Kyle Larson takes pole for Knoxville Nationals after qualifying victory

Over the past week in Iowa, the most diehard fans in Sprint Car racing had started to lay into Kyle Larson pretty hard. After his improbable victory in the 65th Knoxville Nationals, Larson laid right back into them. “I hope all the people bitching about us running our preliminary night understand why,” said Larson in Victory Lane. “This was the best-case scenario.” Larson had ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson Just Pulled Off the Impossible: From Richmond to the Knoxville Nationals There was a point Saturday night when Kyle Larson’s chances of racing the Knoxville Nationals seemed to be somewhere between slim and absolutely impossible. Then Kyle Larson happened. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion was supposed to miss the 65th running of…

Kyle Larson won the Thursday Knoxville Nationals preliminary night and secured the pole for the 65th running of the Grandaddy of Them All but will more than likely be unable to start the $200,000-to-win main event. This seemed inevitable last week when the three-time winner of the world's most prestigious Sprint Car race filed an entry even though he's known for a year that the main event would ...Keep reading

KNOXVILLE — Kyle Larson knew this weekend was coming for nearly a year. That didn't stop one of NASCAR's top stars to bring his best to the Sprint Car Capital of the World. As a result, Larson has created one of the most unique situations in the history of the Knoxville Nationals. The three-time Nationals champion found himself back in a familiar position on Thursday night, finding Victory ...