Kentucky Indy 300

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Kentucky Indy 300
Kentucky Speedway.svg
IndyCar Series
Venue Kentucky Speedway
First race2000
Last race2011
Distance300 miles (483 km)
Laps200
Previous namesBelterra 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.

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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

SeasonDateDriverTeamChassisEngineRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)		ReportRefs
LapsMiles (km)
2000 Aug 27 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 200300 (482.803)1:49:21164.601 Report [1] [2]
2001 Aug 12 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 200300 (482.803)1:42:55174.91 Report [3] [4]
2002 Aug 11 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Giaffone Mo Nunn Racing G-Force Chevrolet 200300 (482.803)1:59:11149.024 Report [5] [6]
2003 Aug 17 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Hornish Jr. Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 200300 (482.803)1:29:45197.897 Report [7] [8]
2004 Aug 15 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing Panoz G-Force Honda 200300 (482.803)1:38:21180.588 Report [9] [10]
2005 Aug 14 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp Fernández Racing Panoz Honda 200300 (482.803)1:40:55175.981 Report [11] [12]
2006 Aug 13 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dallara Honda 200300 (482.803)1:44:03170.676 Report [13] [14]
2007 Aug 11 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda 200300 (482.803)1:38:22180.558 Report [15] [16]
2008 Aug 9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 200300 (482.803)1:36:42183.65 Report [17] [18]
2009 Aug 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Dallara Honda 200300 (482.803)1:28:24200.893 Report [19] [20]
2010 Sept 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing Dallara Honda 200300 (482.803)1:41:50174.402 Report [21] [22]
2011 Oct 2 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda 200300 (482.803)1:42:03174.039 Report [23] [24]

Firestone Indy Lights

SeasonDateWinning DriverRef
2002 August 11 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Foyt IV [25]
2003 August 16 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Simmons [26]
2004 August 14 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Chesson [27]
2005 August 13 Flag of the United States.svg Travis Gregg [28]
2006 August 13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jay Howard [29]
2007 August 11 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh [30]
2008 August 9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dillon Battistini [31]
2009 August 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wade Cunningham [32]
2010 September 4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pippa Mann [33]
2011 October 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Wilson [34]

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