NASCAR Cup Series

Secret to success: “I haven’t found it yet - - the secret to success on this track," Allmendinger said. "I don't think anybody knows now with the re-pave. It will be interesting. I was fortunate enough we got to test at Kentucky Speedway. I thought the two-day test went really well and I was quite happy.

SPARTA, Ky. -- Carl Edwards topped the chart in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Kentucky Speedway. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.962 and a speed of 186.451 mph.

SPARTA, Ky. -- The repave wasn't the only change made to the racing surface at Kentucky Speedway. It was announced back in early-January that the 1.5-mile facility would undergo its first repave in its 17-year history. In addition, they changed the degree of the banking in turns 1 and 2, narrowed the width of the turns, improved drainage and added over three-thousand feet of SAFER barrier.

Sponsors pay for stuff. They pay enough cash that NASCAR and its track owners have sold their collective souls and it explains why they no longer promote a Firecracker 400, or a World 600, and why they actually dumped, for a time, the Southern 500. Money talks, tradition walks

Fifty-three names of brave individuals who are currently fighting or have fought a battle with cancer will be featured on the No. 17 Fifth Third Ford for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Kentucky Speedway this weekend.

The No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team will write a new chapter in the team’s history as they compete at Kentucky Speedway for the first time ever.

Greg Biffle knows his way around the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. Biffle won the inaugural race in the Truck Series at Kentucky in 2000 and fell just short of winning the inaugural XFINITY race in 2001, finishing second. Biffle has competed in all five Sprint Cup races at Kentucky and most recently tested there.

Roush Fenway Racing heads to the home of the Louisville Slugger this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) hits the freshly repaved surface of Kentucky Speedway for some Saturday night racing. A Roush Fenway Ford has earned three victories at the 1.5-mile oval across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

Heading into this weekend's event at the Kentucky Speedway, the No.32 Visone RV/CorvetteParts.Net team will head to "The Bluegrass State" with Mooresville, NC native Jeffrey Earnhardt for the 6th annual Quaker State 400 in Sparta, KY.

When it comes to a 1.5-mile oval, the pulse rate for Martin Truex Jr. jumps a few beats in a happy way. The reason for the sudden boost of cheer is due to the fondness and success he has achieved at the the mile-and-a-half tracks, like the one he will compete on Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.