For much of the season, Rico Abreu found himself having to endure questions from many onlookers about why he and his No. 24 team’s performance had been off its usual level.

It wasn’t a surprise to see Gio Scelzi collect rookie of the year honors during Saturday night’s 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals finale, but his run through the week was nothing short of impressive.

Saturday night’s 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals didn’t end with a win for David Gravel and CJB Motorsports, but it surely could have been classified as such compared to their result at Knoxville Raceway one year prior.

Sixteen-year-old Gio Scelzi will break a nearly three-decade old record when he straps into the Indy Race Parts No. 71 and takes the green flag for Saturday’s 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals championship A-main.

Carson Macedo noted last week, before ever setting foot in the No. 41 for Jason Johnson Racing, that he hoped to be comfortable in time to make a run at locking into Saturday’s 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals A-main.

Five years ago, Daryn Pittman turned a storybook return to the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series into a championship run the likes of which few believed was possible.

Few things hurt worse in sprint car racing than seeing a shot at a 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals victory slip through one’s fingertips, something David Gravel experienced firsthand one year ago.