By Bob Wilson
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 18, 2012 – Kyle Strickler was the class of the field at the 22nd Annual Harris Clash for IMCA Modifieds on Thursday night at the Knoxville Raceway. Strickler, from Mooresville, North Carolina, was able to defend his championship title of one year ago at this central Iowa racing facility.
“This car was perfect”, Strickler proclaimed at the trophy stand in post-race ceremonies. And, it was too as the young driver led every lap in the 25-lap feature and prior to the only yellow of the race on lap 19 he had the field covered.
From the get-go Strickler was on fire as he cruised to a full straight away lead on this big half-mile oval before even ten laps were in the books. He did not encounter lap traffic until the 12th circuit and that posed no problem for him.
Behind him for most of the race was Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood) while Todd Shute (Des Moines) held down the third spot behind him. Richie Gustin (Marshalltown), who started 17th moved quickly through the field and became a player by the half-way mark.
At final tally Strickler had again pulled away from his challengers after the late yellow to take the $1,000 top prize as Gustin drove a brilliant race to take second. Sobbing settled for third, Randy Havlik (Boone) took fourth and Shute was fifth. Mike Van Genderen of Newton finished sixth after starting twenty-second.
In the companion IMCA Sport Modified feature, Doug Smith of (Lake City) led the 20 lap distance to take that win. Three yellow flags slowed the event as the final caution led to several position changes when the race resumed. Chasing Smith to the finish was Paul Nagel (Nevada) and Jared Timmerman (Norwalk). Rounding out the top five were Austin Kaplan (Des Moines) and Matt Lettow (Roland).
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA
July 18, 2013
Modifieds RESULTS
Heat 1 (8 laps) 3:07.3: 1. Kevin Stoa (3) 2. Randy Havlik (4); 3. Steve Stewart (5); 4. Scott Hogan (6); 5. Hunter Marriott (8); 6. Paul Thorpe (3); 7. Richie Gustin (9); 8. David Brown (1); 9. Justin Jurgens (7);
Heat 2, (8 laps) No Time: 1. Jeremy Mills (4); 2. Jon Snyder (3); 3. Clint Homan (5); 4. Toby VandeKamp (2); 5. Lance Schlicher (1); 6. James Slawson (6); 7. Clayton Christensen (8); 8. Josh Gilman (9); 9. Ricky Stephan (7);
Heat 3, (8 laps) 3:09.5: 1. Jesse Sobbing (6); 2. Brian Foote (3); 3. Kevin Larkins (9); 4. Shane Hiatt (5); 5. Matt Waugh (2); 6. Mike Albertsen (4); 7. Russ Gladson (7); 8. Steve Stultz (1); 9. Chris Abelson (8);
Heat 4, (8 laps) No Time: 1. Kyle Strickler (3); 2. Colt Mather (4); 3. Scott Dickey (6); 4. Shane DeMey (1); 5. Jeffrey Larson (2); 6. Tyler Glass (9); 7. Mike Van Genderen (8); 8. Mike Densberger (7); 9. Jerry King (5);
Heat 5, (8 laps) No Time: 1. Kevin Stoa (4); 2. Nate Caruth (7); 3. Shay Woods (2); 4. Josh Most (8); 5. Jeff Stephens (3); 6. Kyle Brown (9); 7. Tyler Cale (6); 8. Eric Dailey (5); 9. Casey Greubel (1);
Heat 6, (8 laps) No Time: 1. Dylan Smith (1); 2. Greg Cox (2); 3. Brad Bergren (3); 4. Jason Murray (4); 5. Mitch McGrath (5); 6. Alex Hanson (6); 7. Devon Havlik (7); 8. Cory Wray (8);
Heat 7, (8 laps) 3:08.4: 1. Todd Shute (2); 2. Mark Elliott (5); 3. Josh Foster (4); 4. Tim Ward (8); 5. Stacey Mills (6); 6. Tyler VandeKamp (7); 7. Greg Elliott (1); 8. Jake Durbin (3);
Heat 8, (8 laps) 3:11.0: 1. Taimon Wehr (1); 2. Luke Wanninger (5); 3. Jacob Murray (7); 4. Tony Cox (2); 5. Levi Nielson (4); 6. Cayden Carter (8); 7. Chris Horn (6); 8. Robert Tippery (3);
B Feature 1, (10 laps) No Time: 1. Richie Gustin (9); 2. Josh Gilman (12); 3. Steve Stewart (1); 4. Clint Homan (2); 5. Hunter Marriott (5); 7. Ricky Stephan (14); 8. Toby VandeKamp (4); 9. James Slawson (8); 10. Lance Schlicher (6); 11. Clayton Christensen (10); 12. Paul Thorpe (7); 13. David Brown (11); 14. Justin Jurgens (13); 2. Scott Dickey (2); 3. Shane Hiatt (3); 4. Shane DeMey (4); 5. Matt Waugh (5); 6. Jeffrey Larson (6); 7. Mike Albertsen (7); 8. Tyler Glass (8); 9. Russ Gladson (9); 10. Mike Van Genderen (10); 11. Steve Stultz (11); 12. Mike Densberger (12); 13. Chris Abelson (13); 14. Jerry King (14);
B Feature 2, (10 laps) No Time: 1. Kevin Larkins; 2. Scott Dickey; 3. Shane Hiatt; 4. Shane DeMey; 5. Matt Waugh; 6. Jeffrey Larson; 7. Mike Albertsen; 8. Tyler Glass; 9. Russ Gladson; 10. Mike Van Genderen; 11. Steve Stultz; 12. Mike Densberger; 13. Chris Abelson; 14. Jerry King;
B Feature 3, (10 laps) No Time: 1. Mitch McGrath (2); 2. Josh Most (3); 3. Shay Woods (1); 4. Eric Dailey (11); 5. Beau Kaplan (8); 6. Jeff Stephens (5); 7. Cory Wray (6); 8. Kyle Brown (7); 9. Tyler Cale (9); 10. Jason Murray (4); 11. Brad Bergren (10); 12. Casey Greubel (13); 13. Devon Havlik (12);
B Feature 4, (10 laps) No Time: 1. Josh Foster (1); 2. Cayden Carter (8); 3. Tim Ward (3); 4. Chris Horn (10); 5. Stacey Mills (5); 6. Tony Cox (4); 7. Robert Tippery (12); 8. Tyler VandeKamp (7); 9. Levi Nielson (6); 11. Greg Elliott (9); 12. Jake Durbin (11);
A Feature, (25 laps) No Time: 1. Kyle Strickler (2); 2. Richie Gustin (17); 3. Jesse Sobbing (1); 4. Randy Havlik (11); 5. Todd Shute (6); 6. Mike Van Genderen (22); 7. Luke Wanninger; 8. Mark Elliott (15); 9. Dylan Smith (8); 10. Scott Dickey (18); 11. Eric Dailey (25); 12. Josh Gilman (21); 13. Cayden Carter (24); 14. Taimon Wehr (7); 15. Mitch McGrath (19); 16. Nate Caruth; 17. Bill Davis Jr.; 18. Greg Cox (12); 19. Brian Foote (13); 20. Jeremy Mills (5); 21. Colt Mather (10); 22. Jon Snyder (9); 23. Josh Most (14); 24. Josh Foster (20); 25. Kevin Stoa (4); Lap Leader: Strickler 1-25.
Sport Mods RESULTS
Heat 1, (6 laps) 2:18.5: 1. Doug Smith (3); 2. Joel Rust (2); 3. Ben Kates (6); 4. Austin Schrage (4); 5. Brandon Clough (8); 6. Greg Sidles (5); 7. Jeremy Grantham (1); 8. Brandon Mitchell (7);
Heat 2, (6 laps) 2:22.5: 1. Paul Nagel (1); 2. Carter VanDenBerg (3); 3. Tyler Luellen (5); 4. Allan Hopp (6); 5. Jerry Hoffman (8); 6. Tony Rost (7); 7. Jayme Duinink (2); 8. Bill Wares (4);
Heat 3, (6 laps) 2:18.4: 1. Brett Lowry (1); 2. Carter VanDenBerg (3); 3. Jarod Weston (2); 4. Austin Paul (4); 5. Josh Sink (6); 6. Taylor Musselman (7); 7. Jake Hashbarger (5);
Heat 4, (6 laps) 2:22.0: 1. Austin Kaplan (2); 2. Cole Ferguson (3); 3. Brad Iverson (1); 4. Dustin Enabnit (5); 5. Glenn Gladson Jr. (7); 6. Jeremy Pittsenbarger (4); 7. Ryan Schilling (6);
Heat 5, (6 laps) No Time: 1. Matt Lettow (1); 2. Joshua Pfeifer (2); 3. Tyler Gross (7); 4. Eric Elliott (6); 5. Brandon Leeman (5); 6. Tom Lathrop (3); 7. James Reichart (4);
Heat 6, (6 laps) 2:21.7: 1. Kyle Prauner (2); 2. Jim Gillenwater (3); 3. Nick Roberts (6); 4. Brandon Brinton (1); 6. Logan Anderson (5); 7. Cody Knecht (7);
B Feature 1, (8 laps) 2:34.3: 1. Allan Hopp (2); 2. Jerry Hoffman (4); 3. Tony Rost (6); 4. Joel Rust (9); 5. Brandon Clough (1); 6. Greg Sidles (3); 7. Bill Wares (10); 8. Brandon Mitchell (7); 9. Joel Rust (9); 10. Jayme Duinink (8);
B Feature 2 (8 laps) No Time: 1. Jarod Weston; 2. Dustin Enabnit; 3. Austin Paul; 4. Ryan Schilling; 5. C.J. Conger; 6. Jake Hashbarger; 7. Jeremy Pittsenbarger; 8. Glenn Gladson Jr.; 9. Taylor Musselman;
B Feature 3, (8 laps) No Time: 1. Eric Elliott (1); 2. Brandon Brinton (2); 3. Logan Anderson (6); 4. Brandon Leeman (3); 6. James Reichart (7); 7. Tom Lathrop (5);
A Feature 1, (20 laps) No Time: 1. Doug Smith (2); 2. Paul Nagel: 3. Jared Timmerman; 4. Austin Kaplan; 5. Matt Lettow (5); 6. Tyler Gross (17); 7. Kyle Prauner (6); 8. Eric Elliott (21); 9. Carter VanDenBerg (12); 10. Ben Kates (11); 11. Jarod Weston (20); 12. Tyler Leullen; 13. Allan Hopp (19); 14. Jerry Hoffman; 15. Cole Ferguson (7); 16. Joshua Pfeifer (8); 17. Nick Roberts (18); 18. Jim Gillenwater (10); 19. Brett Lowry (4); 20. Josh Sink (15); 21. Austin Schrage (13);
Lap Leader: Smith 1-20.