She heard the Kentucky Speedway wouldn't host the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021 over the radio. She knew it would have devastating effects on the local economy. "It's going to hurt," Day said.

Kentucky Speedway will no longer be hosting the NASCAR Cup Series, a little more than 20 years after its debut. The Athletic's Jordan Bianchi was first to report the news.

SPARTA, Ky. – Kentucky Speedway President Mark Simendinger hopes the track's new pavement smooths the transition to another race with a new NASCAR downforce package. Resurfacing the 1.5 mile tri ...

Kentucky Speedway general manager Mark Simendinger said there's no excuse for last year's traffic blunders at the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at the track in Sparta.

Kentucky Speedway's decade-long pursuit of a Cup race has been one of the commonwealth's predominant sports stories of the 21st Century. How Corbin, 1954, got a big-league race seems lost in the past.

NASCAR Cup Series rookie Cole Custer won this year’s Quaker State 400 and will be the only Cup Series winner in Kentucky Speedway history to be neither a past champion or win the championship ...

The green flag will soon be up again at the Kentucky Speedway. Track officials announced this week that the Quaker State 400 has been rescheduled for July 12, starting at 2:30 p.m.

Ky. Speedway passes first, rainy test Keselowski’s first race at Kentucky Speedway came in 2004 in the ARCA series. He completed just 15 of 137 laps due to engine failure.

21. Kentucky Speedway traffic: In 2000, for the first major event at the then-brand-new racetrack, some 63,000 people showed up, it rained furiously, and traffic got backed way up way out on I-71. 20.

Kentucky Speedway has brought an appeal of the decision before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Kentucky Speedway, located in Sparta, Ky., near Cincinnati, was built for $152 million.

— -- With weepers and a bumpy track frustrating drivers and fans over the last several years, Kentucky Speedway officials plan to do something about it in 2016. And they also hope to make the ...