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Track:
Kentucky Speedway
Race Sponsor:
Quaker State
Distance:
400 Miles
Laps:
267 Laps
In a sport always looking to push the agenda, the 2011 Sprint Cup schedule is taking us to a place that has been trying to push the agenda for nearly ten years.
Kentucky Speedway has always wanted to host a Sprint Cup race. After a series of lawsuits and sales, fans in Kentucky and Ohio finally will get their wish.
Even though Kentucky is a new track on the Sprint Cup, there are some guiding principles. The 1.5 mile Tri-Oval reminds some of Kansas, where NASCAR has seen growing success. Others say the banking reminds then more of Auto Club Speedway, even though it’s a longer track.
Nationwide teams have run at Kentucky for a handful of years now, which some believe will give certain teams (Roush Fenway) an advantage. Plus, Kentucky got quite the workout when testing bans occurred at the Sprint Cup level. So teams aren’t going in blind. But they’re not going in with 20/20 vision.
Even though this is considered a cookie-cutter track, there has been very little cookie-cutter action this season. Expect literal and figurative fireworks Saturday night.
Now some fun facts to impress your friends with, courtesy of the track’s pretty solid website, as TNT provides race coverage Saturday night.
- The frontstretch is 1,662 feet with eight degrees of banking.
- The backstretch is 1,600 feet with four degrees of banking.
- The turns all have fourteen degrees of banking.
- The grandstand seats 107,000 people.
- Every ticket is sold. There is standing room only and infield tickets available. It’s refreshing to write those two sentences above this one.
- The track is built on 850 acres of land in Sparta, Kentucky.
- They need all 850 acres; there’s enough space to park 30,000 cars.
- For those wondering, you’re not allowed to bring aerosol cans, beach balls, tri pods, knives or handcuffs.
- The list of items you can’t bring is always better than the list of items you can bring.
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