Kyle Larson made the most of a late restart Thursday at Knoxville Raceway, rallying from eighth to overtake Garet Williamson and win Toyota Qualifying Night at the 65th annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's.

The most prestigious event in Sprint Car racing continues Thursday night with the second of two qualifying nights for the 2026 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's at Knoxville Raceway.

The signs suggested Sheldon Haudenschild would contend at the Knoxville Nationals like never before.

Sheldon Haudenschild needed every last inch of Knoxville Raceway’s frontstretch Wednesday night to steal the opening preliminary feature of the 65th Knoxville Nationals.

The most prestigious event in Sprint Car racing begins Wednesday night with the first of two qualifying nights for the 2026 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's at Knoxville Raceway.

The qualifying draw has produced a sharp contrast for several of Wednesday’s biggest Knoxville Nationals contenders. Kasey Kahne and Corey Day go out first and second, followed by David Gravel sixth and 11-time Nationals champion Donny Schatz seventh, putting four of the night’s headliners among the first seven cars on track.

David Gravel. Rico Abreu. Ryan Timms. And, if NASCAR commitments didn’t interfere, Kyle Larson. Those are likely the first names that come to mind when identifying favorites for the 65th annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s.

The 2026 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's officially gets rolling Wednesday with the first of two preliminary nights at Knoxville Raceway.

It’s the most unique, demanding and—for one driver—rewarding format in all of Sprint Car racing. The 2026 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s is unlike any other in dirt racing, and because of that, the four-day format will need explaining.

Kyle Larson acknowledged that the contact portion of his race-winning move on Ryan Timms in Monday’s Front Row Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway — a slide job launched, in basketball parlance, from well beyond the 3-point line — was the product of a mistake.

Kyle Larson won his third straight Front Row Challenge and sixth overall Monday at Southern Iowa Speedway, using an aggressive, contact-inducing slider on Ryan Timms to take the lead with five laps remaining.

Competing in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway earlier in the day, Kyle Larson wasn’t even planning to race Sunday night's Capitani Classic at Knoxville Raceway.

Anthony Macri is on the mend again after suffering a broken clavicle and bruised lung in a crash during Sunday’s 14th annual Capitani Classic at Knoxville Raceway.

The field for the 65th annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's is split across two qualifying nights at Knoxville Raceway, with more than 100 entrants scheduled to compete between Wednesday’s and Thursday's qualifying nights.

Ryan Timms has already proven he can rise to the occasion on Knoxville Raceway’s biggest stage. Saturday night, the 19-year-old did it again.