Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile dirtovalraceway (zook clay) located at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa, United States. Races at the "Sprint Car Capital of the World" are held on Saturday nights from April through September each year. Some special events such as the Knoxville Nationals, 360 Knoxville Nationals and Late Model Knoxville Nationals are multi-day events. Weekly racing events at the track features multiple classes of sprint cars including 410 cubic inch, 360 cubic inch and Pro Sprints (previously 305 cubic inch). Each August, the Raceway holds the paramount sprint car event in the United States, the Knoxville Nationals.[2] The track is governed by the 24-member fair board elected by Marion County residents.
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
The first 50-minute was held on Friday, June 17, at 6:05 PM CST.[3]Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 23.033 seconds, and a speed of 78.149mph (125.769km/h).[4]
The final 25-minute practice session was held on Friday, June 17, at 8:02 PM CST.[3]Carson Hocevar, driving for Niece Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 23.508 seconds, and a speed of 76.570mph (123.227km/h).[5]
Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 18, at 6:00 PM CST.[3] For qualifying, drivers will be split into four different 15 lap heat races, and their finishing position will determine the starting lineup.[6]John Hunter Nemechek, Carson Hocevar, Hailie Deegan, and Todd Gilliland would win the 4 heat races, as Derek Kraus would win the pole.[7]
