Sprint Car Capital of the World | |
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Location | 1000 N Lincoln St Knoxville, Iowa 50138 |
Capacity | 21,135 |
Owner | Marion County Fair Association |
Operator | Marion County Fair Association |
Opened | 1878 as horse racing track |
Major events | Knoxville Nationals 360 Knoxville Nationals |
Website | http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/ |
Oval | |
Surface | Dirt |
Length | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
Banking | 7 degrees |
Race lap record | 14.351 (Brian Brown, Brian Brown Racing, May 22, 2021) |
Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked half-mile dirt oval raceway (zook clay) located at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa. Races at the "Sprint Car Capital of the World" are held on Saturday nights from April through September each year. Some special events such as the Knoxville Nationals, 360 Knoxville Nationals and Late Model Knoxville Nationals are multi-day events. Weekly racing events at the track features multiple classes of sprint cars including 410 cubic inch, 360 cubic inch and Pro Sprints (previously 305 cubic inch). Each August, the Raceway holds the paramount sprint car event in the United States, the Knoxville Nationals.[1] The track is governed by the 24-member fair board elected by Marion County residents.