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Live From Knoxville: 2025 Knoxville Nationals Friday Hard Knox Updates

Live From Knoxville: 2025 Knoxville Nationals Friday Hard Knox Updates

Friday lineups, results and updates from the 2025 Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway.

Aug 9, 2025 by Kyle McFadden
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Sixteen drivers are already locked into the 50-lap, $195,000-to-win 64th annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's finale with another 10 drivers locking into Saturday's B-main at Knoxville Raceway.

But for everyone else? Throw Wednesday's and Thursday's performances out the window because a clean slate awaits at Friday's Hard Knox Night at the Knoxville Nationals. Four drivers among the 70-plus have a shot at avoiding Saturday 's consolations by qualifying outright into the championship main event.

The Hard Knox roster features three of the top drivers in Sprint Car racing this year — the nation's winningest driver David Gravel, the nation's richest-earning driver Buddy Kofoid and Kings Royal champ Anthony Macri — plus 11-time Knoxville Nationals champ Donny Schatz.

Follow along here for updates throughout Friday's Hard Knox Night.

What Is Hard Knox Night At The Knoxville Nationals?

Hard Knox night resets the playing field — points from Thursday and Friday are discarded — as the top-four finishers from Friday’s A-main will earn the 21st through 24th starting spots in Saturday's big dance.

Before the Hard Knox main event, Friday consists of split-field qualifying, six heats that are inverted by four (with the top-three transferring to Hard Knox A-main), a 10-lap C-main (top-12 transfer among two B-mains), and two 12-lap B-mains (top-three from each transfer to Hard Knox A-main).

A unique element to Hard Knox night is the A-main is lined up by qualifying time, so drivers better make their time trial matter (and survive the four-car heat invert) to have the best chance possible at qualifying outright into Saturday's A-main.

Well-known names are often relegated to Hard Knox Night as last year Donny Schatz had to win Friday at the Knoxville Nationals last year for his spot in the main event. Logan Schuchart, who starts third in the 2025 Nationals, finished second in last year's Hard Knox.

Two years ago, Aaron Reutzel won Friday night while Gravel finished second.

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Night Feature Results

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

4

David Gravel       

2

19

Michael Kofoid     

3

8

Cole Macedo        

4

3

Daryn Pittman      

5

15

Donny Schatz       

6

1

Ashton Torgerson 

7

9

Daison Pursley     

8

11

Anthony Macri      

9

10

Kelby Watt         

10

6

Chase Dietz        

11

12

Chase Randall      

12

24

Cap Henry          

13

7

Justin Henderson   

14

23

Skylar Gee         

15

5

Lucas Wolfe        

16

18

Sawyer Phillips    

17

14

Christopher Thram 

18

16

Sammy Swindell     

19

2

Kerry Madsen       

20

17

Brandon Wimmer 

21

22

J.J. Hickle        

22

21

Jamie Ball         

23

13

Carson McCarl      

24

20

Justin Whittall    

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Night Feature Lineup

  1. Ashton Torgerson
  2. Kerry Madsen
  3. Daryn Pittman
  4. David Gravel
  5. Lucas Wolfe
  6. Chase Dietz
  7. Justin Henderson
  8. Cole Macedo
  9. Daison Pursley
  10. Kelby Watt
  11. Anthony Macri
  12. Chase Randall
  13. Carson McCarl
  14. Christopher Thram
  15. Donny Schatz
  16. Sammy Swindell
  17. Brandon Wimmer
  18. Sawyer Phillips
  19. Buddy Kofoid
  20. Justin Whittall
  21. Jamie Ball
  22. JJ Hickle
  23. Skylar Gee
  24. Cap Henry

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox B-Main And C-Main Results

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Heat Recap

  • Kaleb Johnson flipped hard in Turn 1 while running second in the opening heat. Johnson just lost control of his race car trying to track down leader Donny Schatz, slamming into the outside wall and rolling end-over-end. He emerged OK
  • Fastest qualifiers from Group A qualifying Ashton Torgerson and Daryn Pittman transferred through their heats and will start first and third, but third-fastest qualifier Brenham Crouch didn't and he'll start front row the B-main
  • Out of Group, fastest qualifiers Kerry Madsen, David Gravel and Chase Dietz all transferred, so they'll start second, fourth and sixth, respectively.

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Heat Results

Heat 1

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

1

Donny Schatz

2

4

Ashton Torgerson  

3

3

Lucas Wolfe        

4

6

Michael Kofoid     

5

8

Hunter Schuerenberg

6

9

Chris Martin       

7

7

Blake Hahn         

8

11

Matt Juhl          

9

12

Scotty Johnson     

10

10

Jack Dover         

11

5

Jimmy Light        

12

2

Kaleb Johnson      

Heat 2

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

2

Anthony Macri

2

4

Daryn Pittman

3

3

Justin Henderson

4

1

Tim Kaeding

5

6

Jamie Ball

6

8

Kevin Thomas Jr.

7

7

Tanner Holmes

8

5

Tanner Thorson

9

9

Ayrton Gennetten

10

10

Jordan Goldesberry

11

11

Mat VanderVere

DNS

12

Roger Crockett

Heat 3

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

1

Brandon Wimmer  

2

2

Carson McCarl      

3

3

Daison Pursley     

4

4

Brenham Crouch 

5

7

Skylar Gee         

6

6

Tim Shaffer        

7

9

Riley Goodno       

8

5

Conner Morrell     

9

11

Clint Garner       

10

10

Jason Martin       

11

8

Matt Wasmund       

Heat 4

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

2

Cole Macedo 

2

1

Christopher Thram

3

4

Kerry Madsen

4

3

J.J. Hickle 

5

5

Justin Whitt

6

8

Cap Henry   

7

6

Zach Hampton

8

7

Danny Sams III

9

9

Josh Schneider

10

10

Ben Brown   

11

11

Jack Potter 

DNS    

12

Sye Lynch   

Heat 5

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

4

David Gravel

2

2

Kelby Watt         

3

1

Sammy Swindell

4

6

Jake Bubak         

5

3

Tasker Phillips    

6

7

Justin Sanders

7

9

Landon Crawley 

8

8

Cole Mincer        

9

10

Xavier Doney       

10

5

Scott Winters      

11

11

R.J. Johnson       

Heat 6

Finish 

Start 

Driver

1

2

Chase Randall

2

1

Sawyer Phillips

3

4

Chase Dietz

4

6

Brady Bacon

5

7

Brooke Tatnell

6

3

Gage Pulkrabek

7

8

Jacob Hughes

8

9

Logan Julien

9

5

Brandon Spithaler

10

10

Austyn Gossel

11

11

Kasey Jedzrejek

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Heat Lineups

(Eight laps; four-car invert and top-three transfer)

Heat 1

  1. Donny Schatz
  2. Kaleb Johnson
  3. Lucas Wolfe
  4. Ashton Torgerson
  5. Jimmy Light
  6. Buddy Kofoid
  7. Blake Hahn
  8. Hunter Schuerenberg
  9. Chris Martin
  10. Jack Dover
  11. Matt Juhl

Heat 2

  1. Tim Kaeding
  2. Anthony Macri
  3. Justin Henderson
  4. Daryn Pittman
  5. Tanner Thorson
  6. Jamie Ball
  7. Tanner Holmes
  8. Kevin Thomas Jr.
  9. Roger Crockett
  10. Ayrton Gennetten
  11. Jordan Goldesberry
  12. Matt VanderVere

Heat 3

  1. Brandon Wimmer
  2. Carson McCarl
  3. Daison Pursley
  4. Brenham Crouch
  5. Conner Morrell
  6. Tim Shaffer
  7. Skylar Gee
  8. Matt Wasmund
  9. Riley Goodno
  10. Jason Martin
  11. Clint Garner

Heat 4

  1. Christopher Thram
  2. Cole Macedo
  3. JJ Hickle
  4. Kerry Madsen
  5. Justin Whittall
  6. Zach Hampton
  7. Danny Samms III
  8. Cap Henry
  9. Josh Schneiderman
  10. Ben Brown
  11. Jack Potter
  12. Sye Lynch

Heat 5

  1. Sammy Swindell
  2. Kelby Watt
  3. Tasker Phillips
  4. David Gravel
  5. Scott Winters
  6. Jake Bubak
  7. Justin Sanders
  8. Cole Mincer
  9. Landon Crawley
  10. Xavier Doney
  11. RJ Johnson

Heat 6

  1. Sawyer Phillips
  2. Chase Randall
  3. Gage Pulkrabek
  4. Chase Dietz
  5. Brandon Spithaler
  6. Brady Bacon
  7. Brooke Tatnell
  8. Jacob Hughes
  9. Logan Julien
  10. Austyn Gossel
  11. Kasey Jedrzeiek

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Group A Qualifying Results

Finish

Car No.

Competitor

Time

Start

1

1A

Ashton Torgerson

15.510

7

2

3L

Daryn Pittman

15.597

29

3

5

Brenham Crouch

15.717

5

4

5W

Lucas Wolfe

15.769

6

5

83H

Justin Henderson

15.769

22

6

13

Daison Pursley

15.770

28

7

6K

Kaleb Johnson

15.775

15

8

39M

Anthony Macri

15.786

16

9

27

Carson McCarl

15.826

30

10

15

Donny Schatz

15.907

35

11

25

Tim Kaeding

15.919

2

12

6B

Brandon Wimmer

15.938

3

13

23L

Jimmy Light

15.940

1

14

88T

Tanner Thorson

15.952

8

15

28M

Conner Morrell

15.961

19

16

83

Michael Kofoid

15.976

18

17

4W

Jamie Ball

15.986

13

18

17GP

Tim Shaffer

15.988

14

19

52

Blake Hahn

16.007

10

20

18T

Tanner Holmes

16.019

12

21

99

Skylar Gee

16.040

21

22

55

Hunter Schuerenberg

16.072

31

23

19H

Kevin Thomas Jr

16.075

23

24

4

Matt Wasmund

16.088

4

25

44

Chris Martin

16.109

17

26

11

Roger Crockett

16.188

11

27

22

Riley Goodno

16.206

32

28

53

Jack Dover

16.215

9

29

3

Ayrton Gennetten

16.219

34

30

36

Jason Martin

16.290

20

31

9

Matt Juhl

16.318

27

32

65

Jordan Goldesberry

16.537

24

33

40

Clint Garner

16.540

25

34

44X

Scotty Johnson

16.888

26

35

10W

Matt VanderVere

17.199

33

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Group B Qualifying Results

Finish

Car No.

Competitor

Time

Order

1

55V

Kerry Madsen

15.701

9

2

2

David Gravel

15.726

2

3

23D

Chase Dietz

15.890

4

4

2M

J.J. Hickle

16.068

23

5

1TZ

Tasker Phillips

16.148

21

6

G5

Gage Pulkrabek

16.166

1

7

2C

Cole Macedo

16.213

22

8

1K

Kelby Watt

16.311

13

9

9R

Chase Randall

16.313

15

10

24T

Christopher Thram

16.349

14

11

1

Sammy Swindell

16.352

12

12

3P

Sawyer Phillips

16.364

10

13

67

Justin Whittall

16.403

8

14

23W

Scott Winters

16.405

20

15

32B

Brandon Spithaler

16.407

11

16

6

Zach Hampton

16.424

17

17

27B

Jake Bubak

16.438

28

18

21H

Brady Bacon

16.444

16

19

24D

Danny Sams III

16.507

25

20

87

Justin Sanders

16.512

32

21

2KS

Brooke Tatnell

16.564

7

22

33W

Cap Henry

16.592

5

23

15JR

Cole Mincer

16.645

6

24

8

Jacob Hughes

16.667

34

25

49J

Josh Schneiderman

16.714

31

26

45X

Landon Crawley

16.754

27

27

85J

Logan Julien

16.835

18

28

10V

Ben Brown

16.842

24

29

74

Xavier Doney

16.889

33

30

16G

Austyn Gossel

16.942

30

31

15J

Jack Potter

17.085

26

32

121

R.J. Johnson

17.086

3

33

11N

Kasey Jedrzejek

17.135

29

34

42

Sye Lynch

17.135

19

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Night Qualifying Order

Group A

Car No.

Driver

1

23L

Jimmy Light

2

25

Tim Kaeding

3

6B

Brandon Wimmer

4

4

Matt Wasmund

5

5

Brenham Crouch

6

5W

Lucas Wolfe

7

1A

Ashton Torgerson

8

88T

Tanner Thorson

9

53

Jack Dover

10

52

Blake Hahn

11

11

Roger Crockett

12

18T

Tanner Holmes

13

4W

Jamie Ball

14

17GP

Tim Shaffer

15

6K

Kaleb Johnson

16

39M

Anthony Macri

17

44

Chris Martin

18

83

Michael Kofoid

19

28M

Conner Morrell

20

36

Jason Martin

21

99

Skylar Gee

22

83H

Justin Henderson

23

19H

Kevin Thomas Jr

24

65

Jordan Goldesberry

25

40

Clint Garner

26

44X

Scotty Johnson

27

9

Matt Juhl

28

13

Daison Pursley

29

3L

Daryn Pittman

30

27

Carson McCarl

31

55

Hunter Schuerenberg

32

22

Riley Goodno

33

10W

Matt VanderVere

34

3

Ayrton Gennetten

35

15

Donny Schatz

Group B

Car No.

Driver

1

G5

Gage Pulkrabek

2

2

David Gravel

3

121

R.J. Johnson

4

23D

Chase Dietz

5

33W

Cap Henry

6

15JR

Cole Mincer

7

2KS

Brooke Tatnell

8

67

Justin Whittall

9

55V

Kerry Madsen

10

3P

Sawyer Phillips

11

32B

Brandon Spithaler

12

1

Sammy Swindell

13

1K

Kelby Watt

14

24T

Christopher Thram

15

9R

Chase Randall

16

21H

Brady Bacon

17

6

Zach Hampton

18

85J

Logan Julien

19

42

Sye Lynch

20

23W

Scott Winters

21

1TZ

Tasker Phillips

22

2C

Cole Macedo

23

2M

J.J. Hickle

24

10V

Ben Brown

25

24D

Danny Sams III

26

15J

Jack Potter

27

45X

Landon Crawley

28

27B

Jake Bubak

29

11N

Kasey Jedrzejek

30

16G

Austyn Gossel

31

49J

Josh Schneiderman

32

87

Justin Sanders

33

74

Xavier Doney

34

8

Jacob Hughes

Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Night Roster

Car No.

Driver

1

Sammy Swindell

1a

Ashton Torgerson

1K

Kelby Watt

1TZ

Tasker Phillips

2

David Gravel

2C

Cole Macedo

2KS

Brooke Tatnell

2M

J.J. Hickle

3

Ayrton Gennetten

3L

Daryn Pittman

3P

Sawyer Phillips

4

Matt Wasmund

4W

Jamie Ball

5

Brenham Crouch

5W

Lucas Wolfe

6

Zach Hampton

6B

Brandon Wimmer

6K

Kaleb Johnson

8

Jacob Hughes

9R

Chase Randall

10V

Ben Brown

11

Roger Crockett

12X

Hank Davis

13

Daison Pursley

15

Donny Schatz

15JR

Cole Mincer

16g

Austyn Gossel

18T

Tanner Holmes

19H

Kevin Thomas Jr

21

Brian Brown

21H

Brady Bacon

22

Riley Goodno

23D

Chase Dietz

23L

Jimmy Light

23W

Scott Winters

24

Terry McCarl

24D

Danny Sams III

24T

Christopher Thram

25

Tim Kaeding

27

Carson McCarl

27B

Jake Bubak

28M

Conner Morrell

32B

Brandon Spithaler

33W

Cap Henry

36

Jason Martin

39m

Anthony Macri

40

Clint Garner

42

Sye Lynch

44

Chris Martin

44X

Scotty Johnson

45X

Landon Crawley

49J

Josh Schneiderman

52

Blake Hahn

53

Jack Dover

55

Hunter Schuerenberg

55V

Kerry Madsen

65

Jordan Goldesberry

67

Justin Whittall

71

Brandon Worthington

74

Xavier Doney

83

Michael Kofoid

83H

Justin Henderson

85J

Logan Julien

87

Justin Sanders

88T

Tanner Thorson

95

Tyler Drueke

99

Skylar Gee

100

Jordan Goldesberry

121

R.J. Johnson