Kentucky Speedway - The Third Turn

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	1.5 mi./2.414 km. Paved Oval located in Sparta, KY
	Formerly Known As: No Previous Names Of Facility Known
	Former Configurations: Speedway (presumed) in Initial Configuration
	Opened: N/A	Closed: STILL IN OPERATION
	Banking: Unknown°	Promoters:
	Track Website: NO WEBSITE AVAILABLE

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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 from another fairly sizable market, Lexington, Kentucky. The track was designed to host a NASCAR Sprint Cup races and has hosted NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck series races, as well as IRL 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, be it they meet the necessary requirements. This lawsuit was filed a year after Francis Ferko, a Speedway Motorsports shareholder, successfully sued NASCAR and ISC, forcing NASCAR to eliminate the prestigious Southern 500 in Darlington, SC, in favor of a second race at Texas Motor Speedway, as demanded by the terms of the lawsuit. Track officials used the Ferko case as precedent for the lawsuit. NASCAR asked that the suit be dismissed or moved to Florida, home of NASCAR headquarters, but instead the Federal Court decided the case should proceed in Kentucky courts. Hearings on the issue are expected in 2006. There has also been talk that Kentucky Speedway owners might purchase Pocono Raceway and move one of its Sprint Cup races to Kentucky. However, the Mattioli family, which owns Pocono Raceway, also own the South Boston Speedway, and manage the Music City Motorplex, has so far shown no interest in selling that superspeedway. External links Kentucky Speedway Official Site Kentucky Speedway Page on NASCAR.com

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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 from another fairly sizable market, Lexington, Kentucky. The track was designed to host a NASCAR Sprint Cup races and has hosted NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck series races, as well as IRL 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, be it they meet the necessary requirements. This lawsuit was filed a year after Francis Ferko, a Speedway Motorsports shareholder, successfully sued NASCAR and ISC, forcing NASCAR to eliminate the prestigious Southern 500 in Darlington, SC, in favor of a second race at Texas Motor Speedway, as demanded by the terms of the lawsuit. Track officials used the Ferko case as precedent for the lawsuit.

NASCAR asked that the suit be dismissed or moved to Florida, home of NASCAR headquarters, but instead the Federal Court decided the case should proceed in Kentucky courts. Hearings on the issue are expected in 2006.

There has also been talk that Kentucky Speedway owners might purchase Pocono Raceway and move one of its Sprint Cup races to Kentucky. However, the Mattioli family, which owns Pocono Raceway, also own the South Boston Speedway, and manage the Music City Motorplex, has so far shown no interest in selling that superspeedway.

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RACE LISTING

Date	Sanction	Winner	Laps
16 June 2000	NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series	Billy Bigley, Jr.	102
17 June 2000	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series	Greg Biffle	150
15 June 2001	NASCAR Gatorade All Pro Series	Jeff Fultz	100
16 June 2001	NASCAR Goody's Dash Series	Robert Huffman	67
16 June 2001	NASCAR Busch Series	Kevin Harvick	200
14 July 2001	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series	Scott Riggs	150
11 August 2001	NASCAR Gatorade All Pro Series	Jeff Fultz	100
14 June 2002	NASCAR Hills Bros. All Pro Series	Eddie Mercer	102
18 June 2002	NASCAR Goody's Dash Series	Jake Hobgood	67
13 July 2002	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series	Mike Bliss	150
10 August 2002	NASCAR Hills Bros. All Pro Series	Scott Carlson	100
13 June 2003	NASCAR Kodak Southeast Series	Scott Carlson	100
15 July 2003	NASCAR Goody's Dash Series	Robert Huffman	100
7 May 2004	ASA National Tour	Scott Lagasse, Jr.	125
18 June 2004	NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series	Jeff Fultz	107
18 September 2004	NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series	Stanley Smith	100
18 September 2004	ASA National Tour	Mike Garvey	150
17 June 2005	NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series	Jeff Fultz	100
10 September 2005	NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series; NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series	Jeff Fultz	100
17 June 2006	NASCAR Busch Series	David Gilliland	200
26 May 2007	Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals	Chuck Barnes	100
24 May 2008	Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals	Chuck Barnes	???
3 September 2010	Camping World Truck Series	Todd Bodine	150
7 July 2011	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Kyle Busch	152
8 July 2011	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Brad Keselowski	200
9 July 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series	Kyle Busch	267
1 October 2011	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	150

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