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Oklahoma Relief
5/22/2013 - J Kinder and crew are doing some very important work and giving back. Kinder and crew are getting a trailer loaded with donations for the people in Oklahoma affected by the tornado. We want to help them collect donations this Saturday at the Lucas Oil Knoxville Championship Cup Series Titan Machinery Night. There will be an area set up by the ticket entrance where you can drop your donation. Items that have been asked for are work gloves, water, gatorade, ready to eat snacks/food, canned food, toiletries of any kind, pet food, batteries, flashlights, blankets, diapers, baby food/formula, sunscreen, paper ...

BLOG-Knoxville Heats Up!
5/21/2013 - View from the Stands (5/21/2013) by Eric Arnold, Knoxville Raceway Blogger & Twitter Commentator This past week at Knoxville Raceway I saw some of the best racing I’ve seen in quite a while in the 360 and 410 features. The 360 field welcomed ASCS invaders Jason Johnson, Jeff Swindell, Tony Bruce Jr., and Logan Forler, who all had an open night in their schedules. Jason Johnson and Brian Brown raced both 410 and 360 classes, so it was a stacked field and a nice 360 Nationals preview. Continue Reading... http://blog.knoxvilleraceway.com/

Heskin Holds Off Brown in Thriller!
5/18/2013 - Heskin Holds Off Brown in Thriller! by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, May 18, 2013 – Davey Heskin won his fourth career feature at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night in exciting fashion, holding off Brian Brown, who had already won in the 360 class earlier in the evening. The St. Michael, Minnesota driver’s win was worth $3,000 on McKay/Allied Insurance Night. J Kinder was victorious in the 305 class. The start of the 20-lap 410 feature saw Heskin leading Terry McCarl, Dusty Zomer, Bronson Maeschen and Brooke Tatnell. With McCarl and Zomer going back and forth for second, Heskin built ...

David Hesmer Makes a Return to Weekly Sprint Car Racing
5/17/2013 - David Hesmer Makes a Return to Weekly Sprint Car Racing By Joanne Cram When David Hesmer stepped away from weekly racing to focus more on life as a father and business owner in 2005, he found that the draw to Knoxville Raceway and his family of race friends was more difficult to avoid than he had thought. After six seasons of spectating, he is making a return to weekly racing at Knoxville Raceway. For those fans who are new to Knoxville Raceway and don’t recall the name, David Hesmer and the Hesmer family name are deep rooted icons in Knoxville’s history. David began ...

BLOG-View from the Stands
5/15/2013 - BLOG-View from the Stands (5/15/2013) by Eric Arnold, Knoxville Raceway Blogger & Twitter Commentator For the past decade the Mayor of Knoxville Raceway has been Donny Schatz, and he showed again this past Saturday that to win at Knoxville, you have to go through him... Read More http://blog.knoxvilleraceway.com/

Schatz Continues Mastery of World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Knoxville
5/12/2013 - Schatz Continues Mastery of World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series at Knoxville Defending champion charges to third victory of 2013 by winning Mediacom Shootout KNOXVILLE, Iowa - May 11, 2013 - If it wasn't obvious before, Donny Schatz made it clear on Saturday night: The path to winning at Knoxville Raceway goes through him. Schatz charged from seventh to victory in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series Mediacom Shootout at the famous half-mile, where he has won five of the past six Knoxville Nationals crowns in addition to winning six additional series races there since 2006. In a field of 51 cars, ...

Donny Schatz Strikes for Number Sixteen at Knoxville!
5/11/2013 - Donny Schatz Strikes for Number Sixteen at Knoxville! by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, May 11, 2013 – Donny Schatz remained dominant claiming victory for the fourth time in the last five spring World of Outlaws shows at Knoxville Raceway. The Fargo, North Dakota native claimed his sixteenth career feature here at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” in the Mediacom Shootout Saturday night. Craig Dollansky was second, ahead of Brian Brown. Brown shot into the lead early in a quest for a sweep after winning his heat and the Dash from the second row. Dollansky moved past Tim ...

World of Outlaws Compete at Knoxville Raceway on May 11
5/8/2013 - World of Outlaws Compete at Knoxville Raceway on May 11 KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 7, 2013) – The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, featuring the best winged sprint car drivers in the world, is coming to Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, May 11. Knoxville Raceway’s weekly drivers will compete against the Outlaws to defend their home track, setting the stage for an electrifying preview of the Knoxville Nationals in August. The Mediacom Shootout World of Outlaws will feature the most competitive events so far this season, as the Knoxville drivers strive to knock off the Outlaws. While it’s rare for a ...

Celebrations of Life; Beginnings and Ends Rob “Slim” Wilson and Swayze Mae Vernon
5/7/2013 - Celebrations of Life; Beginnings and Ends Rob “Slim” Wilson and Swayze Mae Vernon By Joanne Cram Many people say that the race family is as close knit as any blood family. And as a race family, we celebrate joys together, grieve losses together, and come together for causes that are near to us all. In times of tragedy and celebration, this close knit group we call family helps to pull us together and offers us an umbrella of mercy and love. Being part of this race family is a comfort when we can’t seem to make sense of life’s challenges. ...

BLOG-Outlaws Preview
5/6/2013 - BLOG-View from the Stands (5/6/2013) by Eric Arnold, Knoxville Raceway Blogger & Twitter Commentator If you have the racing blues due to the bad weather like I do, at least this coming Saturday, May 11 the World of Outlaws will be at Knoxville Raceway! Read More...http://blog.knoxvilleraceway.com/

May 4th Races Cancelled
5/2/2013 - Due to continued wet and cold conditions with no relief in sight the Lucas Oil Knoxville Championship Cup Series #2 Slideways Karting Center/Pella Printing Night has been cancelled. Text Knoxville to 84483 to receive a text from Knoxville Raceway of any delays or cancellations. If you have any questions, give Kim or Shelly a call at 641-842-5431 at the ticket office. Join us on May 11th for the Mediacom Shootout World of Outlaws!

BLOG-View From the Stands
4/30/2013 - BLOG-View from the Stands (4/30/2013) by Eric Arnold, Knoxville Raceway Social Media Commentator The 60th Knoxville Raceway season opener saw 33-410’s, 28-360’s, and 21-305’s for a total of 82 cars drive through the pit gate, a healthy car count to start the season... Read More at http://blog.knoxvilleraceway.com/

Dylan Smith Cops Modified Shootout for Second Year in a Row!
4/28/2013 - Dylan Smith Cops Modified Shootout for Second Year in a Row! by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, April 28, 2013 – Dylan Smith of Osceola, Nebraska won the 2nd Annual Knoxville Shootout for Modifieds for the second year in a row. Other feature winners included Austin Kaplan in the Sport Mods, Lance Borgman in the Stock Cars and Mike Hughes in the Hobby Stocks. Jacob Murray paced the Modified field early in their 25-lap feature. Dylan Smith worked his way forward from outside row four and worked by Jordan Grabouski for second on lap eight. A restart on lap ten ...

Shane Stewart Paces Knoxville Raceway Opener!
4/27/2013 - Shane Stewart Paces Knoxville Raceway Opener! by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, April 27, 2013 – Shane Stewart scored a convincing win in the 2013 opener at Knoxville Raceway’s Pella Motors Race for Your School night Saturday. The Bixby, Oklahoma native was running the Indy Race Parts #71x for Bernie Steubgen. Clint Garner scored his 16th career win in the 360 class, while Larry Ball Jr. won the opener for the 305 class. Pole-sitter Don Droud Jr. led the first circuit in the 20-lapper, while Stewart worked his way by front row starter, Terry McCarl. He then made the move ...

Practice Night Report!
4/26/2013 - (Bill W) Over 65 cars participated in Friday's practice night at Knoxville. It was an all-time record. Quickest lap of the night went to Ian Madsen at 14.808 seconds. Joe Beaver led the 360's with a lap a tick off the track record at 15.710 seconds. The night wasn't without incident. Dalton Ryder flipped Earl Tice's #29 when the left rear wheel flew off. He was uninjured. Some of the participants... 410 - 6R Ryan Bunton, 13 Mark Dobmeier, 4 Dakota Hendrickson, 7K Dustin Selvage, 47AU Trevor Reynolds, 96 Bronson Maeschen, 10V Glen Saville, 47 Don Droud ...

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