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NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kentucky Speedway
Auto race series in Sparta, Kentucky, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series had been held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, during numerous seasons and times of year from 2001 to 2020.
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The Alsco 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, United States. The distance of the race was 300 mi (480 km)
History
Kentucky Speedway, opened in 2000 by Jerry Carrol, held its first Busch Series race in 2001. Brad Paisley sang the National Anthem, and then-Cincinnati Bengals player Corey Dillon gave the command to start engines. This race saw Travis Kvapil go upside down after clipping Rich Bickle's No. 59 car off of Turn 2, and the car slid all the way down the backstretch in the turn three grass. Kevin Harvick won the inaugural event.
Hypermarket chain Meijer was the race's sponsor since 2003 after previous sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse and Kroger. Nabisco, through its Oreo and Ritz brands, had been an associate sponsor since the 2002 race. For 2011, the race was sponsored by the Nonprofit organization Feed The Children. Starting in 2016, the race was sponsored by Alsco.[1] In 2017, Alsco signed a multi-year agreement to continue being the sponsor of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race.[2] Alsco is one of only two companies to serve as entitlement sponsor of multiple Xfinity Series events. Each year Alsco provides its sponsorship partners, employees, customer and prospects with over 1,500 tickets to the race.[3]
Kentucky was removed from the 2021 Xfinity schedule.[4]
Past winners
- 2002: Race started on Saturday night but was finished on Sunday afternoon due to rain.
- 2013: Race shortened due to rain.
- 2016: Race extended due to overtime.
- 2017: Race postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to severe weather.
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The Shady Rays 200 was a race run by NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, United States. It was first run in 2012, and was won by the winner of the Feed the Children 300, Austin Dillon. The distance of the race was 300 miles (480 km).
History
This race was used as a filler for the Kentucky Indy 300 race that ran here from 2001 to 2011. Starting in 2016, it was the first race in the Round of 12 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs. On March 8, 2017, it was announced that Las Vegas Motor Speedway, another SMI track, would get a second Cup date, a second Xfinity date, and a second Truck date. While the Fall Cup race and Truck race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway went there, Kentucky lost this race and was moved to Las Vegas.
The first time that this race was run was in 2012, and it was won by Austin Dillon, the contender and winner of the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and pole winner.
Despite being off the schedule since 2017, the race was briefly restored during the 2020 season as a replacement for the New Hampshire Motor Speedway event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a July doubleheader with the Alsco 300.[5][6] The race, the Shady Rays 200, was held the day before the Alsco 300.[7]
Past winners
- 2015 & 2020: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.
- 2017: Race distance time and average speed record.
- 2020: Race added due to COVID-19 pandemic replaced New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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