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Updates From Saturday Night of the 2022 Knoxville Nationals
Check out periodic updates from the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.
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Photo Gallery: 2022 Knoxville Nationals “Hard Knox” Photo Gallery
Images from the 2022 edition of “Hard Knox” from the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s courtesy of Mark Funderburk.
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T.J.’s Takeaways from Friday at the Knoxville Nationals: Redemption, Near Misses, and Another Showdown for the Title
The “Hard Knox” program has cemented itself as one of the most entertaining nights of racing during the four days of action at the NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals.
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Abreu Excellent Again on Friday at Knoxville
For the third time in his career Rico Abreu was victorious during the FVP “Hard Knox” program during the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.
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61st Knoxville Nationals Saturday Night Feature Event Lineups
Lineups for the finale of the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.
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Photo Gallery: 2022 Knoxville Nationals Thursday Preliminary Night
Images from the Thursday preliminary night during the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.
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Updates from “Hard Knox” Night at the 61st Knoxville Nationals
Updates from the “Hard Knox” program during the 61st Knoxville Nationals.
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J.J. Hickle’s Move From Washington to Iowa Leads to Knoxville Nationals A-Main Start
Two blocks behind the hustle and bustle of the Knoxville Nationals in a nice, but modest shop J.J. Hickle with car owner Brandon Ikenberry are doing maintenance on their sprint car on Friday morning. The work was going at a relaxed pace due to an outstanding performance during the Thursday night program at the 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s that has him locked into the A-Main on Saturday night.
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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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Knoxville Nationals Events: Friday, August 12, 2022
It’s the “Hard Knox Life” today at 61st NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s with the FVP Preliminary Program giving the balance of the field another shot at making Saturday night’s A-Main. Another busy day of events are taking place in and around the Marion County Fairgrounds.
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T.J.’s Takeaways: Sharks Devour Prelims, Defending Home Turf, and a Rookie Class for the Ages
I wrote coming into the 61st Knoxville Nationals I felt that this year’s edition was as wide open as any I have attended regarding who could win the event. Thursday strengthened that position, which will be reflected below in my takeaways following the preliminary programs are now in the books
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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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T.J.’s Notebook: Low Point Totals Concern Top Drivers after Wednesday’s Preliminary Program
One day removed from a crazy preliminary night to open the 60th Knoxville Nationals that saw 18 of the top 20 qualifiers fail to transfer through their heat race into the main event. This resulted in Donny Schatz and David Gravel tying in points with Schatz winning the tiebreaker of highest feature finish to be the highest point driver for the night, but only accumulating 469 points.