The All American 400 is a 400-lap Super Late Model stock car race held annually at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, a half-mile paved oval track in

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, Tennessee, United States. The race has been contested every year since 1981 except for from 2001 to 2002, 2009, 2011, and 2018 and is typically run on either Sunday or Saturday in the first weekend of November or on either Sunday or Saturday in the last weekend of October, although in some years it has been run earlier or later than that, with no relation to the last or first weekend of either month. The All American 400 has gained a reputation for attracting some of the biggest names in short track racing including stars from

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and is considered one of the biggest crown jewel events in all of Super Late Model racing. The All American 400 has been won by various

talents such as Jeff Purvis (who has the most wins in the event at 3),

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, Jim Sauter,

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, Rusty Wallace,

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, Butch Miller, Gary St. Amant,

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, Wayne Anderson,

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, Chris Gabehart,

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, Chase Elliott, John Hunter Nemechek, Daniel Hemric,

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, and

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. Over the years, the race format has relatively stayed the same, although it varied as a 200-lapper and a 300-lapper from 2003 until 2015 and again a 300-lapper in 2020 to 2022. For 2003 the date normally given to the 400 became the "Patriot 200" and while it was not originally considered as an All American event it was later considered one.

List of All American 400 winners

Reference for 1981 – 2021 winners):

References

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External links

Official website

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
at Racing Reference
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