Kansas Speedway

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Kansas Speedway
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Address:
400 Speedway Blvd.,
Kansas City , Kansas 66111

Kansas Speedway (USA)
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United StatesUnited States Kansas City , Kansas , USA
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Route type: permanent race track
Owner: International Speedway Corporation
Operator: International Speedway Corporation
Start of building: March 25, 1999
Opening: June 2, 2001
Speedway oval
Tri-oval
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Route data
Important
events: 		Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Go Bowling 400
Hollywood Casino 400

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Kansas Lottery 300

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Toyota Tundra 250

ARCA Racing Series
Kansas ARCA 150

Route length: 2.41  km (1.5  mi )
Curve superelevation: Curves: 15 °
start-finish straight: 10.4 ° back
straight: 5 °
Audience capacity: 81,687
http://www.kansasspeedway.com

Coordinates: 39 ° 6 ′ 57 "  N , 94 ° 49 ′ 52"  W.

Kansas Speedway is a racetrack in Kansas City in the US state of Kansas . This is a speedway in the shape of a tri-oval with an elevation of 15 ° in the curves. The first race was on June 2, 2001, when the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series hosted their Kansas 100.

Current races

Former races

Records

  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying: Matt Kenseth , 29.858 s (180.856 mph), 2005
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Race: Mark Martin , 2:54:25 (137.774 mph), 2005
  • NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: Martin Truex junior , 30.178 s (178.938 mph), 2005
  • NASCAR Nationwide Series Race: Jeff Green , 2:19:24 (129.125 mph), 2001
  • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Bill Lester , 31,100 s (173.633 mph), 2005
  • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Ricky Hendrick , 2:00:09 s (125.094 mph), 2001
  • IndyCar Series Qualifying: Scott Dixon , 218.085 mph, July 6, 2002
  • IndyCar Series Race: Tony Kanaan , 180.504 mph, July 3, 2005
  • IndyCar Series race lap: Tomas Scheckter , 220.226 mph, July 7, 2003

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