- Kansas Speedway
Motorsport venue
Name = Kansas Speedway | Location = Kansas City,Kansas
Image_caption = Kansas Speedway Logo.
Layout1 = Tri-Oval
Length_mi = 1.5
Length_km = 2.4
Banking = Turns - 15°
Front Straight - 10.4°
Back Straight - 5°
Events = NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, IRL IndyCar Series, IRL Firestone Indy Lights,ARCA RE/MAX Series
Capacity = 82,000
Address = 400 Speedway Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas 66111
Owner =International Speedway Corporation Kansas Speedway is a speedway in
Kansas City, Kansas , adjacent to theVillage West area. The speedway is a convert|1.5|mi|kmtri-oval with 15 degree banking in the turns. The track held its first race onJune 2 ,2001 , when theWinston West series contested theKansas 100 . The top-level NASCAR Sprint Cup series holds the annual Kansas 400 at the track.Future Plans
Plans are for a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to be built after the state of Kansas approved plans on
September 19 ,2008 . Thehotel /casino will overlook turn two and the track will also apply for a secondNASCAR Sprint Cup Series race no later than 2011 [http://www.kansascity.com/746/story/805497.html Hard Rock casino will be located next to speedway] - KC Star September 20, 2008] , also the track plans on adding a road course. [http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/kansas.htm Kansas Speedway Track News] - Jayski.com]
= Current Races [ [http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/5882/2/ Kansas Speedway Adds Two Races to 2008 Schedule] ] [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/01/14/daily51.html?surround=lfn Kansas Speedway signs title sponsors] ] =*
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series -Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman
*NASCAR Nationwide Series -Kansas Lottery 300
*NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series -O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
*Indy Racing League -RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300
*Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series -Hard Rock 100
*ARCA RE/MAX Series -Kansas Lottery $150 Grand (formerly 200)
* USAC Silver Crown Series -KansasSpeedway.com 100 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Records
*Most Wins - (2) -
Jeff Gordon
*Most Top 5's - (4) -Jeff Gordon
*Most Top 10's - (5) -Jeff Gordon ,Tony Stewart
*Starts - (8) - 15 Drivers
*Poles - (2) -Jimmie Johnson
*Laps Led - (175) -Jeff Gordon
*Avg Start (Minimum 3 starts) - (5.5) -Jimmie Johnson
*Avg Finish (Minimum 3 starts) - (8.2) -Rusty Wallace NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Winners
* - Race shortened due to rainFormer Races
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NASCAR Winston West -Kansas 100 (2001-2002)
*CART Dayton Indy Lights Series -Kansas 100 (2001)Records
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying:Matt Kenseth , 29.858 s (convert|180.856|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on), 2005
*NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race: Mark Martin, 2 h 54 min 25 s (convert|137.774|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on), 2005
*NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying:Martin Truex Jr. , 30.178 s (convert|178.938|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on), 2005
*NASCAR Nationwide Series Race: Jeff Green, 2 h 19 min 24 s (convert|129.125|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on), 2001
*NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying:Bill Lester , 31.100 s (convert|173.633|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on), 2005
*NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race:Ricky Hendrick , 2 h 0 min 9 s (convert|125.094|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on), 2001
*Indy Racing League Qualifying:Scott Dixon , convert|218.085|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on,July 6 ,2002
*Indy Racing League Race:Tony Kanaan , convert|180.504|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on,July 3 ,2005
*Indy Racing League Race LTomas Scheckter , convert|220.226|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on,July 7 ,2003 References
ee also
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List of NASCAR race tracks External links
* [http://www.kansasspeedway.com Kansas Speedway Official Site]
* [http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/kan/index.html Kansas Speedway Page] on [http://www.nascar.com NASCAR.com]
*Super High Resolution image from [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.116682~-94.831444&style=o&lvl=1&scene=1732705 Windows Live Local]
*High Resolution image from [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.115791,-94.831066&spn=0.026650,0.036221&t=k&hl=en Google Maps]
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