Editing Kansas Speedway (section)

== Description ==

=== Configurations ===
The speedway in its current form is measured at {{Convert|1.5|mi|km}}, with the track having a progressive banking system in the turns. Subsequently, the track has 17 degrees of banking at the track's bottom lane, and 20 degrees of banking at the track's top lane in the turns. The frontstretch has 10 degrees of banking, and the backstretch has 5 degrees of banking.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2018 |title=Kansas Speedway |url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/tracks/story/_/id/18670505/kansas-speedway |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213210614/https://www.espn.com/jayski/tracks/story/_/id/18670505/kansas-speedway |url-status=live }}</ref> Different measurements of length have been used; [[IndyCar]] has utilized a length of {{Convert|1.52|mi|km}} for its races.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2005 |title=IRL: Behind the Barriers: Kansas |url=https://au.motorsport.com/indycar/news/irl-behind-the-barriers-kansas/2064386/ |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=[[Motorsport.com]] |language=en |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215044718/https://au.motorsport.com/indycar/news/irl-behind-the-barriers-kansas/2064386/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Within the track's infield, there is an infield road course that is connected to the main oval track to create a "[[roval]]". During the track's construction in 2000, then-track president Grant Lynch stated that initial plans for the track included an infield road course.<ref name=":7310">{{Cite news |last=Pedley |first=Jim |date=March 17, 2000 |title=Sports cars making comeback |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-sports-cars-making/140939522/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215011127/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-sports-cars-making/140939522/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |pages=D13 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> The road course was constructed in 2012 as part of renovations made to the track.<ref name=":73333">{{Cite news |last=Covitz |first=Randy |date=April 23, 2012 |title=They're Paving The Way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-theyre-paving-the/140966349/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215011156/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-theyre-paving-the/140966349/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |pages=B6, B7 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> The road course is {{Convert|2.37|mi|km}} long, with the infield portion of the course having six turns.<ref name=":73334">{{Cite news |last=Covitz |first=Randy |date=September 13, 2012 |title=Kansas adds road course to roundy-round |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-kansas-adds-road-co/140966405/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215011138/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-kansas-adds-road-co/140966405/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-kansas-adds-road-co/140966416/ B3] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> 

=== Amenities ===
The track is served by numerous major roads. The track is next to an intersection of the concurrent [[Interstate 70 in Kansas|Interstate 70]], [[U.S. Route 24]], and [[U.S. Route 40]], and [[Interstate 435]].<ref name=":73345">{{Cite news |last=Covitz |first=Randy |date=October 9, 2004 |title=Track is a green light for county |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-track-is-a-green-li/140980630/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215045517/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-track-is-a-green-li/140980630/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-track-is-a-green-li/140980654/ A8] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> At the time of the track's construction, the complex covered 1,250 acres, had a capacity of around 75,000, and had 65 rows of grandstand seating.<ref name=":73">{{Cite news |last=Frazier |first=Duane |date=June 27, 1999 |title=Track's being built, but will they come? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-tracks-being-built-b/140920912/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215011132/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-tracks-being-built-b/140920912/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=[[The Wichita Eagle]] |pages=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-tracks-being-built-b/140920921/ 4C] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> As of 2019, the track has a current capacity of 48,000, down from its previous 64,000 according to annual reports from ISC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Page |first=Scott |date=January 26, 2019 |title=International Speedway Corporation continues to reduce track seating |url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2019/story/_/id/25858279/international-speedway-corporation-continues-reduce-track-seating |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308052630/http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2019/story/_/id/25858279/international-speedway-corporation-continues-reduce-track-seating |url-status=live }}</ref> At its peak, the track had a capacity of 82,000, which occurred in the mid-2000s.<ref name=":73346">{{Cite news |last=Covitz |first=Randy |date=September 25, 2007 |title=Speedway sold out, sort of |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-speedway-sold-out/140981528/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215045516/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-speedway-sold-out/140981528/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-speedway-sold-out/140981548/ C8] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref>

==== Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway ====
{{main|Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway}}
The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway was approved in 2009 after an initial failed attempt by the track and the Cordish Corporation the previous year.<ref name=":73382" /> The casino is a joint venture by the track and [[Penn Entertainment]], who bought out Cordish.<ref name=":73379" /> The casino overlooks the track's second turn, features a 268,000 square foot complex, and is themed after the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] area in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref name=":73380" /> The casino opened in February 2012.<ref name=":35" />