As Kentucky Speedway prepares for its 10th NASCAR Cup race, track general manager Mark Simendinger couldn’t help but laugh at the situation surrounding the milestone event.

Working races at Kentucky Speedway, Jones says, was yielding around $20,000 a year for Gallatin County athletics, middle school through high school. “Other schools, Owen County does as much out ...

The NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway is moving to July 12, from its originally scheduled slot of July 11. The track will also host two Xfinity series races and a trucks ...

It will cost the local economy millions of dollars. The Kentucky Speedway just celebrated its 10th Quaker State 400 Race. It's a NASCAR Cup Series that draws thousands to the little city of Sparta.

E: Kentucky Speedway came along at a time when there was tremendous growth across the country in NASCAR. Walk me through what that was like and the evolution you saw over the years.

Johnny Sauter drives No. 13 Ford F-150 to fourth-place finish at Kentucky Speedway Johnny Sauter finished fourth in the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday.Sauter's top ...

Kentucky Speedway held its first NASCAR truck race in 2000. By 2000, the track held its first NASCAR truck race, and by 2011 it landed a newly named Sprint Cup race, its first major-league event.

Speedway Motorsports Inc., the company that owns the track, went to work in the days after the race to fix the issues and Kentucky Speedway gets its first chance to redeem itself since this weekend.

Johnson’s best finish at Kentucky is third in 2011. But he’s crashed the last two races since the speedway restructured Turn 3 to make it narrower and flatter, which can cause cars to get ...

The march toward the biggest race of the year for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) continues with a trip to Kentucky and ...

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.

Ford has great plans for the 2013 Escape, but serving as a NASCAR pace vehicle at Kentucky Speedway is not something we expected to find on the list. It makes sense, really. The Escape is built at ...