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Kentucky Speedway Being Used as Storage Facility for Ford Super Duty Pickups
(NASCAR Truck Series Race underway at Kentucky Speedway)
(Ford F-150s leading the pack during a NASCAR Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway)
(Aerial view of Kentucky Speedway. The massive infield and general parking lots are currently being used for storage of Ford pickup trucks)
Ford Super Duty three quarter ton pickup trucks have been produced in Louisville, Kentucky since 1998. The Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicles have also been manufactured along side the Ford Super Duty at the Louisville assembly plant since 2009.
According to a source on an F-150 Facebook page, overflow lots in the Louisville area are at capacity resulting in Ford negotiating a deal with Kentucky Speedway for storage of the pickups that are currently awaiting parts.
As a result, Ford Motor Company has been using Kentucky Speedway as a massive overflow storage facility for recently produced Ford Super Duty pickups. The trucks currently on site are just a portion of the thousands of vehicles being affected by the worldwide microchip shortage.
From the assembly plant, the trucks make nearly an hour journey down Interstate 71 to the speedway where they will sit for an undetermined amount of time until the coveted microchips are available.
Hopefully this is good news in terms of revenue for Kentucky Speedway as NASCAR and the speedway failed to come to an agreement for events to be scheduled at the venue for the 2021 race season. This was expected to be a huge blow to the Daviess County economy as well as the speedway's hometown of Sparta. Sparta is a small quaint town that is home to around two hundred people. Speculation is that Kentucky Speedway is making nearly one million dollars per month largely thanks to Ford storing their Super Dutys on site.
Ford Super Duty pickups parked in the general parking areas of Kentucky Speedway. Note the black Super Duty Tremor front and center that will be waiting there for who knows how long to "stretch its legs" and show off its off-road acumen.
Photos showing what appear to be upwards of thousands of Ford trucks awaiting microchips at Kentucky Speedway
I know that this information isn't necessarily F-150 related, but it is foreshadowing as to what could be in store for the orders of our F-150 friends on this forum. Given the information that overflow lots in the Louisville area are already full, and there are this many trucks at the Kentucky Speedway, it seems there may be more Super Dutys without the needed microchips than F-150s.
- Kentucky Speedway situated in Daviess County, Kentucky is apparently being used as a massive storage facility for surplus Ford Super Duty pickups as of April 29th, 2021.
- The massive surplus of vehicles is likely due to an the ongoing microchip shortage ravaging the automotive industry.
(NASCAR Truck Series Race underway at Kentucky Speedway)
(Ford F-150s leading the pack during a NASCAR Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway)
(Aerial view of Kentucky Speedway. The massive infield and general parking lots are currently being used for storage of Ford pickup trucks)
Ford Super Duty three quarter ton pickup trucks have been produced in Louisville, Kentucky since 1998. The Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicles have also been manufactured along side the Ford Super Duty at the Louisville assembly plant since 2009.
According to a source on an F-150 Facebook page, overflow lots in the Louisville area are at capacity resulting in Ford negotiating a deal with Kentucky Speedway for storage of the pickups that are currently awaiting parts.
As a result, Ford Motor Company has been using Kentucky Speedway as a massive overflow storage facility for recently produced Ford Super Duty pickups. The trucks currently on site are just a portion of the thousands of vehicles being affected by the worldwide microchip shortage.
From the assembly plant, the trucks make nearly an hour journey down Interstate 71 to the speedway where they will sit for an undetermined amount of time until the coveted microchips are available.
Hopefully this is good news in terms of revenue for Kentucky Speedway as NASCAR and the speedway failed to come to an agreement for events to be scheduled at the venue for the 2021 race season. This was expected to be a huge blow to the Daviess County economy as well as the speedway's hometown of Sparta. Sparta is a small quaint town that is home to around two hundred people. Speculation is that Kentucky Speedway is making nearly one million dollars per month largely thanks to Ford storing their Super Dutys on site.
Ford Super Duty pickups parked in the general parking areas of Kentucky Speedway. Note the black Super Duty Tremor front and center that will be waiting there for who knows how long to "stretch its legs" and show off its off-road acumen.
Photos showing what appear to be upwards of thousands of Ford trucks awaiting microchips at Kentucky Speedway
I know that this information isn't necessarily F-150 related, but it is foreshadowing as to what could be in store for the orders of our F-150 friends on this forum. Given the information that overflow lots in the Louisville area are already full, and there are this many trucks at the Kentucky Speedway, it seems there may be more Super Dutys without the needed microchips than F-150s.
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