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Bill W's Notes for 8/9

Welcome to championship night at the 64th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey's! 84 of the 100 drivers survived the week and are ready to do battle for a purse over $1,000,000!

Officials are going to do whatever they can to get things in. Hot laps are scheduled for 5 p.m., but stay tuned for updates.

You can find stories here throughout the night, and the lineups and results will be on the "Events" page of our website and on the MyRacePass app. You can access the PPV Broadcast at www.DirtVision.com.

We're now looking at hot laps between 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. CST. The E main has been eliminated. All those cars will start at the tail of the D.

D main hot laps will be up first...5:45 p.m.

Opening Ceremonies up next 6:00 p.m.

C main hot laps

D main is up next, RJ Johnson is a scratch, 12 laps, top 6 transfer to the C main...

We have issues before we get started involving Zach Hampton who took a hard left in front of Jordan Goldesberry, who turns over. No one is injured...

The "Trunk Bar" will be paying $1,911 to the seventh place finisher (first non-transfer car)....

Hampton suffered a broken left radius rod...

Crouch is off...Holmes leads Gennetten, Sams, Dover, Crawley and Hughes....Schuerenberg pulls in...Sams is reeling in Gennetten for 2nd...Hughes stops on the backstretch with 9 to go, surrendering his transfer spot...Holmes leasd Gennetten, Sams, Dover, Crawley, Schneiderman, Juhl, Julien, Spoithaler, S Johnson, Bubak, Morrell, Mincer, Pulkrabek, Light, Vandervere, Potter, Wasmund....Sams had moved by Gennetten, but that pass will be negated...Sams is up to 2nd...Juhl is upside down in turn three with six down, Vandervere catches a piece of Juhl and flips wildly as well into turn four...they are walking away...6 to go, Holmes leads Sams, Gennetten, Dover, Crawley, Schneiderman, Julien, Spithaler, Bubak, Garner, Morrell, S Johnson, Mincer, Pulkrabek, Light, Potter, Wasmund...Crawley by Dover for 4th...Bubak charging from 9th to 6th to take the final transfer...Crawley picks off Gennetten for 3rd now...Holmes, Sams, Crawley, Gennetten, Dover and Bubak to the C....

Schneiderman picks up $1,911 from the "Trunk Bar" for being the first non-transfer...

B main hot laps are next...

Special Awards handed out tonight include the $2,000 SprintCarUnlimited.com Pole Award to Ryan Timms

DGRD Best Appearing Car: 1. JImmy Light ($2,500) 2. Tanner Holmes ($1,500) 3. Brandon Wimmer ($!,000)

Avanti Windows & Doors Best Appearing Crew: 1. Logan Schuchart ($500) 2. Brent Marks ($250) 3. Carson Macedo ($150)

Think-n-Ink Best Appearing Helmet: 1. Carson Macedo ($500) 2. Brenham Crouch ($300) 3. Jamie Ball ($200)

C main is next, 15 laps, top 4 to the B main

Sawyer leads Wolfe, Swindell, Thram and Madsen...1 lap in, Dover stops in turn four...Madsen by Thram for 4th on the restart...Sanders is up to 5th...Madsen working on Swindell for third and he has it with 9 to go...KTJ pulls off...Madsen now shoots around wolfe for 2nd with 7 to go...the lead four have separated themselves...6 to go, Dover in the wall in turn four...6 to go, Sawyer, Madsen, Wolfe, Swindell, Sanders, Thram, Wimmer, Goodno, C McCarl, Tasker, Bacon, Hickle, Tatnell, C Martin, Kaeding, Holmes, Shaffer, Bubak, Sams, Gennetten, Crealwy, Doney...Madsen to the lead on the restart and Swindell is under Wofle for 3rd...Sanders is trying to reel in Wolfe for the final transfer...Swindell has found new life, getting by Sawyer for 2nd now with two to go...Madsen, Swindell, Sawyer and Wolfe to the B....

A main hot laps are next...

B main is next, 22 laps, the top four transfer to the "Granddaddy of them all"...

Windom leds Marks, McFAdden, J Anderson and Jeffrey....McFadden uses the low groove to get by Marks for 2nd on lap 4...Watt is upside down in three and four...he is out of the car....18 to go, Windom leads McFadden, Marks, J Anderson, Jeffrey, PPM, Zearfoss, Schatz, Hafertepe Jr., torgerson, Dietrich, hagar, Pursley, Macri, Henry, Madsen, Randall, Henderson, Gee, Dietz, Swindell, Wolfe and Sawyer...Swindell now to the work area...He will rejoin at the tail...PPM under Jeffrey for 5th with 15 to go...McFadden takes the lead from Windom with 14 to go...PPM reeling in J Anderson for the final transfer spot...Zearfoss in 6th, trying to catch PPM...McFadden in lapped traffic with 9 to go...PPM under J Anderson for the final tranfer with 7 to go...Zearfoos to 5th...Marks to the lead with 4 to go...great battle for the final tranfser....PPM by Windom for 3rd with 3 to go...Zearfoss in contention with 2 to go and he gets upside down in turn four...Zearfoss is ok, but it's a tough break for him as he was briefly in 4th...J Anderson will retire from 6th with no brakes ending a good rookie run...2 to go, Marks leads McFadden, PPM, Windom, Schatz from 11th, Jeffrey, Macri, Dietrich, Torgerson, Hafertepe, Pursley, Madsen, Hagar, Henry, Randall, Henderson, Gee, Swindell, Dietz, Sawyer....Schatz is into the fourth and final transfer, 1 to go! Marks, McFadden, PPM and Schatz to the big dance! Schatz transfers into his 27th consecutive championship finale!

A main is up next, 50 laps, $195,000 to win, $15,000 to start...

Introductions are up first...

Here we go...Pace trucks pulling away 8:34 p.m.

Lazers, pyrotechnics, and salutes are over...let's go racing! 8:45.p.m.

Timms leads Ca Macedo, Day, Sweet and Schuchart....Timms in lapped traffic on lap 8...Schuchart by Sweet for 4th on lap 10...Haudenschild into fifth and by Sweet on lap 15....Throw a blanket over 2nd through 5th...Scelzi inot the top five...Sweet back by Scelzi on lap 18 for 5th...Rico by Sweet for 5th on lap 20...Schuchart and Rico by Day for third and fourth, but it is negated by the halfway break, 24 to go, Timms had a 4.3 second lead on Ca Macedo...Timms leads Ca Macedo, Day, Schuchart, Abreu, Larson, Sweet, Haudenschild, Scelzi, Axsom, A McCarl, Peck, Gravel, Williaimson, Marks, Schatz, Cam Martin, Kofoid, Bayston, McFadden, Co Macedo, PPM, Pittman and Balog have pulled off...Timms takes off again, Abreu to 4th as Schuchart gets over the turn four cushion, Sweet to 5th...Abreu by Day for third with 20 to go...18 to go, Kofoid and Bayston contact, bringing caution...Bayston to the work area...18 to go, Timms lead was 3.8 seconds...he will lead Ca Macedo, Abreu, Day, Sweet, Larson, Scelzi, Haudenschild, Schuchart, Gravel, Peck, Marks, A McCarl, Schatz, Williamson, Axsom, Cam Martin, McFadden, PPM, Co Macedo...Timms opens up a 3 second lead with 10 to go...Timms in lapped traffic with 8 to go...Gravel up to 6th with 6 to go...5 to go, Sweet exits in 5th...4 to go, Larson slows with a blown right rear tire...Timms leads Ca Macedo, Abreu Day and Gravel....Rico to 2nd, Ca Macedo to 3rd, Gravel 4th and Day is 5th...Timms becomes the 2nd youngest winner ever next to Kenny Weld in 1964!

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