Speed, Leavine Family Racing Going Back to the Future at Kentucky

The Saturday night's Quaker State 400 was not on the original schedule for driver Scott Speed and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) - at least until the team noticed his record there. While Saturday's race will be the first in his NASCAR career, Speed has two starts at the 1.5-mile raceway in the ARCA Racing Series. One of those resulted in a second place finish; the other was a victory. "We attempted to race last year at Kentucky but qualifying was rained out," crew chief Wally Rogers said. "We really looked forward to that race and we were sent home without a chance to even compete for a spot in the starting lineup." "Kentucky wasn't on our original limited schedule until we saw Scott's ARCA record there. That's why we decided to add this to our part-time schedule."Speed started seventh and finished second there in 2008 in the first of two races that year for the ARCA Racing Series. He came back two months later to start sixth and claim ...