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ARCA Music City 200 Saturday, April 8 Music City 200 Presented By Azure & JIVE +North/South Super Late Challenge 100 Presented By Team Construction DIVISIONS: ARCA Racing Series Presented By Menards CRA & SSS Super Late Models TIMES: SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH TIMES: 7:30 AM Pits & Registration Opens 11:30 AM Grandstands Open 12:00 PM Super Late Model Practice 1:15 PM ARCA Racing Series Practice 3:00 PM Super Late Model Qualifying 4:15 PM General Tire ARCA Qualifying 5:45 PM North/South Super Late Model Challenge 100 8:00 PM Music City 200 Presented By Azure Foundation NASHVILLE TICKET INFO: Tickets will be available on raceday at the gate or by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200. Pre-ordered tickets are available at a $5 per ticket discount. TICKET PRICING: Advance Tickets (Presale) $25 Adults $10 (Children 5-12) FREE (4 & Under) Day Of Ticket (At Gate) $30 Adults $10 (Children 5-12) FREE (4 & Under) HOTEL: Mainstay Inn & Suites Brentwood, TN (615) 371-8477 Ask For Track Enterprises Fairgrounds Speedway Discount For more info, contact the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200 
TOLEDO, Ohio (March 17, 2017) -- The young faces of the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards are lining up in competition with one another as entries are on the way in anticipation for the next event on tour -- the Music City 200 presented by Azure Foundation at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. (Cover photo left to right: Christian Eckes/16, Austin Theriault/23, Bret Holmes/19, Zane Smith/17). In fact, 16 entries have already landed at the home office. Ken Schrader Racing sent two for point leader Austin Theriault (Fort Kent, Maine) and 18-year-old newcomer Tony Mrakovich of Elizabethtown, Pa. Mrakovich will wear the No. 11, a number owned by Andy Hillenburg. Hillenburg has also entered his own 10 car with Rick Clifton listed as the driver. Clifton is the oldest driver in the field so far at 62. Venturini Motorsports filed three entries with Snowball Derby winner Christian Eckes (Middletown, N.Y.), Zane Smith (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and a TBA on the 25, which is expected to be filled by Quebec's Raphael Lessard once he's officially approved through the appropriate application process. Lessard is just 15 years old. As expected, 22-year-old Gus Dean is entered in Win-Tron Racing's 32 car alongside the 33, currently listed as TBA. Outside of Finney Racing's two-car team (Brian Finney and Scott Reeves), the remaining entries at this point are from single-car teams that include Thomas Praytor (Max Force Racing), Bret Holmes (Bret Holmes Racing), AJ Fike (RFMS Racing), Chad Finley (Chad Finley Racing), Cody Lane (Cody Lane Racing) and Nick Higdon (Kimmel Racing). Several more entries are expected including Cunningham Motorsports drivers Dalton Sargeant and Shane Lee. Entry List: 
TOLEDO, Ohio (March 17, 2017) -- Joe Gibbs Racing's Riley Herbst is the latest entry to be received here at the ARCA home office for the upcoming Music City 200 presented by Azure Foundation at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. Herbst was not able to race at Daytona because of age restrictions. However, the Las Vegas rookie turned 18 in late February and is now eligible to race at the next superspeedway event at Talladega based on his successful test at Daytona in January. He is entered at Nashville in the No. 18 NOS Energy-Terrible Herbst Toyota. Herbst is a product of the NASCAR K&N Pro East and West Series where he earned seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 17 starts in 2016. Herbst also won the track championship at California Speedway in the Irwindale Speed Trucks in 2015. Herbst is expected to compete in the 19 remaining ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards events in 2017. Port Orange, Florida's Michael Lira, 19, has also filed an entry for Nashville in the No. 6 JWMotorsports Chevrolet. Entries have also been received from Hixson Motorsports teammates Eric Caudell and Mike Senica bringing the current total to 20. Several more entries are expected ahead of the race, including Cunningham Motorsports teammates Shane Lee and Dalton Sargeant. CURRENT ENTRY LIST ARCA CRA Super Series combo race. Last year, CRA got added to the Super Late Model mix to create the North-South shootout. The field saw a jump to 35 cars featuring some of the best short track racers in the country, with Donnie Wilson winning the top prize over Steven Wallace. Super Late Models have a practice session Friday night, April 7 from 4-7 p.m. Then on Saturday, April 8, North-South Shootout practice will begin at 12 noon, with North-South Shootout qualifying at 3. General Tire Pole Qualifying for the ARCA Racing Series is at 4:15, with racing action following at 5:45 with the North-South Shootout presented by Team Construction 100. Race fans will be treated to the ARCA Racing Series Music City 200 grand finale at 8. The Music City 200 will be aired on MAVTV. Discounted presale tickets for the event are available for $25, a $5 discount off raceday ticket prices. They are available by calling the event promoters Track Enterprises at 615-470-5214 or 217-764-3200.
When it comes to big racing events, it takes a lot of support, not only from drivers, teams, and fans but from companies as well. The April 8th ARCA Music City 200 event at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville is no different, with numerous corporations stepping up to help make the show a success. Heading the list is the Azure Foundation, based out of Pleasant Grove, Utah. Azure Foundation is the presenting sponsor for this year's ARCA event, the Music City 200. The foundation is a non-profit organization that provides grant assistance for qualifying families of adolescents and young adults desiring to participate in residential mental or behavioral treatment programs. The Azure Foundation's mission is to provide a road to resilience for adolescents and young adults by making therapeutic programs that help them become resilient and independent more affordable and available. More information can be found at 
NASHVILLE (April 4, 2017) -- Thad Moffitt, the 16-year-old grandson of NASCAR champion/legend “The King†Richard Petty, has officially filed an entry for the Music City 200 presented by Azure Foundation at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, this Saturday, April 8. The event will mark Moffitt's career-first ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards start. The 16-year-old Wheatmore High School student tested with Empire Racing Group, a development team of Richard Petty Motorsports, on the historic high-banked, short-track last week and proved he was ready for the next challenge. "I learned a lot in a few hours," said Moffitt. "I need a little more speed. I know we have it...it's just a matter of getting fully comfortable in the car. I realize now that I should have done a couple things differently, but it's all part of the learning process." As Moffitt continues to learn about the business of stock car racing, he has the option of seeking out his famous grandfather for advice. "He'll (Richard Petty) give me advice if I ask, but he wants me to learn on my own, just like Adam (Petty) and Uncle Kyle (Petty) did. We all have different driving styles so advice for one won't always work for the other." No matter how things go for Moffitt in his ARCA debut at Nashville, there is no doubt he has already decided that racing is his focus and what he wants to continue to do in the future. "This is what I want to do...there's nothing that I love more than racing. There's been absolutely no pressure from my family at all. Nobody told me I had to be a race driver. This is what I want." And so far, so good for the fourth-generation Petty family racer. Moffitt won the Southeast Limited Late Model Series championship in 2016, winning a main event at Anderson Motor Speedway in South Carolina. Moffitt found out that the heavier ARCA cars handle much differently than the lighter late models. "There's a big feel difference, especially coming off the corner. The ARCA cars have so much more horsepower. I was spinning my tires bad, but I learned to feed it gas as I go...then I picked up speed. "Nashville's an amazing track. I learned that it's got multiple grooves. You could enter low and let it push up and bring it back down coming off. But once the tires got to 75 laps or so, you could pretty-much run the second groove all the way around. I love the banking in that track...the way it sucks you into the corner." Moffitt also says he's "really excited" for his ARCA debut. "Definitely...I'm really excited. I know there is going to be a lot of really competitive drivers...some of these guys have been running this series for years, but I'm looking forward to all the competition. If I could finish the race and come out with a top-10 with all those strong competitors, I'd call that a successful ARCA debut." If there's no pressure from his family, Moffitt says he puts it on himself. "Yeah I do put it on me. I've got big shoes to fill but I know everybody's going to be proud of me and they're still going to love me whether I come home 30th or in the top-10. But yeah there's some pressure for me. Uncle Kyle won in his first ARCA race at Daytona and Adam won at Charlotte. I don't have to tell you about my grandfather...these are big shoes." This year's Music City 200 will also include the North-South Shootout with the Southern Super Series and the ARCA CRA Super Series combo race. Last year, CRA got added to the Super Late Model mix to create the North-South shootout. The field saw a jump to 35 cars featuring some of the best short track racers in the country, with Donnie Wilson winning the top prize over Steven Wallace. Super Late Models have a practice session Friday night, April 7 from 4-7 p.m. On Saturday, April 8, North-South Shootout practice will begin at 12 noon, with North-South Shootout qualifying at 3pm. General Tire Pole Qualifying for the ARCA Racing Series is at 4:15pm, with racing action following at 5:45pm with the North-South Shootout presented by Team Construction 100. Race fans will be treated to the ARCA Racing Series Music City 200 grand finale at 8pm. The Music City 200 will be aired on MAVTV. Discounted presale tickets for the event are available for $25, a $5 discount off raceday ticket prices. They are available by calling the event promoters Track Enterprises at 615-470-5214 or 217-764-3200. About Empire Racing Group Established in 2009, Empire Racing Group is a development team that strives to identify young racing talent and assist them in the advancement of their careers. While ERG originally focused on the ARCA Racing Series with driver Sean Corr (team owner/driver), the team has since expanded its reach into other series thanks in part to its alliance with Grumpy's Performance, Inc. Under the expertise of crew chief Mike 'Grumpy' Cheek, ERG now competes in various late model series as well as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). In 2016, ERG will be serving as the developmental team for Richard Petty Motorsports, providing young drivers with driver coaching, technical support, public relations, and marketing needs. Drivers for the 2017 season include notable rising stars Thad Moffitt, and Harrison Moffitt, as well as racing veteran Sean Corr. To learn more about ERG, call (704) 664-8882 or visit
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