The odds of anyone else winning this year are 15 to None...

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Its going to take some great faith for sure since everyone brings the same exact equipment and mechanics with less talent than Ricky.  Basically a miracle needed to yield a different result. 

Luna's Ford engine style that won 2 WoO titles and 3 
Kings Royals before a weight rule against the best EVER
in their prime and now DOMINATES super dirt late model
racing is no longer allowed/wanted in a WoO sprint
car.... Was Luna a miracle worker?

Hey, no praying for who wins!!! thats cheating....

Save the prayers for "No serious or fatal injuries"

+1   Amen brother

(How about just a sealed up tire or broken valve spring...lol?)

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

50 laps is plenty of time for Donny to lap the entire field.

You should actually learn something about sprint cars before opening your mouth. There's a lot of different stuff from car to car, you're just too stupid to see it because all you care about is the engine under the hood and whether or not it's a Ford. 

Right on brother. May the best man win, whoever that may be and most of all, let's hope for a good safe race.

Well Cubic, it might have taken a few years but your prayer has finally been answered.  And whoever might have decided not to go tonight because Schatz can't be beat got exactly what you deserved, you missed one of the most awesome races in years.   

Link: Hallelujah Chorus

Hats off to Jason Johnson!

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

Knoxville Nationals Winners

1961 - Roy Robbins, 37, O. J. Huffman
1962 - Jerry Richert Sr., 69, Ted Ready
1963 - Greg Weld, 92, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1964 - Kenny Weld, 94, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1965 - Kenny Weld, 94, Taylor “Pappy” Weld
1966 - Jay Woodside, 9, Ted Hall
1967 - Thad Dosher, 74, Jack Cunningham
1968 - Ray Lee Goodwin, 24, Swenson/Williams
1969 - Ken Gritz, 12, Larry Snyder
1970 - Joe Saldana, 2, C&L Racing
1971 - Jan Opperman, 6, Cahill Racing
1972 - Kenny Weld, 29, Bob Weikert
1973 - Kenny Weld, 29, Bob Weikert
1974 - Dick Gaines, 71, Karl Kinser
1975 - Eddie Leavitt, 40, Ricke/Hill
1976 - Eddie Leavitt, 4J, Galden Inc.
1977 - Doug Wolfgang, 20, Bob Trostle
1978 - Doug Wolfgang, 4x, Speedway Motors
1979 - Ron Shuman, 75A, Gary Stanton
1980 - Steve Kinser, 20, Bob Trostle/Karl Kinser
1981 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1982 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1983 - Sammy Swindell, 1, Raymond Beadle
1984 - Doug Wolfgang, 29, Bob Weikert
1985 - Doug Wolfgang, 29, Bob Weikert
1986 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1987 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1988 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1989 - Doug Wolfgang, 8D, D.P. Motorsports
1990 - Bobby Allen, 1a, Allen Enterprises
1991 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1992 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1993 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1994 - Steve Kinser, 11, Karl Kinser
1995 - Steve Kinser, 11, Steve Kinser
1996 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
1997 - Dave Blaney, 10, Blaney/Hylton
1998 - Danny Lasoski, 83, Dennis Roth
1999 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
2000 - Mark Kinser, 5m, Karl Kinser
2001 - Danny Lasoski, 20L, Tony Stewart
2002 - Steve Kinser, 11, Steve Kinser
2003 - Danny Lasoski, 20, Tony Stewart
2004 - Danny Lasoski, 20, Tony Stewart
2005 - Kraig Kinser, 11K, Steve Kinser
2006 - Donny Schatz, 15, Schatz Motorsports
2007 - Donny Schatz, 15, Schatz Motorsports
2008 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2009 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2010 - Tim Shaffer, 83, Call/Holbrook Motorsports
2011 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2012 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2013 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2014 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2015 - Donny Schatz, 15, Tony Stewart
2016 - Jason Johnson, 41, Jason Johnson

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QTdtNM7_rU

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

That would be me...

Oh well, it was good on The Cushion, but lacking the ELECTRICITY of being there live

I couldn't be happier with Jason getting the win. He's a great racer who hasn't exactly had an easy go of it the last couple of years. Congrats to Jason and the entire team on placing their name on the most prestigious winners list on all of sprint car racing. Excellent race too. Jason drove his ass off and earned it.

Electric it was!   When JJ went by Schatz for the lead I thought it would only be temporary, but he did a great job of holding him off for a long time and even seemed to pull away at times.   Then Schatz got back to him and passed him, but it was awesome watching JJ stick it right back under him and go back by.     The last five laps was extremely intense once we realized that JJ holding him off was actually a possibility.   I was screaming my head off during those last two laps.   I've watched JJ race for years in ASCS and think he is an immense talent.   Glad to see him finally put it all together and pull this off.   

I went 4 yrs. in a row but missed the last 2. After watching Schatz win from 21st. a while back, I doubted I'd see anything that good again..

I was obviously wrong!

I knew I'd miss the vibes & methanol fragrance by watching on PPV, but the other thing with a broadcast is you can only watch what the cameraman focuses on, rather than picking which drivers or battles to follow live. I would like to have seen Larson & Hodnett's charges thru the field too...

I was there when Donny won from 21st too.    I agree that was an incredible feat to watch and glad I was there to see it.   I will say that Brownie made it exciting the next year passing Schatz late in the feature.   I picked up on Hodnett's climb and did watch a few laps of it.   I  was aware of Larson's charge too, but you're right it's hard to keep track of everything when you're watching an intense battle at the front.   

THIS will be VICTORY LANE on saturday night...the CALI JINX will be BROKEN!

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science 
gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” 

Larson gave a great storyline with #LetKyleRace, but in reality, the only way he wins or podiums is with chaos up front. 15/5 are too strong this year.

Hot take? Yep! Schatz was faster Wednesday, and the talent starting in front of him will prove to be way more difficult. I'd be willing to wager running from 21st to fifth last year is easier than running from 9th to win. 

We will see tomorrow night. Can't wait to watch.

Gonna go out on a limb here and pick Gravel to wire the field.

with him and the 15 on the front row, only a disaster puts anyone else in victory lane. Everyone else is running for third- even Larson

Nobody is going to be passing Schatz and Gravel. Larson would need to hope one of them breaks and the other misses the setup. It will be a show up front with those 2. Gravel will lead most of the race trying to run away with it and will use up his tires IMO. Schatz catches him with about 8 to go and gets #10