The Firestone Indy 200 was an Indy Racing League

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race held at Nashville Superspeedway in

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. In 2001, it marked the first American open wheel event in the

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area. In later years it was held as a Saturday night race. The 2007 event was postponed until Sunday after a series of rain showers at the track. Following the 2008 event, Indy Racing League officials decided to end their association with Nashville Superspeedway. The event was removed from the 2009 schedule, and afterwards the facility shuttered for several years. IndyCar returned to the Nashville area in 2021 with the

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on a downtown street circuit.

Past winners

As is a Nashville-area racing tradition, the winner wins a hand-made and painted Gibson Les Paul guitar (trophies in short-track racing are traditionally guitars). *2007: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain. *2008: Race shortened due to rain.

References

External links

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