Kentucky Indy 300

Not to be confused with Kentucky 300.
Kentucky Indy 300
IndyCar Series
Venue Kentucky Speedway
First race 2000
Last race 2011
Distance 300 miles (483 km)
Laps 200
Previous names Belterra Casino Indy 300 (2000–2004)
AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300 (2005)
Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Secret (2006)
Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Edy's (2007–2009)
Kentucky Indy 300 (2010–2011)
Most wins (driver) Buddy Lazier (2)
Sam Hornish, Jr. (2)
Most wins (team) Penske Racing (3)

The Kentucky Indy 300 was an IndyCar Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.

The IRL IndyCar Series debuted the race in 2000. In the 2002 race, Sarah Fisher won the pole position, the first such by a female driver in major open wheel competition.

During the 2002 Infiniti Pro Series practice, Jason Priestley suffered serious injuries after a practice crash.

Following the 2011 race, IndyCar failed to reach an agreement with the track in order to bring a race to the Speedway for the 2012 season.

Past winners

Season Date Driver Team Chassis Engine Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Report
Laps Miles (km)
2000 Aug 27 United States Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 200 300 (482.803) 1:49:21 164.601 Report
2001 Aug 12 United States Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 200 300 (482.803) 1:42:55 174.91 Report
2002 Aug 11 Brazil Felipe Giaffone Mo Nunn Racing G-Force Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 1:59:11 149.024 Report
2003 Aug 17 United States Sam Hornish, Jr. Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 1:29:45 197.897 Report
2004 Aug 15 Mexico Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing Panoz G-Force Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:38:21 180.588 Report
2005 Aug 14 United States Scott Sharp Fernández Racing Panoz Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:40:55 175.981 Report
2006 Aug 13 United States Sam Hornish, Jr. Penske Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:44:03 170.676 Report
2007 Aug 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:38:22 180.558 Report
2008 Aug 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:36:42 183.65 Report
2009 Aug 1 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:28:24 200.893 Report
2010 Sept 4 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:41:50 174.402 Report
2011 Oct 2 United States Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:42:03 174.039 Report

Firestone Indy Lights

Season Date Winning Driver
2002 August 11 United States A.J. Foyt IV
2003 August 16 United States Jeff Simmons
2004 August 14 United States P.J. Chesson
2005 August 13 United States Travis Gregg
2006 August 13 United Kingdom Jay Howard
2007 August 11 Japan Hideki Mutoh
2008 August 9 United Kingdom Dillon Battistini
2009 August 1 New Zealand Wade Cunningham
2010 September 4 United Kingdom Pippa Mann
2011 October 2 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson

References

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