IndyCar Series at Nashville Superspeedway

Firestone Indy 200

IndyCar Series
Venue	Nashville Superspeedway
Corporate sponsor	Firestone
First race	2001
Last race	2008
Distance	266.6 miles (429.051 km)
Laps	200
Previous names	Harrah's Indy 200 (2001) Firestone Indy 200 (2002-2008)
Most wins (driver)	Scott Dixon (3)
Most wins (team)	Chip Ganassi Racing (3)

The Firestone Indy 200 was an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee.

In 2001, it marked the first American open wheel event in the Nashville 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. It marked the track's first postponement and was only the second time in series history an event had to be postponed due to weather.

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 it is not expected to return, as the track's owners discontinued most operations in 2011.

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).

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
						Laps	Miles (km)
2001	July 21	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:44:44	144.809	Report
2002	July 20	Alex Barron	Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	200	266.6 (429.051)	2:01:53	127.997	Report
2003	July 19	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:53:18	137.679	Report
2004	July 17	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:55:35	134.975	Report
2005	July 16	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:57:13	133.089	Report
2006	July 15	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:36:46	161.205	Report
2007	July 15*	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:35:06	164.03	Report
2008	July 12	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	171*	227.943 (366.838)	1:30:05	148.072	Report

• 2007: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2008: Race shortened due to rain.

Indy Lights winners
2002	July 20	Cory Witherill
2003	July 18	Mark Taylor
2004	July 17	Thiago Medeiros
2005	July 16	Jaime Camara
2006	July 15	Jay Howard
2007	July 14	Robbie Pecorari
2008	July 12	Ana Beatriz

References

• champcarstats.com