The 2023 Knoxville Nationals is finally done and dusted. One of the most exciting races of the 2023 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series took place at the half-mile dirt track of Knoxville Raceway on Saturday (August 12), with a total of 24 drivers.
2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, driving the #57 sprint car for Silva Motorsports won his second Knoxville Nationals title in a dominant fashion at the 0.5-mile dirt track.
Larson led all 50 laps and held off a challenge of David Gravel in the closing laps to take the checkered flag. After winning the most prestigious Sprint Car event of the year, Larson was awarded with the prize money of $185,000. His first Knoxville Nationals win came in 2021 and his most recent victory makes him the eighth driver to win multiple Knoxville titles.
Speaking about his dominating Knoxville Nationals victory in front of a packed house at Knoxville Raceway after the race, Kyle Larson said as quoted by desmoinesregister.com:
“This is my favorite week of the year. All year long, this is what I think about. The track goes through a big transition there in the first 25 (laps). We pounded the bottom for a while. I caught traffic, and the top was still kind of dirty. The middle wasn’t quite there,”
Meanwhile, David Gravel charged from 22nd to a runner-up finish, followed by Donny Schatz, Gio Scelzi, and Carson Macedo in the top five. Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu, Buddy Kofoid, Kerry Madsen, and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top 10.
NASCAR 2023 Knoxville Nationals final results
Here are the final results for the NASCAR’s 2023 Knoxville Nationals on the half-mile dirt track of Knoxville Raceway:
- #57 – Kyle Larson
- #2 – David Gravel
- #15 – Donny Schatz
- #18 – Gio Scelzi
- #41 – Carson Macedo
- #49 – Brad Sweet
- #24 – Rico Abreu
- #83jr – Buddy Kofoid
- #55 – Kerry Madsen
- #17 – Sheldon Haudenschild
- #5 – Spencer Bayston
- #14 – Corey Day
- #2KS – Chase Randall
- #21 – Brian Brown
- #4 – Ian Madsen
- #8 – Aaron Reutzel
- #3J – Dusty Zomer
- #9 – Parker Price-Miller
- #13 – Justin Peck
- #7BC – Anthony Macri
- #2M – Davey Heskin
- #10 – Scott Bogucki
- #1S – Logan Schuchart
- #39 – Hunter Schuerenberg
Catch the 2023 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series drivers next at the Jackson Motorplex from August from 17-19.