One thing you can do is check out the neighboring towns hotels. Towns like Chariton, Pella, Indianola, Newton. Those towns are only 30-40 minutes away and plenty of places to eat and shop for supplies.
It also doesn't really take that long to get back to Des Moines which has many hotels. There are plenty of events around the track and town of Knoxville during the day so sleeping in another town isn't much of an issue.
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