Welcome to Toyota Qualifying Night #2 of the 64th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey's! 49 cars have entered tonight, giving us an even 100 for this year's Nationals!
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Hot laps are scheduled for 7 p.m. CST.
Matt Vandervere loses a left rear tire in practice and gets upside down into the wall. He seems to be o.k.
Terry McCarl announced this will be his 38th and final 410 Knoxville Nationals...
Drueke has issues on his second lap with smoke out of the rear end...
Time Trials are next 2 cars, 2 laps on the clock...200 pts for quick time, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...
Brad Sweet (3rd car out to time) was quick time at 15.002 seconds. Cam Martin (10th car out) was second quick, followed by Brian Brown (21st), Carson Macedo (18th), Daryn Pittman (28th), Kerry Madsen (42nd), Brent Marks (16th), Brandon Wimmer (1st), Jake Bubak (39th) and Sawyer Phillips (5th).
Heats are up next, 10 laps, 100 pts for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on...
Heat one
Dover leads Pulkrabek, Scelzi, Jefrey and Kofoid early...Sweet is 6th...Kofid by Jeffrey on lap three for the fourth and final trnasfer...now Jefrey battles back and takes teh spot with 6 to go...Pulkrabek to the lead with 6 to go...Pulkrabek, Dover, Scelzi and Jeffrey to the A...
Heat two
Tasker leads Light, Julien, MOrrell and Balog...Morrell by Julian for 3rd now...PPM is 6th...PPM now cruises under Balog for 5th...Balog now slides back by Price-Miller into 5th, but he's still one spot out...Julien on the buble with 4 to go....Balog now by Julien for 4th coming to the white flag....Tasker, Light, Morrell and Balog move on...
Heat three
Schneiderman leading Bayston, Hickle, Schuchart and Brown...Hickle is making himself wide in front of a faster Brown...Brown tried to get by Hickle for several laps only to be cut off on the high side of turn two...he tried to pass hiim one more time between the car and the wall and ran ouit of room as Hickle floated up the track...he climbed his right rear and flipped wildly down the backstraight...Sammy in 5th on the restart....Swindell finally gets around Hickle for the final transfer....Schneiderman, Schuchart, Bayston and Sammy to the feature...
Heat four
Drueke will not start...Thram leads Crockett, Hagar, Ca Macedo....Ca macedo now by Hagar for 3rd, Dietz is 5th...Bubak passes Dietz for 5th now...Dietz and Bubak trading 5th....Ca Macedo by Crockett now into 2nd...Thram, Ca Macedo, Crockett and Hagar move on....
Heat five
Bacon leads Henry, Zearfoss, Larson and Winters....Bacon, Henry, Zearfoss and Larson move to the A....
C feature, 10 laps, top four to the B main....
Brown, Drueke and Thorson will not start...Sawyer is penalized for jumping on the initial start...Hughes leads ealry over Gossel, TMAC and Sawyer....1 lap in, Sawyer spins...Hughes leads Gossel, TMAC, Vandervere, Wasmund...Sawyer is back by for the final trnasfer...TMAC to 2nd...now TMAC is off as the motor lays down...Hughes, Gossel, Sawyer and Vandervere move on...
B main, 12 laps, top four to the A main....
Sawyer will not start...Swet leads Cam Martin, Pittman, PPM and Marks...PPM now by Pittman for 3rd....Marks challenging PIttman for the final transfer...he puts a slider on with 6 to go and it doesn't. stick...Bubak and Madsen get together, but keep it going...Marks now by PIttman into fourth...Maadsen by Pittman for 5th....Sweet, Cam Martin, PPM and Marks move to the main event...
A main next...25 laps, $12,000 to win, 200 pts for the win, 198 pts for 2nd, 196 pts for 3rd and so on...
Hagar leads Bayston, Scelzi, Larson and Balog...Schuchart by Balog into the top five on lap two...Bayston by Hagar for the lead on lap three...Larson by Scelzi for 3rd...Larson by Hagar for 2nd on lap 5...Scelzi by Hagar for 3rd on lap 6...Schuchart by Hagar for 4th on lap 7...Balog back into the top 5 on lap 8...Lapped traffic for the leaders...Larson slides by Bayston in turn one with 12 to go...Schuchart by Scelzi for third on lap 16...Schuchart by Bayston for 2nd with six to go...Larson wins it!
- administrator on Aug 07, 2025
- Article Date: 8/7/2025