--- title: "Someone Abandoned a Real NASCAR Stock Car at the Closed Kentucky Speedway" date: "2026-11-11" modified: "2026-11-11" authors: - name: "Caleb Jacobs" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/caleb-jacobs.md" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/someone-abandoned-a-real-nascar-stock-car-at-the-closed-kentucky-speedway" categories: - "NASCAR" - "News" - "Racing" --- # Someone Abandoned a Real NASCAR Stock Car at the Closed Kentucky Speedway ![Stock car found inside Kentucky Speedway garage]() *\decayingmidwest via YouTube\* Have you ever unpacked your bag after a long trip, only to realize you left something in the hotel room? Maybe it was your favorite pen or a phone charger. Well, this is kind of like that, only different. Someone seems to have left an entire stock car behind at Kentucky Speedway, which closed years ago. The person behind the urban exploration YouTube channel [decayingmidwest]() spotted the car while at the track. They say Kentucky Speedway itself is abandoned, but public records show it still belongs to Speedway Motorsports. [The track's website]() even says it's available for rental use, although it has been inactive for a while. Instead of being left to rot completely after exiting the NASCAR schedule in 2020, the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience ran events at the track until 2024. ![Abandoned race car parked inside Kentucky Speedway garage]() ![Abandoned race car parked inside Kentucky Speedway garage]() ![Abandoned race car parked inside Kentucky Speedway garage]() ![Abandoned race car parked inside Kentucky Speedway garage]() ![Abandoned race car parked inside Kentucky Speedway garage]() Tracing this racer's history is a bit tricky. Trevor Bayne's name is written above the door, and while the 2011 Daytona 500 winner famously drove the No. 6 car, his was a Ford. This looks to be a NASCAR Racing Experience demo car wrapped to look like Bayne's Cup car, complete with the Performance Plus Motor Oil livery he ran in 2016 and 2017. These racing experience cars are retired racers from various series. Some ran the national NASCAR circuit, while others competed in ARCA feeder series. Either way, they've all been fitted with a passenger seat, as customers pay money to ride shotgun on real tracks like Kentucky Speedway. If your pockets are especially deep, you can even drive one for a few laps. It's fun to wonder where this car raced in the past, but unless its owner recovers it, this particular No. 6 is unlikely to see track action again. While some sellers would have you believe that barn finds are best, sitting for years on end can [do a lot of damage]() to a car. Let's hope that the fluids were drained before it was parked. https://youtu.be/AnX6Nud9850?si=iAu-rgtPIVF-0Npr&t=1351 While it's been years since Kentucky Speedway hosted a big-time event, the facility hasn't been entirely left alone. In addition to the racing experience that ran there most recently, [Ford used the complex's vast parking space]() to store Super Duty trucks during the semiconductor chip shortage a while back. The Blue Oval stashed so many pickups at the track that you could actually [see them from space](). I definitely don't recommend doing what these guys did and letting yourself inside the track. Even though there's apparently zero security presence, it's still trespassing. Some people get a kick out of it, but if you aren't careful, you might find yourself *kicked out* by local law enforcement. *Got a tip or question for the author? Contact them directly: caleb@thedrive.com* ## Author Caleb Jacobs is The Drive’s senior editor. When he’s not searching for stories or poring over copy, he’s usually driving his dump truck or wishing it was running so he could drive it. He was born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks, and he lives there today with his family. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Instagram]() [Twitter]() ## More - [Jesse Little Plans NASCAR Top Series Debut at Kentucky Speedway]() - [Roush Fenway Racing Finalizes Matt Kenseth’s 2018 NASCAR Schedule]() - [NASCAR’s Return to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Moves Closer to Reality]() - [See the Ruins of NASCAR’s Auto Club Speedway From Space]() - [Jeb Burton to Run NASCAR Double Duty at Martinsville Speedway]() - [The NASCAR Cup Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a Veteran Affair]() - [Ben Rhodes Gets NASCAR Truck Series Win in Home State of Kentucky]() - [Speedway Motorsports Inc. Offers Weather Guarantee for NASCAR Races]()