NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ross Chastain and Josh Berry have confirmed they will compete at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the inaugural Battle of the Broadway 150 on June 27.
Drivers will already be in town preparing for the fourth annual Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on June 30.
More NASCAR Cup Series drivers are expected to commit to racing in the race, according to new Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway general manager Jason Lord.
“We have more to come, that’s for sure, but what a great thing for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway to have these two drivers already confirmed,” Lord said. “We need to let the city know that we are still here and I think this event will do that.”
Berry, a Hendersonville native and driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang in his rookie NASCAR Cup Series season, had already told The Tennessean that he would like to enter the race, but waited until Thursday to confirm. officially. with officials from the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
Berry has raced at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, but never on the 0.596-mile track. He raced Legends cars on the quarter-mile track when he was younger.
“Racing on the big track at the fairgrounds has been on my bucket list for a long time,” Berry told The Tennessean in February, shortly after Battle of Broadway 150 was announced. “Every year I always watched the races at the fairgrounds and there were only nine or ten nights and they always conflicted with other races I had or something like that.”
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Berry is coming off his best Cup Series race of the season, which came on May 12 when he finished third in the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. He came close to qualifying for the NASCAR All-Star race on Sunday when he finished third in the All-Star Open. The top two drivers, Ty Gibbs and Bubba Wallace, finished ahead of Berry in the standings.
Chastain is the reigning Ally 400 champion. It was one of two Cup wins the driver of the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet earned in 2023. The Alva, Florida, native has four Cup wins in total.
He finished seventh in the All-Star race with no points. Chastian has four top-10 finishes in points-rated races in 2024, including a season-best fourth place finish at Las Vegas on March 3.
Chastain is known for smashing a watermelon after winning races. He grew watermelons as part of the family business before becoming a full-time driver.
Battle of Broadway 150 will be the sixth event at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway this season. The event will begin with a stock street race at 6 p.m.
Former NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott told The Tennessean that he was interested in participating in the Battle for Broadway 150, but has not confirmed it yet.
Prior to the Battle of Broadway 150, the Modifieds of Mayhem Tour and 100-lap late model race will take place June 7-8 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Other races that weekend include a limited late model, pure stock, leader, Legends and Bandoleros.
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