It’s been five years, but add another Knoxville Nationals title to Donny Schatz’s prolific resume.

The Granddaddy of Them All has reached the moment of truth, as the 61st Knoxville Nationals culminates in the 50-lap grand finale tonight on the legendary half-mile at Marion County Fairgrounds.

For the second year in a row, Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif., captured Friday's FVP Hard Knox qualifying night at the Knoxville Nationals and is set to start 21st in Saturday's 50-lap grand finale.

Austin McCarl thought something had gone wrong when he saw his father, Terry McCarl, on a dead sprint from the rearmost pits toward the scales along the frontstretch Thursday at Knoxville Raceway.

Preliminaries for the 61st Knoxville Nationals had proven once again to be no run-of-the-mill affair on Thursday, as Jacob Allen of Hanover, Pa., outlasted two of the nation's top Sprint Car drivers in Brad Sweet and Carson Macedo for the second qualifying night victory at the legendary event.

Being the 10-time Knoxville Nationals champion that he is, Donny Schatz has experienced Knoxville Raceway in virtually every context. Wednesday’s first of two qualifying nights for the legendary event, on the other hand, was apparently new terrain for the future National Sprint Car Hall of Famer.

For the second time in four days on Wednesday, Logan Schuchart of Hanover, Pa., put his Shark Racing No. 1s machine in Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway victory lane, following his Capitani Classic victory Sunday by grabbing the Knoxville Nationals qualifying night one checkers.

It is no secret that this summer Kyle Larson hasn’t won at the astounding rate that ultimately propelled the multi-discipline star to one of the greatest seasons in motorsports history a year ago.