KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Defending 360 Knoxville Nationals winner Aaron Reutzel is in the driver’s seat after the opening night of the 33rd annual event at Knoxville Raceway.
Driving the Ridge & Sons No. 8, Reutzel was the fifth quickest qualifier and won the 20-lap feature event to earn the most points on the first of two qualifying nights, racking up 483 of a possible 500 markers.
Surprising Kelby Watt ranks second in points with 472 points. Ryan Timms, Kaleb Johnson and Tanner Holmes complete the top five.
Fifty cars and drivers participated on Thursday night.
The Points
- Aaron Reutzel 483
- Kelby Watt 472
- Ryan Timms 470
- Kaleb Johnson 470
- Tanner Holmes 467
- Jason Martin 464
- Jamie Ball 461
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. 460
- Colby Copeland 457
- Chase Randall 449
- Austin McCarl 440
- Ryan Leavitt 440
- Rico Abreu 433
- Brenham Crouch 430
- Justin Peck 429
- Kade Higday 429
- Kade Morton 423
- Tasker Phillips 420
- Justin Henderson 414
- Chris Martin 410
- Tyler Groenendyk 410
- Tanner Carrick 409
- J.J. Hickle 402
- Colton Hardy 401
- Tony Rost 399
- Timothy Smith 397
- Blake Hahn 363
- Jack Anderson 362
- Jacob Hughes 359
- Dustin Selvage 358
- Chance Morton 358
- Calvin Landis 357
- J.T. Imperial 345
- Ryan Roberts 337
- Sammy Swindell 330
- Ayrton Gennetten 329
- Kelly Miller 322
- Cody Ledger 321
- Liam Martin 318
- Brandon Anderson 315
- Alan Zoutte 303
- Howard Moore 300
- Kyler Johnson 299
- Christopher Townsend 284
- Tuesday Calderwood 283
- Gage Pulkrabek 282
- Cody Ihlen 272
- Tyler Graves 261
- Aaron Werner 260
- Scott Bogucki 0
