From T.J. Buffenbarger
KNOXVILLE, IA (August 6, 2025) — Ryan Timms showed speed and poise well beyond his 18 years of age in route to winning the opening night of the 64th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey’s Wednesday night at Knoxville Raceway.
Timms, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, used a tremendous start to move from eighth to third on the opening lap, taking the lead from Justin Peck on lap 10, and opening a 1.021 second advantage at the finish.
Timms credited the his start to the feature helping him move quickly to the front of the field.
“In the feature they all kind of got a little stopped up and no one was using the outside lane very much. I timed it pretty good and was able to get by two or three of them going down the front stretch and no one really came up from the inside line like they normally would. Then I was able to just get my momentum going up there and start following Justin (Peck).’
Lucas Wolfe and Justin Peck started on the front row for the 25-lap preliminary feature event. Wolfe led into turn one until Peck hustled around the top of the racetrack to take the lead.
Timms, who was the fastest qualifier that transferred out of their heat race, surged forward from eighth starting position to third spot behind Wolfe and Peck on the opening lap. Wolfe’s stay in the runner up position was short lived as Timms dropped him to second on lap two and began to chase down Peck for the lead.
11 laps into the main event had a stoppage when Kaleb Johnson flipped in turn one after contact with the wall. Johnson exited the car under his own power.
Peck started overtaking slower cars on lap eight, which allowed Timms to close. Two laps later Timms was able to dive under Peck and slide up the track in turn two, capturing the lead. Timms continued to maintain a healthy distance from Peck until the finish with Peck holding onto the runner up position.
Sheldon Haudenschild, Garet Williamson, and Emerson Axsom rounded out the top five.
During his heat race, David Gravel and Hunter Schuerenberg made contact with Gravel getting into the wall in turn one and flipping. Gravel’s team made repairs and won the C-Main event.
Kasey Jedrzejek took a wild tumble during his heat race in turn two after getting over the cushion.
During the B-Main event James McFadden and Sye Lynch were racing for the final transfer spot, made contact down the front stretch, and sent Lynch into a frightening series of flips after hard contact with the inside wall on the front stretch.
All drivers involved were able to exit the car under his own power.
Abreu was the fastest qualifier over the 51-car field, going out seventh to set a 15.411 seconds and won the B-Main event. Tanner Holmes, Johnson, Landon Crawley, Chris Martin, and Blake Hahn won heat races.
64th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey’s
Brandt Professional Agriculture Qualifying Night #1
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
Knoxville Raceway
Knoxville, Iowa
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Qualifying
1. 24R-Rico Abreu, 15.411[7]
2. 14BC-Corey Day, 15.414[3]
3. 10-Ryan Timms, 15.479[16]
4. 2-David Gravel, 15.505[49]
5. 17A-Jack Anderson, 15.526[1]
6. 42-Sye Lynch, 15.534[18]
7. 27-Carson McCarl, 15.591[5]
8. 21T-James McFadden, 15.623[21]
9. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 15.635[23]
10. 88-Austin McCarl, 15.689[41]
11. 87-Justin Sanders, 15.697[10]
12. 18-Emerson Axsom, 15.698[37]
13. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 15.705[32]
14. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 15.711[2]
15. 23-Garet Williamson, 15.724[25]
16. 7S-Chris Windom, 15.731[6]
17. 26-Justin Peck, 15.779[40]
18. 39M-Anthony Macri, 15.784[30]
19. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 15.786[24]
20. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 15.799[47]
21. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 15.832[43]
22. 6-Zach Hampton, 15.851[9]
23. 36-Jason Martin, 15.901[11]
24. 48-Danny Dietrich, 15.932[20]
25. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 15.951[50]
26. 15-Donny Schatz, 15.952[38]
27. 13-Daison Pursley, 15.956[51]
28. 09-Matt Juhl, 15.964[8]
29. 24D-Danny Sams III, 15.966[17]
30. 52-Blake Hahn, 15.967[14]
31. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 15.986[29]
32. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 16.005[46]
33. 45X-Landon Crawley, 16.033[31]
34. 32B-Brandon Spithaler, 16.034[42]
35. 74-Xavier Doney, 16.038[15]
36. 1K-Kelby Watt, 16.074[34]
37. 15JR-Cole Mincer, 16.098[35]
38. 22-Riley Goodno, 16.125[19]
39. 44-Chris Martin, 16.140[27]
40. 12X-Hank Davis, 16.151[13]
41. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell, 16.195[28]
42. 25-Tim Kaeding, 16.228[44]
43. 9R-Chase Randall, 16.228[48]
44. 44X-Scotty Johnson, 16.268[4]
45. 4W-Jamie Ball, 16.268[26]
46. 121-RJ Johnson, 16.269[33]
47. 71-Brandon Worthington, 16.313[12]
48. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 16.382[39]
49. 67-Justin Whittall, 16.416[45]
50. 10V-Ben Brown, 16.567[22]
DNS: 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 16.567
Heat Race #1 (10 Laps)
1. 18T-Tanner Holmes[2]
2. 1K-Kelby Watt[1]
3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[4]
4. 7S-Chris Windom[5]
5. 15-Donny Schatz[3]
6. 42-Sye Lynch[7]
7. 24R-Rico Abreu[8]
8. 87-Justin Sanders[6]
9. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell[9]
10. 121-RJ Johnson[10]
Heat Race #2 (10 Laps)
1. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[2]
2. 18-Emerson Axsom[6]
3. 26-Justin Peck[5]
4. 13-Daison Pursley[3]
5. 27-Carson McCarl[7]
6. 15JR-Cole Mincer[1]
7. 14BC-Corey Day[8]
8. 25-Tim Kaeding[9]
9. 6-Zach Hampton[4]
10. 71-Brandon Worthington[10]
Heat Race #3 (10 Laps)
1. 45X-Landon Crawley[2]
2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]
3. 22-Riley Goodno[1]
4. 10-Ryan Timms[8]
5. 36-Jason Martin[4]
6. 21T-James McFadden[7]
7. 39M-Anthony Macri[5]
8. 09-Matt Juhl[3]
9. 9R-Chase Randall[9]
10. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[10]
Heat Race #4 (10 Laps)
1. 44-Chris Martin[1]
2. 48-Danny Dietrich[4]
3. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[2]
4. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]
5. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[7]
6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[6]
7. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]
8. 67-Justin Whittall[10]
9. 44X-Scotty Johnson[9]
10. 2-David Gravel[8]
Heat Race #5 (10 Laps)
1. 52-Blake Hahn[3]
2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]
3. 23-Garet Williamson[6]
4. 88-Austin McCarl[7]
5. 74-Xavier Doney[2]
6. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[5]
7. 17A-Jack Anderson[8]
8. 12X-Hank Davis[1]
9. 10V-Ben Brown[10]
DNS: 4W-Jamie Ball
C-Main (10 Laps)
1. 2-David Gravel[1]
2. 6-Zach Hampton[2]
3. 9R-Chase Randall[4]
4. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell[3]
5. 121-RJ Johnson[7]
6. 10V-Ben Brown[10]
7. 44X-Scotty Johnson[5]
8. 71-Brandon Worthington[8]
9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[11]
DNS: 4W-Jamie Ball
DNS: 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek
B Main (12 Laps)
1. 24R-Rico Abreu[1]
2. 14BC-Corey Day[2]
3. 17A-Jack Anderson[3]
4. 21T-James McFadden[6]
5. 42-Sye Lynch[4]
6. 39M-Anthony Macri[10]
7. 27-Carson McCarl[5]
8. 2-David Gravel[21]
9. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[9]
10. 87-Justin Sanders[8]
11. 36-Jason Martin[13]
12. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[7]
13. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[11]
14. 15-Donny Schatz[14]
15. 09-Matt Juhl[15]
16. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell[24]
17. 67-Justin Whittall[20]
18. 9R-Chase Randall[23]
19. 25-Tim Kaeding[19]
20. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[12]
21. 74-Xavier Doney[16]
22. 15JR-Cole Mincer[17]
23. 6-Zach Hampton[22]
DNS: 12X-Hank Davis
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. 10-Ryan Timms[8]
2. 26-Justin Peck[2]
3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]
4. 23-Garet Williamson[4]
5. 18-Emerson Axsom[6]
6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[10]
7. 14BC-Corey Day[22]
8. 24R-Rico Abreu[21]
9. 7S-Chris Windom[3]
10. 88-Austin McCarl[7]
11. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]
12. 18T-Tanner Holmes[14]
13. 13-Daison Pursley[11]
14. 1K-Kelby Watt[18]
15. 21T-James McFadden[24]
16. 17A-Jack Anderson[23]
17. 52-Blake Hahn[13]
18. 44-Chris Martin[20]
19. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1]
20. 45X-Landon Crawley[16]
21. 24D-Danny Sams III[12]
22. 22-Riley Goodno[19]
23. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[17]
24. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[15]