Filed under: NASCAR Tracks, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup, NASCARLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky Speedway will get a NASCAR Sprint Cup race in 2011, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
The 1.5-mile tri-oval halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati will host NASCAR's top series in early July. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced. A news conference is scheduled at the track Aug. 10.
The website thatsracin.com reported that the Aug. 10 news conference is to announce the event and reported that the track owner, Speedway Motorsports, Inc., will move one of the Sprint Cup dates at one of its other tracks to Kentucky. The site speculated that the race date might come from New Hampshire Motor Speedway or Atlanta Motor Speedway, both of which have two dates.
Speedway Motorsports purchased the speedway from the original ownership group in 2008. SMI owner Bruton Smith said his main goal was to bring the track a long-coveted Cup date.
The original owners filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. in 2005, contending they tried to exclude the track from the Cup Series.
Smith called the court case a major stumbling block and was relieved when it eventually ended this year. Smith had no immediate comment, but said before last week's race at Indianapolis that he'd like to have a Cup race at "all" of SMI's NASCAR sanctioned tracks.
Besides the tracks at New Hampshire and Atlanta, the company also owns Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Infineon Raceway. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Commentsipl live score
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