Tennessee Car Show Venues and Dragstrips
36 fairgrounds, tracks and expo centers, plus 12 car museums.
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Tennessee Dragstrips
Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip
First opened 1957 in Hixson; current site off I-75 near the Georgia line opened 1964.
Bristol Dragway (Thunder Valley)
Capacity of 30,000.
Darana Motorsports Park Millington (former Memphis International Raceway)
Idle since June 2022.
Ethridge Motorsports Park
1/8-mile drag strip.
Fitzgerald Motorsports Park (Crossville Dragway)
Sits directly beside eastbound I-40, passed by roughly 36,000-40,000 drivers a day.
Knoxville Dragway
Concrete 1/8-mile track with a 1,350 ft asphalt shutdown.
Music City Raceway
Established in 1958.
Tennessee Expo and convention centers
Chattanooga Convention Center
World of Wheels there filled over 100,000 sq ft with custom vehicles.
Farm Bureau Exposition Center (formerly Wilson County Expo)
79,000 sq ft facility on the Wilson County fairgrounds.
Knoxville Convention Center
Opened in 2002.
Knoxville Expo Center
Over 80,000 sq ft of exhibit space.
LeConte Event Center at Pigeon Forge
Built to hold events of more than 1,500 attendees.
Music City Center
Opened May 2013.
Renasant Convention Center (Memphis Cook Convention Center)
Opened 1968.
Sevierville Convention Center
City-run convention center honored with a ConventionSouth Readers' Choice award.
Tennessee Miller Coliseum (MTSU)
MTSU says the coliseum is open to hosting car shows when dates are available.
Tennessee Fairgrounds
Appalachian Fairgrounds
Appalachian Fair has run since 1926.
Chilhowee Park and Exposition Center
Covers 81 acres in East Knoxville.
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Grounds
Bills itself as the largest event facility in Tennessee.
The Fairgrounds Nashville (Tennessee State Fairgrounds)
117-acre site on Nolensville Pike.
Wilson County Fairgrounds (Ward Agricultural Center)
Home of the Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair, billed as ten days.
Tennessee Parks
Camp Jordan Park and Arena
Coker Tire expected about 2,000 collector cars at the 2022 Chattanooga Cruise-In.
Tennessee Speedways
411 Motor Speedway
3/8-mile banked dirt oval.
Bristol Motor Speedway
Seating capacity listed at 146,000.
Clarksville Speedway
Runs both a drag strip program and drifting events.
Duck River Raceway Park
Dirt track running a weekly racing program.
Kingsport Speedway
Ran its first 2026 night race on a Friday with an 8 p.m. green flag.
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
0.596-mile asphalt oval with an inner 0.25-mile oval.
Nashville Superspeedway
1.33-mile concrete oval.
Smoky Mountain Speedway
Built in 1962 and opened for the 1965 season.
Tazewell Speedway
1/3-mile high-banked dirt oval.
Thunderhill Raceway Park
1/3-mile dirt oval.
Volunteer Speedway (The Gap)
0.4-mile dirt oval banked 32 degrees.
Tennessee Venues
Dollywood's Splash Country (show grounds)
Water park opened 2001 on 35 acres.
Pigeon Forge Parkway (Rod Run street show)
During Rod Run, show cars line the Parkway in an unofficial free street show alongside the LeConte Center event.
West Village, Chattanooga (Motorcar Festival Concours)
Concours d'Elegance is held on the West Village streets.
Tennessee Car Museums
Lane Motor Museum
Largest European car collection in the U.S..
Hollywood Star Cars Museum
Open since 1996.
Coker Museum at Honest Charley Speedshop
Over 100 vintage vehicles, from cars to airplanes.
International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum
Opened October 1995.
City Garage Car Museum
Founded in 2009.
Rusty's TV & Movie Car Museum
Around 50 cars used in movies and TV.
Edge Motor Museum
Opened November 2, 2019.
Presley Motors Automobile Museum at Graceland
Part of the Elvis Presley's Memphis complex at Graceland.
Marathon Village (Marathon Motor Works)
Marathon cars were built here from 1910 to 1914.
Dixie Gun Works Old Car Museum
Holds 36 fully restored antique automobiles.
Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum
Displayed about 90 cars worth over $8 million.
Speedwerkz Exotic Car Experience
Private collection of hypercars, supercars and exotics.
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Tennessee Venue Questions
What is the biggest car show venue in Tennessee?
The LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, home of the Rod Runs, with a 100,500 square foot main hall.
Which Tennessee dragstrips run street nights?
Knoxville Dragway, Music City Raceway and Bristol Dragway publish street-legal and test and tune nights; see the drag nights page.
Is Memphis International Raceway open?
It is listed as closed: it has been idle since 2022 and the reopening as Darana Motorsports Park Millington slipped to 2027, per local reporting.
What car museums are in Tennessee?
Lane Motor Museum, Hollywood Star Cars Museum, Coker Museum at Honest Charley Speedshop, International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum and more, listed above.
Why do some venues have their own page?
Venues with enough published facts and car events get a page; the rest are listed here.
Where do the venue facts come from?
From venue websites, track pages and local news, each linked on the venue page.
Can I suggest a venue?
Add a show at the venue through the schedule page form and the venue is added with it.
Are fairgrounds swap meets listed?
Yes, when the fairground or organizer publishes the dates.
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