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Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned Kentucky Speedway until 2008. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 107,000.

Construction of the speedway began in 1998 and was completed in mid 2000. In 2005, Kentucky Speedway filed a lawsuit against NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation (ISC). The lawsuit ended in 2009 after Judge William O. Bertelsman dismissed it with NASCAR and ISC winning the suit. The speedway has hosted the Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series, IndyCar Series, and the Firestone Indy Lights Series since the track opened, but the track didn't receive a Sprint Cup Series event until 2011.

Kentucky Speedway Video

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Kentucky Speedway Statement Regarding the Passing of Longtime SMI Executive ... - WhoWon.com Tweet this news
WhoWon.com--SPARTA, Ky. - -Kentucky Speedway- General Manager Mark Simendinger issued the following statement regarding the passing of Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:57:14 GMT+00:00
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Examiner.com--This time around, it was Logano celebrating in victory lane for the second time this season and the first time since his Nationwide win at -Kentucky Speedway- ... - Date : Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:24 GMT+00:00
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1.5 mi (2.4 km) tri-oval
Configuration :
Record Year Date Driver Car Make Time Speed/Average Speed
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Qualifying 2012
Race (400 miles) 2011 July 9 United States Kyle Busch Toyota 2:56:30 137.319 mph (221 abrr=on)
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Qualifying 2005 June 18 United States Carl Edwards Ford 29.787 181.287 mph (291.8 abrr=on)
Race (300 miles) 2003 June 14 United States Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Ford 2:12:14 136.123 mph (219.1 abrr=on)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Qualifying 2005 July 9 United States Bill Lester Toyota 30.313 178.141 mph (286.7 abrr=on)
Race (200 miles) 2003 July 13 United States Mike Bliss Chevrolet 1:34:04 143.515 mph (231 abrr=on)
IZOD IndyCar Series
Qualifying 2002 August 11 United States Sarah Fisher 221.390 mph (356.3 abrr=on)
Race (300 miles) 2009 August 1 United States Ryan Briscoe 1:28:24 200.893 mph (323.3 abrr=on)
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Current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racetracks

ISCCalifornia * Chicagoland * Darlington * Daytona * Homestead * Kansas * Martinsville * Michigan * Phoenix * Richmond * Talladega * Watkins Glen
SMIAtlanta * Bristol * Charlotte * New Hampshire * Infineon * Las Vegas * Texas
OtherDover * Indianapolis * Pocono

Tracks of the Indy Racing League

OvalsChicagoland * Homestead * Indianapolis * Iowa * Kansas * Kentucky * Motegi * Texas
Road & Street CoursesBarber * Edmonton * Long Beach * Mid-Ohio * São Paulo * St. Petersburg * Sonoma * Toronto * Watkins Glen
Former TracksAtlanta * California * Charlotte * Detroit * Dover * Gateway * Las Vegas * Michigan * Milwaukee * Nashville * Nazareth * New Hampshire * Phoenix * Pikes Peak * Richmond * Surfers Paradise * Walt Disney World

Tracks of the ARCA RE/MAX Series

Cayuga * Daytona * DuQuoin * Illinois * Iowa * Joliet * Kansas * Kentucky * Mansfield * Michigan * Nashville * New Jersey * Palm Beach * Pocono * Rockingham * Salem * Talladega * Toledo |



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