NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kentucky Speedway

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series had been held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, during numerous seasons and times of year from 2001 to 2020.

First race The Alsco 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, United States. The distance of the race was

History Kentucky Speedway, opened in 2000 by Jerry Carrol, held its first Busch Series race in 2001. Brad Paisley sang the National Anthem, and then-Cincinnati Bengals player Corey Dillon gave the command to start engines. This race saw Travis Kvapil go upside down after clipping Rich Bickle's No. 59 car off of Turn 2, and the car slid all the way down the backstretch in the turn three grass. Kevin Harvick won the inaugural event.

Hypermarket chain Meijer was the race's sponsor since 2003 after previous sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse and Kroger. Nabisco, through its Oreo and Ritz brands, had been an associate sponsor since the 2002 race. For 2011, the race was sponsored by the Nonprofit organization Feed The Children. Starting in 2016, the race was sponsored by Alsco. In 2017, Alsco signed a multi-year agreement to continue being the sponsor of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race. Alsco is one of only two companies to serve as entitlement sponsor of multiple Xfinity Series events. Each year Alsco provides its sponsorship partners, employees, customer and prospects with over 1,500 tickets to the race.

Kentucky was removed from the 2021 Xfinity schedule.

Past winners YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed(mph)ReportRef Laps Miles (km) 2001 June 16 2 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:31:47118.59 Report 2002 June 15/16* 92 Todd Bodine Herzog Motorsports Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:21:33127.164 Report 2003 June 14 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford200300 (482.803)2:12:14136.123 Report 2004 June 19 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:22:08126.642 Report 2005 June 18 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford200300 (482.803)2:33:42117.111 Report 2006 June 17 84 David Gilliland Clay Andrews Racing Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:35:10116.004 Report 2007 June 16 90 Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford200300 (482.803)2:32:56117.698 Report 2008 June 14 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota200300 (482.803)2:12:50135.508 Report 2009 June 13 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota200300 (482.803)2:20:51127.796 Report 2010 June 12 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota200300 (482.803)2:36:08115.286 Report 2011 July 8 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge200300 (482.803)2:10.03138.408 Report 2012 June 29 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet200300 (482.803)1:58:42151.643 Report 2013 June 28 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford170*255 (410.382)1:56:39131.162 Report 2014 June 27 5 Kevin Harvick JR Motorsports Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:15:33132.792 Report 2015 July 10 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford200300 (482.803)2:12:18136.054 Report 2016 July 8 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota201*301.5 (485.217)2:05:24144:258 Report 2017 July 8* 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota200300 (482.803)2:30:56119.258 Report 2018 July 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota200300 (482.803)2:16:29131.884 Report 2019 July 12 00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford200300 (482.803)2:09:05139.445 Report 2020 July 10 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford200300 (482.803)2:13:25134.916 Report

2002: Race started on Saturday night but was finished on Sunday afternoon due to rain. 2013: Race shortened due to rain. 2016: Race extended due to overtime. 2017: Race postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to severe weather.

Multiple winners (drivers) # Wins Driver Years won 3 Joey Logano 2008, 2009, 2010 Brad Keselowski 2011, 2013, 2015 Kyle Busch 2004, 2016, 2017 2 Kevin Harvick 2001, 2014

Multiple winners (teams) # Wins Team Years won 6 Joe Gibbs Racing 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 4 Team Penske 2011, 2013, 2015, 2020 2 Richard Childress Racing 2001, 2012

Manufacturer wins # Wins Make Years won 7 Ford 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020 6 Chevrolet 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014 Toyota 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 1 Dodge 2011

Second race

The Shady Rays 200 was a race run by NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, United States. It was first run in 2012, and was won by the winner of the Feed the Children 300, Austin Dillon. The distance of the race was .

History This race was used as a filler for the Kentucky Indy 300 race that ran here from 2001 to 2011. Starting in 2016, it was the first race in the Round of 12 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs. On March 8, 2017, it was announced that Las Vegas Motor Speedway, another SMI track, would get a second Cup date, a second Xfinity date, and a second Truck date. While the Fall Cup race and Truck race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway went there, Kentucky lost this race and was moved to Las Vegas.

The first time that this race was run was in 2012, and it was won by Austin Dillon, the contender and winner of the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and pole winner.

Despite being off the schedule since 2017, the race was briefly restored during the 2020 season as a replacement for the New Hampshire Motor Speedway event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a July doubleheader with the Alsco 300. The race, the Shady Rays 200, was held the day before the Alsco 300.

Past winners YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed(mph)ReportRef Laps Miles (km) 2012 September 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:10:55137.492 Report 2013 September 21 22 Ryan Blaney Penske Racing Ford200300 (482.803)2:28:36121.131 Report 2014 September 20 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:21:36127.119 Report 2015 September 26 22 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford201*301.5 (485.217)2:44:06110.238 Report 2016 September 24 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet200300 (482.803)2:48:37106.751 Report 2017 September 23 42 Tyler Reddick Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet200300 (482.803)1:58:38151.728 Report2018–2019 Not held 2020* July 9 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford136*204 (328.306)1:51:31109.759 Report 2015 & 2020: Race extended due to overtime. 2017: Race distance time and average speed record. 2020: Race added due to COVID-19 pandemic replaced New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Multiple winners (drivers) # Wins Team Years won 2 Ryan Blaney 2013, 2015

Multiple winners (teams) # Wins Team Years won 3 Team Penske 2013, 2015, 2020 2 Richard Childress Racing 2012, 2014

Manufacturer wins # Wins Make Years won4 Chevrolet 2012, 2014, 2016, 20173 Ford 2013, 2015, 2020

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