2021 Queens are in the photo above

The Knoxville Nationals Queen’s Contest is slated for Tuesday, August 9 at 7 p.m. at Dyer-Hudson Hall on the Marion County Fairgrounds.

Nine young ladies have registered for the event, says Knoxville Nationals Queen’s Coordinator Christi Woodruff.

The event turns 48 years old this year and Woodruff has been involved in the pageant since 1987, for 35 years. The last 18 years Christi has run the Knoxville Nationals Queen’s Contest.

Woodruff tells KNIA/KRLS, “The event is called the Knoxville Nationals Queen’s Contest and that determines the four young ladies who are queens of the Nationals. They become part of the history of the race track.”

It is a busy week for those young ladies who are selected to represent Knoxville Raceway.

The defending queen is Jodi Robinson from California.