I used to think that the Knoxville Nationals were in Knoxville, Tenn. and didn’t understand why everybody at Silver Dollar Speedway was always talking about Knoxville this and Knoxville that. It’s comparable to the Super Bowl in terms of sprint car racing, I’ve heard, and a few regulars from SDS are taking part.
Tim Kaeding, from Campbell, is one of few California drivers to get his name on some of the leader boards I found online. And Jason Meyers of Clovis is another recognizable name. Oh, and Chico’s Jonathan Allard has to be there.
There’s really not much of a local connection, though, so the Knoxville Nationals won’t likely be making it into the sports section. But the good news is that you can catch the action Saturday night at 7 p.m. on the Speed Network.
For those of you looking for a place to get up-to-the-minute results, and are without the Speed Network, I found a Knoxville Speedway site that can fill your appetite. Click here to access it.
About Me: Leland Gordon is the prep sports writer for the Chico Enterprise-Record and a 2006 graduate of Chico State with a journalism major and French minor. His prep sports writing career began when he was 17 years old at the Mountain Democrat in Placerville and he has also done news writing for The Orion at Chico State and Silicon Valley Community Newspapers in San Jose.
Also known as “Lee,” Mr. Gordon is a fanatic when it comes to the following things: long car trips, hiking, snowboarding, wakeboarding, bowling, disc golfing and a whole bunch of other stuff. But his passion (for now, at least) is Northern Section prep sports.
Leland earned seven varsity letters at El Dorado High School and refereed prep wrestling in the north state before getting hired at the E-R.
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