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 SeasonDateDriverTeamChassisEngineRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed(mph)ReportRefs Laps Miles (km)2000 Aug 27 Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile200300 (482.803)1:49:21164.601 Report2001 Aug 12 Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile200300 (482.803)1:42:55 174.91 Report2002 Aug 11 Felipe Giaffone Mo Nunn Racing G-Force Chevrolet200300 (482.803)1:59:11149.024 Report2003 Aug 17 Sam Hornish Jr. Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet200300 (482.803)1:29:45197.897 Report2004 Aug 15 Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing Panoz G-Force Honda200300 (482.803)1:38:21180.588 Report2005 Aug 14 Scott Sharp Fernández Racing Panoz Honda200300 (482.803)1:40:55175.981 Report2006 Aug 13 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dallara Honda200300 (482.803)1:44:03170.676 Report2007 Aug 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda200300 (482.803)1:38:22180.558 Report2008 Aug 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda200300 (482.803)1:36:42183.65 Report2009 Aug 1 Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Dallara Honda200300 (482.803)1:28:24200.893 Report2010 Sept 4 Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing Dallara Honda200300 (482.803)1:41:50174.402 Report2011 Oct 2 Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda200300 (482.803)1:42:03174.039 Report
Firestone Indy Lights Season Date Winning driver Ref2002August 11 A. J. Foyt IV2003August 16 Jeff Simmons2004August 14 P. J. Chesson2005August 13 Travis Gregg2006August 13 Jay Howard2007August 11 Hideki Mutoh2008August 9 Dillon Battistini2009August 1 Wade Cunningham2010September 4 Pippa Mann2011October 2 Stefan Wilson
References
External links IndyCar.com race page Champ Car Stats