What is Quaker State 400?
{{Infobox motor race|Race title=Quaker State 400|Track map=Kentucky Speedway.svg|Series long=[[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series]]|Venue=[[Kentucky Speedway]]|Location=[[Sparta, Kentucky|Sparta]], [[Kentucky]], [[United States]]|Sponsor=[[Quaker State]]|First race=2011|Distance=400.5 miles (644.542 km)|Laps=267 (Stage 1: 80<br>Stage 2: 80<br>Stage 3: 107)|Most wins driver=[[Brad Keselowski]] (3)|Most wins team=[[Joe Gibbs Racing]]<br>[[Team Penske]] (3)|Most wins manufacturer=[[Toyota]] (5)|Surface=Asphalt|Length mi=1.5|Turns=4}} The '''Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart''', commonly known as the '''Quaker State 400''', is a {{Convert|400.5|mi|km|2}} annual [[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series]] [[Stock car racing|race]] held at [[Kentucky Speedway]] in [[Sparta, Kentucky]], It is held as the nineteenth race of the season and is held in conjunction with the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] and the [[Camping World Truck Series]], The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by [[Kyle Busch]], From 2012 to 2014, the race has been held before the [[Coke Zero Sugar 400]] at [[Daytona International Speedway]] on [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] weekend, From 2015 to 2017, The race moved back two weeks preceding Daytona and New Hampshire, In 2018, the race became the 19th race of the season as the [[Foxwoods Resort Casino 301]] at [[New Hampshire Motor Speedway]] which became the 20th race of the season. [[Martin Truex Jr.]] enters as defending winner. == History == The event eventuated a lawsuit in which [[Kentucky Speedway]] claimed [[NASCAR]] had violated federal antitrust laws in 2005. In 2008, The speedway was sold to [[Ollen Bruton Smith|Bruton Smith]], hoping that the track could hold a race by 2011 and after four years, the former speedway owners abandoned the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=4755641|title=Former track owners abandon NASCAR lawsuit|last=Press|first=The Associated|date=December 18, 2009|websi