The Music City 150, (currently called the Cook Out Music City 150 for sponsorship reasons) is a annual ARCA Menards Series East race held at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. The event has been part of the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East (previously the NASCAR Busch and Camping World East Series) schedules and has come and gone from both throughout its history. It was originally held in 1992 in what was then known as the ARCA SuperCar Series, brought back in 2007 and 2008 as an East Series race, brought back in 2015 as an ARCA Racing (later Menards) Series race, and then moved back to the East Series after NASCAR's acquisition of ARCA.
History
ARCA first raced at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in 1992 and that year the race was won by David Green. The race did not return to the schedule in 1993 and would not return again until 2015.
During its first stint on the East Series schedule in 2007 and 2008, the race was 150 laps instead of the 200 laps that it has had in all the other years it has been run. Rogelio López and Matt Kobyluck won the two East Series races held at the track in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
The race was a late addition to the 2020 ARCA Menards Series East schedule. The rest of the races on the schedule had been announced a month earlier. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 race ended up being cancelled. It was not rescheduled for another date later in the season. Unlike some of the other cancelled races on the East Series schedule, it was not replaced by another race at a different track.
Crosley Brands became the title sponsor of the race in 2021. They did not return in 2022 and another title sponsor was not found, and as a result, the race went back to the name it has had in the years it has not had a title sponsor, the Music City 200.
In the 2024 race, the race returned to being 150 laps in length.
For the 2026 race, the race continued to be 150 laps in length.
Past winners ARCA Menards Series Year Date Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average speed(mph) Report Ref Laps Miles 1992 July 4 39 David Green Roulo Brothers Racing Chevrolet 200 119.200 (191.834) N/A 88.043Report 1993–2014 Not held 2015 April 11 23 Grant Enfinger GMS Racing Chevrolet (2) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:27:43 81.529Report 2016 April 9 6 Josh Williams Josh Williams Motorsports Chevrolet (3) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:29:41 79.745Report 2017 April 8 51 Chad Finley Chad Finley Racing Chevrolet (4) 200 119.200 (191.834) 2:06:11 59.549Report 2018 April 7 41 Zane Smith MDM Motorsports Toyota 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:30:21 79.2Report 2019 May 5 15 Christian Eckes Venturini Motorsports Toyota (2) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:14:34 95.893Report
ARCA Menards Series East Year Date Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average speed(mph) Report RefLapsMiles 2007 July 22 03 Rogelio López Dave Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 150 89.400 (143.875) 1:22:39 64.9Report 2008 July 19 40 Matt Kobyluck Mohegan Sun Racing Chevrolet (2) 150 89.400 (143.875) 1:12:52 73.614Report 2009–2019 Not held 2020 May 2 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 May 8 18 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:18:13 91.438Report 2022 May 7 18 Sammy Smith Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota (2) 200 119.200 (191.834) 1:31:12 78.421Report 2023 May 13 28 Luke Fenhaus Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet (3) 205* 122.180 (196.624) 1:24:52 86.380Report 2024 May 11 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (3) 150 89.400 (143.875) 1:17:20 69.362Report 2025 May 4 18 Max Reaves Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (4) 150 89.400 (143.875) 1:06:37 80.52Report 2026 May 2 18 Max Reaves (2) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (5) 150 89.400 (143.875) Report
Note: 2023 race extended due to green–white–checker finish.
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