Last year the Harris Clash moved to the Deer Creek Speedway in between Spring Valley, Minnesota and Grand Meadows, Minnesota but I was unable to attend because the very next day I was heading to the Hancock County Speedway for Nights of Stars Weekend that had a Wednesday Night practice.
This year however with no practice night before the Nights of Stars meaning I had one day to get ready before heading up early on Thursday, it meant if I could make it work the trip to Deer Creek would happen. After talking to some friends and finding out they were heading up to watch it again, they invited me to tag along and we made the 3 hr trip from Marshalltown. Another reason it was priority for me to make the trip up to the Deer Creek Speedway, yesterday marked the one year passing of a great friend Tim Stevens and he had always told me I need to make the trip up to the 3/8 mile. Thanks Michael Duffy and Kyle Kirk for leading the Foxman tag along, it
was a fun road trip up and back home in which we arrived back around 3
am just over 12 hours after we left Marshalltown.
What can I say about the Deer Creek Speedway, it is one top notch facility and the Queensland Family, owners of the facility, are amazing people and if it was closer you can bet I would go more often because I had fun making my first ever visit to the race track. It was also nice to finally hear the legendary voice of Deer Creek Announcer Todd Narveson as he worked alongside my tag team partner Chad Meyer.
Racing action was amazing all night long with both 28th Annual Harris Clash presented by TraLo Companies coming down to the checkered flag but heats and b features did not disappoint this fan. The racing was well worth the Twenty dollars to sit in the grandstands and watch at Deer Creek. One Hundred Fourty Four cars signed in to the pit area including 92 IMCA Modifieds and 52 IMCA Northern Sport Mods to see if they would be crown Harris Clash Champions. The 2019 Manufacturer Cup Champion is VanderBuilt Race Cars.
IMCA Northern Sport Mods had eight heats with top two going to the A Main, 4 b-features with top two going to the A Main to set the field at 24 cars. IMCA Modifieds ran 12 heats with only the winner to the A Main, 6 b-features with top two from each going to the A Main and the top non-qualifer in the Race of Champions Race would received the past champion provisional.
In the IMCA Modifieds Race of Champions Race, it paid $1,000 to win and $100 to start. Highest finishing driver not already qualifed for the Harris Clash A Main would be awarded the Champions's provisional. Driver must have a current IMCA Modified License, Sport Mod Champions that have moved up were eligible and drives would randomly draw their starting spot. Richie Gustin (2010 & 2017 HC Champion) and Kelly Shryock (1993 & 1997 HC Champion) drew the front row for the 12 lap race but the initial start was called back by Race Director Justin Queensland. On the restart, Gustin jumped out to the race lead and went on to take the win. Last Year's Harris Clash Winner Cayden Carter finished second, Shryock finished third, Joel Rust finished fourth and Ethan Dotson was fifth. Jesse Sobbing , Jacob Murray, Mark Noble, Chris Abelson, Jared Van Deest and Jeremie Hedrick rounded out the field.
Brayton Carter jumped out to the early race lead of the IMCA Northern Sport Mods 25 Lap Harris Clash A Main. Just after the completion of lap one the only race caution came out when Jared Boumeester came to a stop in turn three after he made heavy contact with the wall in turn two. Carter held off Logan Anderson and Colby Fett on the restart and pulled away. Fett was able to reel back down Carter and showed his nose several times with Carter hanging on to the race lead. Lap traffic started to get heavy in front of the leadrs and Fett knew he needed to make a move to take the top spot away. Carter bobbled in turn four allowing Fett to race him to the checkers with both unsure if they had won or not until Carter was told he won by .019 secs at the line over Fett. Anderson ran third the entire distance. Zach Nitsch from Delia, Kansas finished fourth ahead of Carter VanDenBerg. Jim Chisholm finished sixth and was the Hard Charger moving up 12 spots from eighteenth. Thirteenth place starter Doug Smith, twelfth place starter Dakota Sproul, seventeenth place starter Jason Bass and Daniel Fellows rounded out the top ten.
Final race of the night was the 30 lap Harris Clash A Main for the IMCA Modifieds. Tom Berry Jr and Joe Duvall led the field to the green flag with Duvall grabbing the lead, Berry saw Cayden Carter also get by him on the start. Carter took the lead away from Duvall on lap three. Carter held off challenges from Duvall and Berry to hang on to the race until the caution came out on lap 13 when Stacey Mills spun collecting Jeff Aikey and Mike Mullen in turn two. Carter had to deal with Berry, Duvall, Austin Arneson and Richie Gustin on the restart and initial he held them off until Berry made a move to take the top spot away momentarily on lap 18. Carter refused to go away and tried to make move in turn one but Arneson was also trying to make move to get by both and he did exactly that. Arneson took the race lead away on lap 19 and it appeared Arneson would take the easy win but lap traffic got heavy in the late stages allowing Berry to reel him back in. Berry tried to pull a slider on Arneson but Anreson was ready as he crossed over and took the win. Berry finished second, Cayden Carter finished third, sixteenth place starter Jake O'Neil finished fourth and Ricky Thronton Jr finished fifth. Thirteenth place starter Richie Gustin, fifteenth place starter Mike Mullen, Brad Diercks, eighteenth place starter Ethan Dotson and twenty second place starter Corey Dripps rounded out the top ten. O'Neil and Dripps were the Hard Charges as each moved up 12 spots. Shryock was the past champion provisional.
Great Job by Bob Harris and his team from Bob Harris Enterprises, Queensland Family (Randy, Ryan, Susan, Justin & Cole) and IMCA for putting a fantastic night of racing. Todd Narveson and Chad Meyer did a great job behind the microphone all night and if you want to catch the replay of entire night, than get a monthly or yearly subscription to IMCATV because Bucky, Barry and the entire team do an amazing job as well.
After a Wednesday Night off, I will be off to the Hancock County Speedway for the Nights of Stars Weekend. It gets underway with the 25th Annual IMT Transport Night of 1000 Stars on Thursday. Friday features the Corteva Agriscence, Asmus Farm Supply and Pioneer Seeds Night of 10,000 Stars with the Lake Mills Motorsports and Bayer Crop Science Bob Shryock Memorial Night of All-Stars. IMCA Modifieds however can stay in the State of 10,000 Lakes and race at the Fairmont Racewy for the Bob Shyrock Memorial featuring the IMCA Dirt Knights Tour.
Deer Creek Speedway
Spring Valley, MN
28th Annual Harris Clash
presented by TraLo Compaines
Tuesday August 6th, 2019
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 10A Austin Arneson (Fargo, ND); 2. 11X Tom Berry (Newburg, ND); 3. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa, IA); 4. 0 Jake O'Neil (Tucson, AZ); 5. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Adel, IA); 6. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman, IA); 7. 99 Mike Mullen (Seymour, WI); 8. 29D Brad Diercks (Clarence, IA); 9. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, CA); 10. 31 Corey Dripps (Reinbeck, IA); 11. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center, IA); 12. 19 Brock Bauman (Eureka, IL); 13. 91 Joe Duvall (Claremore, OK); 14. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Jamaica); 15. 21 Jacob Bleess (Chafield); 16. 4 Cody Bauman (Eureka, IL); 17. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton, IA); 18. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile, IA); 19. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland, IA); 20. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 21. 442 Aaron Johnson (Brainerd); 22. 19HA Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown, IA); 23. 10E Stacey Mills (Webb, IA); 24. 77A Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls, IA); 25. 48K Kollin Hibdon (Pahrump, NV)
B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Bleess; 3. 555 Ryan Ruter (Kanawha, IA); 4. 21M Tyler Madigan (Dubuque); 5. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour, WI); 6. 777 Al Hejna (Clear Lake, IA); 7. 58 Marcus Yarie (Wausau, WI); 8. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart, IA); 9. 103 Brekken Kleinschmidt (North Fond du Lac, WI); 10. 237 Zack Rawlins (Kellogg, IA); 11. 49K Cody Knecht (Whittemore, IA); 12. 66 Tyler DeBouche (Green Bay, WI); 13. C19 Jeremie Hedrick (Embarrass, WI); DNS 415 Josh Barta (Cedar Falls, IA)
B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. Braaksma; 2. Rust; 3. 12T Tyler Droste (Waterloo, IA); 4. 00J JD Auringer (Evansdale, IA); 5. 21X Brennen Chipp (Dunkerton, IA); 6. 65 Jerad Thelen (Minot, ND); 7. 49M Rod McDonald (Manchester, IA); 8. 21B Troy Gudmonson (Savage); 9. 14E Chase Ellingson (Williams, IA); 10. 321 Andy Tiernan (Madrid, IA); 11. 7S Todd Stinehart (Waseca); 12. 69R Steve Reynolds (Springfield, SD); DNS 7K Aaron Krohn (Slayton); DNS 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City, IA)
B Feature 3 (15 Laps): 1. Mike Mullen; 2. Brock Bauman; 3. 08 Johnny Whitman (Suamico, WI); 4. 19D Darin Duffy (Urbana, IA); 5. 74C Clint Hatlestad (Glencoe); 6. 49 Mat Hollerich (Good Thunder, MN); 7. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton, IA); 8. 14B Matt Bonine (Onawa, IA); 9. 28 John Burrow (Denver, CO); 10. 22 Jeff Ignaszewski (Wells); 11. 4S Craig Shaw (Dexter); 12. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid, IA); DNS 369 Bart Taylor (Sheriden, WY)
B Feature 4 (15 Laps): 1. O'Neil; 2. Dripps; 3. 3S Jesse Skalicky (Fargo, ND); 4. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner, IA); 5. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City, IA); 6. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton, IA); 7. 19M Dan Menk (Franklin); 8. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo, IA); 9. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile, IA); 10. 01 Brandon Aggen (Rushmore); 11. 12 Chad Porter (Madison Lake); 12. 8X Scott Olson (Blairsburg, IA); 13. 02 Lucas Schott (Chatfield)
B Feature 5 (15 Laps): 1. Cody Bauman; 2. Johnson; 3. 3W Garett Wilson (Carlisle, IA); 4. 41 Nate Hughes (Humboldt, IA); 5. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 6. 15T Erick Thiesse (Brainerd); 7. 333 Rob Charapata (Green Bay, WI); 8. 36K Jayden Larson (Mankato); 9. 5B Bradie Becker (Burt, IA); 10. 74 Mark Noble (Blooming Prairie); 11. 12E Mark Elliott (Webster City, IA); 12. 37 Michael Wytaske (Hartland); 13. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore, IA)
B Feature 6 (15 Laps): 1. Dotson; 2. LaCrosse; 3. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, AZ); 4. 6D Dylan Goplen (Fargo, ND); 5. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, CA); 6. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford, IA); 7. 757 Tony Wedelstadt (New London, WI); 8. 11W Tim Watts (Beloit, KS); 9. 16B Randy Brown (Chowchilla, CA); 10. 24 Aaron Benson (Clear Lake, IA); 11. 98M Mitchel Madery (Kasson, MN); 12. 99S Jesse Sobbing (Malvern, IA); 13. B1 Jeff Larson (Freeport, IL)
Race of Champions (12 Laps): 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Carter; 3. Shyrock; 4. Rust; 5. Dotson; 6. Sobbing; 7. Murray; 8. Noble; 9. Abelson; 10. Van Deest; 11. Hedrick
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Carter; 2. Ruter; 3. Madigan; 4. Hejna; 5. Brian Mullen; 6. DeBouche; 7. Rawlins; 8. Hedrick
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Aikey; 2. Tiernan; 3. Thelen; 4. Rust; 5. Reynolds; 6. Gudmonson; 7. McDonald; 8. Stinehart
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Hibdon; 2. Brock Bauman; 3. Hollerich; 4. Duffy; 5. Snyder; 6. Ignaszewski; 7. Burrow; 8. Taylor
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Diercks; 2. Schott; 3. Dripps; 4. Skalicky; 5. Kastli; 6. Lauritzen; 7. Shryock; 8. Porter
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Stacey Mills; 2. Mashl; 3. Noble; 4. Johnson; 5. Wilson; 6. Jayden Larson; 7. Hughes; 8. Wytaske
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Van Deest; 2. LaCrosse; 3. Ward; 4. Watts; 5. Murray; 6. Brown; 7. Wedelstadt; 8. Jeff Larson
Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. Meinecke; 2. Bleess; 3. Richie Gustin; 4. Knecht; 5. Yarie; 6. Wieben; 7. Barta; 8. Kleinschmidt
Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. Berry; 2. Auringer; 3. Braaksma; 4. Abelson; 5. Chipp; 6. Droste; 7. Ellingson; 8. Krohn
Heat 9 (8 Laps): 1. Duvall; 2. Mike Mullen; 3. Whitman; 4. Brown; 5. Hatlestad; 6. Bonine; 7. Shaw
Heat 10 (8 Laps): 1. Jimmy Gustin; 2. Menk; 3. O'Neil; 4. Cordes; 5. Aggen; 6. Jeremy Mills; 7. Olson
Heat 11 (8 Laps): 1. Thornton; 2. Cody Bauman; 3. Meyer; 4. Charapata; 5. Thiesse; 6. Elliott; 8. Becker
Heat 12 (8 Laps): 1. Arneson; 2. Dotson; 3. Sobbing; 4. Goplen; 5. Laney; 6. Benson; 7. Madery
IMCA Northern Sport Mods
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa, IA); 2. 00 Colby Fett (Algona, IA); 3. 53 Logan Anderson (Oskaloosa, IA); 4. 007 Zach Nitsch (Delia, KS); 5. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa, IA); 6. 24C Jim Chisholm (Osage, IA); 7. 12 Doug Smith (Lanesboro, IA); 8. 08 Dakota Sproul (Hays, KS); 9. 4 Jason Bass (Fort Dodge, IA); 10. 11 Daniel Fellows (Keokuk, IA); 11. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone, IA); 12. 40 Chris VanMil (Barnesville); 13. 20 Brandon Schmitt (Beaver Dam, WI); 14. 14X Austin Schrage (Cresco, IA); 15. 34N Thomas Nelson (Aurora, CO); 16. 88 Nate Chodur (Lake Mills, IA); 17. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart, IA); 18. 25 Dan Paplow (Dundee); 19. 33 Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, KS); 20. 1J John Foreman (Hospers, IA); 21. 71B David Siercks (Princeton); 22. 79W Bill Wegner (Armstrong, IA); 23. 35 Kyle Bentley (Fairbank, IA); 24. 81 Jared Boumeester (Waseca)
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. Bass; 2. McBirnie; 3. 77W Tyler Watts (Beloit, KS); 4. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport, IA); 5. 20T Ben Stockton (Kansas City, MO); 6. 555 Josh Sink (Red Oak, IA); 7. 2 Ariel Mueller (Princeton); 8. 98 Dustin Wudstrack (Tigerton, WI); 9. 49 Nate Whitehurst (Mason City, IA)
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. Chisholm; 2. Bentley; 3. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward, IA); 4. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona, IA); 5. 5B Tim Bergerson (Eagle Lake); 6. 15D Dallas Nutt (Armstrong, IA); 7. K9 Brian Kauffman (Reinbeck, IA); 8. 47K Luke Krogh (Dickinson, ND); DQ 25C Cody Thompson (Sioux City, IA)
B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. Paplow; 2. Schrage; 3. 17 Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa, IA); 4. 21 Jim Horejsi (Marshall); 5. 22K Jeff Kennedy (Madison Lake); 6. 15R Robb Nutt (Armstrong, IA); 7. 25D Adam Bohlman (Hinckley); 8. 12X Christian Sylvester (Webb, IA); 9. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence, IA)
B Feature 4 (12 Laps): 1. Foreman; 2. Siercks; 3. 1Z Zach Davis (Congala); 4. 65J Joshua Moulton (Rush City); 5. 16J Geoff Jeche (Juneau, WI); 6. 48 John Albrecht (Glencoe); 7. 5 Jared Nytroe (Brandon, SD); 8. 1S Justin Klysnma (Hospers, IA); DNS 157 Clint Morehouse (Colona, IL)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Carter; 2. Chodur; 3. Bass; 4. Whitehurst; 5. Stockton; 6. McBirnie; 7. Mueller
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Schmitt; 3. Thompson; 4. Bentley; 5. Bergerson; 6. Dallas Nutt; 7. Kauffman
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Anderson; 2. Sproul; 3. Schrage; 4. VanWyk; 5. Chapman; 6. Bohlman; 7. Kennedy
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Boumeester; 2. Smith; 3. Siercks; 4. Foreman; 5. Albrecht; 6. Nytroe; 7. Klynsma
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Fett; 2. VanMil; 3. Watts; 4. Logue; 5. Sink; 6. Wudstrack
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Carpenter; 2. Docekal; 3. Chisholm; 4. Longnecker; 5. Burke; 6. Krogh
Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. Nitsch; 2. Nelson; 3. Paplow; 4. Horejsi; 5. Robb Nutt; 6. Slyvester
Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. Fellows; 2. Wegner; 3. Moulton; 4. Davis; 5. Jeche; 6. Morehouse
