Knoxville Raceway

Knoxville Raceway
Sprint Car Capital of the World
Location1000 N Lincoln St
Knoxville, Iowa 50138
Capacity21,135
OwnerMarion County Fair Association
OperatorMarion County Fair Association
Opened1878 as horse racing track
Major eventsKnoxville Nationals
360 Knoxville Nationals
Websitehttp://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/
Oval
SurfaceDirt
Length0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Banking7 degrees
Race lap record14.351 (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.

  1. ^ "Schedule". Retrieved 26 May 2010.