KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Twenty drivers have earned starting positions in Saturday night’s 63rd annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals main event and the fields have been set for the annual edition of alphabet soup that will determine the final four starters.
Sixteen drivers led by polesitter Kyle Larson were locked in by points following the Wednesday and Thursday preliminary night programs.
Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart, Emerson Axsom and Justin Henderson earned starting spots 21-24 via Friday night’s Hard Knox qualifiers program and positions 17-20 will go to the top four finishers in Saturday’s 22-lap B main.
The night will start with an E main with the top finishers advancing to the D main, C main and B main.
Heavy hitters will be in action in the B main with five-time World of Outlaws champion and High Limit point leader Brad Sweet starting from the pole. He shares the front row with Justin Peck.
High Limit racers James McFadden and Cory Eliason share row two, while Knoxville Raceway regular Matt Juhl and World of Outlaws point leader David Gravel start in row three.
Others of note in the B main include Garet Williamson, Brock Zearfoss, Cole Macedo, Buddy Kofoid, who starts 15th, Parker Price-Miller and Kasey Kahne.
Danny Dietrich starts from the pole in the C main, while Ryan Timms has the No. 1 spot for the D main and Sawyer Phillips is scheduled to lead the E main.
Knoxville Nationals Feature Lineups
A Main (50 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson; 2. 69K-Daryn Pittman; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney; 4. 41-Carson Macedo; 5. 18-Giovanni Scelzi; 6. 24R-Rico Abreu; 7. 21-Brian Brown; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri; 9. 21H-Brady Bacon; 10. 10-Scott Bogucki; 11. 14-Corey Day; 12. 19-Brent Marks; 13. 17B-Bill Balog; 14. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild; 15. 2KS-Chase Randall; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen; 17. B Main Transfer #1 18. B Main Transfer #2 19. B Main Transfer #3 20. B Main Transfer #4 21. Donny Schatz 22. Logan Schuchart 23. Justin Henderson 24. Emerson Axsom
B Main (22 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet; 2. 13-Justin Peck; 3. 83SR-James McFadden; 4. 8-Cory Eliason; 5. 09-Matt Juhl; 6. 2-David Gravel; 7. 23-Garet Williamson; 8. 3J-Dusty Zomer; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss; 10. 33W-Cap Henry; 11. 2X-Lynton Jeffrey; 12. 21T-Cole Macedo; 13. 5-Spencer Bayston; 14. 58-Kaleb Johnson; 15. 83JR-Michael Kofoid; 16. 18T-Tanner Holmes; 17. 99-Skylar Gee; 18. 9P-Parker Price Miller; 19. 19S-Hunter Schuerenberg; 20. 9-Kasey Kahne
C Main (15 Laps): 1. 48-Danny Dietrich; 2. 1C-Brenham Crouch; 3. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten; 4. 55C-Chris Windom; 5. 22X-JJ Hickle; 6. 17GP-Cale Thomas; 7. 24T-Christopher Thram; 8. 42-Sye Lynch; 9. 52-Blake Hahn; 10. 88-Austin McCarl; 11. 6B-Brandon Wimmer; 12. 26-Zeb Wise; 13. 91-Kyle Reinhardt; 14. 3-Tim Kaeding; 15. 36-Jason Martin; 16. 35-Zach Hampton; 17. 4W-Jamie Ball; 18. 55-Kerry Madsen; 19. 27B-Jake Bubak; 20. 70-Kraig Kinser
D Main (12 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms; 2. 1M-Don Droud Jr; 3. 7S-Landon Crawley; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr; 5. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier; 6. 22-Riley Goodno; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III; 8. 45X-Jace Park; 9. 44-Chris Martin; 10. 74-Xavier Doney; 11. 1K-Kelby Watt; 12. 6W-Dustin Selvage; 13. 18R-Ryan Roberts; 14. 14T-Brooke Tatnell; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek; 16. 53-Jessie Attard; 17. 2M-Ryan Giles; 18. 14J-Jack Dover; 19. 95-Tyler Drueke; 20. 27-Carson McCarl
E Main (10 Laps): 1. 3P-Sawyer Phillips; 2. 88T-Tanner Thorson; 3. 19H-Joel Myers; 4. 15JR-Cole Mincer; 5. 23L-Jimmy Light; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman; 7. 1D-Tasker Phillips; 8. 49X-Tim Shaffer; 9. 40-Clint Garner; 10. 10V-Brian Paulus; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 12. 25-Daison Pursley; 13. 1-Sammy Swindell; 14. 23M-Lance Moss; 15. 65-Jordan Goldesberry; 16. 27W-Weston Olson; 17. 9H-Landon Hansen; 18. 28-Joe Perry; 19. 2K-Kevin Ingle; 20. G5-Gage Pulkrabek; 21. 24-Terry McCarl; 22. J2-John Carney II; 23. 55T-McKenna Haase; 24. 6-Robbie Price; 25. 49J-Josh Schneiderman; 26. 101-Kalib Henry