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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[]
| Season | Date | Driver | Team | Chassis | Engine | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) |
Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Aug 27 |  Buddy Lazier
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Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:49:21 | 164.601 | Report |
| 2001 | Aug 12 | Buddy Lazier
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Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:42:55 | 174.91 | Report |
| 2002 | Aug 11 |  Felipe Giaffone
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Mo Nunn Racing | G-Force | Chevrolet | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:59:11 | 149.024 | Report |
| 2003 | Aug 17 | Sam Hornish, Jr.
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Panther Racing | Dallara | Chevrolet | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:29:45 | 197.897 | Report |
| 2004 | Aug 15 |  Adrián Fernández
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Fernández Racing | Panoz G-Force | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:38:21 | 180.588 | Report |
| 2005 | Aug 14 | Scott Sharp
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Fernández Racing | Panoz | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:40:55 | 175.981 | Report |
| 2006 | Aug 13 | Sam Hornish, Jr.
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Penske Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:44:03 | 170.676 | Report |
| 2007 | Aug 11 | Tony Kanaan
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Andretti Green Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:38:22 | 180.558 | Report |
| 2008 | Aug 9 |  Scott Dixon
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:36:42 | 183.65 | Report |
| 2009 | Aug 1 |  Ryan Briscoe
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Penske Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:28:24 | 200.893 | Report |
| 2010 | Sept 4 | Hélio Castroneves
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Penske Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:41:50 | 174.402 | Report |
| 2011 | Oct 2 | Ed Carpenter
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Sarah Fisher Racing | Dallara | Honda | 200 | 300 (482.803) | 1:42:03 | 174.039 | Report |
Firestone Indy Lights[]
| Season | Date | Winning Driver |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | August 11 | A.J. Foyt IV
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| 2003 | August 16 | Jeff Simmons
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| 2004 | August 14 | P.J. Chesson
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| 2005 | August 13 | Travis Gregg
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| 2006 | August 13 |  Jay Howard
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| 2007 | August 11 |  Hideki Mutoh
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| 2008 | August 9 | Dillon Battistini
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| 2009 | August 1 | Wade Cunningham
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| 2010 | September 4 | Pippa Mann
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| 2011 | October 2 | Stefan Wilson
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References[]
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