Firestone Indy 200

Firestone Indy 200

Venue	Nashville Superspeedway
Corporate sponsor	Firestone
First race	2001
First IRL race	2001
Distance	260 miles
Number of laps	200
Previous names	Harrah's Indy 200 (2001)

The Firestone Indy 200 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. In 2001, it marked the first American open wheel event in the Nashville area. It is currently held as a Saturday night race. The 2007 event was postponed until Sunday after a series of rainshowers at the track. It marked the track's first-ever postponement and was only the second time in IRL history an event had to be postponed due to weather.

Past winners

As is a Nashville-area racing tradition, the winner wins a hand-made and painted Gibson Les Paul guitar (trophies in short-track racing are traditionally guitars).

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine
IRL IndyCar Series history
2001	July 21	Buddy Lazier	Dallara	Oldsmobile
2002	July 20	Alex Barron	Dallara	Chevrolet
2003	July 19	Gil de Ferran	Dallara	Toyota
2004	July 17	Tony Kanaan	Dallara	Honda
2005	July 16	Dario Franchitti	Dallara	Honda
2006	July 15	Scott Dixon	Dallara	Honda
2007	July 15[1]	Scott Dixon	Dallara	Honda

1. ^ Postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain

References

• http://www.indycar.com
• http://www.champcarstats.com