Louisville Motor Speedway was a 3/8-mile

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located in

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. It was opened in 1988. Louisville Motor Speedway hosted 5

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races from 1995 to 1999. Also hosted 2

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events, one in 1988 and the other in 1989. The track hosted 7

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events from 1995 to 2001.

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ran 3 races at the speedway between 1994 and 1996. The speedway also hosted one ASA National Tour event in 2000.

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also ran one event at the facility in 2001. Renegades

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Monster Truck Challenge had run at the track from 1988 to 1990 and

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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 Gardner was a 4-time champion in the Late Models from 1991 to 1994, and Bill Kimmel Jr. was Late Model champion from 1995 to 1998. Bill Kimmel Jr. is the brother of 10-time ARCA Champion

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. He was Franks's crew chief in the

division. He is now the sole owner of Kimmel Racing in which his son,

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, is the primary driver of the team. Many Celebrity Announcers like Ken Stout, Scott Douglass, Army Armstrong, and Marty Reid got their start at the track. Current Monster Jam competition director, announcer/director for the announcing team, Douglass also was the general manager from 1997 to 1999 at the track. The track was closed and demolished shortly after

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opened. The site is now home to an industrial park.

External links

Louisville Motor Speedway archive
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