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Knoxville Nationals fire off tonight!

(Knoxville, IA) -- the 57th Annual 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Stores opens tonight (Wed. Aug 9) with the first of three preliminary nights leading up to Saturday night's finale which inlcudes the 50-lap main event.

Jason Johnson held off nine-time winner Donny Schatz in a thrilling finish in 2016. Action each night gets underway with hot laps at 6:45 p.m.

For ticket information: http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com

TheCushion.com has Live Pay Per View of all four nights of racing. RacinBoys will provide Live FREE video of the post-race press conferences Wednesday through Saturday, brought to you by Impact Signs-Awnings-Wraps.

Pre-Entries

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

WEDNESDAY 8/9/17

1B Dustin Selvage - Indianola, IA
1m Danny Lasoski - Dover, MO
1P Curtis Evans - Norborne, MO
1s Logan Schuchart - Hanover, PA
2 Shane Stewart - Bixby, OK
2KS Austin McCarl - Altoona, IA
2M Kerry Madsen - St. Mary's, NSW, AU
2MM Matt Moro - Polk City, IA
2x Parker Price-Miller - Kokomo, IN
3G Carson Macedo - Lemoore, CA (R)
3P Sawyer Phillips - Pleasantville, IA (R)
4 Paul McMahan - Hendersonville, TN
4x Dakota Hendrickson - Omaha, NE
5H Cory Eliason - Selma, CA
8H Jason Kendrick - Perth, WA, AU (R)
09 Matt Juhl - Tea, SD
9X Jake Bubak - Arvada, CO (R)
10 Tyler Bear - Elliottsburg, PA (R)
12 Lynton Jeffrey - Sydney, NSW, AU
12w Josh Walter - Plymouth, WI (R)
15 Donny Schatz - Fargo, ND
17 Jac Haudenschild - Wooster, OH
17B Bill Balog - Hartland, WI
17H Caleb Helms - Findlay, OH
17w Harli White - Lindsay, OK
19P Paige Polyak - Tiffin, OH
19W Bob Weuve - Newton, IA
20 AJ Moeller - Rockwell City, IA
21AU Jordyn Brazier - Maroochydore, QLD, AU
22 Rager Phillips - Pleasantville, IA
24W Lucas Wolfe - Mechanicsburg, PA
26 Tayler Malsam - Sammamish, WA
27 Greg Hodnett - Spring Grove, PA
39 Spencer Bayston - Lebanon, IN (R)
40 Clint Garner - Sioux Falls, SD
49 Brad Sweet - Grass Valley, CA
49X Tim Shaffer - Aliquippa, PA
51 Joey Saldana - Brownsburg, IN
56N Davey Heskin - St. Michael, MN
57 Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA
68 Chase Johnson - Penngrove, CA
70 Clint Garner - Sioux Falls, SD
71 TBA (Bernie Stuebgen)
82 Dusty Zomer - Sioux Falls, SD
83C Adam Cruea - Troy, OH
84 Scott Bogucki - McLaren Vale, SA, AU
85 Chase Wanner - Eldon, IA (R)
87 Aaron Reutzel - Clute, TX
93 Sheldon Haudenschild - Wooster, OH
95 Matt Covington - Glenpool, OK
99 Brady Bacon - Broken Arrow, OK

THURSDAY 8/10/17

00 Dane Lorenc - Lancaster, NY
1 TBA (BDS Motorsports)
1a Jacob Allen - Hanover, PA
1x Don Droud, Jr. - Lincoln, NE
1Z Dale Blaney - Hartford, OH
X1 Mason Moore - Chico, CA (R)
2C Wayne Johnson - Oklahoma City, OK
3 James McFadden - Alice Springs, NT, AU
3K Tim Kaeding - San Jose, CA
3s Sammy Swindell - Germantown, TN
5 David Gravel - Watertown, CT
5J Jeremy Schultz - Beaver Dam, WI (R)
7 Kaley Gharst - Decatur, IL
7s Jason Sides - Bartlett, TN
7W Tasker Phillips - Pleasantville, IA
9 Daryn Pittman - Owasso, OK
9C Roger Campbell - Clyde, OH (R)
9N Wade Nygaard - Grand Forks, ND
9Z Jared Goerges - Brainerd, MN (R)
10H Chad Kemenah - Alvada, OH
10V Kyle Reinhardt - Neptune City, NJ (R)
11K Kraig Kinser - Bloomington, IN
12N Cole Duncan - Lockbourne, OH (R)
13 Clyde Knipp - California, MO
13JT Mark Dobmeier - Grand Forks, ND
13V Seth Brahmer - Wisner, NE
15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. - Sunnyvale, TX
15M Bobby Mincer - Burlington, IA
17X Josh Baughman - Odessa, TX
18 Ian Madsen - St. Mary's, NSW, AU
19 Brent Marks - Myerstown, PA
19L Todd King - Sheboygan Falls, WI
20N Hunter Schuerenburg - Sikeston, MO
W20 Greg Wilson - Benton Ridge, OH
21 Brian Brown - Grain Valley, MO
21K Thomas Kennedy - Winnipeg, MB, CAN
24 Terry McCarl - Altoona, IA
24R Rico Abreu - St. Helena, CA
29 Danny Dietrich - Gettysburg, PA
35V Jamie Veal - Warrnambool, VIC, AU
41 Jason Johnson - Eunice, LA
41s Dominic Scelzi - Fresno, CA
44 Chris Martin - Ankeny, IA
44s Trey Starks - Puyallup, WA
49J Josh Schneiderman - W.Burlington, IA
55 Brooke Tatnell - Sans Souci, NSW, AU
71A RJ Johnson - Tampa, FL
81 Lee Jacobs - Dalton, OH
83 Justin Henderson - Tea, SD
99G Skylar Gee - Leduc, AB, CAN (R)

The 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals encompasses a four-day format unmatched in all of dirt track racing, and is presented by Casey's General Store. The prestige of winning the event far outweighs the generous purse that is nearly $1,000,000. With points meaning everything, and every lap turned on the track meaning points, there is no time for a break at the "Granddaddy of them all" the Knoxville Nationals!

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY QUALIFYING NIGHTS

Order of Events: Hot laps, Qualifications, 5 Heats, C Main, B Main, 25 lap A Main.

Qualifications - 200 points are awarded for quick timer, 198 for second quick, 196 for third, etc.

Only the top 50 qualifiers each night make the heats, the rest are put in the last chance heats if needed in which the first eight finishers will fill the back of that night's C feature (starting in the sixth row). If there are ten or less cars not making the heats, they will line straight up by time starting in the sixth row. The quickest will be given 50 points, the next 47, etc.

Last Chance Heats (for drivers out of the top 50 in Qual.) – 50 points awarded to the winner, 47 for 2nd, etc.

Heats - 100 points are awarded for the heat race winner, points go down by three for each position: 97, 94, 91, 88, etc.

Heats are inverted by 8. This sets up the best racing of the
week. Only the top four finishers go to A Main, fifth through eighth go to the B Main, finishing positions 9-10 go to the C Main.

C Main
Top four finishers go to back of the B. Fifth place is worth 92 pts., 6th is 90, etc.

B Main
The top four finishers transfer to the tail of the A. The B awards 142 points for fifth, 140 for sixth and so on by twos.

A Main
The A Main points are the same as time trials: 200, 198, 196 etc. This explains how a driver can not make the A, but if he timed well may have more points than someone who did make the A. The invert for the A Main is eight.

First tie breaker is finish position in respective main event. Next tie breaker is rank in time trial. The third tie breaker is pill draw. Other tie breaking criteria may be implemented if needed.

A perfect score (quick time, heat win, feature win) is 500.

The top 16 in combined points from Wednesday and Thursday are locked in to Saturday's Championship A Main, Teams 17th-26th in points are awarded the first 10 positions in the Saturday B Main. The rest of the field comes back for more racing on Friday.

FRIDAY

Friday Hard Knox Events:
The top 4 finishers from the Hard Knox A-Main will earn the 17-20 starting spots in Saturday's A Main. This is where the term making the A Main the Hard Knox way comes from. Friday's event will consist of split field qualifying, 6 heats, C Main, two B Main's and the Hard Knox 25 lap A Main. Friday ends with the Speed Sport Challenge.
*The Friday format may change if there are any weather related scheduling issues.

SPEED SPORT Challenge
This is an international invitational event. American drivers earned starting spots by competing in qualifying events in Australia the past winter. All foreign drivers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other countries that competed on Wednesday or Thursday are also eligible. The lineup is determined by points accrued on Wednesday and Thursday and inverted by 14. The winning driver in the Challenge is eligible for a 25th position in Saturday night's main event, if not already qualified
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SATURDAY

5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Store Finals

Events:
10 lap E Main, 12 lap D Main, 15 lap C Main, 22 lap B Main, and the 50 lap 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals Championship A Main.

The B, C, D, and E Main will take the top four finishers to the tail of the next event (if there are scratches, there may be more taken for a particular event).

KNOXVILLE NATIONALS PURSE BREAKDOWN

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY:

Heats:

1. $150 2. $125 3. $100 4. $90 5. $80 6. $70 7. $60 8. $50 9. $50 10. $50

C Feature:

1. $150 2. $150 3. $150 4. $150 5. $250
2. $200 7.$175 8. $150 9. $140 10. $130
3. $120 12. $110 13. $110 14. $100 15. $100
4. $90 17. $80 18. $70 19. $60 20. $50

B Feature:

1. $200 2. $200 3. $200 4. $200 5. $600
2. $550 7. $500 8. $475 9. $450 10. $425
3. $400 12. $375 13. $350 14. $325 15. $300
4. $275 17. $260 18. $250 19. $240 20. $225
5. $200 22. $200 23. $200 24. $200

A Feature:

1. $12,000 2. $10,000 3. $7,000 4. $6,000
2. $5,000 6. $4,000 7. $3,500 8. $2,500
3. $2,000 10. $1,750 11. $1,500 12. $1,400
4. $1,300 14. $1,250 15. $1,200 16. $1,150
5. $1,100 18. $1,050 19. $1,000 20. $1,000
6. $1,000 22. $1,000 23. $1,000 24. $1,000

FRIDAY:

C Main:

1. $200 2. $200 3. $200 4. $200 5. $600
2. $550 7. $500 8. $475 9. $450 10. $425
3. $400 12. $375 13. $350 14. $325 15. $300
4. $275 17. $260 18. $250 19. $240 20. $225
5. $200 22. $200 23. $200 24. $200

B Mains:

1. $400 2. $400 3. $1,200 4. $1,100 5. $1,000
2. $950 7. $900 8. $850 9. $825 10. $800
3. $775 12. $750 13. $725 14. $700 15. $675
4. $650 17. $625 18. $600 19. $575 20. $550
5. $525 22. $500

A Main:

1. $4,000 2. $4,000 3. $4,000 4. $4,000 5. $3,000
2. $3,000 7. $3,000 8. $3,000 9. $5,000 10. $4,000
3. $3000 12. $2,500 13. $2,400 14. $2,300 15. $2,200 16. $2,100 17. $2,000 18. $1,900 19. $1,800 20. $1,700 21. $1,600 22. $1,500 23. $1,400 24. $1,300

Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge:

1. $10,000 2. $5,000 3. $3,000 4. $2,500
2. $2,000 6. $1,800 7. $1,700 8. $1,600
3. $1,500 10. $1,400 11. $1,300 12. $1,200
4. $1,100 14. $1,000 15. $1,000 16. $1,000
5. $625 18. $600 19. $600 20. $600

SATURDAY:

Best Appearing Crew:

1. $500 2. $250 3. $150

Best Appearing Car:

1. $500 2. $250 3. $150

Pole Award: $2,000

E Feature:

1. $600 2. $600 3. $600 4. $600 5. $800
2. $775 7. $750 8. $725 9. $700 10. $675
3. $650 12. $625 13. $600 14. $575 15. $550
4. $475 17. $450 18. $425 19. $400 20. $375
5. $350 22. $325

D Feature:

1. $800 2. $800 3. $800 4. $800 5. $1,200
2. $1,100 7. $1,000 8. $950 9. $900 10. $850
3. $825 12. $800 13. $775 14. $750 15. $725
4. $700 17. $675 18. $650 19. $625 20. $600
5. $575 22. $550

C Feature:

1. $1,000 2. $1,000 3. $1,000 4. $1,000 5. $2,000
2. $1,750 7. $1,500 8. $1,400 9. $1,300 10. $1,250 11. $1,225 12. $1,200 13. $1,175 14. $1,150 15. $1,125 16. $1,100 17. $1,050 18. $1,000 19. $950 20. $900
3. $850 22. $825

B Feature:

1. $1,000 2. $1,000 3. $1,000 4. $1,000 5. $8,000
2. $7,000 7. $6,000 8. $5,000 9. $4,000 10. $3,500 11. $3,000 12. $2,500 13. $2,250 14. $2,000 15. $1,750 16. $1,500 17. $1,450 18. $1,400 19. $1,350 20. $1,300
3. $1,250 22. $1,200 23. $1,150 24. $1,100

A Feature:

1. $150,000 2. $75,000 3. $37,500 4. $26,000
2. $21,000 6. $20,000 7. $19,000 8. $18,000
3. $17,000 10. $16,000 11. $15,000 12. $14,000
4. $13,000 14. $12,000 15. $11,000 16. $10,500
5. $10,000 18. $10,000 19. $10,000 20. $10,000
6. $10,000 22. $10,000 23. $9,500 24. $9,500
7. $9,500

PAST KNOXVILLE NATIONALS WINNERS

YEAR - DRIVER, NUMBER, OWNER
1961 - Roy Robbins, 37, O. J. Huffman
1962 - Jerry Richert Sr., 69, Ted Ready
1963 - Greg Weld, 92, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1964 - Kenny Weld, 94, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1965 - Kenny Weld, 94, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1966 - Jay Woodside, 9, Ted Hall
1967 - Thad Dosher, 74, Jack Cunningham
1968 - Ray Lee Goodwin, 24, Swenson/Williams
1969 - Ken Gritz, 12, Larry Snyder
1970 - Joe Saldana, 2, C&L Racing
1971 - Jan Opperman, 6, Cahill Racing
1972 - Kenny Weld, 29, Bob Weikert
1973 - Kenny Weld, 29, Bob Weikert
1974 - Dick Gaines, 71, Karl Kinser
1975 - Eddie Leavitt, 40, Ricke/Hill
1976 - Eddie Leavitt, 4J, Galden Inc.
1977 - Doug Wolfgang, 20, Bob Trostle
1978 - Doug Wolfgang, 4x, Speedway Motors
1979 - Ron Shuman, 75A, Gary Stanton
1980 - Steve Kinser, 20, Bob Trostle/Karl Kinser
1981 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1982 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1983 - Sammy Swindell, 1, Raymond Beadle
1984 - Doug Wolfgang, 29, Bob Weikert
1985 - Doug Wolfgang, 29, Bob Weikert
1986 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1987 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1988 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1989 - Doug Wolfgang, 8D, D.P. Motorsports
1990 - Bobby Allen, 1a, Allen Enterprises
1991 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1992 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1993 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1994 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1995 - Steve Kinser, 11, Steve Kinser
1996 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
1997 - Dave Blaney, 10, Blaney/Hylton
1998 - Danny Lasoski, 83, Dennis Roth
1999 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
2000 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
2001 - Danny Lasoski, 20L, Tony Stewart
2002 - Steve Kinser, 11, Steve Kinser
2003 - Danny Lasoski, 20, Tony Stewart
2004 - Danny Lasoski, 20, Tony Stewart
2005 - Kraig Kinser, 11K, Steve Kinser
2006 - Donny Schatz, 15, Schatz Motorsports
2007 - Donny Schatz, 15, Schatz Motorsports
2008 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2009 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2010 - Tim Shaffer, 83, Call/Holbrook Motorsports
2011 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2012 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2013 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2014 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2015 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2016 - Jason Johnson 41, Jason Johnson Racing

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