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Persistent showers in Kentucky meant that there was no opportunity to get the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race underway on Saturday evening as planned.

Conquest Racing has confirmed that it is putting British driver Dillon Battistini onto the grid for his IndyCar series d?but in this weekend's race at Kentucky.

IndyCar Series officials have announced that a push to pass system will be introduced from this weekend's race at Kentucky.

In a race where numerous drivers were nabbed for speeding on pit road, Joe Gibbs Racing's Joey Logano sped on the racetrack, winning the Meijer 300 Nationwide Series race for the second year in a row at Kentucky Speedway.

1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 200 laps 2. Helio Castroneves Penske +00.5532s 3. Marco Andretti AGR +00.5707s 4. Vitor Meira Panther +00.9102s 5. Dan Wheldon Ganassi +02.1472s

Scott Dixon says he is looking to secure the points that will take him closer to the 2008 IndyCar Series title after taking pole position for the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m 37.3293s 218.968mph 2. Vitor Meira Panther 1m 37.5783s 218.409mph 3. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1m 37.6127s 218.332mph 4. Hideki Mutoh AGR 1m 37.8982s 217.696mph

A number of familiar faces are set to return to the Firestone Indy Lights this weekend for the latest round of the season at Kentucky Speedway.

The strong performances of the Panoz G Force chassis continued on Saturday at the Kentucky Speedway as three of the five drivers using the Anglo-American built chassis qualified inside the top ten in the closest starting grid in series history.

Sunday's Belterra Casino Indy 300 on the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway tri-oval is the 12th of 16 events on the 2003 IRL IndyCar Series calendar but only the second in which Mo Nunn Racing's Tora Takagi will use a Dallara chassis.

Kentucky is famous for horsepower of the four-legged variety, but the focus at this weekend's Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway will be on the horsepower of the new Gen IV Chevy Indy V8.