Kentucky Speedway
NASCAR Announces The 2012 Sprint Cup Schedule
NASCAR announces the 2012 Sprint Cup Series schedule. Among the changes, Talladega Superspeedway and Kansas Speedway swap Chase dates.
SMI Buys Land To Increase Parking At Kentucky Speedway
Speedway Motorsports Inc. purchased 143 acres of land across from Kentucky Speedway to expand parking, which caused a huge debacle at the team’s inaugural Sprint Cup race this season. SMI also said it would hire professional parking and engineering services to manage automotive and pedestrian traffic flows during event days. As a result, the Kentucky [...]
Kentucky Speedway Offers Ticket Exchange
Kentucky Speedway announced that race fans who weren’t able to make it to their seats for the Quaker State 400 can exchange their ticket for any other SMI track this year, or for a ticket to the 2012 Kentucky race.
Quaker State 400 Review: Disappointing
Traffic was the issue at Kentucky Speedway. It got so bad that some fans, who sat in traffic for five hours, were turned away once they got to the track. But, for those who didn’t make it in, you didn’t miss much.
Kentucky Speedway To Qualify For Tax Incentives
The Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority has approved tax incentives for Kentucky Speedway ahead of their Sprint Cup race on July 9th, 2011. The incentive allows the track to recover as much as 25% of development costs through rebates from sales tax generated at the track.
SMI Officially Requests Kentucky Be Added To Cup Schedule
First International Speedway Corporation formally petitioned NASCAR to give Kansas Speedway a second Sprint Cup date in 2011. Now, it looks like Speedway Motorsports Inc has formally requested that Kentucky Speedway be added to the Sprint Cup schedule in 2011. While the track was designed for a Sprint Cup race, it has yet to host a Cup [...]
Benson Wins Built Ford Tough 225
Johnny Benson held off Michael Annett to win the Built Ford Tough 225 from Kentucky Speedway. With the victory, Benson took the points lead by one point over Matt Crafton, who finished third.
