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53rd Annual Knoxville Nationals
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Current Champion
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Donny Schatz
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The Grandaddy of them all is set for August 7-10, 2013! Be there, as history will be made again, as only it can be, at Knoxville.
This historic event will see a major change in the Friday night program. The 4 top drivers from the A-Featrue on Friday night will advance to Saturday night A-Feature!
The FVP Knoxville Nationals is ultimately a cultural festival that combines fans and spectators with an unmatched experience of food, fun, racing and other entertainment over four days in mid-August. This four-day cultural festival that ends in each night with some of the most exciting motorsports racing in the world. Parades, exposition, fan fairs, live music, camping and fun are just some of the action you will see. Over 100 drivers from around the world will compete for a $1,000,000 purse and the prestigous title of FVP Knoxville Nationals champion.
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Pre Entries
4 Dakota Hendrickson - Omaha, NE
4 Danny Smith - Chillicothe, OH
20PK Ron Krysl - Atkinson, NE
24H Bryan Sebetto - Fremont, OH
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Happenings
DAILY EVENTS
7:00-Noon All You Can Eat Pancakes at FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience and Armory
8 AM-Noon Iowa State Savings Bank "Pit Stop" Pancakes with sausage and drinks at the National Guard Armory
10 AM-7 PM National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Open
10 AM – 4 PM Films of the Past Knoxville Nationals (NSCHOF)
10 AM Slideways Karting Center Open
Noon-8 PM Shuttles (9 AM-7 PM Aug. 11)
10 AM-7 PM KNIA/KRLS Big Red Radio Welcome Center, Fairgrounds
1 PM-7 PM Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience
MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH
7:00 PM Outlaw Dirt Kart Racing, English Creek Speedway
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH
12 PM-2 PM Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge Picnic
Knoxville Raceway (Marion County Fair Barn)
2:30 PM – 6 PM Knoxville Farmers Market – Downtown Square
7:00 PM Outlaw Dirt Kart Racing, English Creek Speedway
7:30 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Queen Contest
Dyer-Hudson Building
9:00 PM Sweet Baby Ray - Sprint Legends Lounge
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
FVP Knoxville Nationals Exposition
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 Spirnt Legends Louge Annex
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
FVP Knoxville Nationals Exposition
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
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 Carting Center
11:00 AM Fan Fair Forums - National Sprint Car Hall Museum
12:00 – 7:00 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Lifestyle Experience – Show Pavilion
FVP Knoxville Nationals Exposition
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
7:15 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals
Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge
8:00 PM National Anthem, Color Guard
After the races Free Dance – TBD 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
FVP Knoxville Nationals Exposition
12:30 PM Annual Hall of Fame & Museum Racing Auction, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, 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
7:15 PM FVP Knoxville Nationals Finals
8:00 PM National Anthem, Color Guard
Subject to Change
Format
The FVP Knoxville Nationals encompasses a four-day format unmatched
in all of dirt track racing. The prestige of winning the event far
outweighs the generous purse that exceeds $1,000,000. With points meaning everything, and every wheel turned on the track meaning
points, there is no time for a break at the "Granddaddy of them all".
Steve Kinser has stood atop the podium an unprecedented twelve
times, and owner Karl Kinser has graced victory lane an amazing
fourteen times with three different drivers.
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 can not 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:
Friday Events: 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.
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:
Saturday Events: 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
Purse Breakdown for the 2012 53rd Knoxville Nationals
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
History
Past Knoxville Nationals Winners
Year - Driver, Number, Owner
1961 - Roy Robbins, 37, O. J. Huffman
1962 - Jerry Richert Sr., 69, Ted Ready
1963 - Greg Weld, 92, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1964 - Kenny Weld, 94, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1965 - Kenny Weld, 94, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1966 - Jay Woodside, 9, Ted Hall
1967 - Thad Dosher, 74, Jack Cunningham
1968 - Ray Lee Goodwin, 24, Swenson/Williams
1969 - Ken Gritz, 12, Larry Snyder
1970 - Joe Saldana, 2, C&L Racing
1971 - Jan Opperman, 6, Cahill Racing
1972 - Kenny Weld, 29, Bob Weikert
1973 - Kenny Weld, 29, Bob Weikert
1974 - Dick Gaines, 71, Karl Kinser
1975 - Eddie Leavitt, 40, Ricke/Hill
1976 - Eddie Leavitt, 4J, Galden Inc.
1977 - Doug Wolfgang, 20, Bob Trostle
1978 - Doug Wolfgang, 4x, Speedway Motors
1979 - Ron Shuman, 75A, Gary Stanton
1980 - Steve Kinser, 20, Bob Trostle/Karl Kinser
1981 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1982 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1983 - Sammy Swindell, 1, Raymond Beadle
1984 - Doug Wolfgang, 29, Bob Weikert
1985 - Doug Wolfgang, 29, Bob Weikert
1986 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1987 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1988 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1989 - Doug Wolfgang, 8D, D.P. Motorsports
1990 - Bobby Allen, 1a, Allen Enterprises
1991 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1992 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1993 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1994 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1995 - Steve Kinser, 11, Steve Kinser
1996 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
1997 - Dave Blaney, 10, Blaney/Hylton
1998 - Danny Lasoski, 83, Dennis Roth
1999 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
2000 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
2001 - Danny Lasoski, 20L, Tony Stewart
2002 - Steve Kinser, 11, Steve Kinser
2003 - Danny Lasoski, 20, Tony Stewart
2004 - Danny Lasoski, 20, Tony Stewart
2005 - Kraig Kinser, 11K, Steve Kinser
2006 - Donny Schatz, 15, Schatz Motorsports
2007 - Donny Schatz, 15, Schatz Motorsports
2008 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2009 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2010 - Tim Shaffer, 83, Call/Holbrook Motorsports
2011 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2012 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
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