Kentucky Speedway

By | Published: June 28, 2017 7

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Location: Sparta, Kentucky
Year of first Cup event: 2011
Banking: Turns 1 and 2 (17)
Turns 3 and 4 (14)
Front straightaways (8)
Back straightaways (4)
Length/Track type: 1.5 miles, Paved
Cup event currently hosted: Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart (held in July)
Most frequent winners: Brad Keselowski (3)

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Kentucky has 17-degree banking in Turns 1 and 2 and 14-degree banking in Turns 3 and 4.
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Kids ages 12 and younger will be admitted free to all NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in 2018. Both series are at Kentucky this week.
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Kentucky Speedway holds 87,000 grandstand seats and is the last 1.5-mile track on the schedule before the NASCAR Playoffs begin in September.
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Prior to the 2016 races, Kentucky Speedway underwent a repave of the track, the venue's first new asphalt since opening in 2000 when it held a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.
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All three of the July NASCAR national series events are held under the lights in the Bluegrass State.
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Martin Truex Jr. became the fourth driver to win at Kentucky joining Brad Keselowski (3), Kyle Busch (2), and Matt Kenseth (1). The track has hosted a premier series race since 2011.
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