Lee Petty driving the car he won with at the first NASCAR premier series race in Kentucky at Corbin Speedway in August of 1954. Photo – Courtesy of Indy Big John

Long before Kentucky Speedway, there was Corbin Speedway. Corbin, a small town 150 miles south of Sparta – home of Kentucky Speedway – is best known as the home of Colonel Harlan Sanders and the birthplace of his Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Not as well-known is that it hosted Kentucky’s only NASCAR Sprint Cup race in the series’ first 60 years. Continue reading →