HeaThe most prestigious event in Sprint Car racing continues Thursday with the second of two qualifying nights for the 2025 Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway. 

Throughout the night, we'll have lineups, results and updates posted in this blog-style notebook. Watch the Knoxville Nationals all week long on DIRTVision.

• Ranking The Knoxville Nationals Drivers: From Favorites To Long Shots
• 2025 Knoxville Nationals Wednesday Results At Knoxville Raceway
• Breaking Down Wednesday's Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night
• Every Winner Of The Knoxville Nationals And More History
• How Much Is The 2025 Knoxville Nationals Purse?

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Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night Format

Behind every Nationals title run is a productive qualifying night. The order of events for Wednesday and Thursday goes like this: hot laps, time trials, five heat races, C-main, B-main, and the 25-lap A-main.

Here’s where attention to detail is required. From the start of time trials, drivers are awarded for points each time they’re on the track.

Time trials

In time trials, 200 points are awarded for fast time with a two-point reduction for every position down the running order (200-198-196-etc.).

Only the top-50 qualifiers each night make the 10-car heats. The remaining drives are relegated to the Last Chance Heats, if needed, where the top-eight finishers tag the rear of the C-main. If the night’s car count is less than 50 cars, there are no Last Chance Heats.

Last Chance Heats

Points for Last Chance Heats: 50 points to the winner with a three-point reduction per position thereafter.

Heat races

Heat races are inverted by eight with the top-four finishers only transferring to the night’s 25-lap A-main. Points for heat races go like this: 100-97-94-91-88-85-82-79-76-73. Those finishing fifth through eighth in the heats go to the B-main, with ninth and 10th to the C-main.

C-Main

In the C-main, the top-four finishers transfer to the rear of the B-main. The fifth-place C-main finisher receives 92 points, while sixth receives 60 points.

B-Main

As for the B-main, the top-four advance to A-main. Drivers who fall short receive the following points: 142 points for fifth and a two-point reduction per position thereafter.

Semifeature A-Main

The 25-lap A-main is inverted by eight and rewards the same amount of points as time trials: 200-198-196-194-192-etc. The top 16 in combined points from Wednesday and Thursday are locked into Saturday’s championship event.

Those 17th through 26th in points are the first 10 starters in Saturday’s B-main. The rest of the field is then left scrambling to make the main event through Friday’s FVP Hard Knox Qualifying Night.

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Prelim Results

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Heat Notes

• Tasker Phillips, Gage Pulkrabek and Josh Schneiderman cruised to opening three heat wins from the front row
• Brian Brown flipped end-over-end off Turn 2 battling for the final transfer spot in Heat 3, drawing the first red flag of the night. The former Knoxville champ had a sizeable run around the top when he made slight contact with the bottom-running JJ Hickle. Should Brown have qualified, he would've made the top-eight invert for tonight's 25-lap semifeature
• Logan Schuchart was the first driver starting sixth or worse to transfer while Carson Macedo was the first driver to start eighth and transfer. Macedo will start eighth in the semifeature.

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Heat Results

(10 laps; eight-car invert and top-four transfer)

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Heat Lineups

(10 laps; eight-car invert and top-four transfer)

Heat Races are up next! Here's the Lineups.
Top Four Finishers advance to the A Main.
5-8 to the B Main.
9-10 to the C Main.#NOSvilleNationals pic.twitter.com/hKaPXkHmMv

— Knoxville Raceway (@knoxvilleraces) August 8, 2025

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Qualifying Results

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Qualifying Night Pill Draw

Knoxville Nationals Thursday Qualifying Night Roster

G5 – Gage Pulkrabek, East Grand Forks, MN
 1 – Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN
 1D - Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, CA (R)
 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
 4 - Matt Wasmund, Jackson, MN
 4c – Cam Martin, Ankeny, IA (R)
 4x – Heath Nestrick, Caddo Mills, TX (R)
 5 - Brenham Crouch, Brownsburg, IN
 6B – Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN
 7BC – Giovanni Scelzi, Fresno, CA
 7TAZ – Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA
 8 - Jacob Hughes, Hartford, SD (R)
 10w – Matt Vandervere, Burlington, WA (R)
 11 - Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK
 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, Bradenton, FL (R)
 33w – Cap Henry, Republic, OH
 39 – Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust.
 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
 53d - Jack Dover, Springfield, NE
 55V – Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust.
 57 - Kyle Larson, Mooresville, NC
 71P – Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN
 83 – Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, Penngrove, CA
 83H – Justin Henderson, Tea, SD
 85J - Logan Julien, Oconomwoc, WI (R)
 88T – Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV
 95 – Tyler Drueke, Eagle, NE
 99 – Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can.