A little ways away from the Carolinas, racers like Darrell Waltrip, Sterling Marlin, Bobby Hamilton and more went from racing and winning at the Nashville Fairgrounds to NASCAR stardom, affirming Nashville's place as one of racing's great outposts and hotbeds in the southeast.

There are some Cracker Barrel 400 trends to consider, but nothing is written in stone yet at the relatively-new Nashville Superspeedway, as our NASCAR betting picks explain.

Cracker Barrel has roots in Middle Tennessee, and those roots will be showcased with the NASCAR Nashville race.