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Lightning Run
Steel Sit-Down at Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville, Kentucky. Opened 2014.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- 100 ft
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 2,500 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min
- Designer
- Chance Rides
Lightning Run is a steel roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. Chance Rides built it as its first Hyper GT-X Coaster, and it opened on May 24, 2014, the day the park reopened after being closed since 2009.
After a chain lift, the ride drops 100 feet at an 80-degree angle and reaches 55 mph over 2,500 feet of track, with several airtime hills and no inversions. A ride lasts about two minutes. Two five-car trains carry 20 riders each.
History
The coaster was part of Ed Hart's plan to reopen the park, and it took the place of the former Greezed Lightnin' coaster.
Sources
- rcdb.com/7982.htm (Lightning Run, operating; Chance Rides, designer Joe Draves, Hyper GT-X Coaster; 100 ft drop, 2,500 ft, 55 mph, 0 inversions, 80 degrees, 2:00; 9 airtime points; chain lift; 2 trains of 5 cars, 20 riders per train.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Run (Opened May 24, 2014; Chance Rides Hyper GT-X, the only one operating; replaced Greezed Lightnin'; states renamed Stampede Run for 2027 (announced November 5, 2026).)
- rcdb.com/4563.htm (RCDB Kentucky Kingdom: 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville; operating; operator Herschend; former name Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom; operating coasters Lightning Run, Wind Chaser, Kentucky Flyer, Flying Fox, Hollyhock and Roll, Woodland Run; defunct Vampire, T3, Chang, Starchaser, Twisted Twins, Road Runner Express, Greezed Lightnin'.)
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