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The 15 full-time “High Rollers” of Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing are converging upon Knoxville, Iowa this month to fight for the greatest title in sprint car racing: Knoxville Nationals Champion.
Although the co-founders of High Limit, Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson, have each won the Knoxville Nationals, a full-time High Limit Racing driver has yet to earn the title. Rico Abreu has earned two runner-up finishes, in the 2018 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s and in the 2025 event.
Fellow High Limit driver GIo Scelzi earned the runner-up finish in 2024. Kerry Madsen finished second in 2015 and has earned two third-place finishes in 2014 and 2017.
The qualifying night fields have been set, with X High Rollers qualifying on Wednesday and X on Thursday.
Wednesday Night:
Tanner Holmes
Brock Zearfoss
Rico Abreu
Danny Sams III
Justin Peck
Sye Lynch
Kyle Larson (series co-founder)
Gio Scelzi
Thursday Night:
Brenham Crouch
Tyler Courtney
Daison Pursley
Chase Randall
Brent Marks
Kerry Madsen
Aaron Reutzel
Tanner Thorson
This weekend, August 6-9, 10 High Rollers are competing in the Xtream powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank. Five High Rollers have stood on the top of the podium of the 360 Knoxville Nationals. Rico Abreu won the 2025 event over Larson. Tyler Courtney (2024), Aaron Reutzel (2022), Scelzi (2021) and Madsen (2020) have also won the most prestigious 360 winged sprint car race.
The qualifying night breakdown for the 360 Knoxville Nationals is as follows.
Wednesday Night:
Chase Randall
Daison Pursley
Tanner Holmes
Brock Zearfoss
Justin Peck
Kyle Larson (series co-founder)
Gio Scelzi
Aaron Reutzel
Thursday Night:
Tyler Courtney
Rico Abreu
Kerry Madsen
Hot laps begin each night of both events at 6:45pm, CT. Tickets are available online and each night will be streamed live on DirtVision.
The High Limit Room Goes LIVE for the Knoxville Nationals
For the first time ever, FloRacing is bringing a pre-race show to “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All” as the Hasty Bake High Limit Room Live Presented by Driven Racing Oil debuts at the Knoxville Nationals next week.
Hosted by Chase Raudman, Tony LaPorta, and Brian Walker, the panel will preview and recap the biggest event in the sport at “The Sprint Car Capital of the World” while talking to special guests and serving up fresh and delicious barbeque from Hasty Bake Charcoal Grills.
The show will run from 4:00pm-5:00pm CT on Wednesday and Thursday’s (August 12-13) preliminary nights before moving up to 3:00pm-4:00pm CT (August 14-15) during Friday’s Hard Knox program and Saturday’s $200,000-to-win championship finale.
Three-time Knoxville Nationals champion Kyle Larson will join the show on Wednesday, current Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Year competitor Tanner Holmes comes on Thursday, and former 360 Nationals champion Tyler Courtney and former Kings Royal winner Brent Marks will split Friday and Saturday.
You can find the set each day located next to the Hasty Bake Charcoal Grills trailer in the grassy lot next to Braylee’s Diner (formerly Mrs. C’s) and running alongside N Lincoln St near the parking lot where many teams park trailers and work on cars.
Each day, fans who buy merchandise at the High Limit Racing trailer will be able to claim free food from Hasty Bake during the show. Any fans who buy merch all week long will also be entered to win a Hasty Bake Charcoal Grill with the winner being announced during the final show on Saturday afternoon.
Fans at home will be able to watch the program live on the FloRacing app, the FloRacing FAST Channel – available on Amazon Prime, Roku, Fubo TV, and YouTube – and FloRacing/High Limit Racing Facebook pages.
