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 is 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.

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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References

• IndyCar.com race page
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