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Mid-Ohio’s inaugural Nationwide Series race set for Aug. 17
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will host its first NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Aug. 17. The announcement was made at a news conference Tuesday at Nationwide headquarters in Columbus. The addition of Mid-Ohio, a 13-turn, 2.258-mile permanent road course...
Posted: 11/13/2012 12:01 PM
Report: Mid-Ohio could host first Nationwide Series race next year
NASCAR’s Nationwide Series could be headed to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the first time next summer, according to Tim May of The Columbus Dispatch. Nationwide has a news conference planned for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at its headquarters in Columbus. The...
Posted: 11/13/2012 12:14 AM
Lanigan crowned World of Outlaws series champion
For the second time in five years, Darrell Lanigan has won the World of Outlaws Late Model Series’ season championship. The veteran dirt track racer from Union, Ky. clinched the title Thursday and was crowned the series’ champion Saturday night following...
Posted: 11/4/2012 9:03 AM
What does NASCAR’s new testing policy mean for Kentucky Speedway?
On Tuesday, NASCAR announced several competition changes for 2013 that included the lifting of a testing ban in place since the 2009 season. The old policy prohibited Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series teams from testing at tracks that...
Posted: 10/17/2012 7:48 PM
UNOH-sponsored race part of another Kentucky NASCAR tripleheader in 2013
The University of Northwestern Ohio will continue as the title sponsor of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway through 2015. Friday’s announcement about the sponsorship extension also brought the first confirmation that next year’s...
Posted: 10/12/2012 2:13 PM
UNOH-sponsored truck race part of another Kentucky NASCAR tripleheader in 2013
The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) will continue as the title sponsor of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway through 2015. Friday’s announcement about the sponsorship extension also brought confirmation that next year’s...
Posted: 10/12/2012 2:13 PM
Kentucky Speedway absent from 2013 IndyCar schedule
The 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule released Sunday night includes 19 races at 16 venues but not a return to Kentucky Speedway. The series held a dozen races at the Gallatin County track from 2000-2011. The 2013 schedule adds races in Long Pond, Pa....
Posted: 9/30/2012 10:36 PM
Kentucky Speedway stays put on 2013 Sprint Cup Series schedule
Kentucky Speedway’s place on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule will remain the same next season. NASCAR released the series’ 2013 schedule on Tuesday and the third Sprint Cup Series race in the Sparta, Ky. track’s history is set for Saturday, June...
Posted: 9/25/2012 2:48 PM
Notes: Ryan Blaney comes to Kentucky Speedway off historic victory
DOUBLE DUTY: Ryan Blaney is one of three drivers entered in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series races later this week at Kentucky Speedway. Blaney made history last weekend at Iowa Speedway when he became the youngest driver to...
Posted: 9/19/2012 12:12 PM
Setting up NASCAR doubleheader race weekend at Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway’s final race weekend of the season opens Friday with a Camping World Truck Series race and concludes Saturday with a Nationwide Series race. Both series will qualify and race on the same day. The Nationwide Series has two practices scheduled...
Posted: 9/17/2012 11:43 AM
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Kevin Kelly took over The Enquirer's coverage of Kentucky Speedway in 2004 and stuck with it during a stint as a metro reporter. With the track set to host its first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in 2011, and The Enquirer expanding its coverage, he rejoined the sports department in late 2010 as the motorsports beat writer. Kelly previously covered auto racing for the St. Petersburg Times and The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.
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Kevin Kelly took over The Enquirer's coverage of Kentucky Speedway in 2004 and stuck with it during a stint as a metro reporter. With the track set to host its first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in 2011, and The Enquirer expanding its coverage, he rejoined the sports department in late 2010 as the motorsports beat writer. Kelly previously covered auto racing for the St. Petersburg Times and The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.
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