Why the Kentucky Speedway FAILED
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The Kentucky Speedway was a track that not many people are clamoring to have come back into NASCAR and onto the NASCAR schedule. The track at one point had over 100,000 NASCAR fans filling the grandstands but since the summer of 2020 it has sat vacant, hosting only minimal track workers and unusable Fords in the infield. Many may ask why this happened, or even how this happened. Today we look at it and ask why the Kentucky Speedway failed.
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What did you think of the Kentucky Speedway?
And it's looked lonely track at Kentucky Speedway
It was a true up and down track throughout its history that came and gone pretty quickly. Don't have much memories from the races until its last two seasons since they were really the only good Kentucky cup races.
It was ok.
I loved it. It was my home track.
Didn’t bring good racing so that’s all I gotta say
Fun Fact: Kentucky Speedway is one of 2 tracks Jeff Gordon never DNFd at
What was the other one?
It's also the only track that he raced on that he never won.
@@spheredhawk6780Martinsville
@@noahcoleman5556 As well as the only track where he never finished outside the Top 10.
@@DRMF7 Which was his 9th career win at the 📎
One of Kentucky Speedways biggest issues was the lack of infrastructure.
Going to the speedway was a one stop event. There was literally nothing out there that didnt roll up on a trailer. And when they brought less out it really showed
@syaieya I'm talking about hotels and places to eat. Yeah, the casino in Indiana had a hotel and food, but everything else was back in Florence.
Let’s see the last time ai went to Bristol in the 160K days the closet room I could get was Corbin KY(since only cut a hour and a half off the trip didn’t take it)but routinely had to stay in Asheville or Weaverville. The last time I went to Talladega it was Cullman. Didn’t seem to stop fans from going then. I think Florence, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington are all closer.
it was also a terrible layout
@@davidnance2811 Thats Bristol and Talladega, you can't compare them to Kentucky. If you've had the KY Speedway experience, you don't know. I went to the first Truck race. We left at the first red flag and made it home in time to watch the end. I had friends that were still stuck in traffic when the race ended.
I'm curious how the Gen 7 races at Kentucky
Most likely another version of Texas with how 3 and 4 are similar to 1 and 2 in Texas. One of those tracks that no matter what you bring it won't race good 😭😭
Here's my thoughts. I live in Cincinnati. I attended every single Cup race (2020 no one could attend) and most all of the truck & Xfinity series events held at the track. Yes, there were some snoozers. But a lot of times. The racing throughout the pack was pretty spectacular for a mile and a half. It is also in a huge market, Procter& Gamble, fifth third, and many more massive companies or headquarters in or around and northern KY. I would love to see it come back, and I do believe that most fans would like to see it come back too and would support the track. But yes, 2011 was a nightmare. I was there. In traffic for almost 8 hours. It was A LOT better starting in 2012
I hate to say it, but the main reason it was better is that people didn’t come back. I also have attended many races there since it’s original opening, I miss it being off the schedule for the fact it’s where I spent the most time w my dad as a teenager and young adult, and my kids really enjoyed going.
@@richardedwards2105 I don't agree that's the reason it was better. The track worked with the state to improve the roads around the speedway (including a new 8 lane area starting 2 miles either direction around the speedway on I-71) and they also improved on the local roads as well, turning them from 2 lane to 6 lane roads. I do think that people not coming back did occur, but at the same time, that wasn't the main reason that the attendance sucked. Not to mention, around that time with NASCAR, it was in a downswing, so attendance and viewership was down everywhere.
Kentucky Speedway killed a too young Louisville Motorspeedway. That alone would have given it a rough start. The traffic issues, the cookie cutter tracks faltering with the newer cars, and the loss of Indycar were all blows on their own.
But without the speedway, there is a void for speedway racing in that section of the midwest. Yes you can say they're "close" being a few hundred miles away, but anyone that was coming from the local market isn't going to be able to make those races into a day trip.
TBH, with the traffic, going to Indy for races from Louisville is just as close as Kentucky Motor Speedway, even later after they fixed a lot of the traffic problems it's still only marginally easier to get to and Indy is still preferable for a lot of people here because it's not in the middle of nowhere and you can go out to eat and whatnot before or after the race.
Kentucky is NOT the Midwest.
Mid-South , yes ...... but not Midwest.
I feel like Kentucky Speedway worked much better as an Xfinity/Truck/IndyCar track..... if you go back and look up some of these races, the crowds were absolutely outstanding. Sad knowing that this track ended up not surviving....
this track was *awesome* for Indycar. sucks they didn't go back after 2011......
@@DW98rosy Attendance dipped for IndyCar in its final years at the track. It was said the 2011 and final IndyCar race at Kentucky was attended by no more than 10k-15k. Even a thrilling finish that saw Ed Carpenter get hsi first IndyCar win in the 2011 race could not keep it on the schedule.
@@josephbettano2569 and the horrific events of what happened 2 weeks later probably didn't help...... :(
@@DW98rosy Yes it did, but IndyCar not returning to Kentucky was announced before Dan Wheldon's death
Loved watching truck racing there.Cup was a different story.
The escalators in the pedestrian tunnel just behind pit road…down and right under the start finish line, then back up in front of the track was pretty unique
I was at the races from 2015-2019. I loved the track and wish they would bring it back!
I remember in 2016 when Brad Keselowski ran out of fuel, but then used his extra fuel reserve to stay ahead of Carl Edwards to win that race. And Brad does have the most cup wins there with 3. But no one seems to remember that as of course you mentioned 2019 and 2020
Current Kentucky layout is so bad, I don’t even want IndyCar back there.
It’s Texas before Texas did their thing.
If it *somehow* revives (which I doubt and personally hope that’s not the case), it should be reconfigured.
I wouldn’t want Kentucky Speedway on the Nascar schedule at all, they ruined turns 1 and 2 when they increased the banking to 18 degrees in 2016.
imagine next gen cars at kentucky
As a Kentuckian, please bring it back! I know it’s an unpopular opinion but I miss my home track!
I don't disagree with your opinion, BUT they should not bring the track back due to the Area around the track and the racing product is not good enough to stay on the schedule
They should've done the downscaling thing with this track and not Auto Club. I will miss that sucker forever 😢
@@ICE_3680I think it could put on a decent race w the next gen
@@richardedwards2105 True, But yet again NASCAR would rather go to bigger markets than comeback to a track with a bad track record
I just really think that NASCAR should be coning to these places with the Xfinity, Truck or even ARCA series. If they are there to serve loyal local fans, those fans will show up for whatever the biggest race is. Look at Iowa, that wonderful little short track. It gets good attendance for ite ARCA race and got good attendance in the past for Xfinity. There is no reason why Xfinity, Trucks or ARCA can't have a stop in Sparta, Kentucky.
Bruton Smith: This track will be bigger than Daytona
Us today: You sure about that???
Man did that age like spoiled milk......
Bruton was an idiot. He killed North Wilkesboro and Rockingham, finagled a five-year sanctioning agreement that basically forbade NASCAR from changing their schedule, and boasted about Kentucky being bigger than Daytona. Marcus, his son, is fixing his mistakes slowly but surely.
Even back then I was skeptical, but still thought it could be more like a Daytona Summer race in attendance and viewership.
BRING BACK KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY. IT DESERVES ONE MORE CHANCE WITH THE NEXT GEN CAR
Edit: being at the track for the last 3 races, the fans started coming back. The stands were well on par with other track’s attendance numbers.
If they could bring back the likes of North Wilkes Barre... I was there for the Daytona Pepsi 400. It took me 2 hours in traffic before I could get back onto I-95.🤬
the next gen cars have provided such good racing on mile an a half’s I couldn’t imagine how amazing the racing would be there
Please nascar bring it back
Went in 2013 great seats and would go back... Hopefully someday it does come back...
I live about an hour from this track in Louisville. I was at this track every year it was open. I would LOVE to see this track reopened.
I’m be curious to see how this Gen Car would race at Kentucky. I would almost expect it to excel as the it has on similar 1.5-2 mile tracks.
I'd like to see Rockingham come back. I like asymmetric tracks.
I agree wholeheartedly! Great racing, and a mile long. It's issue is that it is out in the middle of nowhere.
I was always impartial to the track. It was always just another 1.5 mile oval. That said, based on the quality of racing we’ve seen at similar tracks recently, I’d love to see it come back for a race with the Next Gen car (Chicagoland too) could be better than it has ever been, and I thought the last 2 races there were really good.
With it being my home track, please bring it back!!! I always loved going there every year growing up. I know it's unpopular but with some fixes to the track, the nexgen package will work great here.
Went to several Indycar races there,tried to go to a the truck race there and actually did attend the first Busch there. It was a decent venue for an Indycar race. The problem was they held their races during the daylight hours. The way that track is built (like a bowl carved into the ground), it was like sitting in a sauna to watch a race. You could get out of your seat and go up under the canopy behind and feel like you were standing in air conditioning. The truck race....came in (interstate) from the east, massive traffic jam, we were sitting in traffic when the race started and since they had announced via radio that they were going to refund money to anyone that couldn't get in and the race was already started and we were still sitting on the interstate, when we did get to the exit, we just kept on going and got our ticket refunded via mail. That of course was after a drive from Indy and hours sitting in traffic. After that we came in from the north via back roads and didn't have many problems. Due to prior (not Bruton) management (the stench came straight from the top), location and how it was built (aforementioned sauna) it was doomed from the start.
back when about every track built was a cookie cutter. kentucky, texas, chicago, & california.billions in wasted money.
Went twice and loved it
Same agree!
I was just inside the speedway in May. Its still in amazing shape and looks like they could re open tomorrow
Did they still store all the Ford trucks over there?
@Tylnorton yes I shot some videos of it. I posted shorts on my channel, full video coming soon.
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I know the racing wasn’t great, but it was sad to see my home track go. That 2019 race and the finish between the Buschs had me excited for a future of great Kentucky racing, but it wasn’t meant to be 😢. Hopefully the cup series returns to the Cincy area at some point
Only way NASCAR will run in the Cincinnati area is a street circuit. The NIMBYs will never allow the construction of a new track in their area.
Nascar's fanbase is made up of several different groups, and we're all typically lumped in together as a single hive mind, but its far from true, many people enjoyed going to Kentucky, it was typically unpopular for the TV crowd. I live near enough there to know alot of people are saddened by its loss. Nascar just likes to follow the money now, and the easiest way to do this is to listen to the loudest fans, not a majority, or local fans.
You didn't watch the video. Nobody was watching on TV and nobody was going. Garbage track garbage racing
@@potato-ee4qx He said the last race that had people had 30k people show up to it, you realize how many that is, it's not a the Daytona 500 crowd, but it's still a lot of people, and like I said I live near enough to the area to know that many people weren't happy with it being closed. I even acknowledged the TV ratings were poor. Just anytime a track closes there's hurt feelings, whether it's 10 people or a million, a lot of times because a majority think a tracks sucks, doesn't mean literally everyone does.
It was a great track to go watch a race. Excellent seats
It’s ashame, because I feel like it would provide good racing on this new next gen car they have.
i liked how turns 1&2 and 3&4 were very different. it made for good, but not great racing. i think with this new car it would be fantastic
I can recall the controversy when KY Speedway was being built. KY's belief was if you build it Nascar Cup will come but when that wasn't happening KY sued Nascar.
I was passing through here while dark and rainy.. very big racetrack almost scary how big and abandoned it is
I was at the first Kentucky Speedway race and remember the traffic jam vividly. Went with my now wife, dad, and a few other folks. Despite the nightmare that was traffic, we all had a great time once we actually made it to the track. Being a Cincinnati native, I wish it still hosted races.
The only reason why I remember Kentucky speedway is the fact that it's the only track that Jeff Gordon (my favorite growing up) raced at, but never got a win in the cup series...
Finished 2nd to Reutiman that one year, crazy.
It sucks that its gone now i lived 10 min away and went to every race had great memories like the first year i was on tv and was right in the start finish line😢
As someone who lives in Kentucky we need it back
I'd like to see it come back again. I was a young fan seeing this track on the schedule and when it disappeared, I just wondered where it went. It wasn't spectacular but there was an empty void. With the racing that the Cup Series had been provided over the past few seasons, especially with the new car, this track could be rejuvenated.
P.S. trade it out with New Hampshire
I think it deserves one more chance with the next gen cars. Maybe also SMI will do a reconfiguration of the track.
Kentucky Speedway is basically the NASCAR version of what the Korea International Circuit was to F1. Unlike Kentucky, the Korea International Circuit was located in the middle of nowhere & was 250 miles from Seoul South Korea's capital. The infrastructure around the track was non existent & there were no freeways to get to the track just a simple two lane road. The racing there was also pretty boring & there were numerous issues with the track surface with Sebastian Vettel calling it the worst surface he ever raced on. Unsurprisingly F1 stopped going there after 2013 with all effort for South Korea returning to the F1 calendar in going towards a street race in Seoul (think the track featured in Gran Turismo 4 as a template). This is by far the biggest embarrassment that South Korean sports has had the past 50 years as the country has successfully hosted 2 Olympics (the 1988 Summer Games & the 2018 Winter Games) & the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
I'd like to see Kentucky Speedway come back one of these days. As mentioned, the last couple of races were great and I'm sure with how good the next gen cars are on intermediates, it would put on a good show if it were to return to the schedule.
My first ever race I attended was at Kentucky in 2019. The racing was decent but the finish was phenomenal! Far better than 2020’s race. The track will always hold a special place in my heart and I AM one of those few weirdoes that wants it back just to see the great 1.5 mile racing the gen 7’s been producing. Hopefully NASCAR considers it. I think it deserves just 1 more shot.
I went to the 2017 race and we had a great time even though Truex had a half a lap lead over 2nd near the end and traffic leaving was pretty bad. As someone who lives in Indianapolis, Nascar took away the oval from Indy, removed Chicago and Kentucky from the schedule. So the only way I have to an oval is Nashville or Gateway.
It appears that Indy is coming back as an oval in 2024. It will be interesting to see how the current car does there.
Kudos on pulling Gowan out of 80s forgotten tracks! Strange Animal indeed!
I was at that inaugural race. We got there at 8 a.m. so we didn't have to deal with traffic entering the speedway. Leaving was another story. The heat on the other hand was awful. It was close to 100 degrees.
The way that place is built....its like a sauna down in that bowl.
Salutations, I loved this track! Though, one issue I had with the track, besides the obvious traffic jams, was the soft asphalt in the paddock/hospitality. How many times did our trailer landing gear sink several inches, and even with generous wood padding below that gear?
The reason I was given for the mess; the track was built upon an old landfill!
I’ll never forget hiking down the freeway to get into the track with my high school buddies at the time in 2011.. that traffic jam was iconic for all the wrong reasons but definitely an interesting memory nonetheless
I find it very ironic that nascar seemed to nail the mile and a half tracks with the next Gen car and we have the least amount of mile and a half tracks on the schedule.
Gen 7 nailed the 1 & 1/3 to 1 & 1/2 mile tracks but has failed to capitalize on knowing this.
And at the same time, the NextGens killed the short track racing
Jaret: The race was near Cincinnati, Ohio. Hell...
UA-cam: *perfect time for an ad*
I didn't know Cincinnati was _that_ bad...
My poor hometrack, I miss it so much
6:43 funniest constant fact 😅😅 Mid Ohio, Nashville and Chicagoland Speedway is the reason Kentucky Speedway shouldn't come back but man I sure do miss Mansfield. 😢
I do too. Michigan mid Ohio Mansfield and Kentucky all hold special places in my heart.
Nascar has to look at the car they currently have. NextGen sucks at RCs and short tracks but does well at 1.5 mile tracks. I would replace the spring Bristol race with Kentucky and see how that goes
I believe the biggest reason the track left the schedule and hasn’t had a second chance is because the governor wouldn’t give them an answer on if they could have an attendance number coming out of 2020. Plenty of tracks in states that didn’t have a many restrictions at the time.
@@johnhaas2523 ups and Amazon also used it for storage for a while
Even though the Gen 7 car may put on better racing there, why risk a failed attempt. They are already taking risks by trying other markets. I personally miss two Pocono races a year (home track), but I don't complain about it because it is actually better with one.
9:09 Quin houff come back
Kentucky could make a return, I wouldn't mind seeing Richmond and Kansas losing a date for Chicagoland and Kentucky so we could have a similar number of intermediates, just at different venues and markets. Also, Indycar raced pretty well there, and if the PJ1 fades away and the track possibly gets reconfigured it would honestly make for a solid race
No enough said.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Why not?
@@BrandonA1 if anything Richmond should lose its date to Chicagoland and that includes the Truck race too since it's return to Richmond sucked so badly.
@runrafarunthebestintheworld That's pretty much exactly what I said. Richmond is fine with 1 date, if doesn't need 2 and Kentucky is a better option
If Kentucky ever comes back, it would have to take a date from another SMI track.
I wonder if a repave would help the racing and possibly change in banking. Also I wonder how the next gen cars would race on this
They could test this on iracing and replace it with another race with bad reviews. BUT money is a big thing in this sport, so they may not be able to change the track.
I loved some of the Indy Racing League races there
I live in central Ky, and honestly am a bit bummed about it being gone now. I only ever got to go to one Nascar race in my life one time in 2016, Keselowski won off of fuel over Edwards, but I missed the ending because my stepdad at the time wanted to beat the traffic because he was more of a fan of Nascar than I was, which is to say he preferred other tracks, and apparently hated this track.
I thought it was great, race was fine, got to see a few of my favorite drivers, but had it all spoiled in the end by about 20 minutes.
And the irony of him beating the traffic just meant waiting in the parking lot for an hour because everyone else apparently had the same idea. So my only Nascar experience in person became super bitter.
It could be great for the Xfinity or truck series I think. It needs to be renewed, reinvented and renovated though.
It's kind of a shame, it was the closest track to me. Never got the chance to go...but it was an easy drive down I-71 if I wanted to. The racing was mid overall, though shoutout to that one year where the Busch brothers had a nice battle for the win.
I thought traffic was bad for the first Pocono race we went to. Probably left a little late, got stuck on I-80 and missed the first 20 of TWO HUNDRED laps. The days when Pocono races were still 500 miles. But yeah, that was more our fault. Lesson learned the 2nd time we went. What happened at Kentucky in 2011 shouldn't have happened. Gotta be ready from an infrastructure standpoint for that.
And how about that Mansfield MP on your map. I'm old enough to remember when the truck series raced there. Lol
As a kentuckian it blows. No other tracks nearby.
This was the first track I attended a motor race at. Indycar in 04. I am one of the few who miss this track but because of nostalgia but I am more of an IndyCar.
I went to Kentucky Speedway with my dad and brother in 2015. When the race was over we sat in the parking lot for ages. Wasn't even that packed of a crowd, just THAT terrible of a location.
I feel another reason that Kentucky is no longer on the schedule is because of market size. I wouldn’t say Cincinnati/Northetn Kentucky is a small market but it pails in comparison to Atlanta, Charlotte, and DFW and even now Nashville. Plus I wonder if FOX was paying SMI double for one Atlanta race over what NBCUniversal pays for 1 Kentucky race.
can you cover the three straight years of underdog/first time winners in the Busch Series on this track?
perfect example of a track that worked wonders for Indycar putting on absolutely nothing worth watching in cup cars. and it sucks that things ended up like that, honestly.
My home track, about a 2 hr drive for me coming from Dayton. Having gone to both the Brickyard and Kentucky, I liked Kentucky more tbh. Went to every race there from 2014 on. Would absolutely love to have it back, atleast for the truck and xfinity series. Can agree the racing wasn't the best, but the home track feel was all I needed. Loved going every year! And hearing you say only 30k attended in 2019 almost feels like a lie lmao. Being there, the crowd was huge. Not a lot of empty seats. Couldn't really tell much of a difference on the attendance between 2019 and 2014
I'm from Troy Ohio and yes the drive was easy
@charlieboy7502 what a beautiful city. Love troy. I'm a train enthusiast also, Troy is one of my favorite train watching spots
I'm from Eaton, Ohio and my grandma was from Dayton and Drexel and I currently have a sister living in Troy so it was cool seeing these comments on a NASCAR comment section lol
@isaiahmarker407 heck yeah man! Been to Eaton plenty. My dad's buried out there between Eaton and west alex. Small world!
@@AlexWBell15 my dad's parents raised their family in West Alex before heading to Eaton by the time I was born lol
The only sad thing about Kentucky not being on the schedule is that tha takes a race away from the Ohio market. Especially the central Ohio/ southern Ohio market having to go 3-5 hours out of their way to see a race. With Kentucky, southern Ohio was 2-3 hours from a race. Even better if you lived in cincinatti.
Even me in north-central ohio. Yes, Mid-Ohio is 20 mins away but we dont get even a truck date anymore so the closest race is 2 and a half hours out of the way. Yes, it dosent seem far, but it definantly impacts engagement from people in the area when it seems like we are being left behind in favor of areas that have multiple races in a 150 mile radius. I know plenty of people who don't even follow the big three as they no longer apply.
I always loved and will always love Kentucky Speedway.
Unfortunately as a young lad living in rural Minnesota, I probably get to go to about once NASCAR race every 8 years.
But still ... I loved Kentucky Speedway.
I would honestly love to see them race here just one more time, but at the same time (after looking at all the comments I had the patience to find and read) I, as a fellow Kentuckian, could see a lot wrong with doing so. I went to the Cup races in 2015 and 2019 aswell as the Xfinity race in 2016, and while traffic wasn't as bad for me and my family getting in the place, it was a horrendous experience getting out, especially whenever it's nearly 12 in the morning, everyone is tired, and it's also like a 2 hour drive back from where I live. I do miss this track, but there would be some issues with bringing it back.
My hometrack
Imagine if all the mid-size intermediate tracks were replaced with triangles. A 1.5mi triangle should drive like a 1mi track unless there's something that I'm missing that's to be said about a slightly gentler curve... In any case, pair it with a 3/4 mile triangle to replace a couple short tracks, and there you go. New formula found. Hell, go hog wild and make a 3mi triangle for the ultimate speed challenge. Just be sure to make the lanes as wide as 'Dega and bring back the 920hp engines from 2014, first!
It should be brought back but I think it would be something that would thrive with a bi annual race it split with another track like Chicago or Iowa or something like that. R even a street circuit in Louisville or Lexington or something just to shake it up
I will never understand why they booted IndyCar the second they got their NASCAR date. It was obvious to anyone watching that that track wouldn't be profitable for more than a couple years with just one major weekend. It was different before they added 50,000 plus stands and poured money into it for NASCAR to come. That model worked for one major weekend a year(IndyCar). However, the second they poured the money in and added stands and then cut IndyCar's date, it was going to be a failure.
I don't think I ever watched a race at Kentucky live. When it was put on the schedule all I could think was, "Why?" They should have just stuck with the Louisville short track.
Kentucky 100% deserves a second chance imo
NASCAR should probably have kept it in the lower series.
Last year Michigan International Speedway was a mess. They only had 2 sections of parking open. It left people, us included stuck in traffic for almost 2 hours. We missed the first 6 laps due to this and that included a 40 minute weather delay. We probably moved around 100 feet in about 1.5 hours. I was so glad it stormed so it gave us extra time to get there. I’ve been going to this race now for years and that was the worst traffic I’ve seen. Then after the race they had all the roads closed even the one we took to get there. So they diverted everyone to drive an extra 2 hours to get back to Detroit. It was crazy. Hopefully this Sunday will be better. I’m defiantly leaving very early.
Same thing happened the last time we went to the Xfinity race at IRP. We had been going there and managing to get out and on the road quickly from a certain gate. That year the management (or police) decided to close that gate (and maybe others) and funnel people out one gate onto a two lane road. What had taken minutes to get out of suddenly took hours. We never went back and I am certain we are not alone. NASCAR can blame whoever made that decision for whatever attendance drop they may have experienced after that.
I knew at my first race at ky. No parking. At all. I think it would make a great test/practice track
Indycar should race there again if they can.
It’s my home track and it never should’ve had a Cup race. There’s nothing around to support the crowds when there’s not any on track action.
It did fine with the truck and xfinity races cause the crowds were smaller. The best racing I’d ever seen there was back when the Indy Racing League was around, I wish the Indycars would come back.
Now the track is just a overflow storage area for the Ford truck plant.
i'd like to see it comeback for indycar though and maybe xfinity or trucks as for cup probably just one race and before people try to kill me hear me out i just wanna see how the next gen preforms on it since the car runs well on 1.5 mile tracks if it doesn't work than leave there for good
If it came back, I’d go watch a race. As an Ohioan, I’d love to have more tracks reasonably close to me
I live about 45 minutes from the track, and I want it back because it's a race I could have attended. I'm not in a position to do weekend trips, and going to the speedway was a good option for me to see a race. And yeah, 300 miles is driveable, but that's 4 1/2 hours one way, so driving 9 hours in one day isn't really that feasable.
Add it back and drop a 2nd date for a track like Richmond. Richmond produces 2 lame races a year. Kentucky deserves one of those at least. There only a couple of tracks that deserve 2 dates anyway.
Just drove by it again today, was going to get tickets in 2020 before covid hit… sad times
Next Gen Kentucky would be a barn burner
I think it would be great for stand alone truck and xFinity. It semed like it pulled great for that but as soon as cup came in that kinda killed it for some reason
So from the cookie cutter tracks built during the 90s boom, Chicago and Kentucky are off the schedule. Texas is now down to just two race weekends: Truck/IndyCar and Xfinity/Cup. Fontana is supposedly being converted to a short track. Nashville has made a comeback even though I think that is part of a plan to get back to the Fairgrounds. To sum up, some tracks built during the race track boom enjoyed short term success only.
Local track, would love to see it work but traffic was awful and the first races the parking was even worse. Still should be more than a parking lot. ARCA should be there at the very least.
RIP...Kentucky Speedway.
I would love for it to come back (mainly because I live an hour away) but it needs reconfiguring to put on some better racing.
Alot if fans miss Kentucky
I want it back
So many do
I will only remember this track for the epic finish in 2019 where Kurt Busch beat out brother Kyle Busch for the win on the last lap!
The only unique feature of this track is that it's shaped like a "D" and the garages are arranged in a "W", in honor of DW obviously
I only enjoyed it since it is my home track. I never got to go but i really wanted to. Bummer.
Location, bad impression, mediocre product, and growing interest in other places destroyed it. Unlike Nashville, it's not in a favorable location to return in any capacity. It's just another product of expansionism in motorsports that failed(India, Korea, and Texas World join that). Far too common in racing, yet not unexpected.
I miss that races there had good time the first race hurt it when they sold to many tickets I think they should have dirt race there
I am one of the very few people that actually feels very bad about Kentucky Speedway losing its one and only Cup race date. I make this claim on the grounds that Kentucky Speedway had fought so hard and for so many years to land a Cup Series race, and in 2011 it finally scored one, and then it lost it after the 2020 season. The boring racing that resulted at Kentucky was more the fault of the atrocious cars, tires, and aero packages being run, not really the track itself. It does make me wonder how the racing would've been with the Gen 4 cars had the Cup Series races at Kentucky when the track first opened in 2000. I would like to see numerous other race tracks across America help themselves to Kentucky Speedway's many amenities (the sections of grandstands, the lighting systems, the scoring towers, etc. etc.) and use those to help their own tracks score NASCAR races in the future.
Truex said he didnt like that Denny pushed Larson into turn one, father past the braking point that lead to Larson going high and then Denny bumped him. He did not like that move.
They need to bring it back again with the next gen car, it’s showed to put on really good races so far