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Donny Schatz roared from seventh to win the FVP Parts Prelim at Knoxville Raceway, slipping Carson McCarl on lap five and pulling away over the final 20 laps for his 31st Knoxville victory. He’ll start 11th in the C-main but remains a top contender as the 65th Knoxville Nationals approaches, with the main event offering a $200,000 prize.
Rain at Knoxville Raceway forced a format overhaul for the 65th Knoxville Nationals: the top 20 prelim-point drivers are locked into the A-main on Saturday, 21–40 into the Last Chance Showdown, and 41–50 into the first five rows of the C-main, with 51+ in a shortened Hard Knox to set 11–24 in the C-main; Hard Knox will skip time trials, using preliminary night points to line up heats and noon hot laps. The change risks Donny Schatz’s 27-year A-main streak and reshuffles seedings around drivers like Sye Lynch and Ryan Timms in the revised brackets.