Kyle Larson seems to know when the big sprint car events are. Saturday he claimed his third Knoxville Nationals win and the second straight year, leading all 50 laps as heard live on KNIA. While last year was a total domination, Larson did not establish a gap until late in the 50 lap race. Larson was pursued by a number of drivers. In the 1st half of the race, Carson Macedo got to within less than second just before the fuel stop on lap 25. However, Larson would put a few lapped cars between himself and Macedo. Gio Scelzi would also come close, actually drawing to within a couple of tenths on lap 35, but once again, Larson lengthened his lead and won by over three seconds. Larson said in victory lane the lapped cars running the low side was hard to pass.

Larson: “A tricky race, I know it doesn’t look like it. Those lappers were slowing me down and I wanted to get back to the low side so I think I strung together some good laps at the end.”

An emotional Gio Scelzi knew he had his chance to beat Larson, and just could not pull it off.

Scelzi: “Felt so good down there, and I didn’t want to go to the top, and I was better down low and when I got to Kyle I just couldn’t get to him. The race is 50 laps, not 30.”

Corey Day completed an all-California podium as he charged to 3rd from 11th to also earn hard charger. Day was pleased with 3rd.

Day: “Feel like we had a really good car there. I needed a caution on that last run. Really proud of my guys and hats off to Kyle and Gio, just have to give it up to them.”

Emerson Axsom earned Rookie of the Year and Brian Brown won Mr. Sprint Car. The Knoxville Raceway will fall silent until August 24th for Championship Night.

63rd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey’s Toyota Qualifying Night #2 Results

E main (started), 10 Laps, 2:39.7: 1. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1); 2. 88T, Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (2); 3. 19H, Joel Myers Jr., Sebastopol, CA (3); 4. 15JR, Cole Mincer, Burlington, IA (4); 5. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (10); 6. 23L, Jimmy Light, Lizton, IN (5) / 7. 1D, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (7); 8. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (9); 9. 3N, Jake Neuman, New Berlin, IL (6); 10. 65, Jordan Goldesberry, Springfield, IL (12); 11. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (18); 12. J2, John Carney II, El Paso, TX (17); 13. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (15); 14. 9H, Landon Hansen, Newton, IA (14); 15. 23M, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (11); 16. 27W, Weston Olson, Warren, MN (13); 17. 10V, Brian Paulus, Six Mile, SC (8); 18. G5, Gage Pulkrabek, East Grand Forks, MN (16) DNS – 49x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA; 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD; 25, Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, OK; 28, Joe Perry, Billings, MT; 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA; 55t, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA; 6, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can.; 101, Kalib Henry, Sacramento, CA

D main (started), 12 Laps, 3:17.5: 1. 1m, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (2); 2. 5T, Ryan Timms, Oklahoma City, OK (1); 3. 7s, Landon Crawley, Benton AR (3); 4. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (4); 5. 22, Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (6) 6. 13JT, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (5) / 7. 24D, Danny Sams III, North Port, FL (7); 8. 45x, Jace Park, Overland Park, KS (8); 9. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (9); 10. 14J, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (17); 11. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (11); 12. 6w, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (12); 13. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (13); 14. 11N, Kasey Jedrezek, Lagrange, OH (15); 15. 74, Xavier Doney, Odessa, MO (10); 16. 53, Jessie Attard, Landilo, NSW, Aust. (16); 17. 95, Tyler Drueke, Eagle, NE (18); 18. Sawyer Phillips (19); 19. Joel Myers Jr. (21); 20. Tanner Thorson (20); 21. Sammy Swindell (23); 22. Jimmy Light (24); 23. Cole Mincer (22); 24. Brooke Tatnell (14) DNS – 2m, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA; 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA

C main (started), 15 Laps, 4:11.8: 1. 1C, Brenham Crouch, Lubbock, TX (2); 2. 48, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (1); 3. 3G, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (3); 4. 55c, Chris Windom, Canton, IL (4) / 5. 17GP, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (6); 6. 24T, Christopher Thram, Sanborn, MN (7); 7. 6B, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (11); 8. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (13); 9. 22x, JJ Hickle, Quilcene, WA (5); 10. 27B, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (17); 11. 35, Zach Hampton, Plainfield, IN (15); 12. 42, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (8); 13. Don Droud Jr. (19); 14. 36, Jason Martin, Liberal, KS (14); 15. Landon Crawley (21); 16. 70, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (18); 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (22); 18. Ryan Timms (20); 19. Mark Dobmeier (24); 20. Riley Goodno (23); 21. 55, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (16); 22. 91, Kyle Reinhardt, Neptune City, NJ (12); 23. 88, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (10); 24. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (9) DNS – 26, Zeb Wise, Angola, IN; 4w, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA

B main (started), 22 Laps, NT: 1. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (1); 2. 13, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (2); 3. 2, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (6); 4. 83SR, James McFadden, Alice Springs, NT, Aust. (3) / 5. 3z, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (9); 6. 3J, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (8); 7. 8, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (4); 8. 83JR, Buddy Kofoid, Penngrove, CA (15); 9. 5, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (13); 10. 21T, Cole Macedo, Lemoore, CA (12); 11. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (5); 12. 9P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (18); 13. 23, Garet Williamson, Columbia, MO (7); 14. 99, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (17); 15. 19s, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (19); 16. Danny Dietrich (22); 17. Chris Windom (24); 18. Brenham Crouch (21); 19. 33w, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (10); 20. Ayrton Gennetten (23); 21. 18T, Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR (16); 22. 9, Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA (20); 23. 2x, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (11); 24. 58, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (14)

A main (started), 50 Laps, NT: 1. 57, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA (1); 2. 18, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (5); 3. 14, Corey Day, Clovis, CA (11); 4. 41, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (4); 5. 39m, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (8); 6. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, CA (7); 7. 7BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (3); 8. 10, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (10); 9. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (14); 10. 1a, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (16); 11. 69K, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (2); 12. 2, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (19); 13. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (21); 14. 1s, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (22); 15. 21H, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (9); 16. 13, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (18); 17. James McFadden (20); 18. 17B, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (13); 19. Brad Sweet (17); 20. 27A, Emerson Axsom, Franklin, IN (24); 21. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (12); 22. 2KS, Chase Randall, Waco, TX (15); 23. 24R, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (6); 24. Justin Henderson (23). Lap Leader: Larson 1-50. MPI Hard-charger: Day.