Rain claims Harris Clash at Knoxville

[rebelracewriter]

Rain claims Harris Clash at Knoxville

 

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 17) – With a record field of IMCA Modifieds and

Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods on hand, the stage was almost set

for Thursday night’s Harris Clash special at Knoxville Raceway.

 

Then the rain came.

 

Inclement weather arrived late in the evening, but early enough to

wash out the 25-lap Modified main event, along with final qualifying

races and the feature for the Northern SportMods.

 

The event will not be rescheduled.

 

Modified entries totaled 122, from eight states and Australia. John

Logue of Boone, winner of the 2000 Clash, had drawn the pole while

defending race winner Clayton Christensen of Spencer was to start fifth.

 

Northern SportMods, in just their third year on the Clash card,

numbered 61. Brian Miller of Grand Junction and Max Harder of Blue

Springs, Neb., had drawn front row starts for that feature.

 

Modified feature qualifiers

Row 1 – John Logue, Boone; John P. Davis, Altoona

Row 2 – Scott Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; Mike Mullen, Seymour, Wis.

Row 3 – Clayton Christensen, Spencer; Mark Zorn, Russell, Kan.

Row 4 – Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg, Wis.; Reese Coffee, Hinton

Row 5 – Ryan Giles, West Des Moines; Jared Siefert, Green Bay, Wis.

Row 6 – Todd Shute, Des Moines; Scott Dickey, Packwood

Row 7 – Jeremy Mills, Garner; Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb.

Row 8 – Mike Albertsen, Audubon; Sean Jerovetz, Sobieski, Wis.

Row 9 – Brian Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; Al Hejna, Clear Lake

Row 10 – Jay Noteboom, Hinton; Jeff Ignaszewski, Wells, Minn.

Row 11 – Joey Schaefer; Russell Stewart, Mount Ayr

Row 12 – Nate Caruth, Ames; Dave Trauernicht, Beatrice, Neb.

Row 13 – Mike Hansen, Alton; Randy Havlik, Waukee

Row 14 – Zack Drews, Ringle, Wis.; Mike Molle, Glidden

Row 15 – James Slawson, Spirit Lake; Gene Claxton, Leavenworth, Kan.

Heat winners: 1st heat – Dickey; 2nd heat – LaCrosse; 3rd heat –

Christensen; 4th heat – Logue; 5th heat – Scott Mullen; 6th heat –

Siefert; 7th heat – Davis; 8th heat – Shute; 9th heat – Giles; 10th

heat – Zorn; 11th heat – Mike Mullen; 12th heat – Coffee.

1st “B” feature (top three) – 1. Mills; 2. Noteboom; 3. Hansen .2nd

“B” – 1. Stephan; Ignaszewski; 3. Havlik. 3rd “B” – 1. Albertsen; 2. Schaefer; 3. Drews. 4th “B” – 1. Jerovetz; 2. Stewart; 3. Molle. 5th

“B” – 1. Brian Mullen; Caruth; 3. Slawson. 6th “B” – 1. Hejna; 2.

Trauernicht; 3. Claxton.

 

Northern SportMod feature qualifiers (rows 1-6)

Row 1 – Brian Miller, Grand Junction; Max Harder, Blue Springs, Neb.

Row 2 – Tracy Wassenberg, Shawano, Wis.; Tyler Gross, Bondurant

Row 3 – Luke Wanninger, Jefferson; Kevin Fee, Knoxville

Row 4 – Austin Kaplan, Ankeny; Kyle Brown, Kellogg

Row 5 – Kevin Sather, Ankeny; Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls

Row 6 – Joel Bushore, Boone; Mick King, Odebolt

1st heat (top two) – 1. Kaplan; 2. Bushore. 2nd heat – 1. Harder; 2.

Fee. 3rd heat – 1. Wassenberg; 2. Buhlman. 4th heat – 1. Sather; 2.

King. 5th heat – 1. Wanninger; 2. Miller. 6th heat – 1. Brown; 2. Gross.

1st “B” feature (top four) – 1. Jeremy Embrey, Granger; 2. Brett

Meyer, Ames; 3. Brett Moffitt, Grimes; 4. David Schlicht, Des Moines.

 

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