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In 2005 Steve's son Kraig Kinser won this event, making Steve and Kraig the first father and son to win the Knoxville Nationals. Donny Schatz has won the event eleven times (2006-2009, 2011–2015, 2017, 2022).
Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked half-mile dirt oval raceway ... 1961 – First Knoxville Nationals held, and won by Roy Robbins. 1969 – Wood grandstand was razed.
He also holds the record for farthest in the field a winner of the Knoxville Nationals has started, when he won from the 21st starting position in 2013. In 2008, he moved to Tony Stewart Racing, and continues to drive for that team today. Donny's 2013 sprint car at Beaver Dam Raceway.
In 1987, he won 46 features, including 12 in a row, and 24 of the last 26 events. He has won the Knoxville Nationals a record 12 times, the Gold Cup Race of Champions 12 times, and the Kings Royal at Eldora 7 times. He won twenty WoO championships and 690 "A" features (including full-field preliminary night wins).
Aug. 9—KNOXVILLE — Donny Schatz allowed himself a few fleeting moments to soak in the accomplishment of last summer. The native of Fargo, North Dakota was back at the Knoxville Raceway on ...
In 1995 he won his second $50,000 to win King's Royal at Eldora Speedway [2] on his way to winning the WoO Championship. [1] In the 1997 season, he won the Gold Cup, and the Knoxville Nationals, which is considered the premiere event in sprint car racing. [1] He was the first driver who did not defend his Knoxville win, when he moved into NASCAR.
Larson was largely unbothered while cruising to his second straight Knoxville Nationals title and third in the last four years, leading all 50 laps after securing the pole earlier in the week.
The team won 24 races in 1978 along with Wolfgang's second Knoxville Nationals. 1980 saw Wolfgang driving for Doug Howells, and the pair spent three seasons together, resulting in two second-place World of Outlaws point finishes. Wolfgang spent 1983 in the #18 Gambler house car owned by C. K. Spurlock, however despite 11 feature victories in ...