Kentucky Indy 300 Explained

Kentucky Indy 300 should not be confused with Kentucky 300.

Race Title:	Kentucky Indy 300
Series Long:	IndyCar Series
Series Short:	ICS
Venue:	Kentucky Speedway
First Race:	2000
Last Race:	2011
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) Kentucky Indy 300 (2010–2011)
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 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	Refs
						Laps	Miles (km)
2000	Aug 27	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	1:49:21	164.601	Report	^[1] ^[2]
2001	Aug 12	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	1:42:55	174.91	Report	^[3] ^[4]
2002	Aug 11	Felipe Giaffone	Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	1:59:11	149.024	Report	^[5] ^[6]
2003	Aug 17	Sam Hornish Jr.	Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	1:29:45	197.897	Report	^[7] ^[8]
2004	Aug 15	Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	Panoz G-Force	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:38:21	180.588	Report	^[9] ^[10]
2005	Aug 14	Scott Sharp	Fernández Racing	Panoz	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:40:55	175.981	Report	^[11] ^[12]
2006	Aug 13	Sam Hornish Jr.	Penske Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:44:03	170.676	Report	^[13] ^[14]
2007	Aug 11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:38:22	180.558	Report	^[15] ^[16]
2008	Aug 9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:36:42	183.65	Report	^[17] ^[18]
2009	Aug 1	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:28:24	200.893	Report	^[19] ^[20]
2010	Sept 4	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:41:50	174.402	Report	^[21] ^[22]
2011	Oct 2	Ed Carpenter	Sarah Fisher Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	300 (482.803)	1:42:03	174.039	Report	^[23] ^[24]

Firestone Indy Lights

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Ref
2002	August 11	A. J. Foyt IV	^[25]
2003	August 16	Jeff Simmons	^[26]
2004	August 14	P. J. Chesson	^[27]
2005	August 13	Travis Gregg	^[28]
2006	August 13	Jay Howard	^[29]
2007	August 11	Hideki Mutoh	^[30]
2008	August 9	Dillon Battistini	^[31]
2009	August 1	Wade Cunningham	^[32]
2010	September 4	Pippa Mann	^[33]
2011	October 2	Stefan Wilson	^[34]

External links

• IndyCar.com race page
• Champ Car Stats

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 Belterra Resort Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
2. Web site: 2000 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
3. Web site: 2001 Belterra Resort Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
4. Web site: 2001 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
5. Web site: 2002 Belterra Casino Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
6. Web site: 2002 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
7. Web site: 2003 Belterra Casino Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
8. Web site: 2003 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
9. Web site: 2004 Belterra Casino Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
10. Web site: 2004 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
11. Web site: 2005 AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
12. Web site: 2005 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
13. Web site: 2006 Meijer Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
14. Web site: 2006 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
15. Web site: 2007 Meijer Indy 300 Presented by Coca-Cola and Edy's. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
16. Web site: 2007 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
17. Web site: 2008 Meijer Indy 300 Presented by Pepsi and Edy's. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
18. Web site: 2008 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
19. Web site: 2009 Meijer Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
20. Web site: 2009 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
21. Web site: 2010 Kentucky Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
22. Web site: 2010 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
23. Web site: 2011 Kentucky Indy 300. Racing-Reference. October 22, 2021.
24. Web site: 2011 Kentucky Indycars. Motor Sport. October 22, 2021.
25. Web site: 2002 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
26. Web site: 2003 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
27. Web site: 2004 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
28. Web site: 2005 Bluegrass 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
29. Web site: 2006 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
30. Web site: 2007 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
31. Web site: 2008 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
32. Web site: 2009 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
33. Web site: 2010 Drive Smart Buckle Up Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.
34. Web site: 2011 Kentucky 100. Racing-Reference. October 21, 2021.