Kentucky Indy 300

Kentucky Indy 300
IndyCar Series
Venue Kentucky Speedway
First race 2000
Distance 300 miles (483 km)
Laps 200
Previous names Belterra 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)

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.

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 races, IndyCar failed to reach an agreement with the track in order to bring a race to the Speedway for the 2012 season.

Past winners

Season Date Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team
2000 August 27 Buddy Lazier Dallara Oldsmobile Hemelgarn Racing
2001 August 12 Buddy Lazier Dallara Oldsmobile Hemelgarn Racing
2002 August 11 Felipe Giaffone G-Force Chevrolet Mo Nunn Racing
2003 August 17 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara Chevrolet Panther Racing
2004 August 15 Adrián Fernández Panoz G-Force Honda Fernández Racing
2005 August 14 Scott Sharp Panoz Honda Fernández Racing
2006 August 13 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara Honda Penske Racing
2007 August 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara Honda Andretti Green Racing
2008 August 9 Scott Dixon Dallara Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
2009 August 1 Ryan Briscoe Dallara Honda Penske Racing
2010 September 4 Hélio Castroneves Dallara Honda Penske Racing
2011 October 2 Ed Carpenter Dallara Honda Sarah Fisher Racing

Firestone Indy Lights

Season Date Winning Driver
2002 August 11 A.J. Foyt IV
2003 August 16 Jeff Simmons
2004 August 14 P.J. Chesson
2005 August 13 Travis Gregg
2006 August 13 Jay Howard
2007 August 11 Hideki Mutoh
2008 August 9 Dillon Battistini
2009 August 1 Wade Cunningham
2010 September 4 Pippa Mann


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