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Residents of the fairgrounds neighborhood again spoke against Speedway Motorsports plan to bring NASCAR back to Nashville at a public meeting Tuesday. Just as the track is now, it s deafening, Tanya Deane, who lives a quarter-mile from the Fairgrounds Speedway, told The Tennessean. To think about going from what we have now to something even louder is really scary.
Deane was one of over 150 people to attend the Metro Nashville Fair Commissioners Board meeting to learn the latest details on a potential deal to rebuild the Fairgrounds Speedway into a 30,000-seat venue.
The meeting was open to public comment, with about as many fans of the deal lining up to speak as opponents.
Gossage made the announcement via a release from Texas Motor Speedway.
Gossage has worked at Speedway Motorsports for nearly three decades with much of that time spent at Texas Motor Speedway. The All-Star race will be at Texas for the first time in its history on June 13.
“The timing just feels right after 32 years with the company,” Gossage said in a statement. “The Smith family and Speedway Motorsports changed my life and I will forever be appreciative and grateful. Before my wife Melinda and I chart our next adventure, I’m thankful that I get to come full circle as a promoter with the NASCAR All-Star Race.”
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In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Eddie Gossage, Texas Motor Speedway president, speaks during the track s media day in Fort Worth, Texas. Eddie Gossage is stepping down after overseeing the track s first 25 seasons of racing. Gossage said Thursday, May 13, 2021, that his final event at the track will be NASCAR s All-Star race June 13, which will be a full-circle ending to his 32 years working for Speedway Motorsports and Bruton Smith. (Ross Hailey/Star-Telegram via AP, File)
FORT WORTH, Texas Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage is stepping down after overseeing the track since it opened 24 years ago.
Eddie Gossage stepping down after 24 years as president at Texas Motor Speedway
Eddie Gossage, an old-school promoter mentored by NASCAR s pioneers, will retire after 25 years as president of Texas Motor Speedway following next month s NASCAR All-Star Race.
Gossage has spent 32 years working for Speedway Motorsports and learned the art of selling tickets, packing grandstands and turning races into spectacles from company founder Bruton Smith and longtime executive Humpy Wheeler.
He was a young public relations director at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1992 when, during a news conference to promote NASCAR s first nighttime All-Star race, one of his stunts literally set Smith s hair on fire. When Smith threw the giant light switch rigged by Gossage to highlight the Charlotte speedway s new lighting system, sparks flew.