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Kentucky Speedway GM confident that traffic problems are solved
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service If there’s a lasting image from last year’s inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway, it doesn’t involve the streams of headlights inching toward the racetrack long after the event had started. It doesn’t involve the streams of red brake lights inching away from the track after the race’s midpoint, when the state police and speedway officials had no choice but to reverse the traffic pattern and turn away … Read entire article »
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Kentucky Speedway gets second Nationwide race
With holes to fill in its Nationwide Series schedule, NASCAR awarded a second date to Kentucky Speedway, which will host five NASCAR events in 2012. Three of those races will take place on a tripleheader weekend in late June, with the UNOH 225 Camping World Truck Series race scheduled for June 28, the Feed the Children 300 Nationwide Series race set for June 29, and the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup event scheduled for June 30, … Read entire article »
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Ron Hornaday Jr. Scores 50th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Victory
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Ron Hornaday Jr., the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series only four-time champion, posted his record-extending 50th victory in the Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night. Hornaday held off the late-race charges of runner-up and polesitter Austin Dillon during the final 10 laps. Dillon, who protected his series points lead, pulled to within two-tenths of a second but could get no closer. Hornaday took the lead when Todd Bodine pitted with 11 … Read entire article »
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Ricky Carmichael not giving up on NASCAR goals
By Jared Turner Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service As an American Motorcyclist Association driver, Ricky Carmichael was anointed as the GOAT or “Greatest Of All Time.” Now in his third season in the Camping World Truck Series, the 15-time AMA champion is struggling just to be competitive. After showing flashes of promise in his first two years in NASCAR’s No. 3 division, Carmichael seemed primed for a breakout 2011 campaign. Paired with longtime sponsor Monster Energy and a Turner … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Richards Looking Forward to Returning to Kentucky with Experience
Sparta, KY – Josh Richards made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) at Kentucky Speedway in July. On Saturday, Richards will return to the speedway to pilot the No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Tundra in his sixth NCWTS start this season. In his first race at the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval, Richards started 24th and finished 29th when his night came to an abrupt end after the Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Ickler Back in the Saddle Again
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Beginning with Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Brian Ickler will be back in the saddle of Kyle Busch Motorsports’ (KBM) No. 18 Toyota Tundra for the next two races,. As the 2011 Truck Series season heads down the final six-race stretch, the 26-year-old driver is faced with the task of trying to help the defending Truck Series owners’ champions erase a 33-point deficit in … Read entire article »
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Hornaday Goes for Win Number 3 at Kentucky
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will return to Kentucky Speedway this weekend for the second time this season. Four-time series champion Ron Hornaday will be behind the wheel of the No. 2 Hollywood Casino Chevrolet Silverado looking to add to his record at the track. The Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) driver has seven Truck Series starts, two wins, two top-five and four top-10 finishes and has led a total of 99 laps led at … Read entire article »
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Kentucky Speedway addresses problems with additional parking, road improvements
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Kentucky Speedway has purchased a 143-acre parcel of land across the street from track property as part of a $7.5 million infrastructure improvement plan to help resolve traffic and parking problems that plagued the track’s inaugural Sprint Cup race July 9. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has pledged $3.6 million in improvements to complement the track’s efforts. Traffic backups of up to six hours kept thousands from getting to the track for the race. “We … Read entire article »
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Smith: No cash refunds for fans caught in Kentucky traffic
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H.—If you were caught in traffic trying to get to Kentucky Speedway last Saturday and missed the inaugural Sprint Cup race there, don’t ask for a refund—it’s not happening. Asked whether Speedway Motorsports Inc. considered refunding money to frustrated ticket holders, chairman Bruton Smith was succinct and abundantly clear. “No, sir, we did not,” Smith said Friday in a question-and-answer session with reporters at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. “We offered … Read entire article »
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