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Jason Meyers 5th At Knoxville Nationals

Taking the momentum from his Thursday night win into the Saturday night finale, Jason Meyers made a couple of late moves, and closed his 2012 Knoxville Nationals with a fifth place finish.

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David Gravel Wraps Up Thunder Through the Plains at Red River Valley Speedway

The last three weeks of racing have been pretty kind to David Gravel, as he embarked on the annual Thunder Through the Plains mini-series with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions.

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Tuesdays with TMAC – Not His Year!

At the Knoxville Nationals, things need to go your way. For Terry McCarl, it was clear it was not his year. Things mounted after misfortune hit in his heat race on qualifying night, and it was clear the deck was stacked against him.

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Front To Back, Back To Front, Abreu Wins Again

After spending a week helping out on his family car as his good friend, Kyle Larson, competed in the Knoxville Nationals, Rico Abreu piloted his Keith Kunz Racing midget to his sixth win overall, third in a midget, of 2012 at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, IL following a very wild feature event.

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Lance Dewease Charges To Eighth In Knoxville

Heading into the 2012 Knoxville Nationals, Lance Dewease had struggled during qualifications, a problem which he thought would hamper him at the Knoxville Nationals

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Sixth at Nationals For Stewart

Shane Stewart continued his strong run during the Southern Iowa Speedweek as he closed it out with a sixth place finish during the 52nd Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals.

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Kyle Hirst Makes It Four-In-A-Row

One weekend after sweeping a pair of non-winged races, Kyle Hirst climbed aboard the Finley Farms No.77f machine for a pair of winged events, and parked in victory lane both nights.

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Right Back at it: Three Races for Kraig Kinser Over the Next Week

With the biggest event of the year, the Goodyear Knoxville Nationals, now in the rearview mirror, some might think that the season would begin to slow down. That’s not the case for Kraig Kinser and his fellow World of Outlaws competitors

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McQueen Racing Chili Bowl Nationals Midget Rental Opportunity

Competing against the World’s best racers over five days in early January, with approximately 250 racers competing, including reigning and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and two-time Chili Bowl winner Tony Stewart and a plethora of the most talented racers from an array of racing backgrounds and disciplines, McQueen Racing is excited to announce they will be renting one of their potent 2012 Spike/Esslinger for the 2013 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Bruce 15th In Nationals C

Liberal, KS native, Tony Bruce, Jr didn’t have the nationals he had hoped for, as him and his Bruce Racing team scored a 15th place finish in the Saturday night C-Main event.

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Cody Darrah 21st In Knoxville Nationals Feature

The Knoxville Nationals haven’t been very friendly to Cody Darrah over the past few years, but the 2012 edition saw Darrah overcome adversity and put his SurePoint Medical/Sage Fruit/Team ASE machine into the 50-lap feature event.

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JA 13th at Knoxville

Following a frustrating 360 Knoxville Nationals, Jonathan Allard came into the 410 Nationals with a chip on his shoulder, as he started a career best, third, in the feature, and tallied a 13th place finish against the best drivers in the world.

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Non-Racing Weekend Has 19-year-old Trevor Berry Ready For Season Championships At Spartan

Both races that were scheduled for 19-year-old Trevor Berry over the weekend of August 10-11th were rained out as Mother Nature paid a visit to both Dixie Motor Speedway in Birch Run, Michigan on Friday, August 10th for a regular show and again on Saturday August 11th at Angola Motorsport Park

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SCHATZ 6TH KNOXVILLE NATIONALS WITH SPRINT TO FINISH

Donny Schatz held off a charging Brian Brown to win the Goodyear Knoxville Nationals winged sprint car race at Knoxville Raceway

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Kraig Kinser Finishes Fourth in the Knoxville Nationals

Qualifying for the main event at the Knoxville Nationals is often a victory in itself, as traditionally the biggest field of the year is present at the famed half-mile in Iowa. Being a former winner of sprint car racing’s marquee event

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