Knoxville Nationals

The Knoxville Nationals is an annual sprint car event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. The event is the biggest and most prestigious race of the year in sprint car racing. The Saturday finale is held on the second Saturday in August. The event is held for four days (Wednesday-Saturday) and is attended annually by approximately 25,000 fans. The event has the highest paying purse in sprint car racing at over $1,000,000 which attracts roughly 100 race teams to compete.