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Main articles: Honda 200, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Showdown, and B&L Transport 170. The course had first hosted SportsCar racing in 1963 as part of the United States Road Racing Championship. The race was 168 mi (270 km) and was won by Ken Miles. The race would be held until the race series was folded in 1968, but the race would return as a 6-hour ...
The 2021 SportsCar Challenge at Mid-Ohio, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Acura SportsCar Challenge, was a sports car race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 16, 2021. The race is the third round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the first round of the 2021 WeatherTech GT Daytona Sprint Cup.
From 2000 to 2011, IndyCar held the Kentucky Indy 300, an annual 300 mi (480 km) IndyCar Series event. The first iteration was held on August 27, 2000, with Buddy Lazier winning the event. [145] The event ran continuously until 2011, when IndyCar announced in December of that year that the series would not be returning to the track in 2012. [146]
The 2022 Lexus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was a sports car race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 15, 2022. It was the fifth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the third round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing 's #10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their ...
Fandom Fest Comic Expo, [10] held in mid-summer. Forecastle Festival, a three-day nationally renowned music, art and environmental activism festival, held in July. Fright Night Film Fest, typically held in July. Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival (Jeffersontown), held in September. Kentucky Art Car Weekend, held in August.
History. ARCA first ran a race at Mid-Ohio in 1965. The 252-mile (406 km), 150-lap race was run on May 18 on the original 15-turn circuit and was won by Jack Bowsher. On October 8, 2019, ARCA announced that it would return to the track for the 2020 season with a race on Friday, May 29, on the same weekend as the Xfinity Series race there, which was previously in August.
Track has been closed except for special events; none scheduled. Louisville Motor Speedway: 0.438-mile paved oval Louisville, Kentucky: 1988–1989 (Xfinity) Also hosted Truck Series racing from 1996 to 1999 in a 0.375-mile configuration. Closed in 2000 after Kentucky Speedway opened; track was demolished and is now the site of an industrial park.
COST: Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door, at Old Louisville Visitors Center inside Central Park, 1340 S. 4th St., and online. MORE INFORMATION:old-louisville-neighborhood-council.square.site.