It’s 3:50 AM, the Knoxville Nationals are officially over, and we’re finally getting ready to go to sleep. After autograph sessions, rain delays, racing, loading up, taking pictures, and everything in between, it was one LONG night—but one we will never forget. The day after the Knoxville Nationals is honestly one of the saddest days of the year. The RVs are leaving town, the trailers are disappearing, Main Street is getting quiet, and everything is slowly returning to normal in Knoxville, Iowa. After spending so much time at the Sprint Car Capital of the World, it’s always tough to pack up and leave. Before we hit the road, we take one more look at our **2026 Knoxville Nationals Hard Charger Award**! This custom trophy is an awesome addition to the Buch Motorsports collection and a reminder of one of the wildest nights of our season. Coming from **11th to 4th in the B-Main** to race our way into my first Knoxville Nationals is something I’ll carry with me forever. But there’s no time to slow down! We packed up the merchandise trailer, loaded everything we could fit, hooked up the rig, and started heading WEST. Our next stop is **Santa Maria Speedway** as we begin the High Limit Racing West Coast Swing. We’ve got roughly **2,000 miles to California**, 10 races in the next three weeks, and a lot more racing ahead. Along the way, we drove through Iowa, dropped Jessica off at the airport in Omaha (and got lucky when her delayed flight meant we got one more day together!), put over 1,000 miles behind us, and eventually landed in Las Vegas before making the final push to the California coast. In the second half of this video, I also take some time to reflect on what Knoxville truly meant to me. Making the Knoxville Nationals has been a dream of mine since I started racing sprint cars. Knoxville is the pinnacle of our sport, and after years of trying to put everything together, we finally found a way into the Saturday night show. I’m incredibly proud of the entire Buch Motorsports 13 team. The rain, delays, unusual track conditions, and chaos made the B-Main one of the biggest challenges of our week—but our car was able to move around, pass cars, and give us the opportunity to fight our way into the Nationals. Now we take everything we learned at Knoxville and continue building **brick by brick**. As a touring team, we’re constantly facing new racetracks and new challenges, and every lap together helps us learn, improve, and become better as a team. Thank you to everyone who came up to say hello, signed an autograph, watched the races, supported our merchandise, and continues to follow this journey. The love from the fans at Knoxville was incredible, and seeing you guys—even after 3 AM—really made this entire experience sink in. We’re now two-thirds of the way through the season, with one-third still to go. It’s time to finish strong. The Knoxville Nationals may be behind us, but there’s still a lot of racing left—and we’re heading to the West Coast ready to give it everything we’ve got! **Thank you for supporting our channel, our team, and my career. We truly couldn’t do this without you.** LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE, and we’ll see you at the next one! 🏁 #KnoxvilleNationals #SprintCarRacing #KnoxvilleRaceway #HighLimitRacing #TannerHolmes #BuchMotorsports #410SprintCar #DirtTrackRacing #SantaMariaSpeedway