Kentucky Speedway

Bio

Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) speedway located in north-central Kentucky, near the community of Sparta, Kentucky; approximately halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. The track is designed to host a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and has hosted NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races, as well as the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights races. On August 10, 2010, NASCAR announced that it will hold a Sprint Cup Race at Kentucky Speedway during the 2011 NASCAR season as part of a triple header weekend, with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on July 7th, the NASCAR Nationwide Series on July 8th and the Sprint Cup race Saturday, July 9, 2011.