Flashbulbs popped as pole sitter Kyle Busch led the 43-car Sprint Cup field to the green flag at Kentucky Cheap England Football Shirts Speedway on Saturday night to kick off the long-awaited debut by NASCAR’s top series at the 1.5-mile oval.Yet the real story of the inaugural race at the track tucked among the hills in northern Kentucky was unfolding over the wall behind Turns 3 and 4 as Busch roared to the start/finish line.

Cars, many of them stuck in gridlock for hours on nearby Interstate 71, continued to inch along the overstuffed access roads. The maddening parade continued as the laps ticked off, with some fans eventually being asked to turn around after the race passed its halfway point so the track could start allowing those that did manage to make it in to leave.Kentucky Argentina Football Shirts Speedway general manager Mark Simendinger put out a statement late Sunday saying the track “regrets” the traffic conditions and is working on a way to make amends with fans who never made it through the gates.”We’re committed to working with NASCAR, state and local officials and traffic experts to assure that this never happens again,” Simendinger said.NASCAR chairman Brian France said in a statement he was “thrilled” by the fan interest but also “extremely disappointed” with the numerous logistical issues that hampered the event and pledged the series will work with the track operator Speedway Motorsports Inc., to get it corrected.”This situation cannot happen again,” France said.The 15-mile backups put a damper on the memorable show SMI chairman Bruton Smith promised to deliver when he received permission from NASCAR CA BOCA Juniors Football Kit to move a date from Atlanta Motor Speedway to Kentucky last summer.The track’s first night on the series’ biggest stage was memorable all right, but for all the wrong reasons.Though more than 100,000 packed the revitalized grandstand, the race will be remembered more for the sea of brake lights along the interstate than for Busch’s third win of the season.Even the drivers weren’t spared. Denny Hamlin worried he would miss the prerace driver’s meeting after getting parked for several hours on overmatched I-71.”It’s back to reality to see the other side of things,” said Hamlin, who did make the meeting and finished 11th. “Some guys around us had some problems. It’s tough. Bruton and all those guys know it’s an issue … You’ve got a lot of fans that want to watch the race but you can’t do anything about a two-lane road.”

Heavy traffic at NASCAR events is nothing new, and Kentucky officials spent weeks assuring NASCAR Boca Jrs Gear folks they had a plan that would make the drive in bearable.The state spent millions of dollars over the last decade to improve the infrastructure around the venue in hopes of one day getting a Cup date. Yet widening the interstate to three lanes for a couple of miles heading north to Cincinnati did little to expedite things.