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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.08.2011 - 3:05 pm
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Louisville Motor Speedway was a 3/8-mile race track located in
Louisville, Kentucky. It was opened in 1988 and hosted NASCAR Busch
Series races in 88 and 89. The track would be added back to the NASCAR
schedule as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series hosted races from 1996 to
1999. Also hosted TNT Motorsports RedMan Monster Truck Challenge from
1988 to 1990 and United States Hot Rod Association Super Bowl of
Motorsport in 1992 and 1993.

On Friday nights, the track hosted a Sportsman division which were
similar to camaros and they had Figure-8s.

Saturday night, LMS hosted Mini-Trucks, Street Stocks and Late Models.

Keith Gardener was a 4-Time champion in the Late Models from
1991â??1994, and Bill Kimmel Jr. was Late Model champion from 1995-1998.
Bill Kimmel Jr. is the brother of 9-Time ARCA Champion Frank Kimmel. He
is also Franks's crew chief in the Automobile Racing Club of America
division and co-owner of Kimmel Racing.

The track was closed and demolished shortly after Kentucky Speedway
opened. The site is now home to an industrial park.

The track was uniquely shaped as it was shaped as a D. The only
straightaway was the front straightaway that encomapssed a small
fraction of the speedway.
It should also be noted that the NASCAR Busch Series races were run at
.354 mile track and the Craftsman Truck Series were run at .438 of a mile.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.12.2012 - 1:37 pm
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The track when built and hosting Busch races was a standard oval. It was
later rebuilt by expanding the backstretch out into the D-shape used
during the truck series era.

The track could host figure 8 races and when the TNT Monster Trucks came
to tow it became the first facility in the world to host Monster Truck
Figure 8 races (really memorable layout). For the monsters a giant area
of crush cars was placed in the middle of the track at the crossing. The
video 'Turning the Power On' features some of the first monster truck
races here.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.23.2016 - 4:32 pm
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The site of this track is now home to a big UPS distribution center.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.25.2017 - 12:53 pm
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Ford rented out this track and its entire property during winter months
when no racing was taking place. They didn't want it for test track
however, they used the property a parking and storage area for thousands
of new Ranger pickup trucks from its Louisville assembly plant; the
trucks were fully assembled then storied at the track (including one the
racing surface) when the unavailability of certain parts to finish the
vehicles prevented the vehicles from being finished and shipped out of
town for sale. Using the race track for this allowed Ford to save money,
and jobs, by keeping the plant open and vehicles in production.


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