World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series driver battled for $185,000 to win at Knoxville Raceway
The grandstands are sold out in Knoxville, Iowa. It’s the final night of the Knoxville Nationals on the half-mile dirt track of Knoxville Raceway.
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Kyle Larson and Rico Abreu set the front row for the main event. 50 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
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Green flag, Larson is clear before turn one. Donny Schatz slides Abreu to take 2nd away.
Lap 8, Larson leads Schatz by 3 seconds. However, the leader has caught the tail of the field.
Lap 14, Schatz works the bottom as Abreu knocks the cushion. Abreu drives by on the outside to reclaim 2nd.
Lap 16, Chase Randall blows a right rear while running 10th, caution.
Abreu has a flat right rear as he rolls around under caution. Abreu heads to the pit lane from 2nd.
Green, Larson leads Schatz and Macedo. David Gravel is slicing through the field after transferring in from the B Main, Gravel takes 7th away.
Halfway Break
Lap 26, the caution is out. This will be the race break caution. Teams will refuel all the cars on pit road.
Green, Larson leads as Schatz and Schuchart run side by side for 2nd.
Lap 28, Schuchart slides Schatz for 2nd in turn two.
Lap 35, Larson works lap traffic. He leads Schuchart by 1.6 seconds.
Lap 37, Larson squeezes between a lap car and the wall. The race leader nearly crashed, instead he opens the gap.
Lap 39, Gravel continues his charge to the front. He clears Scelzi for 4th after starting 22nd.
Lap 41, Schuchart slows in turn four from 2nd, caution.
Green, Larson leads Schatz and Gravel. Gravel knocks the cushion and pulls even with Schatz. They cross, Schatz holds the spot.
8 to go, Gravel slides Schatz for 2nd. He holds the spot off turn four.
5 to go, Larson leads Gravel by 1.5 seconds.
2 to go, Larson has caught the tail of the field.
Kyle Larson wins the Knoxville Nationals!
Knoxville Nationals Results
August 12, 2023
The following includes all World of Outlaws results from the Knoxville, Iowa track:
Practice (E-D Mains)
Hot Laps E-D Main (Combined) : 1. 35-Zach Hampton, 00:15.572[25]; 2. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:15.606[27]; 3. 55T-McKenna Haase, 00:15.613[31]; 4. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:15.678[21]; 5. 10V-Cap Henry, 00:15.693[26]; 6. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:15.702[28]; 7. 25-Lachlan McHugh, 00:15.737[20]; 8. 1M-Don Droud Jr, 00:15.749[30]; 9. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:15.798[1]; 10. 21T-Cole Macedo, 00:15.799[29];
11. 95-Matt Covington, 00:15.812[32]; 12. 4J-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:15.833[8]; 13. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 00:15.846[24]; 14. 11N-Harli White, 00:15.865[19]; 15. 17X-Terry McCarl, 00:15.868[33]; 16. 24H-Kade Higday, 00:15.977[22]; 17. 50YR-JJ Hickle, 00:16.041[23]; 18. 20-AJ Moeller, 00:16.190[6]; 19. 35B-Austin Bishop, 00:16.373[2]; 20. 45-Rusty Hickman, 00:16.443[9];
21. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:16.550[15]; 22. 1A-Chase Dietz, 00:16.721[5]; 23. 44P-Skylar Prochaska, 00:16.744[3]; 24. 121-RJ Johnson, 00:16.932[10]; 25. 105-Cody Ihlen, 00:16.935[4]; 26. 6-Bill Rose, 00:16.972[16]; 27. 4K2W-Matt Wasmund, 00:17.157[14]; 28. 2KK-Kevin Ingle, 00:17.222[7]; 29. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:17.324[17]; 30. 6X-Frank Rodgers, 00:17.514[13];
31. 9H-Landon Hansen, 00:17.989[11]; 32. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:18.297[18]; 33. 15JR-Cole Mincer, 00:18.749[12]
Alphabet Mains (E-D Mains)
E-Main (10 Laps – Top 9 Transfer to D Main) : 1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[1]; 2. 44P-Skylar Prochaska[3]; 3. 4J-Kevin Thomas Jr[8]; 4. 35B-Austin Bishop[2]; 5. 45-Rusty Hickman[9]; 6. 20-AJ Moeller[6]; 7. 1A-Chase Dietz[5]; 8. 2KK-Kevin Ingle[7]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[15]; 10. 15JR-Cole Mincer[12]; 11. 121-RJ Johnson[10]; 12. 9H-Landon Hansen[11]; 13. 4K2W-Matt Wasmund[14]; 14. 6-Bill Rose[16]; 15. 78-Bill Wagner[18]; 16. 6X-Frank Rodgers[13]; 17. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[17]; 18. 105-Cody Ihlen[4]
D-Main (12 Laps – Top 5 Transfer to C Main) : 1. 25-Lachlan McHugh[2]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton[7]; 3. 24H-Kade Higday[4]; 4. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[6]; 5. 70-Kraig Kinser[9]; 6. 10V-Cap Henry[8]; 7. 21T-Cole Macedo[11]; 8. 101-Kalib Henry[10]; 9. 16-Brooke Tatnell[16]; 10. 1M-Don Droud Jr[12];
11. 45-Rusty Hickman[20]; 12. 17X-Terry McCarl[15]; 13. 4J-Kevin Thomas Jr[18]; 14. 44P-Skylar Prochaska[17]; 15. 55T-McKenna Haase[13]; 16. 2KK-Kevin Ingle[23]; 17. 1A-Chase Dietz[22]; 18. 11N-Harli White[1]; 19. 35B-Austin Bishop[19]; 20. 95-Matt Covington[14]; 21. 20-AJ Moeller[21]; 22. 50YR-JJ Hickle[5]; 23. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[24]; 24. (DQ) 20G-Noah Gass[3]
Practice (C Main)
Hot Laps (C Main) : 1. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:15.847[1]; 2. 39M-Justin Sanders, 00:15.849[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:15.941[8]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:15.985[12]; 5. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:15.986[14]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:16.026[9]; 7. 12X-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:16.035[10]; 8. 7S-Robbie Price, 00:16.050[6]; 9. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:16.131[3]; 10. 4CW-Chris Windom, 00:16.151[4]; 11. 1X-Jake Bubak, 00:16.179[17]; 12. 6B-Clint Garner, 00:16.204[13]; 13. 1C-Brenham Crouch, 00:16.207[16]; 14. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:16.302[18]; 15. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:16.314[7]; 16. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:16.386[11]; 17. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:16.423[15]; 18. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 00:16.533[5]; 19. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:16.615[19]
Alphabet Main (C Main)
C-Main (15 Laps – Top 4 Transfer to B Main) : 1. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey[3]; 2. 39M-Justin Sanders[2]; 3. 3-Tim Kaeding[1]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic[7]; 6. 7S-Robbie Price[6]; 7. 18T-Tanner Holmes[11]; 8. 4CW-Chris Windom[4]; 9. 1K-Kelby Watt[15]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[12]; 11. 1X-Jake Bubak[17]; 12. 12X-Ayrton Gennetten[10]; 13. 5C-Dylan Cisney[5]; 14. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[19]; 15. 25-Lachlan McHugh; 16. 6B-Clint Garner[13]; 17. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[18]; 18. 35-Zach Hampton; 19. 24H-Kade Higday; 20. 70-Kraig Kinser; 21. 1C-Brenham Crouch[16]; 22. 42-Sye Lynch[9]; 23. 24T-Christopher Thram[14]; 24. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier
Practice (B Main)
Hot Laps (B Main) : 1. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:16.205[11]; 2. 19-Brent Marks, 00:16.274[12]; 3. 21-Brian Brown, 00:16.336[5]; 4. 83-James McFadden, 00:16.437[2]; 5. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:16.441[4]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:16.505[10]; 7. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:16.611[17]; 8. 13-Justin Peck, 00:16.619[1]; 9. 11-Cory Eliason, 00:16.620[16]; 10. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:16.628[14];
11. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:16.764[18]; 12. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips, 00:16.865[8]; 13. 71-Shane Stewart, 00:16.867[6]; 14. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:17.080[19]; 15. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:17.105[13]; 16. 4W-Jamie Ball, 00:17.199[20]; 17. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:17.211[3]; 18. 6G-Garet Williamson, 00:17.304[7]; 19. 7W-Dustin Selvage, 00:17.519[9]; 20. 1-Justin Henderson, 00:17.108[15]
Alphabet Main (B Main)
B-Main (22 Laps – Top 4 Transfer to A Main) : 1. 13-Justin Peck[1]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[11]; 3. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[10]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[12]; 6. 6G-Garet Williamson[7]; 7. 9-Kasey Kahne[3]; 8. 71-Shane Stewart[6]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise[17]; 10. 7W-Dustin Selvage[9]; 11. 5T-Ryan Timms[14]; 12. 11-Cory Eliason[16]; 13. 3-Tim Kaeding[23]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog[24]; 15. 21H-Brady Bacon[19]; 16. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 17. 39M-Justin Sanders[22]; 18. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey[21]; 19. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[18]; 20. 4W-Jamie Ball[20]; 21. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer[13]; 22. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[8]; 23. 83-James McFadden[2]; 24. 1-Justin Henderson[15]
Practice (Transfer Cars)
The following cars transferred into the race based on performance from Wednesday, Thursday and Friday:
Hot Laps (A Main) : 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:16.102[4]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:16.404[1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:16.640[16]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:16.801[3]; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:16.821[9]; 6. 2-David Gravel, 00:16.888[18]; 7. 7BC-Anthony Macri, 00:16.916[15]; 8. 2KS-Chase Randall, 00:16.969[14]; 9. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:16.985[5]; 10. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:17.045[12];
11. 83JR-Michael Kofoid, 00:17.058[8]; 12. 14-Corey Day, 00:17.058[10]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:17.180[2]; 14. 2M-Davey Heskin, 00:17.252[20]; 15. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 00:17.278[17]; 16. 4-Ian Madsen, 00:17.492[11]; 17. 39-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:17.550[6]; 18. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:17.577[13]; 19. 10-Scott Bogucki, 00:17.674[19]; 20. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:17.746[7]
Knoxville Raceway
Feature Results
August 12, 2023
(50 Laps – $185,000 to win)
1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]
2. 2-David Gravel[22]
3. 15-Donny Schatz[3]
4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[9]
5. 41-Carson Macedo[5]
6. 49-Brad Sweet[16]
7. 24-Rico Abreu[2]
8. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[8]
9. 55-Kerry Madsen[7]
10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[20]
11. 5-Spencer Bayston[13]
12. 14-Corey Day[10]
13. 2KS-Chase Randall[14]
14. 21-Brian Brown[19]
15. 4-Ian Madsen[11]
16. 8-Aaron Reutzel[21]
17. 3J-Dusty Zomer[12]
18. 9P-Parker Price Miller[18]
19. 13-Justin Peck[17]
20. 7BC-Anthony Macri[15]
21. 2M-Davey Heskin[24]
22. 10-Scott Bogucki[23]
23. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]
24. 39-Hunter Schuerenberg[6]
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Point Standings
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