The four greatest days on the sprint car calendar have arrived. Tonight begins the 61st Running the Nos Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals with over 100 entries ready to qualify the next two nights. Tonight and tomorrow night the field will be split in half and will go to qualifying based on a points system. After tomorrow night the top 16 in points are locked into Saturday’s championship race with four more to come in on Friday’s Hard Knox Night and then the final four running from the B-Main on Saturday. One driver that has had recent success at Knoxville is Rico Abreu. He won the All-Star Circuit of Champions race on July 30th and tells KNIA/KRLS Sports he will work on getting into the A on Saturday with a shot at sprint car immortality.

Abreu: “We’ll get it and keep working on it. It’s what separates the Outlaw guys from the local guys. We race for wins, and we race to put food on the table for the people that work on my car, so that’s what it’s all about for me.”

Scheduled to run tonight are 2019 Winner David Gravel, 360 Nationals Winner Aaron Reutzel, Ten Time Champion Donny Schatz, last year’s Nationals Pole Sitter Gio Scelzi, and King’s Royal Winner Brent Marks among others. Join us for flag-to-flag coverage starting with Live Track Side at 5:00…and Race Nights Live at 7:00.