Knoxville Nationals Highlights / August 13, 2022

austin mccarl and tyler courtney take the field to the wire and the 61st

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energy drink presented by casey's is underway austin mccarl takes a nice jump on the field and takes it there one lap a car upside down big time two cars upside down kj hickle and parker price miller get word from turn two. Parker Price Miller gets out of the car talking to the security team. They'll take it the entire 50-lap distance, still in front of them as the green flag is displayed once again at Knoxville. race track another good start for austin mccarl as they race into turn one donny shot slides down the track for second place can't make it tyler courtney takes him down the back immediately gravel now knocking on the door donnie shots but your races for him he takes tyler courtney inside and three and four they pull even with austin mccarl the big unit leads lap number one but the sun is there david gravel inside tommy shots looking for third david gravel to third place donnie's shots are for tyler courtney now the outside of austin mccarl for the lead into turn three sunshine now taking first place he will go to the top side of the track and turn in number four austin mccarl running second david gravel third donnie shoots his fourth and here comes carson macedo smoke still coming out of the back of the 15 as carson macedo moves up to fourth here comes kyle larson is knocking on donnie's door shoots larson to the inside and turns number one slides in front of donny's shots donnie schatz with a run he on the inside in the back immediately rolls the wheel as they turn to the inside three shots of Donnie is strong in the middle of the racetrack there he will take a look at Kyle Larson now larson around him in the outside back forward Tyler Courtney continues to show the way Austin McCarrell still in second place but now David Gravel has caught him in his turn, a gravel in third place David Gravel to the cushion with a run in the big drive down the straight rear running for second and caution flag waves kyle larson slowing down in turn number two car spinning could be a tire issue on kyle larson's number 57 car as they reach the seafoam restart zone we are green Courtney enters low reaches the cushion austin mccarl stays close to the bottom david gravel around the top side comes behind mccarl from the back immediately macro looks inside Courtney to take the lead in turn three mcgarrell slides down the track can't pass Courtney, he will hold that gravel for a second looking inwards meanwhile brad sweden problems in three and four red flag conditions car in trouble in turn number three giovanni selzi and he is already out of the car mccarl jumps on the cushion to try to get a race great restart for Courtney Howard as they enter turn number one mccarl goes to the back and turns one and two david gravel with a great round on the outside of turn number two on the backstretch now fighting for second as they work around the back fighting for fourth behind them gravel now for the inside of awesome and carl's slide jump got it put david gravel in second place david gravel second awesome in third oh they almost collided wheels racing for fourth carson messina and brad sweet arriving at turn number one friend ko foi following the markings around the high side down on the first shot justin sanders slowing down at turn one yellow yellow yellow arriving at the sea foam restart zone from turn number four towards the boy green Tyler Courtney was crossed down and turn number four as they came to the green flag david gravel trying to run on the top of the track Courtney still leads the gravel back stretch in second austin mccarroll third carson macdonald in fourth now macedo towards inside a car looking for a slide job can't make it happen down the track print marks from carson messino mark's donnie shots now in fourth as they'll want to turn one it actually took three car lengths when he passed brad sweet , entering three, now from the back, directly towards fourth place, will set his sights. on austin mccarl to the inside is brent marks macarro on the outside in third place as they run before here comes carson macino back on the outside macedo tries to contain him but can't lower the bottom mark is able to maintain brad's fourth marks looking for another run in the 88th he makes his move inside and turns number three but there is not enough space to do the sliding work and now donny schatz makes the bottom work too by trapping macedo and scores in the foreground donny shots towards macedo's inside and one and two will get the spot macedo trying to get back can't get there no shot from donnie slides to stop him macedo gets back to the top of the track donnie's shots holding the inside line now mosquito will try to take a shot from leader Carson Macedo back to fifth position.

Tyler Courtney has a lead of 2.1 seconds. He's about to catch traffic, but we also know that the breakaway is going to get close at some point here pretty soon, so Tyler Courtney will have a chance to reset things and the caution flag is shown, the pace starts to pick up and the green flag is shown once again. Tyler Courtney goes to the back. David Gravel, on the high side of the racetrack, three wide and turn number two, here comes Carson Macedo, three wide. the master wins the races for the lead david gravel to the inside of tyler Courtney slides down the bank and overtakes the cushion Courtney maintains the lead and there is a pitched battle behind them david gravel had four wheels on turn number four question no rally to spin their leader around the back immediately watch those italian races for the leader david gravel down turn three slides ahead of tyler courtney sunshine hard left back to the inside cross the line david gravel leads the lap 27, crazy shots down, back to fifth length, passing two fires coming out of turn four, here comes gravel back on the inside, Courtney has first place now David Gravel slides down the track and turns number four to take front. david gravel leading again tyler courtney right there with him austin mccarl in the thick of things running in third place david gravel starting to pull away but donny schatz is closing in on carson macedo austin mccarran holding on for thirst now donnie schatz passes macedo for four in the back will immediately approach carl and turn three austin mccarl on the high side donnie shoots the only car on the inside line of four now shots facing the outside changes to the inside lane and turns number three to take the austin mccarl 3rd place austin tries to turn the car inside to get back on the inside of donny's shots he will pump to the side and take back the spot at the fly stop austin mccarl returns to donny's 3rd shot right there running fourth side a side now shoots back to third place donnie shoots third now working the inside lane in turn three he's the only driver in the top five down in three and four austin mccarl trying to turn and once again at the top of the speedway donnie schatz maintains third place battle for fourth in turn one carson macino the inside of austin mccarl carson macedo now in fourth position and logan shoehart looks to take fifth making the move to the inside at the end of the rear of immediately something went wrong with the right rear tire blown at austin mccall and turns three and four yellow yellow yellow in turn four the green flag came out again we're back on track a great start for david gravel gravel pulling away from him johnny shoots to the inside from tyler courtney for second place he'll get it in turn two here comes carson macedo macedo in fourth place logan shoehart right behind him a four car battle donnie shot the second macedo trying to take third place but sol turns to the inside off the track and can't get back to Tony Shots, there Brett Mark is now back in the picture as he closes it out on Logan Shoehart, who works to the inside of Carson Macedo, Kyle Larson, to the outside of Brent Marks, who moves it . got up on the inside berm they are entering turn number one now larson to the inside of macedo in three and four will have him set his sights oh problem for carson macedo yellow coming out with the right rear tire down on the number 41 car. donny schatz tries to keep pace with him but a great restart from david gravel as he makes his way into gravel turn one at the top of the racetrack donnie shots holding on to second tyler courtney right there in third from the back immediately logan shoehart holding on to fourth place jacob allen up to fifth here comes brent marks battle for second and turns four tyler courtney out looking at donny's shots Courtney can't beat the shots up in turn four, he'll be on the cushion once again on one and two shots from Donny very good down in the second turn, we have five shots left in Knoxville at the bottom of the track trying to get close to David Gravel it's like a rope at the top here comes your race for the lead by the back immediately johnny shots to the inside you have a new leader donnie schatz takes the lead from david gravel with four to go this time by david gravel trying to keep up shot from donnie now to the inside of the track comes in under se He stays at the bottom of the race track and begins to pull away two laps to go through Donny Shots traffic ahead of the number 15 car mission.

He has a second and a quarter lead as they race toward flagged lap traffic. white in front of their leader Donnie Shot. through one and two, excuse me, three and four, david gravel still there white flag waving one lap for donny's shots as he exits turn two and down the back for the last time donnie's shots looking for

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win number eleven at three and four in turn four donny schatz returns to victory lane at

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nationals he's an 11 time knoxville nationals champion make some noise for donnie definitely uh he wasn't no I drove like I should at first there I don't know, I was a little frustrated with uh, I don't know, we've been working so hard to fix the tires, good job, man, congratulations, my apple dropped, you know, I was driving like I didn't.

I know what you would call him crazy, yeah there are no words for it, but I could hear him telling me to pick it up and calm down so it would work, but I take my hat off to the guys. We made a big hit there. We tried something with the engine tonight and that's why I was frustrated because we tried something, we were decent both nights and we came here, but that's what you have to do to win a race, you just have to get the driver to calm down to do it. Congratulations to everyone, all our partners, everyone, car search, Ford Sage Fruit, absolute automation, we have a lot of them here with us this weekend, this means a lot, my whole family is here, I didn't know if we were going to make it there, I mean, I fell back to seventh place or something like that before, I just couldn't, I just couldn't control the wheel turning, I couldn't and then you know Scoob can read me like a book he knew when I didn't say anything at that stop that He better call 9-1-1 and he did and I take my hat off to them.

They did an incredible job. It was life or death in the end. You know, I could get some guys there, but then I'd waste a little time there. too, but as the race went on I kept getting better and better and, um, man, I can't, it's pretty surreal, it feels like the first one, really, you know, I don't know if it was something from this week that made me Be confident, I mean, when you've won 10 championships and 11 of these nationals, you're a confident person, you know what you need to feel, you know what you have to do, sometimes you just can't do it, and that's what you have. to work, I have to work on it myself, I have to work on it with these guys.

I have made it very clear that you know that some of our struggles are simply due to a lack of communication, some on my part, some have been elsewhere, but you know, we are not afraid, we are human, I am not afraid to say my words. defects, the good thing about being in this light is that everyone can see every day that I am one of them, so I try to be perfect but it never works well. I had a couple of good races with him and I knew that if I tried it and he saw me, it was going to change his career and I don't know if it would have affected anything or not. maybe not, um, you know, it's actually coming out of the bottom four pretty decent, that's what got me, you know, the top was decent too, but once I got past it, I went back up there, but I'll tell you what, um, there's a guy. in the infield tonight, who runs the backfield still here better than anyone and he was the first one I saw when I walked in, he was the guy, so he's been a big part of helping me be able to do that and He's still here and It is a great honor that someone you admiredin the past see the excitement in him and it's great, so I think I promised him last year that if I won this race, he could have done it. the helmet and he got the helmet.

I didn't win the race, but I guess we'll have to negotiate this here for sure. Congratulations, thank you. How about for Donny Schatz? He wins the 61st Annual Knoxville Energy Drink Nationals from Nos for Live Coverage. of every World of Outlaws event and for extended on-demand racing content, visit dirtvision.com for complete race results information and series news, visit worldofoutlaws.com