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   The Kentucky Fair and Expo Center is gearing up for one of its most popular shows of the year! The 57th Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals is in Louisville August 6th through the 9th.  Expect to see plenty of classic cars and trucks parked at at hotels and restaurants in the Louisville Metro and surrounding counties including Southern Indiana. And once you get to the Expo Center, there will be thousands more!  Worried about any potential hot weather?  Inside the Expo Center there is plenty of cool AC.   THE NSRA show offers something for all ages!  Shopping, music, competition, swap shop, music, food, kid's games, vendors, and much more!  Stock car racing in NASCAR started on the beaches of Daytona Beach. You'll likely see some of those old classic cars!  If you do not know much about old cars and hot rods?  You're not alone!  That's okay!  Go out and enjoy the NSRA Street Rod Nationals and find out why it is such a special event! Kids love it!  You can get your tickets at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center.  Learn about the event and other activities throughout the area and country on the NSRA website: www.https://nsra-usa.com.  (See our special video below about the NSRA Show!)   And you only have one week left to win A Family 4-Pack of Tickets to the NSRA show in our KMS-Lucas Oil Giveaway! Check out the Kentuckiana Motorsports Giveaway page to learn how to register!   

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  The Brickyard 400 is next for the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series on July 26.  Teams get a week off.  But no doubt those trying to make the post season will be putting in some extra hours. Only a handful of races remain for drivers wanting to advance to the fall playoffs.  16 racers get in. With each week, those hanging around the "cut-line" shift.  As for the last Cup race in Atlanta, Ryan Blaney narrowly took the win over a pack of drivers all making a mad dash to the finish line in Atlanta.  If there were more tracks like Atlanta, no doubt NASCAR ratings would spike.  The O' Reilly Auto Parts and Craftsman Truck Series are both off until Indianapolis as well. 

  Kimmel Racing, this area's lone high level racing shop, has been busy this year.  Bill Kimmel Jr. and his son, Will run the facility in Southern Indiana, about 10 minutes from downtown Louisville. Will is racing more ARCA events this year. And they're helping other drivers. We'll share some thoughts in the weeks ahead! 

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 ​​    The Indy Car Series will be in action this weekend at the Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday. In the last Indy Series event, Pato O Ward took the victory. Also competing this weekend, the NHRA. Teams line-up in exciting side-by-side action in Sonoma, California.  Lucas Oil is a longtime sponsor of the NHRA. 

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​​​​​​   At home, racers are battling at the local tracks too!  The Sportsdrome Speedway, just off I-65 in Jeffersonville, is a small flat track full of fun and excitement. It is just 10 minutes from the bridges in downtown Louisville.  The half-mile high banked track at the Salem Speedway is only an hour from Louisville in Southern Indiana.  Other area tracks include the Ponderosa Speedway (the Baddest Bullring in the Bluegrass state) located in central Kentucky at Junction City near Danville (About an hour and fifteen minutes southeast of Louisville). The 2026 event schedule may be the best in years!  Just south in Bowling Green (KY) and you'll enjoy Beech Bend. There is an amusement park, camping, and racing. The Beech Bend dragstrip brings in the fans and has a wide range of events. And if you like local drag racers, one fun place to witness side-by-side battles is in West Point Kentucky, the Ohio Valley Dragway. It is a 1/8th mile track on Dixie Highway, less than a half-hour from downtown Louisville.  A reminder, be sure to check out track websites and social media for the latest news and information, and that includes any late schedule changes and potential weather issues.   

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  ​  We always thank our supporters, including our main sponsor, Lucas Oil Products!  Also, Herrings Outdoor Sports!  It is a great place for all of your summer attire. They carry the most famous and best clothing beach-lake outdoor brands. & accessories!  They ship throughout the US!  Other sponsors include locally owned Bright Pest Control and Bright Retail in Louisville, (Offering Do-It-Yourself Professional Pest Products with a retail store), PNC Bank (Sponsor of Scott Dixon's Indy Car Series Car), Sportsdrome Speedway  (Celebrating nearly 80 years of Racing!), VoiceTel Kentucky (Offering consulting, telephone service, security, and network installation to businesses throughout Louisville and Southern Indiana. When experience counts: Call VoiceTel, locally owned and operated (502-493-3200), Jim Ellis/Attorney-At-Law [Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, and Contract Law (502) 58-Ellis], ICA Dumpsters, Dynamic Chiropractic Louisville, Lyndon Mower Repair, Temco Roofing, and Apple Appliance Repair Service in Louisville.  

 

  We also thank our media connections in all series, NASCAR/NASCAR Media, Indy Car, Monster Jam, ARCA, Google Images, media directors, other contributors, and NHRA for helping us bring the sport to the fans!  ​​ 

  Scott and Craig talk local racing on the Lucas Oil Online Race Report !