[citation needed] The track first featured "horseless carriages" and motorcycles on June 11, 1904, on a 1+1⁄8 mi (1.8 km) dirt oval.

The track began holding annual events in September 1915 to coincide with the state fair.

That would not happen again until 36 years later, when the entire field at the 1995 Tyson Holly Farms 400 finished the race.

Crowell decided to retire, and hired the talented young Darrell Waltrip to drive his car.

Weekly Tuesday night races were added, and fans were awed by the crazy Figure-8 drivers barely missing each other as they crossed each other's paths.

In 1984, the top NASCAR series fielded its final race at the facility after disputes with city government and track management.

The new headline division featured smaller Camaro-type bodies called "Late Model Stock Cars".

NASCAR stars that raced in 1987 or 1988 included Bobby Allison, Sterling Marlin, Mike Alexander, Darrell Waltrip, Bill Elliott, and Dale Earnhardt.

The track was renamed "Music City Motorplex" for 2003 by new promoter Joe Mattioli III, whose family owns Pocono Raceway and South Boston Speedway.

[4] In 2009, the track's prestigious All American 400 was canceled and not rescheduled because of severe rain and political issues with Nashville mayor Karl Dean, who wanted the track and the Tennessee State Fairgrounds closed in order to redevelop the site.

The ARCA Menards Series has visited the venue since 2015 with a 200-lap race titled the Music City 200.

The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series had a doubleheader race in 2019, with the quarter-mile track covered in dirt.

In December 2018, then-track operator Tony Formosa Jr. reached an agreement with Speedway Motorsports and its main Tennessee track Bristol Motor Speedway to co-operate the facility and make the necessary upgrades for the track to host NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races again and continue to host weekly racing events.

[5] Speedway Motorsports is in talks with Nashville council about bringing NASCAR sanctioned events back to the facility, as well as renovating the track.

A capacity crowd of 13,998 watched Joe Weatherly win the first NASCAR race on August 10, 1958.

Waltrip's victory in the 1988 Busch Series event gave him nine total NASCAR wins at the track.

The track held five Craftsman Truck Series events between 1996 and 2000, known as the Federated Auto Parts 250.

The All American 400 is a 400-lap, 240-mile super late model stock car race held at the Fairgrounds since 1981.

The race returned in 2003 as part of the ARCA/CRA Super Series, and has been promoted by variants of Track Enterprises since.

Its successor the CARS Super Late Model Tour has an annual race since 2018.

In October 2019, iRacing scanned the facility to be added into their service for their 2020 Season 4 release in September 2020.