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Pole Position Caps Landmark Day for Austin McCarl

The McCarl name is synonymous with the Knoxville Nationals as part of the “home team”, even when family members were traveling to race elsewhere. Austin McCarl gave those local fans a night to remember on Thursday by earning the pole position for the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals.

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Flying Farmer: Tasker Phillips Locks Into the Knoxville Nationals A-Main

While much of the focus of Knoxville Raceway fans was on Austin McCarl earning the pole position for the 60th Knoxville Natioanls, Tasker Phillips also thrilled the local contingent by setting fast time, going toe to with one of the best race car drivers on the planet in Kyle Larson, and avoided pitfalls in the main event to achieve a lifelong dream of locking himself into the Saturday night finale of the Knoxville Nationals.

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Shark Sweep! Jacob Allen Wins the Thursday Preliminary Feature at Knoxville

Jacob Allen capped off a landmark week for the Shark Racing team after winning the Thursday night preliminary feature at the 60th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

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Austin McCarl Earns Pole Position for the 2022 Knoxville Nationals

Austin McCarl capped off a banner day by earning the pole position for the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

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Schuchart Opens Nationals With Second Consecutive Victory at Knoxville

Logan Schuchart picked up his second win in a row at the Knoxville Raceway to open the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals during Brandt Professional Agriculture qualifying night.

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Unusual Wednesday Night Program Ends with Schatz Leading Knoxville Nationals Points

After a unusual night of racing where 18 of the top 20 cars after qualifying failed to transfer through their heat races to the main event Donny Schatz edged David Gravel for the event point lead during the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

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Fort Knox: $1,002,065 Purse Up For Grabs at the 61st Knoxville Nationals

Knoxville Raceway released pay increases for the top three finishing positions along with the breakdown of the Saturday night purse for the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s taking place this week at the Knoxville Raceway.

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Kyle Larson Cashes $21,000 in Non-Stop Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge!

Kyle Larson roared to his third career win at the Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge Presented by the Rayce Rudeen Foundation and Country Builders Construction Monday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa.

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Schuchart Holds off Schatz to Win Capitani Classic

Logan Schuchart won a late duel with Donny Schatz and escaped disaster with a well-timed caution to conquer the 11th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom Capitani Classic Sunday night at Knoxville Raceway. The win was worth $9,000 for the driver of the Shark Racing #1s. Scotty Johnson made a mid-race pass to claim his fifth victory of the season in the Pro Sprints class.

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Brad Sweet Dominates Pevely for First Ironman 55 Title

There was simply no denying Brad Sweet on Saturday night at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.

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Ty Williams Crowned Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals Champion!

Arcadia, Oklahoma’s Ty Williams added another feather to his cap by taking the $7,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals 30-lap finale atop the ½-mile Belleville High Banks clay oval.

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Michael Pickens Pulls Off Last-Lap Pass for Xtreme Outlaw Midget Win

Michael Pickens had just enough momentum coming off Turn 4 to the checkers for a last-second surge past Jacob Denney, earning his first victory at Federated Auto Parts Raceway in Saturday night’s Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented Toyota main event.

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Reutzel Leads Every Lap in Route to 360 Knoxville Nationals Title

Aaron Reutzel has won a lot of races during his sprint car racing career. After Saturday night Reutzel can add 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank champion to the list of accomplishments along with the $30,000 for winning and leading wire-to-wire during the 30-lap, non-stop main event.

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SWANSON SURPASSES BEALE’S 46-YEAR-OLD RECORD WITH #6 AT TOLEDO

Since 1976, there’s been one individual who’s stood head and shoulders above all others in terms of USAC national feature victories at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway. That’s Rollie Beale. On Saturday night, Kody Swanson moved atop the list, topping the 1973 USAC National Sprint Car champion’s long-standing record at his hometown track, and he did in the race named after the legend he passed.

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Carson Macedo Makes Miraculous Last-Lap Pass on Brad Sweet for I-55 Win

The check was all but written in Brad Sweet’s name on Friday when Carson Macedo came out of nowhere, threw a slider from St. Louis, and pulled off an all-time stunner to steal the win on the Night Before the Ironman.

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