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.

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 |