| Kentucky Nationwide Series Race Recaps | ||
| Race | Date | Winner |
| 2001-16 | 06/16/01 | Kevin Harvick |
| 2002-16 | 06/16/02 | Todd Bodine |
| 2003-16 | 06/14/03 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. |
| 2004-16 | 06/19/04 | Kyle Busch |
| 2005-16 | 06/18/05 | Carl Edwards |
| 2006-16 | 06/17/06 | David Gilliland |
| 2007-16 | 06/16/07 | Stephen Leicht |
Location
4760 Sparta Pike
Sparta, KY 41086
Track Details
Completed : 2000
Distance : 1.5 miles
Shape : D-shaped oval
Banking : 14° turns, 8° frontstretch, 4° backstretch
Frontstretch : 1,662 feet
Backstretch : 1,600 feet
Seating : 66,089
Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile motor speedway located in north-central Kentucky, near the community of Sparta, Kentucky; approximately halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, and is additionally 70 miles (113 km) from another fairly sizable market, Lexington, Kentucky. The track was designed to host a NASCAR Sprint Cup race and has hosted NASCAR Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series races, as well as IRL IndyCar Series and IndyPro Series races. However, NASCAR officials have refused any discussion of a Sprint Cup race being moved there.
In July 2005, Kentucky Speedway filed a lawsuit against NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation, (ISC) claiming that they violated federal antitrust laws by not allowing tracks to bid for NASCAR races, provided they meet the necessary requirements. Meanwhile, the track has become one of the top tracks for testing Sprint Cup cars, because of NASCAR's testing restrictions implemented in 2005. As a result of the new testing restrictions, teams may only test at NASCAR-authorized testing sessions at seven specific tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit. As Kentucky is not a Sprint Cup venue, private testing of such cars is permitted with no restrictions, and spectators are allowed to view testing sessions from outside of turn three.
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