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Casey's General Store and Knoxville Nationals
by: Brian Stickel
KNOXVILLE, IA (June 1) - Casey’s General Store, Iowa’s premier convenience
store, hast teamed up with Knoxville Raceway for the United States Auto Club
(USAC) Non-Winged Knoxville Nationals on August 9th. This prestigious race
is one of 11 events that compose the Cox Design Iowa Speed Weeks.
USAC-sanctioned non-winged sprint car racing will play a big part in the
Iowa Speed Weeks this year, with the August 9 Casey’s General Stores
Non-Winged Knoxville Nationals taking place between the July 31 pavement
event in Newton and the August 11 race in Oskaloosa. “With Casey’s marketing
support and these three traditional non-winged sprint car events being so
close together we should be able to draw a whole new crowd to Knoxville and
Iowa for some great racing,” stated Knoxville’s Race Director Ralph Capitani.
“For us at Knoxville Raceway, this event provides a perfect compliment
between the 360 Knoxville Nationals August 6-8 and the 49th Annual Knoxville
Nationals August 12-15. In fact, it will be interesting to see which winged
sprint car drivers take their ‘lids’ off to compete against the
best-of-the-best non-winged sprint car drivers in this inaugural
Casey’s-sponsored national championship event on Sunday, August 9.”
Casey’s General Stores has 1,478 locations in 9 states with 418 of those
stores in Iowa. “Casey’s has always had a great relationship with Knoxville
and this event seemed like a natural extension of our cooperative efforts”.
Said Angela Wood of Casey’s. “Our involvement in racing reaches far and wide
through many different outlets, and our involvement with Knoxville assists
us by reaching more people through different creative efforts.”
Knoxville Raceway has 32 races each year that include 360 and 410 sprint
cars, midget sprint cars, late models, and, modified cars. The Knoxville
Raceway season will run through October 3rd. Tickets to any Knoxville
Raceway events are available on line at www.knoxvilleraceway.com or by
calling (641)842-5431.
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