After being robbed of a Knoxville Nationals victory by an engine failure two years ago, David Gravel got his long-awaited storybook ending on Saturday night.
Though he put on a Herculean charge through Saturday night’s NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals finale, Logan Schuchart came up one spot short of victory after 50 laps.
A vicious flip during his heat race on Thursday left Shane Stewart’s CJB Motorsports team thrashing to get a new mount ready to race.
Thanks to his superb Wednesday night preliminary performance, Aaron Reutzel will start from the pole in Saturday’s 50-lap, $150,000-to-win NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals finale.
For 22 laps in Saturday’s 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals championship A-Main, David Gravel appeared to be the man destined to cash the $150,000 winner’s check in victory lane.
Jason Johnson had 10,000 more reasons to smile during the wee hours of Saturday morning, following up his win on FVP ‘Hard Knox’ qualifying night with a victory in the 24th annual SPEED SPORT World Challenge at Knoxville Raceway.
Kyle Larson has been given the go-ahead from car owner Chip Ganassi to return to Knoxville Raceway Saturday night and compete in the 57th annual 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals championship A-Main.