kevin Harvick, 2 hrs. 1 min. 49 sec. (92.352 mph), 2000
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Greg Biffle, 22.474 sec. (120.139 mph), 1999
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Travis Kvapil, 1 hr. 41 min. 3 sec. (89.065 mph), 2002

[edit] External links

• Memphis Motorsports Park Official Site
• Memphis Motorsports Park Page on NASCAR.com
• Trackpedia guide to driving this track
• High Resolution image from Google Maps
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 35.282764° -82.947461°
  • WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
  • Street map from MapQuest or Google Local
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
  • Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth