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Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile dirt
Dirt track racing

----Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on Oval racing. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s....
 oval raceway
Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
 located at the Marion County, Iowa
Marion County, Iowa

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population was 32,052. Its county seat is Knoxville, Iowa. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War....
 fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa
Knoxville, Iowa

Knoxville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,731 at the 2000 United States Census. It is the county seat of Marion County, Iowa....
, USA. Races are held on Saturday nights, and regular events include 360 cubic inch and 410 cubic inch sprint cars
Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt track racing or paved tracks....
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first races were held at the Knoxville Raceway in 1954. The dirt on the track is Des Moines River
Des Moines River

The Des Moines River is a tributary river of the Mississippi River, approximately 525 miles long to its farther headwaters, in the upper Midwestern United States....
 black bottom gumbo. The Marion County Fairgrounds is governed by a 24 member fairboard and the current Race Director is Ralph Capitani.

The current one-lap track record is 14.407 seconds set by current & 3 times Australian champion Brooke Tatnell on May 7, 2006.






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Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile dirt
Dirt track racing

----Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on Oval racing. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s....
 oval raceway
Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
 located at the Marion County, Iowa
Marion County, Iowa

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population was 32,052. Its county seat is Knoxville, Iowa. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War....
 fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa
Knoxville, Iowa

Knoxville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,731 at the 2000 United States Census. It is the county seat of Marion County, Iowa....
, USA. Races are held on Saturday nights, and regular events include 360 cubic inch and 410 cubic inch sprint cars
Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt track racing or paved tracks....
.

History

The first races were held at the Knoxville Raceway in 1954. The dirt on the track is Des Moines River
Des Moines River

The Des Moines River is a tributary river of the Mississippi River, approximately 525 miles long to its farther headwaters, in the upper Midwestern United States....
 black bottom gumbo. The Marion County Fairgrounds is governed by a 24 member fairboard and the current Race Director is Ralph Capitani.

The current one-lap track record is 14.407 seconds set by current & 3 times Australian champion Brooke Tatnell on May 7, 2006. During that night, 31 cars timed under the 14 second range and 26 cars beat the old track record set by Terry McCarl during the 2005 Knoxville Nationals.

The driver with the most feature wins at the Knoxville Raceway is Danny Lasoski
Danny Lasoski

Danny "The Dude" Lasoski is a race car driver from Dover, Missouri, Missouri.Most of his experience is in the World of Outlaws series, winning the WoO championship in 2001, and finishing second four times, in 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2004....
 from Dover, MO. with 92 feature wins. Since the 1980s the Knoxville Raceway has added a second class with the most recent the 360 cubic inch class. Since 1981 the driver with the most 360 Sprint wins is David Hesmer of Marshalltown, Ia. with 65 feature wins. The 2006 410 point champion was Billy Alley of Lincoln, NE and the 360 champion was Jake Peters of Sioux Falls, SD for his third consecutive 360 championship. In 200, Danny Lasoski took home his eighth track championship in the 410 division over Billy Alley while Matt Moro took home his first 360 title over Jesse Gianetto

Knoxville Nationals

Each August, the Knoxville Raceway holds the paramount sprint car event in the United States, the Knoxville Nationals
Knoxville Nationals

The Knoxville Nationals is an annual Sprint car racing event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. The event is considered the premier event in sprint car racing, and is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All."...
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National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is a Hall of Fame and museum for Sprint car racing drivers.The museum is located in Knoxville, Iowa, United States, the home of the Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway....
 is located just outside of turn 2 of the Knoxville Raceway. Known as the NSCHoF&M it features rotating exhibits to highlight the history of both winged and non-wing sprint cars.

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