History

· In 1998, the track broke ground in Sparta, Kentucky, and opened as a 1.5-mile speedway in 2000.

· The original owners, Jerry Carroll and four other investors owned the track until 2008, when current owners, Speedway Motorsports Inc. purchased the facility.

· Since 2000, the track has hosted 11 NASCAR Nationwide Series (2001-2011) and 13 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races (2000-2011).

· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was held in 2011.

Notebook

· -- There has been one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway (2011).

· -- The first NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kentucky was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was set per the NASCAR Rule Book.

· -- Kyle Busch won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race; he started from the first position.

-- Of the scheduled 267 laps, Kyle Busch led the most with 125, followed by Brad Keselowski with 79 laps led.

·23 cars of the 43-car field finished on the lead lap, with 34 cars running at the finish.

·The margin of victory for the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky was 0.179 seconds.

·Youngest/Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kentucky Speedway winner: Kyle Busch (07/09/2011 – 26 years, 2 months, 7 days).

·Jimmie Johnson leads all drivers in wins at 1.5-mile race tracks (16 wins).

Kentucky Speedway Data

Race #: 17 of 36 (06-30-12)

Track Size: 1.5 miles

Race Length: 267 laps / 400.5 miles

Banking/Turns: 14 degrees

Banking/Frontstretch: 8 degrees

Banking/Backstretch: 4 degrees

Frontstretch: 1,662 feet

Backstretch: 1,600 feet

Top 12 Driver Rating at Kentucky

Kyle Busch............................... 145.6

Jimmie Johnson........................ 119.8

Brad Keselowski....................... 118.6

Kurt Busch................................ 118.5

Carl Edwards............................ 108.2

David Reutimann....................... 105.8

Matt Kenseth............................. 103.1

Juan Pablo Montoya................. 100.7

Tony Stewart............................... 97.2

Kasey Kahne.............................. 94.6

David Ragan............................... 94.1

Kevin Harvick.............................. 85.8

Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2011 races (one total) at Kentucky.

Qualifying/Race Data

2011 pole winner: None due to weather

2011 race winner: Kyle Busch, (137.314 mph, 2:55:00, 07-09-11)

Track qualifying record: None due to weather

Track race record: Kyle Busch, (137.314 mph, 2:55:00, 07-09-11)

NASCAR in Kentucky

-- There have been two NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Kentucky:

Track Name	City	NSCS	Years
Kentucky Speedway	Sparta	1	2011
Corbin Speedway	Corbin	1	1954

-- 41 drivers from NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as Kentucky