Is 'Speedway At Nazareth' one of the greatest racing songs of all time? NASCAR include it in their list. 'The song is about perseverance, aspiration and determination with a Champcar racing theme. Many of the tracks on the CART circuit are mentioned in the song, including Nazareth in the final verse. I actually wrote the song in the early 1990's. It was set ahead in time and that's why it refers to 2001 as being in the future. The song was born mostly out of conversations with my friend [former