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Bill W's Notes for 4/24

Welcome to the 2026 Knoxville Raceway Season! Tonight is the first night of two for the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Premier Chevy Dealers weekend! You can find news and stories here.

For lineups, results and live scoring, check the MyRacePass app. The PPV broadcast is on Dirtvision.com.

65 cars have entered tonight's events. We have many of the best drivers in the world in the house! Most importantly, there's not a cloud in the sky, and the forecast looks good for the weekend!

Trucks are running in the track, and hot laps should be ready about 6:45 p.m.

Hot laps commencing at 6:44 p.m.

Garet Williamson comes to a stop on the backstretch in hot laps. Conner Morrell also cmoes to a stop on the fronstretch. Williamson rejoins...

That concludes Group 1 hot laps. Their qualifying is next...

Only the top 20 of the 33 drivers will qualify for the heats. The rest will make up the first Non-Qualifier race...

JJ Hickle sets quick time at 14.980 seconds. Justin Henderson was second quick, followed by Brent Marks, Aaron Reutzel and Rico Abreu...

Despite being 12th quick, RJ Johnson is a scratch for the night...

The second group will come out for hot laps...

Qualifying for Group 2 is up next. The top 20 in the 32-car group will make the third and fourth heat lineups...

David Gravel set quick time in group 2 at 15.250 seconds. Emerson Axsom was second quick, followed by Ryan Timms, Brad Sweet and Logan Schuchart...

Non-Qualifier Heats are up next, 8 laps in distance top two in each will transfer to the back of the heat races...

Non-Qualifier Race 1, 8 laps...

Randall will not start...The winner to the first heat race, second to the second heat race...Pursley leads early over Cam Martin, Peterson and Garner....Garner to 3rd on lap 2...TMAC is off...Watt is 4th and Tasker up to 5th...Pursley and Cam Martin to the heats...

Non-Qualifier Race 2...

Julien will not start...Madsen leads early over Sawyer, Thiel and Anderson...Thiel gaining on Sawyer for the final transfer...Dobesh pull in...Madsen and Sawyer move on...

Heats are 8 laps, top 5 to the feature, top 2 to the Dash

Heat 1

Hickle leads Marks, Park, Kofoid and Abreu...Marks to the lead on lap 2...Williamson up to 6th...Kofoid shoots under Park for 3rd, 3 to go...Williamson trying to reel in Abreu for the final transfer....Marks wins it ahead of Hickle, Kofoid, Park and Abreu...

Heat 2

RJ Johnson does not start...Reutzel leads early over Henderson, Ca Macedo (from 6th), Co Macedo and Holmes...1 lap in, Cam Martin flips hard in turn one...he is ok...Reutzel leads Henderson, Ca Macedo, Co Macedo, Holmes, Haudenschild, A McCarl, Balog, Bogucki...Reutzel chooses the high side on the double-file restart...Haudenschild knocking on the top five, now here comes A McCarl by Haud and taking a look at Holmes for 5th...Ca Macedo working on Henderson for the second Dash spot...Reutzel wins over Henderson, CA Macedo, Co Macedo and Holmes...

Heat 3

Gravel leads Timms, Schuchart, Jedrzejek and Peck...Peck now up to 4th...Windom closing on Jedrzejek for the final transfer...Wincom all over 5th on the high side...Gravel, Timms, Schuchart, Peck and Windom on the last lap...

Heat 4

Axsom leads Sweet, Schatz, Crouch and Brown...Sweet trying to close on teh leader...Hafertepe one spot out of the transfer....Axsom, Sweet, Schatz, Crouch and Brown transfer...

D main, 8 laps, top 2 to the C...

Thram, Simbro, TMAC and Julien will not start...Bayston leads Pulkrabek, C McCarl, Ben Brown and Morrell...C McCarl gainning on Pulkrabek...C McCarl continues to try to get around Pulkrabek...Pulkrabek battling back...Bayston and C McCarl to the C! Mincer is upside down in turn four after the checkers...he is ok...

C main, 10 laps, top 2 to the B...

Madsen, Cam Martin, Jeffrey and RJ Johnson will not start...Ball leads Schneiderman, Sawyer, Moran and Watt....Watt by Moran for 4th...caution for Tasker on the fronstretch after contact with C McCarl, 3 laps down...Ball leads Schneiderman, Sawyer, Watt, Moran, Garner, J Anderson, K Jonson, Bayston...Thiel is off, C McCarl is in the work area...Ball chooses the inside line on the double-file restart...Watt to 3rd on the restart....Bayston has worked by Garner into 5th....Garner back by...Ball and Schneiderman move on to the B...

Dash, 6 laps...

Determines the top eight starting spots in the A main...Sweet gets the jump over Henderson, Hickle, Timms and Axsome....Timms is around Hickle now for 3rd...Hickle battles back by on the low side...Great battle for 3rd between Hickle and Timms at the white flag...Sweet and Henderson will be the front row...

B main is next, 12 laps, top 4 to the feature...Thorson leads Williamson, Jedrzejek and Hafertepe...Hafertepe now into 3rd...he lose momentum, A McCarl surges to 3rd, Jedrzejek 4th and Hafertepe 5th...Hafertepe trying to catch Jedrzejek for the final transfer...jWilliamson by Thorson for the win, A McCarl and Jefrzejek also to the A....

A main, 25 laps, $12,000 to win...

Haudenschild will take the lone provisional...Sweet leads Hickle, Henderson, Gravel and Timms early...Gravel shoots around Henderson and Hickle from fourth to seocnd on lap two...lap 4, Timms gets by Henderson on the high side for 4th...Marks up to 5th...Sweet in lapped traffic on lap 9...Timms by Hickle for 3rd on lap 11 on the high side for 3rd...Timms is stalking Gravel...Marks by Hickle for 4th with three to go...Sweet wins it, Timms falls just short of Gravel and finishes third...This is Sweet's eighth career win at Knoxville...see you tomorrow!

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