Fitzgerald Motorsports Park
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Fitzgerald Motorsports Park (Crossville); Crossville Dragway; I-40 Dragway; Cumberland Raceway Park
Fitzgerald Motorsports Park, formerly Crossville Dragway, announced that it has permanently closed.
- Opened with an IHRA National Title Series race in 1978
- Owners invested upwards of $3 million in upgrades after 2015
- Raced
- 1978-2026
- State
- Tennessee
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- First race
- April 22-23, 1978 (scheduled grand opening)
- Sanction
- NHRA Division 3
- Track
- 1/8 mile
- Address
- Crossville, TN 38571
- People
- Nick Bresaw, owner (2015-)
- Tommy Fitzgerald, owner (2015-)
- Michael Newcome, lessee and buyer (2018-)
- Rick Wetherbee, lessee and buyer (2018-)
- Elevation
- 1,703 ft (519 m)
- Coordinates
- 36.01179, -85.06912
Big races
Rocky Top Diesel Shootout
Long-running diesel truck drag racing and competition weekend held at the strip.
FP Diesel Warz (Outlaw Diesel Super Series)
An Outlaw Diesel Super Series round held under the Fitzgerald Performance banner. The 2026 ODSS finale was scheduled here for Oct 16-17 before the closure.
History
The grand opening of this eighth-mile strip was a two-day IHRA National Title Series race set for April 22-23, 1978. It may have been rained out, since another two-day Title Series race was scheduled a few months later for July 1-2. Title Series races followed on April 7-8, 1979, and May 3-4, 1980, when John Brumley of Miami won Pro Stock at 5.30 and 125.95 MPH. The track changed hands now and then over the years. Nick Bresaw and Tommy Fitzgerald bought it in 2015 and put upwards of $3 million into upgrades. It opened and ran briefly, then closed early because the owners wanted to retire. It stayed closed until Michael Newcome and Rick Wetherbee worked out a lease-to-purchase deal, and it reopened in 2018 under IHRA sanction.
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