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World of Outlaws STP Sprint Cars at a Glance: 53rd Knoxville Nationals
Donny Schatz takes aim at his seventh crown in sprint car racing’s biggest event
KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Aug. 5, 2013 – Donny Schatz has won six of the past seven Knoxville Nationals titles going into the 53rd running of this historic four-night event that pays $150,000 to the winner of Saturday night’s A-main.
Can Schatz win his seventh crown? He’s leading the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series with 13 victories, five of which came in July alone, and he charged from 13th to second on Saturday night in the Ironman at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. He also won both World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events earlier this season at Knoxville.
Here’s how the event shapes up:
WHEN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH
11 AM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
12:00-3:30 PM Red, Wheat and Bleu – Wine, beer and cheese tasting (NSCHOF)
12:00 – 7:00 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Show Pavilion
1:00 PM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
2:00 PM Fan Fest – Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Drivers Stories and Autographs
4:00 PM Sweet Baby Ray Sprint Legends Lounge Annex
6:00 PM Winged Nation Live Broadcast
7:15 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Racingjunk.com Qualifying
8:00 PM National Anthem, Color Guard
After the races Pit Gate Party
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH
8 AM Slideways Karting Center Mini-Nationals
11:00 AM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
NOON Media/Promoters’ Luncheon, Dyer-Hudson Hall, Fairgrounds
12:00-2:00 PM NSCHOF Members Only VIP Reception – 2nd Floor
12:00 – 7:00 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Show Pavilion
1:00 PM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
3:00 PM Fan Fest – FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Drivers Stories and Autographs
4:00 PM Damon Dotson in Sprint Legends Lounge
6:00 PM Winged Nation Live Broadcast
7:15 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals
8:00 PM National Anthem, Color Guard
After the races Free Dance – Pit Gate Party
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH
8 AM Slideways Karting Center Mini-Nationals
8:30 AM National Sprint Car Museum Golf Classic – Bos Landen
10 AM Helicopter Rides at Slideways Karting Center
11:00 AM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
12:00 – 7:00 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Show Pavilion
1:00 PM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
2:00 PM Fan Fest – FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Drivers Stories and Autographs
3:00 PM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
4:00 PM TBD Band – Sprint Legends Lounge
6:00 PM Winged Nation Live Broadcast
7:15 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals
Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge
8:00 PM National Anthem, Color Guard
After the races Free Dance – Band
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th
8 AM Slideways Karting Center Mini-Nationals
8 AM-3 PM Bizarre Bazaare Downtown
10 AM Helicopter Rides at Slideways Carting Center
10 AM FVP Knoxville Nationals Race Parade – Downtown Knoxville
11:00 AM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
12:00 – 7:00 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Show Pavilion
12:30 PM Annual Hall of Fame & Museum Racing Auction, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, 2nd floor
1:00 PM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
2:00 PM Fan Fest – FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Drivers Stories and Autographs
3:00 PM Fan Fair Forums – National Sprint Car Hall Museum
4:00 PM TBD Band Sprint Legends Lounge
6:00 PM Winged Nation Live Broadcast
7:15 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Finals
8:00 PM National Anthem, Color Guard
Schedule Subject to Change
WHERE
Knoxville Raceway is located at the north edge of Knoxville on SR 14 (located on the Marion County Fairgrounds). Click on the link for a map ( http://tinyurl.com/kg4u3p6)
ABOUT THE TRACK
Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked, 1/2-mile oval. The track record of 14.407 seconds was established by Brooke Tatnell on May 6, 2006.
Previous A-Feature winners of the Knoxville Nationals:
2012 – Donny Schatz
2011 – Donny Schatz
2010 – Tim Shaffer
2009 – Donny Schatz
2008 – Donny Schatz
2007 – Donny Schatz
2006 – Donny Schatz
2005 – Kraig Kinser
2004 – Danny Lasoski
2003 – Danny Lasoski
2002 – Steve Kinser
2001 – Danny Lasoski
2000 – Mark Kinser
1999 – Mark Kinser
1998 – Danny Lasoski
1997 – Dave Blaney
1996 – Mark Kinser
1995 – Steve Kinser
1994 – Steve Kinser
1993 – Steve Kinser
1992 – Steve Kinser
1991 – Steve Kinser
1990 – Bobby Allen
1989 – Doug Wolfgang
1988 – Steve Kinser
1987 – Steve Kinser
1986 – Steve Kinser
1985 – Doug Wolfgang
1984 – Doug Wolfgang
1983 – Sammy Swindell
1982 – Steve Kinser
1981 – Steve Kinser
1980 – Steve Kinser
1979 – Ron Shuman
1978 – Doug Wolfgang
1977 – Doug Wolfgang
1976 – Eddie Leavitt
1975 – Eddie Leavitt
1974 – Dick Gaines
1973 – Kenny Weld
1972 – Kenny Weld
1971 – Jan Opperman
1970 – Joe Saldana
1969 – Ken Gritz
1968 – Ray Lee Goodwin
1967 – Thad Dosher
1966 – Jay Woodside
1965 – Kenny Weld
1964 – Kenny Weld
1963 – Greg Weld
1962 – Jerry Richert Sr.
1961 – Roy Robbins
TICKETS
Tickets for Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway can be purchased by visiting www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com
FORMAT
Wednesday and Thursday
Order of Events: Hot laps, Qualifications, Last Chance Heats, 5 Heats, C feature, B feature, A feature.
Qualifications – 200 points are awarded for quick timer, 198 for second quick, 196 for third, etc. Only the top 50 qualifiers make the heats, the rest are put in the last chance heats in which the first eight finishers will fill the back of that night’s C feature (starting in the sixth row).
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 winner, points go down by three: 97, 94, 91, 88, etc.
Heats are inverted (8-10) – This sets up the best racing of the week. Top four finishers go to A, next four to B, last two to C.
C feature – Top two finishers go to back of the B. Third place is worth 96 pts., 2nd is 94, etc.
B feature – 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 feature – The A feature points are the same as time trials: 200, 198, 196 etc. This explains how a driver cannot make the A, but if he timed well may have more points than someone who did make the A.
First tie breaker is finish position in respective main event. Next tie breaker is rank in time trial. Other tie breaking criteria may be implemented if needed.
A perfect score (quick time, heat win, feature win) is 500. The top 16 in points from Wed. and Thurs. are locked in to Saturday’s program, however there is more racing to do on Friday.
Friday
The new format from 2012 will see the top 4 finishers from the A-Main move into spots 17-20 in Saturday’s A-Main. Friday’s event will consist of qualifying, heats, D, C, B and A-Main as well as the Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge.
SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge – This is an international invitational event. The lineup is inverted according to points accrued on Wednesday and Thursday. It has no bearing on Saturday’s lineups.
Saturday
E feature, D feature, C feature, B feature, FVP Knoxville Nationals Championship feature. The B, C, D, and E feature 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)
PURSE
Wednesday and Thursday:
Quick time overall: $1,000
Heats: 1. $150.00 2. $125.00 3. $100.00 4. $90.00 5. $80.00 6. $70.00 7. $60.00 8. $50.00 9. $50.00 10. $50.00
C Feature: 1. $150.00 2. $150.00 3. $150 4. $150 5. $250.00 6. $200.00 7. $175.00 8. $150.00 9. $140.00 10. $130.00 11. $120.00 12. $110.00 13. $110.00 14. $100.00 15. $100.00 16. $90.00 17. $80.00 18. $70.00 19. $60.00 20. $50.00
B Feature: 1. $200.00 2. $200.00 3. $200.00 4. $200.00 5. $600.00 6. $550.00 7. $500.00 8. $475.00 9. $450.00 10. $425.00 11. $400.00 12. $375.00 13. $350.00 14. $325.00 15. $300.00 16. $275.00 17. $260.00 18. $250.00 19. $240.00 20. $225.00 21. $200.00 22. $200.00 23. $200.00 24. $200.00
A Feature: 1. $12,000.00 2. $10,000.00 3. $7,000.00 4. $6,000.00 5. $5,000.00 6. $4,000.00 7. $3,500.00 8. $2,500.00 9. $2,000.00 10. $1,750.00 11. $1,500.00 12. $1,400.00 13. $1,300.00 14. $1,250.00 15. $1,200.00 16. $1,150.00 17. $1,100.00 18. $1,050.00 19. $1,000.00 20. $1,000.00 21. $1,000.00 22. $1,000.00 23. $1,000.00 24. 1,000.00
Friday:
B Mains: 1. $800.00 2. $800.00 3. $1,200.00 4. $1,100.00 5. $1,000.00 6. $950 7. $900.00 8. $850.00 9. $825.00 10. $800.00 11. $775.00 12. $750.00 13. $725.00 14. $700.00 15. $675.00 16. $650.00 17. $625.00 18. $600.00 19. $575.00 20. $550.00 21. $525.00 22. $500.00
A Main: 1. $4,000.00 2. $4,000.00 3. $4,000.00 4. $4,000.00 5. $5,000.00 6. $4,000 7. $3,000.00 8. $3,000.00 9. $3,000.00 10. $3,000.00 11. $3000.00 12. $2,500.00 13. $2,400.00 14. $2,300.00 15. $2,200.00 16. $2,100.00 17. $2,000.00 18. $1,900.00 19. $1,800.00 20. $1,700.00 21. $1,600.00 22. $1,500.00 23. $1,400.00 24. $1,300.00
Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge: 1. $10,000.00 2. $5,000.00 3. $3,000.00 4. $2,500.00 5. $2,000.00 6. $1,800.00 7. $1,700.00 8. $1,600.00 9. $1,500.00 10. $1,400.00 11. $1,300.00 12. $1,200.00 13. $1,100.00 14. $1,075.00 15. $1,050.00 16. $1,025.00 17. $625.00 18. $600.00 19. $575.00 20. $550.00 21. $545 22. $540 23. $535 24. $530
Saturday:
Best Appearing Crew: 1. $1,000 2. $500 3. $300
E Feature: 1. $600.00 2. $600.00 3. $600.00 4. $600.00 5. $800.00 6. $775.00 7. $750.00 8. $725.00 9. $700.00 10. $675.00 11. $650.00 12. $625.00 13. $600.00 14. $575.00 15. $550.00 16. $475.00 17. $450.00 18. $425.00 19. $400.00 20. $375.00 21. $350.00 22. $325.00
D Feature: 1. $800.00 2. $800.00 3. $800.00 4. $800.00 5. $1,200.00 6. $1,100.00 7. $1,000.00 8. $950.00 9. $900.00 10. $850.00 11. $825.00 12. $800.00 13. $775.00 14. $750.00 15. $725.00 16. $700.00 17. $675.00 18. $650.00 19. $625.00 20. $600.00 21. $575.00 22. $550.00
C Feature: 1. $1,000.00 2. $1,000.00 3. $1,000.00 4. $1,000.00 5. $2,000.00 6. $1,750.00 7. $1,500.00 8. $1,400.00 9. $1,300.00 10. $1,250.00 11. $1,225.00 12. $1,200.00 13. $1,175.00 14. $1,150.00 15. $1,125.00 16. $1,100.00 17. $1,050.00 18. $1,000.00 19. $950.00 20. $900.00 21. $850.00 22. $825.00
B Feature: 1. $1,000.00 2. $1,000.00 3. $1,000.00 4. $1,000.00 5. $8,000.00 6. $7,000.00 7. $6,000.00 8. $5,000.00 9. $4,000.00 10. $3,500.00 11. $3,000.00 12. $2,500.00 13. $2,250.00 14. $2,000.00 15. $1,750.00 16. $1,500.00 17. $1,450.00 18. $1,400.00 19. $1,350.00 20. $1,300.00 21. $1,250.00 22. $1,200.00 23. $1,150.00 24. $1,100.00
A Feature: 1. $150,000.00 2. $75,000.00 3. $37,500.00 4. $26,000.00 5. $21,000.00 6. $20,000.00 7. $19,000.00 8. $18,000.00 9. $17,000.00 10. $16,000.00 11. $15,000.00 12. $14,000.00 13. $13,000.00 14. $12,000.00 15. $11,000.00 16. $10,500.00 17. $10,000.00 18. $10,000.00 19. $10,000.00 20. $10,000.00 21. $10,000.00 22. $10,000.00 23. $9,500.00 24. $9,500.00
DRIVER INFO
The following World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series drivers maintain websites:
Cody Darrah – CodyDarrah.com
Craig Dollansky – DollanskyRacing.com
David Gravel – DavidGravel89G.com
Chad Kemenah – ChadKemenah.com
Kraig Kinser – KraigKinser.com
Steve Kinser – SteveKinser.com
Kerry Madsen – KenericRacing.com
Paul McMahan – PaulMcMahanRacing.com
Daryn Pittman – DarynPittman.com
Bill Rose – BillRoseRacing.com
Joey Saldana – JoeySaldanaRacing.com
Donny Schatz – DonnySchatz.com
Jason Sides – SidesMotorsports.com
Sammy Swindell – SwindellMotorsports.citymaker.com
For more driver information, visit: WoOsprint.com
WINNERS: Donny Schatz – 13 (Kings Speedway on April 12, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 6, Knoxville Raceway on May 11, Williams Grove Speedway on May 17, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 27, Jackson Speedway on June 14 Knoxville Raceway June 15, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 5, Limaland Motorsports Park on July 11 Lernerville Speedway July 16 Williams Grove Speedway July 20, Lebanon Valley Speedway on July 21 and Ohsweken Speedway on July 30); Daryn Pittman – 8 (Perris Auto Speedway on April 13, Tucson International Raceway on March 9, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 15, Eldora Speedway on May 4, New Egypt Speedway on May 21 Dodge City Raceway Park on July 6 Lernerville Speedway on July 16 and Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on July 23); Tim Kaeding – 7 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 15, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 7, Tri-State Speedway on April 20, Elko Speedway on May 10 LaSalle Speedway on Jun 29 and Huset’s Speedway on July 3); Craig Dollansky – 6 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 16 Salina Highbanks Speedway on April 27, 34 Raceway on June 6, Lakeside Speedway on June 8 and Beaver Dam Raceway on June 29 ); Paul McMahan – 3 (Silver Dollar Speedway on March 23, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 24, I-96 Raceway on June 1 and I-55 Raceway on Aug. 3); Sammy Swindell – 2(Merced Speedway on March 29 and Cedar Lake Speedway on June 30); Kerry Madsen – 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 3 and Eldora Speedway on July 12) ;Danny Dietrich – 1 (Lincoln Speedway on May 17); Shane Golobic – 1 (Antioch Speedway on April 5); Kraig Kinser – 1 (Orange County Fair Speedway on May 20); Steve Kinser – 1 (El Paso Speedway Park on April 16); Kyle Larson – 1 (Stockton 99 Dirt Track on March 22); Danny Lasoski – 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 17); Terry McCarl – 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 16),); David Gravel – 1 (I-94 Speedway on June 22) Brad Sweet – 1 (Eldora Speedway on July 13)
LISTEN LIVE: Listen live as the Voice of the Outlaws, Johnny Gibson, calls the action at all World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series events on the DIRT Radio Network, including this week’s Knoxville Nationals. Visit DIRTVision.com for more information on all the features.
LIVE ONLINE UPDATES: Check out the Official World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series website at WoOsprint.com for live, interactive text updates of each race. It also includes driver biographies with statistics and pictures, race-by-race stats, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series races for $20,000 to win at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for the Ironman 55.