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July 17, 2018 at
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July 17, 2018 at
01:27:47 PM by The Vision
http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/Event/knoxville-nationals
This is different. They are already separating entries by qualifying nights. In previous years we didn't see which night the teams were assigned to until maybe a week out from the first night of the Nationals.
And Schatz isn't entered yet (as of 7-17-18 at 1:30pm) so there is hope for a new winner!!!!
Is this heaven?
No, it's Iowa....Knoxville, Iowa.
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July 17, 2018 at
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Annnnd it looks like there's a 57 car entered for Wednesday!
Keep It Real
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July 17, 2018 at
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Posted By: The Vision on July 17 2018 at 01:26:17 PM
http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/Event/knoxville-nationals
This is different. They are already separating entries by qualifying nights. In previous years we didn't see which night the teams were assigned to until maybe a week out from the first night of the Nationals.
And Schatz isn't entered yet (as of 7-17-18 at 1:30pm) so there is hope for a new winner!!!!
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I think they've always released it like this......Wednesday/Thursday. Drivers can request which night they prefer, but Knoxville Raceway reserves the option of moving drivers from one night to another to best even out the field.
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July 17, 2018 at
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I could be wrong, but this close out to the Nats it seems like the driver list has always been much larger. What's up? Less cars this year maybe? Or will they all come in late with the registrations? Its at like 40 right now. Will we get the typical 90 cars? 100 cars?
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July 17, 2018 at
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Posted By: Sonicman1 on July 17 2018 at 02:39:56 PM
I could be wrong, but this close out to the Nats it seems like the driver list has always been much larger. What's up? Less cars this year maybe? Or will they all come in late with the registrations? Its at like 40 right now. Will we get the typical 90 cars? 100 cars?
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No. This is about the same as every year. It will begin to climb rapidly in the next 2 weeks. Everything is pretty much right on schedule.
I predict 105-115 cars
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July 17, 2018 at
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July 17, 2018 at
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This is different. They are already separating entries by qualifying nights. In previous years we didn't see which night the teams were assigned to until maybe a week out from the first night of the Nationals.
I agree with 'The Vision'. There is usually a running list until they split them into separate nights about a week prior to the Nats.
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July 17, 2018 at
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The Vision is right, the split usually happens when the count is between 90-100.
invariably 2 things happen in the lead up to the nats. 1) people wonder why the entry count is so low and some guy says they’ll be likely to get 80 cars at the rate they’re going (they always get to 100 or so) and 2) people will claim how much better Thursday’s lineup is when the winner always come from Wednesday.
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July 17, 2018 at
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Posted By: dsc1600 on July 17 2018 at 07:14:35 PM
The Vision is right, the split usually happens when the count is between 90-100.
invariably 2 things happen in the lead up to the nats. 1) people wonder why the entry count is so low and some guy says they’ll be likely to get 80 cars at the rate they’re going (they always get to 100 or so) and 2) people will claim how much better Thursday’s lineup is when the winner always come from Wednesday.
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July 18, 2018 at
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Posted By: otbg4a on July 17 2018 at 06:22:19 PM
This is different. They are already separating entries by qualifying nights. In previous years we didn't see which night the teams were assigned to until maybe a week out from the first night of the Nationals.
I agree with 'The Vision'. There is usually a running list until they split them into separate nights about a week prior to the Nats.
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No.....pretty sure they were posted much earlier than that.
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July 18, 2018 at
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Posted By: blazer00 on July 18 2018 at 12:20:14 AM
No.....pretty sure they were posted much earlier than that.
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I think up until about last year (or even 2 years ago) they didn't announce the Wed/Thurs split on the website until about a few days before. I am pretty sure they were a little earlier the last year or two but only a week or so out.
I could be wrong, but that is what my memory says.
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July 18, 2018 at
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Posted By: blazer00 on July 18 2018 at 12:20:14 AM
No.....pretty sure they were posted much earlier than that.
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Wrong.
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July 19, 2018 at
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Wish DraftKings would have a section for sprint cars. Sick of trying to pick golfers and make a couple bucks
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July 22, 2018 at
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With all the consternation over car counts, here's an update. 24 cars registered for Wednesday including Kasey Kahne & Kyle Larson. 25 cars set for Thursday. Every year starting in July, I have monitored the pre-registered cars. Last year was the first time they had already determined qualifying nights prior to the week of the event. This is the earliest they have started to separate more than two weeks out.
Is this heaven?
No, it's Iowa....Knoxville, Iowa.
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July 22, 2018 at
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Perhaps knowing this early that Kyle and Kasey are on Wed sells a few more tickets?
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July 22, 2018 at
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Posted By: PorschePeteTx on July 22 2018 at 12:32:32 PM
Perhaps knowing this early that Kyle and Kasey are on Wed sells a few more tickets?
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Good point, that may be why they did it.
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July 22, 2018 at
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Posted By: dsc1600 on July 22 2018 at 04:42:52 PM
Good point, that may be why they did it.
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No brainer move by any promoter. Yung Money is must-see.
Is this heaven?
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July 23, 2018 at
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63 cars as of this morning. Growing quickly. Still no Donny. Maybe he will just skip this year and enjoy from the stands?
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July 23, 2018 at
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It has been hovering around 100 the last few years, give or take a few. I bet it is right around there again. I wish it would get upwards of 110+ so we might see a Last Chance Race on qualifying nights.
Is this heaven?
No, it's Iowa....Knoxville, Iowa.
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July 24, 2018 at
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Up to 72 410s and 74 360s.
Hey, at least we got to 60, haha
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July 24, 2018 at
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This message was edited on
July 25, 2018 at
10:57:53 AM by ColtanW
New additions today for the 410s:
Wednesday:
1 - Travis Rilat, Heath, TX
5H - Sammy Walsh, Orangeville, NSW, AU
12 - Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, AU
Thursday:
26 - Joey Saldana, Pittsboro, IN
28AU - Allan Woods, Brisbane, QLD, Au
35 - Jamie Veal, Warnabool, VIC, AU
91 - Kyle Rinehardt, Neptune City, NJ
97G - Hunter Schurenberg, Sikeston, MO
Total Car Count: 72 (35 Wednesday/37 Thursday)
New additions for the 360s:
Thursday:
55 - McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (Listed on the entry list for both Thursday and Friday)
Friday:
1 - Travis Rilat, Forney,TX
5H - Sammy Walsh, Orangeville, NSW, AU
13M - Josh Higday, Runnells, IA (Moved from Thursday to Friday)
23 - Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA
26 - Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN
55 McKenna Haase, Carlisle, IA (Once again, listed on both Thursday and Friday)
Total Car Count: 74 (44 Thursday/30 Friday) [Including McKenna only on the Thursday list)
I'll try to keep up with the changes as time goes on until I'm in the camper at Knoxville.
Ask Frank
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