Dates: Sept. 14-16 (25-lap preliminary features Thursday and Friday with points setting consolation and main event lineups for Saturday’s finale

Track: Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, semi-banked half-mile clay oval

Purse: $7,000-to-win preliminary features and $50,000-to-win finale (Malvern Bank-Hoker Trucking Series racing a $4,000-to-win invitation on Saturday’s undercard)

Primary sponsor: Lucas Oil

Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., who earned his first career Knoxville Lucas Oil Nationals victory

Tickets: Three-day adult reserved admission $122 (or $34 apiece Thursday and Friday and $39 Saturday; detailed ticket options below)

Live streaming: FloRacing

Track website: knoxvilleraceway.com

Track phone: (641) 842-5431

Notes: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rolls into Knoxville, Iowa, for the 19th annual Knoxville Lucas Oil Nationals at the Sprint Car Capital of the World. … The three-day event kicks off with 25-lap, $7,000-to-win preliminary features on Thursday and Friday, with individual points being awarded nightly. Drivers will use their best individual night’s point total to set Saturday’s consolation and main event lineups prior to the 75-lap, $50,000-to-win feature. … Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., eyes his first career Late Model victory at Knoxville. … Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., enters as the event’s only three-time winner (2016, ’17 and ’21). … Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn. (2018 and ’19), Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa (2004 and ’14) and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (2005 and ’09) join Marlar as the only other drivers to win more than one Knoxville Lucas Oil Nationals … Birkhofer famously used a last-lap pass on Bloomquist to secure 2014’s victory. … Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., topped one of last year’s $7,000 prelims, while Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, swept both $7,000 prelims there in 2021. … Off-track entertainment is headlined by a Mike Marlar and Dave Argabright scheduled appearance at 11 a.m. on Friday, at the second floor of the Hall of Fame Museum. A memorabilia auction will take place at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, at the Hall of Fame Museum, with a drivers’ autograph session at 3 p.m. in the Dyer Hudson Hall Barn later that afternoon. … A $4,000-to-win invitational will be contested Saturday for Malvern Bank-Hoker Trucking tour competitors. … Pits open at 2:30 p.m. and grandstands open at 5:30, with hot laps at 6:45 nightly..

Knoxville winners

(Complete race history)

Year: Winner, hometown

2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.

2021: Mike Marlar, Winfield, Tenn.

2020: Cancelled

2019: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2018: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.

2017: Mike Marlar, Winfield, Tenn.

2016: Mike Marlar, Winfield, Tenn.

2015: Jared Landers, Batesville, Ark.

2014: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2013: Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.

2012: Steve Francis, Ashland, Ky.

2011: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.

2010: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.

2009: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2008: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2007: Brady Smith, Solon Springs, Wis.

2006: Brian Shirley, Chatham, Ill.

2005: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2004: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

Weekend purses

Thursday-Friday prelims

1. $7,000

2. $4,000

3. $3,000

4. $2,000

5. $1,500

6. $1,000

7. $900

8. $800

9. $700

10. $600

11. $580

12. $560

13. $540

14. $520

15. $500

16. $490

17. $480

18. $470

19. $460

20. $450

21. $440

22. $430

23. $410

24. $400

Saturday’s finale

1. $50,000

2. $25,000

3. $10,000

4. $8,750

5. $7,500

6. $7,000

7. $6,500

8. $6,000

9. $5,500

10. $5,000

11. $4,500

12. $4,000

13. $3,500

14. $3,400

15. $3,300

16. $3,200

17. $3,100

18. $3,000

19. $3,000

20. $3,000

21. $3,000

22. $3,000

23. $2,700

24. $2,700

25.-32. $2,500

Weekend schedule

(All times local)

Thursday

8 a.m. - Ticket office opens

2:30 p.m. - Pits open

4:30 p.m. - Suites open

5:30 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6:45 p.m. - On-track activity

- Late Model hot laps

Opening ceremonies

- Late Model time trials (2 laps)

- Late Model heat races (12 laps)

- Late Model consolation races (15 laps)

- Late Model feature (25 laps)

Friday

8 a.m. - Ticket office opens

11 a.m. - Mike Marlar and Dave Argabright appearance (Hall of Fame Museum second floor)

2:30 p.m. - Pits open

4:30 p.m. - Suites open

5:30 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6:45 p.m. - On-track activity

- Late Model hot laps

Opening ceremonies

- Late Model time trials (2 laps)

- Late Model heat races (12 laps)

- Late Model consolation races (15 laps)

- Late Model feature (25 laps)

Saturday

8 a.m. - Ticket office opens

11:30 a.m. - Memorabilia auction (Hall of Fame Museum)

1:45 p.m. - Outreach church service (Dyer Hudson Hall Barn)

2:30 p.m. - Pits open

3 p.m. - Driver autograph session (Dyer Hudson Hall Barn)

4:30 p.m. - Suites open

5:30 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting

6:45 p.m. - On-track activity

- Malvern Bank Series hot laps

- Knoxville Nationals B-main cars hot laps

- Knoxville Nationals A-main cars hot laps

- Malvern Bank Series hot laps/time trials

Opening ceremonies

- Consolation races (15 laps)

- Malvern Bank-Hoker Trucking feature (22 laps)

- Knoxville Nationals (75 laps)

Tickets

Thursday

One-day adult general admission (20-and-up): $34

Three-day adult reserved (20-and-up): $122

One-day teen general admission (13-to-19): $24

Three-day teen reserved (13-to-19): $92

One-day child general admission (12-and-under): $19

Three-day child reserved (12-and-under): $77

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for all ages

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $50

Friday

One-day adult general admission (20-and-up): $34

One-day teen general admission (13-to-19): $24

One-day child general admission (12-and-under): $19

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for all ages

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $50

Saturday

One-day adult general admission (20-and-up): $39

One-day teen general admission (13-to-19): $29

One-day child general admission (12-and-under): $24

Reserved seating: Additional $5 for all ages

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $50

Camping

Water and electric camping: $150 at North Campground; other campsites available

Online reservations: vandonsler.com/ and mycountyparks.com/default.aspx

More information: (641) 842-5431 or knoxvilleraceway.com/Hospitality/Campgrounds