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Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night Rosters 2025: See The Prelims Here

Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night Rosters 2025: See The Prelims Here

A look at the 2025 Knoxville Nationals qualifying night rosters for Aug. 6-7 at Knoxville Raceway.

Jul 30, 2025 by Kyle McFadden
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The 2025 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's is a week away from all-important qualifying night that sets the stage for the biggest event in all of dirt-track racing at Iowa's Knoxville Raceway.

As is tradition, The Granddaddy Of Them All gets started with Wednesday and Thursday's qualifying night Aug. 6-7 at the famed half-mile. And for another year, FloRacing will be on site at the Marion County Fairgrounds providing wall-to-wall coverage of the 64th running of Sprint Car racing's Super Bowl.

A hundred-and-three drivers are on the 2025 Knoxville Nationals pre-entry list as of Tuesday night, with split-field preliminaries featuring 52 and 51 respectively on the two qualifying nights.

Wednesday, Aug. 6's Brandt Professional Agriculture qualifying night features the following: reigning World of Outlaws champ David Gravel, 11-time Knoxville Nationals champ Donny Schatz, Rico Abreu, newly crowned Kings Royal champ Anthony Macri, Corey Day, James McFadden, Sheldon Haudenschild, former NASCAR star Kasey Kahne and 2010 Knoxville Nationals champ Tim Shaffer

Thursday, Aug. 7's Toyota qualifying night, meanwhile, is headlined by the following: three-time Knoxville Nationals champ Kyle Larson, reigning Kubota High Limit Racing champ Brad Sweet, top-rated 410 driver Buddy Kofoid (per sprintcarratings.com), Carson Macedo, Brent Marks, Logan Schuchart, Gio Scelzi, former World of Outlaws champ Daryn Pittman, and 1983 Knoxville Nationals champ Sammy Swindell.

See below for the 2025 Knoxville Nationals split-field qualifying night rosters.

Wednesday's Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night Roster, Aug. 6

Car No.

Driver

Hometown

State

09

Matt Juhl

Tea

SD

1a

Ashton Torgerson (R)

Glendale

AZ

1K

Kelby Watt

Adel

IA

2

David Gravel

Watertown

CT

2KS

TBD



3

Ayrton Gennetten

Gravois Mills

MO

4

Matt Wasmund

Jackson

MN

4W

Jamie Ball

Knoxville

IA

5w

Lucas Wolfe

Mechanicsburg

PA

6

Zach Hampton

Plainfield

IN

6K

Kaleb Johnson

Sioux Falls

SD

7s

Chris Windom

Canton

IL

9

Kasey Kahne

Enumclaw

WA

9R

Chase Randall

Waco

TX

10

Ryan Timms

Oklahoma City

OK

10V

TBD



11N

Kasey Jedrzejek

Lagrange

OH

12x

Hank Davis (R)

Sand Springs

OK

13

Daison Pursley (R)

Locust Grove

OK

14BC

Corey Day

Clovis

CA

15

Donny Schatz

Fargo

ND

15H

Sam Hafertepe Jr.

Sunnyvale

TX

15JR

Cole Mincer

Burlington

IA

17

Sheldon Haudenschilld

Wooster

OH

17A

Jack Anderson (R)

Newton

IA

17GP

Tim Shaffer

Aliquippa

PA

18

Emerson Axsom

Franklin

IN

18T

Tanner Holmes

Jacksonville

OR

21T

James McFadden

Alice Springs

NT

22

Riley Goodno

Knoxville

IA

23

Garet Williamson

Columbia

MO

24D

Danny Sams III

North Port

FL

24R

Rico Abreu

St. Helena

CA

25

Tim Kaeding

San Jose

CA

26

Justin Peck

Monrovia

IN

27

Carson McCarl

Altoona

IA

32B

Brandon Spithaler (R)

Butler

PA

36

Jason Martin

Lincoln

NE

39M

Anthony Macri

Dillsburg

PA

42

Sye Lynch

Cowansville

PA

44

Chris Martin

Ankeny

IA

44x

Scotty Johnson

Melcher-Dallas

IA

45x

Landon Crawley

Benton

AR

48

Danny Dietrich

Gettysburg

PA

52

Blake Hahn

Sapulpa

OK

65

Jordan Goldesberry

Springfield

IL

67

Justin Whittall (R)

Vincetown

NJ

71

Brandon Worthington (R)

Indianola

IA

74

Xavier Doney

Odessa

MO

87

Justin Sanders

Aromas

CA

88

Austin McCarl

Altoona

IA

121

RJ Johnson

Tampa

FL

Thursday's Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night Roster, Aug. 7

Car No.

Driver

Hometown

State

G5

Gage Pulkrabek

East Grand Forks

MN

1

Sammy Swindell

Germantown

TN

1D

Thomas Meseraull (R)

San Jose

CA

1s

Logan Schuchart

Hanover

PA

2c

Cole Macedo

Lemoore

CA

2m

JJ Hickle

Quilcene

WA

3L

Daryn Pittman

Owasso

OK

3P

Sawyer Phillips

Pleasantville

IA

3z

Brock Zearfoss

Jonestown

PA

4c

Cam Martin (R)

Ankeny

IA

4x

Heath Nestrick (R)

Caddo Mills

TX

5

Brenham Crouch

Brownsburg

IN

6B

Brandon Wimmer

Fairmount

IN

7BC

Giovanni Scelzi

Fresno

CA

7TAZ

Tasker Phillips

Pleasantville

IA

8

Jacob Hughes (R)

Hartford

SD

10w

Matt Vandervere (R)

Burlington

WA

14

Spencer Bayston

Lebanon

IN

15J

Jack Potter

Lee’s Summit

MO

16G

Austyn Gossel

Fort Collins

CO

17B

Bill Balog

Hartland

WI

19

Brent Marks

Myerstown

PA

19H

Kevin Thomas Jr.

Cullman

AL

21

Brian Brown

Grain Valley

MO

21H

Brady Bacon

Broken Arrow

OK

23D

Chase Dietz

York

PA

23L

Jimmy Light

Pittsboro

IN

23w

Scott Winters

Butterfield

MN

24

Terry McCarl

Altoona

IA

24T

Christopher Thram

Sanborn

MN

27B

Jake Bubak

Arvada

CO

28M

Conner Morrell (R)

Bradenton

FL

33w

Cap Henry

Republic

OH

39

Lynton Jeffrey

Sydney

NSW

40

Clint Garner

Sioux Falls

SD

41

Carson Macedo

Lemoore

CA

45c

Derek Hagar

Marion

AR

49

Brad Sweet

Grass Valley

CA

49J

Josh Schneiderman

West Burlington

IA

51

Joel Myers Jr. (R)

Santa Rosa

CA

55

Hunter Schuerenberg

Sikeston

MO

55V

Kerry Madsen

St. Mary’s

NSW

57

Kyle Larson

Mooresville

NC

71P

Parker Price-Miller

Kokomo

IN

78

Scott Bogucki

McLaren Vale

SA

83

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid

Penngrove

CA

83H

Justin Henderson

Tea

SD

88T

Tanner Thorson

Minden

NV

95

Tyler Drueke

Eagle

NE

99

Skylar Gee

Leduc

ALB

199

Henry Edward (R)

Mechanicsburg

PA