Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile speedway located in north-central Kentucky, near the community of Sparta, Kentucky; which is between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. The track announced on August 10, 2010 that a Sprint Cup Race will be coming to the track in 2011, the newest track to be added to the Sprint Cup series in more than a decade.
In the beginning, it was designed to host a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race but was ensnarled in a legal battle which prevented just that until recently. Kentucky Speedway has long been used as a testing track for NASCAR, and some of the sport’s biggest stars have had success at the track in the past. The speedway has previously hosted NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races, but also has held IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights races.