Results from Hard Knox Night of the Knoxville Nationals
Update: Results from the Knoxville Nationals finale
This is the final preliminary night of the Knoxville Nationals. World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series drivers are set to battle for four starting positions Saturday’s main event paying $195,000 to win.
View Knoxville Nationals results below.
Knoxville Menu
Format/Payout | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Lineup | Aug 9
16 drivers are already locked into Saturday’s main event at Knoxville Raceway. Tonight, these are drivers who are not locked into Saturday’s feature race. Only the top 4 from tonight’s feature will advance into the Knoxville Nationals feature, taking up starting positions 21-24.
Ashton Torgerson and Kerry Madsen set the front row. 25 laps of sprint car racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, side by side into turn one. Macri slows and the caution is out.
Green, Madsen is clear off turn two. David Gravel quickly moves into 3rd.
Lap 4, Kelby Watt blows a right rear tire, caution.
Green, Maden leads Torgerson off turn two.
Lap 10, Justin Whittall is upside down and the red flag is out.
This will be an open red. Crews will be allowed to make adjustments and add fuel.
Green, Madsen leads as Gravel slides Torgerson for 2nd.
Lap 13, Maden knocks the cushion as Gravel rolls the bottom. They run side by side for the lead off turn two. Gravel completes the pass and takes the lead into turn three.
Lap 16, Carson McCarl and Anthony Macri tangle. McCarl is upside down and the red flag is out. The drivers has climbed out.
Green, Gravel leads them into turn one. They run three wide for the final transfer spot. Kofoid slides Pittman for 4th and takes the spot after starting 19th.
Lap 19
Lap 19, three cars tangle into turn three. Jamie Ball climbs the wall and flips as he attempts to avoid the spinning cars. The red flag is out.
Green, Gravel leads Madsen into turn one. Kofoid works the inside berm and he takes 3rd away.
Lap 22, Kofoid slides Madsen for 2nd. He drives from 19th to 2nd.
1 to go, Kerry Madsen slows from 3rd and the caution is out!
Madsen will now restart in 5th.
Green, Madsen is slow at the launch. He gets run over and the caution is back out.
Green, Gravel leads Kofoid. They form three wide for the final transfer spot.
1 to go, Torgerson drives over the back of Pittman off turn two. They all save it.
David Gravel wins Friday night of the Knoxville Nationals!
Knoxville Raceway
Race Results
August 8, 2025
The following includes full results for the World of Outlaws:
Practice
Hot Laps: 1. 3L-Daryn Pittman, 00:15.309[29]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:15.562[19]; 3. 27-Carson McCarl, 00:15.562[30]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:15.569[31]; 5. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:15.569[32]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:15.591[21]; 7. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:15.606[28]; 8. 2-David Gravel, 00:15.710[37]; 9. 83H-Justin Henderson, 00:15.728[22]; 10. 55V-Kerry Madsen, 00:15.740[44];
11. 36-Jason Martin, 00:15.754[20]; 12. 23D-Chase Dietz, 00:15.755[39]; 13. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:15.757[18]; 14. 19H-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:15.797[23]; 15. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:15.801[34]; 16. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:15.806[27]; 17. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:15.839[35]; 18. 4W-Jamie Ball, 00:15.864[13]; 19. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips, 00:15.870[56]; 20. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:15.944[51];
21. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:15.951[48]; 22. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:15.957[15]; 23. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:15.960[10]; 24. 15JR-Cole Mincer, 00:15.968[41]; 25. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell, 00:15.973[42]; 26. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:15.984[16]; 27. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:15.994[63]; 28. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:16.001[60]; 29. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:16.004[11]; 30. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:16.005[12];
31. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:16.006[40]; 32. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:16.009[24]; 33. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 00:16.027[14]; 34. 87-Justin Sanders, 00:16.043[67]; 35. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:16.049[57]; 36. 32B-Brandon Spithaler, 00:16.061[46]; 37. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:16.063[36]; 38. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:16.064[55]; 39. 44-Chris Martin, 00:16.075[17]; 40. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:16.077[53];
41. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:16.084[52]; 42. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:16.119[43]; 43. 40-Clint Garner, 00:16.123[25]; 44. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:16.161[47]; 45. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:16.168[68]; 46. 45X-Landon Crawley, 00:16.219[62]; 47. 2M-JJ Hickle, 00:16.222[58]; 48. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:16.243[66]; 49. 44X-Scotty Johnson, 00:16.289[26]; 50. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:16.289[54];
51. 121-RJ Johnson, 00:16.291[38]; 52. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:16.305[49]; 53. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:16.348[65]; 54. 53-Jack Dover, 00:16.352[9]; 55. 10W-Matt VanderVere, 00:16.367[33]; 56. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:16.373[50]; 57. 88T-Tanner Thorson, 00:16.390[8]; 58. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:16.393[45]; 59. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:16.521[64]; 60. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:16.531[5];
61. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:16.554[69]; 62. 10V-Ben Brown, 00:16.570[59]; 63. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 00:16.603[7]; 64. 25-Tim Kaeding, 00:16.656[2]; 65. 15J-Jack Potter, 00:16.665[61]; 66. 6B-Brandon Wimmer, 00:16.938[3]; 67. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:17.025[6]; 68. 4-Matt Wasmund, 00:17.569[4]; 69. 23L-Jimmy Light, 00:17.706[1]
Qualifying (Group A)
Qualifying A: 1. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 00:15.510[7]; 2. 3L-Daryn Pittman, 00:15.597[29]; 3. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:15.717[5]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:15.769[6]; 5. 83H-Justin Henderson, 00:15.769[22]; 6. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:15.770[28]; 7. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:15.775[15]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:15.786[16]; 9. 27-Carson McCarl, 00:15.826[30]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:15.907[35];
11. 25-Tim Kaeding, 00:15.919[2]; 12. 6B-Brandon Wimmer, 00:15.938[3]; 13. 23L-Jimmy Light, 00:15.940[1]; 14. 88T-Tanner Thorson, 00:15.952[8]; 15. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:15.961[19]; 16. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:15.976[18]; 17. 4W-Jamie Ball, 00:15.986[13]; 18. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 00:15.988[14]; 19. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:16.007[10]; 20. 18T-Tanner Holmes, 00:16.019[12];
21. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:16.040[21]; 22. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:16.072[31]; 23. 19H-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:16.075[23]; 24. 4-Matt Wasmund, 00:16.088[4]; 25. 44-Chris Martin, 00:16.109[17]; 26. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:16.188[11]; 27. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:16.206[32]; 28. 53-Jack Dover, 00:16.215[9]; 29. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:16.219[34]; 30. 36-Jason Martin, 00:16.290[20];
31. 09-Matt Juhl, 00:16.318[27]; 32. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:16.537[24]; 33. 40-Clint Garner, 00:16.540[25]; 34. 44X-Scotty Johnson, 00:16.888[26]; 35. 10W-Matt VanderVere, 00:17.199[33]
Qualifying (Group B)
Qualifying B: 1. 55V-Kerry Madsen, 00:15.701[9]; 2. 2-David Gravel, 00:15.726[2]; 3. 23D-Chase Dietz, 00:15.890[4]; 4. 2M-JJ Hickle, 00:16.068[23]; 5. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips, 00:16.148[21]; 6. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:16.166[1]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:16.213[22]; 8. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:16.311[13]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:16.313[15]; 10. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:16.349[14];
11. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:16.352[12]; 12. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:16.364[10]; 13. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:16.403[8]; 14. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:16.405[20]; 15. 32B-Brandon Spithaler, 00:16.407[11]; 16. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:16.424[17]; 17. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:16.438[28]; 18. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:16.444[16]; 19. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:16.507[25]; 20. 87-Justin Sanders, 00:16.512[32];
21. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell, 00:16.564[7]; 22. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:16.592[5]; 23. 15JR-Cole Mincer, 00:16.645[6]; 24. 8-Jacob Hughes, 00:16.667[34]; 25. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:16.714[31]; 26. 45X-Landon Crawley, 00:16.754[27]; 27. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:16.835[18]; 28. 10V-Ben Brown, 00:16.842[24]; 29. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:16.889[33]; 30. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:16.942[30];
31. 15J-Jack Potter, 00:17.085[26]; 32. 121-RJ Johnson, 00:17.086[3]; 33. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:17.135[29]; 34. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:17.135[19]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[4]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[3]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[6]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 6. 44-Chris Martin[9]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 8. 09-Matt Juhl[11]; 9. 44X-Scotty Johnson[12]; 10. 53-Jack Dover[10]; 11. (DNF) 23L-Jimmy Light[5]; 12. (DNF) 6K-Kaleb Johnson[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 2. 3L-Daryn Pittman[4]; 3. 83H-Justin Henderson[3]; 4. 25-Tim Kaeding[1]; 5. 4W-Jamie Ball[6]; 6. 19H-Kevin Thomas Jr[8]; 7. 18T-Tanner Holmes[7]; 8. 88T-Tanner Thorson[5]; 9. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[9]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[10]; 11. 10W-Matt VanderVere[11]; 12. (DNS) 11-Roger Crockett
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6B-Brandon Wimmer[1]; 2. 27-Carson McCarl[2]; 3. 13-Daison Pursley[3]; 4. 5-Brenham Crouch[4]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[7]; 6. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[6]; 7. 22-Riley Goodno[9]; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]; 9. 40-Clint Garner[11]; 10. 36-Jason Martin[10]; 11. 4-Matt Wasmund[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Cole Macedo[2]; 2. 24T-Christopher Thram[1]; 3. 55V-Kerry Madsen[4]; 4. 2M-JJ Hickle[3]; 5. 67-Justin Whittall[5]; 6. 33W-Cap Henry[8]; 7. 6-Zach Hampton[6]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]; 9. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[9]; 10. 10V-Ben Brown[10]; 11. 15J-Jack Potter[11]; 12. (DNS) 42-Sye Lynch
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[4]; 2. 1K-Kelby Watt[2]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell[1]; 4. 27B-Jake Bubak[6]; 5. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips[3]; 6. 87-Justin Sanders[7]; 7. 45X-Landon Crawley[9]; 8. 15JR-Cole Mincer[8]; 9. 74-Xavier Doney[10]; 10. 23W-Scott Winters[5]; 11. 121-RJ Johnson[11]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall[2]; 2. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[1]; 3. 23D-Chase Dietz[4]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[6]; 5. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell[7]; 6. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[3]; 7. 8-Jacob Hughes[8]; 8. 85J-Logan Julien[9]; 9. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 10. 16G-Austyn Gossel[10]; 11. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[11]
C Main
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover[1]; 2. 10V-Ben Brown[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 4. 16G-Austyn Gossel[6]; 5. 23W-Scott Winters[4]; 6. 23L-Jimmy Light[7]; 7. 10W-Matt VanderVere[9]; 8. 4-Matt Wasmund[11]; 9. 121-RJ Johnson[10]; 10. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[12]; 11. 15J-Jack Potter[8]; 12. (DNS) 36-Jason Martin; 13. (DNS) 6K-Kaleb Johnson; 14. 42-Sye Lynch; 15. (DNS) 11-Roger Crockett
B Mains
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 4W-Jamie Ball[5]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 4. 22-Riley Goodno[12]; 5. 25-Tim Kaeding[2]; 6. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[9]; 7. 44-Chris Martin[7]; 8. 19H-Kevin Thomas Jr[8]; 9. 18T-Tanner Holmes[11]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[10]; 11. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[17]; 12. 53-Jack Dover[19]; 13. 09-Matt Juhl[13]; 14. 44X-Scotty Johnson[16]; 15. 28M-Conner Morrell[15]; 16. 40-Clint Garner[18]; 17. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[20]; 18. 5-Brenham Crouch[3]; 19. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 20. (DNS) 88T-Tanner Thorson
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 67-Justin Whittall[4]; 2. 2M-JJ Hickle[1]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[7]; 4. 87-Justin Sanders[8]; 5. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips[5]; 6. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 7. 2KS-Brooke Tatnell[6]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney[17]; 9. 6-Zach Hampton[10]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III[13]; 11. 45X-Landon Crawley[11]; 12. 8-Jacob Hughes[12]; 13. 85J-Logan Julien[15]; 14. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[16]; 15. 16G-Austyn Gossel[20]; 16. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[18]; 17. 15JR-Cole Mincer[14]; 18. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[9]; 19. 10V-Ben Brown[19]; 20. 27B-Jake Bubak[2]
Main Event
25 Laps
1. 2-David Gravel[4]
2. 83-Michael Kofoid[19]
3. 2C-Cole Macedo[8]
4. 3L-Daryn Pittman[3]
5. 15-Donny Schatz[15]
6. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[1]
7. 13-Daison Pursley[9]
8. 39M-Anthony Macri[11]
9. 1K-Kelby Watt[10]
10. 23D-Chase Dietz[6]
11. 9R-Chase Randall[12]
12. 33W-Cap Henry[24]
13. 83H-Justin Henderson[7]
14. 99-Skylar Gee[23]
15. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5]
16. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[18]
17. 24T-Christopher Thram[14]
18. 1-Sammy Swindell[16]
19. 55V-Kerry Madsen[2]
20. 6B-Brandon Wimmer[17]
21. 2M-JJ Hickle[22]
22. 4W-Jamie Ball[21]
23. 27-Carson McCarl[13]
24. 67-Justin Whittall[20]
