COLD TEMPERATURES, EXTREME WIND CHILLS CANCEL KNOXVILLE EVENT

Illinois, Indiana visits up next; Series returns to Knoxville in June

Knoxville, IA – With an outlook of plummeting temperatures and wind chills below freezing this weekend, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprintcar officials, together with Knoxville Raceway staff ,have cancelled the Xtream powered by Mediacom Showdown.

Precision Weather Service and local weather experts determined conditions would turn severe following heavy rain on Thursday, negatively affecting the fan and competitor experiences, which led officials to cancel today to prevent unnecessary travel.

The World of Outlaws now turns its attention to next weekend’s Illinois, Indiana double header at Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois on April 28 and Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, Indiana) on April 29.

The World of Outlaws will make their next visit to Knoxville on June 9-10.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch all of the action live on DIRTVision.