Final World Challenge Field Set

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Twenty-one sprint car drivers, including eleven Americans and ten Australians, have entered the 22nd annual SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge to be held this Friday, August 14, during the 55th annual FVP Knoxville Nationals.

Amongst the entrants are former Knoxville World Challenge winners Randy Hannagan (1999), Daryn Pittman (2004, ’05, ’14), Brooke Tatnell (2006, ’13), Kerry Madsen (2008), Lynton Jeffrey (2009), and Lucas Wolfe (2011).  The entries for the $10,000-to-win, SPEED SPORT-sponsored race are as follows:

1z Lucas Wolfe – Mechanicsburg, Pa., USA

3 Tim Kaeding – San Jose, Calif., USA

3G James McFadden – Brisbane, QLD, Australia

7s Jason Sides – Bartlett, Tenn., USA

9 Daryn Pittman – Owasso, Okla., USA

11K Kraig Kinser – Bloomington, Ind., USA

11N Randy Hannagan – Pittsboro, Ind., USA

12 Lynton Jeffrey – Sydney, NSW, Australia

13x Jac Haudenschild – Wooster, Ohio, USA

18 Ian Madsen – St. Marys, NSW, Australia

21AU Garry Brazier – Sydney, NSW, Australia

24 Terry McCarl – Pleasant Hill, Iowa, USA

29 Kerry Madsen – St. Marys, NSW, Australia

35AU Jamie Veal – Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

49 Brad Sweet – Grass Valley, Calif., USA

55 Brooke Tatnell – Sans Souci, NSW, Australia

67 Christopher Bell – Norman, Okla., USA

75 Glenn Saville – Razorback, NSW, Australia

84 Scott Bogucki – McLaren Vale, SA, Australia

93 Sheldon Haudenschild – Wooster, Ohio, USA

96AU Bruce White – Merrylands West, NSW, Australia

Americans qualified for the event by participating in specific sprint car events last winter in New Zealand and/or Australia.  International drivers qualified by coming over and participating in the FVP Knoxville Nationals in Iowa.  The starting line-up for the 20-lap SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge will feature the first 14 cars inverted based on points, provided that they are in the top 106 in points after both qualifying programs (Wednesday, Thursday).

Since the start of the event in 1994, ninety-one (91) drivers have won a total of $604,340 in the Knoxville World Challenge, with thirteen Americans and eight Australians being victorious.  No Canadian nor New Zealander has ever won the event.

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