Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track.

[citation needed] It took two hours and forty-seven minutes to complete 400 laps on a paved track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).

While Petty had Jim Paschal to contend with right to the end during the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season, this event saw King Richard lap the field five times over.

[2][3] Buck Baker's finish in his Oldsmobile would be considered great since he qualified outside of the top ten.

[2][3] The most notable crew chiefs that were involved in the event were Herman Beam, Bob Cooper, Clair Jackson, Frankie Scott, Dale Inman and Bud Hartje.

[3] Marty Robbins' Cup debut marked the only time he ran in the series on a short track.

The county singer fittingly hit the track here at Nashville but all the rest of his Cup starts would be on superspeedway ovals.