KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 17) – Chris Abelson was plenty fast in winning his Thursday night “B” feature during the Harris Clash at Knoxville Raceway.
He proved even faster in the evening’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified main event, racing from 17th starting to the lead on the 19th of 25 laps.
Abelson pulled away in the final circuits to the $2,000 payday. The Clash was also an XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour event and the final race of IMCA’s Hawkeye State Modified Speedweek. Eighty drivers from 11 states and Canada contended.
Brett Lowry was the $1,000 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner. That division drew 59 entries from six states.
Eric Dailey drew the Modified pole but it was Canadian visitor Aaron Turnbull in the lead when the opening lap was scored.
Cautions slowed the early going before a long green flag run that saw Mike Van Genderen race from mid-pack to second. Kurt Kile, Jeff Jodersma and the hard-charging Abelson were running close behind when the yellow came back out on lap 16.
The opportunistic Abelson shot into second following the restart, then found his way past Turnbull and led to the finish.
Van Genderen was promoted to second when Turnbull came up light on the post-race scales. Kurt Kile, Luke Wanninger and two-time defending race winner Kyle Strickler completed the top five.
Already on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, Abelson became the fifth different winner in as many HDT events so far this season; the victory was his tour career second.
Lowry inherited the Northern SportMod lead early after taking the original green from inside row three.
He put some distance on the rest of the field before winning ahead of Cody Olsen, Ty Luellen, Matt Looft and Jared Boumeester.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA
July 17, 2014
Modifieds RESULTS
Heat 1, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Richie Gustin (3); 2. Jerry King (2); 3. Chris Abelson (10); 4. Adam Larson (9); 5. Chris Horn (1); 6. Jeff Waterman (7); 7. Ronn Lauritzen (5); 8. Joel Rust (6); 9. Jason Murray (8); 10. Scott Dickey (4);
Heat 2, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Marcus Yarie (1); 2. Mike Van Genderen (4); 3. Dustin Boney (5); 4. Nick Roberts (10); 5. Tom Silver (3); 6. Ed Thomas (2); 7. Jeff Mueller (6); 8. Dustin Brown (7); 9. Clay Hale (9); 10. «Select Driver» (8);
Heat 3, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Jeff Joldersma (6); 2. Kelly Shryock (5); 3. Levi Nielson (3); 4. Steve Stewart (9); 5. Brian Mullen (1); 6. Chris Zogg (7); 7. Josh Blumer (2); 8. Casey Greubel (4); 9. Colton Osborne (10); 10. Chase Ellingson (8);
Heat 4, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Kurt Kile (1); 2. Kyle Strickler (8); 3. Cory Wray (6); 4. Josh Gilman (7); 5. Jeremy Mills (5); 6. Tim Ward (4); 7. Shane DeMey (10); 8. Russell Stewart (3); 9. Tyler VandeKamp (9); 10. William Gould (2);
Heat 5, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Eric Dailey (1); 2. Andrew Schroeder (7); 3. Todd Shute (3); 4. Mike Jergens (8); 5. Mark Elliott (4); 6. Hunter Marriott (2); 7. Bill Davis Jr. (0); 8. Josh Truman (9); 9. Stacey Mills (5); 10. Brandon Leeman (6);
Heat 6, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Kevin Stoa (3); 2. Jacob Murray (6); 3. Tyler Droste (8); 4. Eric Scribner (10); 5. Scott Drake (1); 6. Clint Homan (5); 7. Jason Schoenbarger (9); 8. Jesse Sobbing (7); 9. Bobby Moyer (4); 10. Jake Durbin (2);
Heat 7, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Ryan Ruter (2); 2. Randy Havlik (3); 3. Clayton Christensen (9); 4. Kevin Larkins (1); 5. Ricky Stephan (4); 6. Kyle Brown (10); 7. Tyler Glass (8); 8. Matt Gansen (5); 9. Bill Pittaway (7); 10. Josh True (6);
Heat 8, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Aaron Turnbull (2); 2. Luke Wanninger (6); 3. Todd Vaneaton (3); 4. Mike Densberger (10); 5. Jay Noteboom (5); 6. Cayden Carter (8); 7. Tom Charles (1); 8. Logan Brown (7); 9. Shay Woods (9); 10. Matt Waugh (4); 11. «Select Driver» (0);
B Feature 1, 12 Laps, No Time: 1. Chris Abelson (1); 2. Todd Shute (2); 3. Mike Jergens (4); 4. Adam Larson (5); 5. Jeff Waterman (7); 6. Mark Elliott (6); 7. Chris Horn (3); 8. Bill Davis Jr. (10); 9. Ronn Lauritzen (9); 10. Stacey Mills (14); 11. Hunter Marriott (8); 12. Joel Rust (11); 13. Scott Dickey (15); 14. Brandon Leeman (16); 15. Jason Murray (13); 16. Josh Truman (12);
B Feature 2, 12 Laps, No Time: 1. Jesse Sobbing (12); 2. Eric Scribner (4); 3. Dustin Boney (1); 4. Tyler Droste (2); 5. Jeff Mueller (9); 6. Nick Roberts (3); 7. Clint Homan (8); 8. Tom Silver (5); 9. Dustin Brown (11); 10. Bobby Moyer (14); 11. Paul Thorpe (15); 12. Jake Durbin (16); 13. Clay Hale (13); 14. Scott Drake (6); 15. Ed Thomas (7); 16. Jason Schoenbarger (10);
B Feature 3, 12 Laps, No Time: 1. Levi Nielson (1); 2. Steve Stewart (3); 3. Ricky Stephan (6); 4. Kevin Larkins (4); 5. Matt Gansen (12); 6. Kyle Brown (8); 7. Bill Pittaway (14); 8. Josh True (16); 9. Chase Ellingson (15); 10. Clayton Christensen (2); 11. Brian Mullen (5); 12. Colton Osborne (13); 13. Tyler Glass (10); 14. Chris Zogg (7); 15. Casey Greubel (11); 16. Josh Blumer (9);
B Feature 4, 12 Laps, No Time: 1. Cory Wray (1); 2. Jeremy Mills (5); 3. Mike Densberger (4); 4. Jay Noteboom (6); 5. Shane DeMey (9); 6. Tim Ward (7); 7. Cayden Carter (8); 8. William Gould (15); 9. Russell Stewart (11); 10. Tom Charles (10); 11. Shay Woods (14); 12. Matt Waugh (16); 13. Logan Brown (12); 14. Josh Gilman (3); 15. Todd Vaneaton (2); 16. Tyler VandeKamp (13);
A Feature 1, 25 Laps, No Time: 1. Chris Abelson (17); 2. Mike Van Genderen (10); 3. Kurt Kile (7); 4. Luke Wanninger (16); 5. Kyle Strickler (12); 6. Jeff Stephens (9); 7. Andrew Schroeder (13); 8. Levi Nielson (19); 9. Jeff Joldersma (6); 10. Ryan Ruter (5); 11. Jay Noteboom (27); 12. Randy Havlik (15); 13. Richie Gustin (4); 14. Steve Stewart (23); 15. Tim Ward (26); 16. Kevin Stoa (8); 17. Cayden Carter (25); 18. Eric Scribner (22); 19. Marcus Yarie (3); 20. Jeremy Mills (24); 21. Jacob Murray (14); 22. Eric Dailey (1); 23. Jesse Sobbing (18); 24. Todd Shute (21); 25. Colt Mather (11); 26. Cory Wray (20); 27. Aaron Turnbull (2);
Sport Mods RESULTS
Heat 1, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Bob Sutherland (1); 2. Brett Lowry (2); 3. Josh Sink (3); 4. Kelly Buckallew (4); 5. Carter VanDenBerg (5); 6. Brian Weyer (6); 7. Andy Tiernan (7); 8. DJ Robinson (8); 9. Jerry Hinton (9); 10. Bill Wears (0);
Heat 2, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Jared Boumeester (1); 2. Shawn Cooney (2); 3. Matt Lettow (3); 4. Brayton Carter (4); 5. Chad Shaw (5); 6. Sam Wieben (6); 7. Tim Love (7); 8. Kendall Davis (0); 9. Thomas VanDyke (9); 10. Tom Lathrop (10);
Heat 3, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Dustin Crist (1); 2. Brandon Williams (2); 3. Jim Gillenwater (3); 4. Glenn Gladson Jr. (4); 5. Cody Knecht (5); 6. Logan Anderson (6); 7. Arron Duvall (7); 8. Bill Hildreth (8); 9. Matthew Webb (9); 10. Jake Hashbarger (10);
Heat 4, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Matthew Looft (1); 2. Jerid Ratzke (2); 3. Clint Luellen (3); 4. Ben Wilson (4); 5. Tracy Wassenberg (5); 6. Casey Lancaster (6); 7. Austin Schrage (7); 8. Jeff Greubel (8); 9. Kyle Prauner (9); 10. Aaron Hilderman (10);
Heat 5, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Cody Olsen (1); 2. Tyler Luellen (2); 3. Preston Gigax (3); 4. Ryan Fullenkamp (4); 5. Jared Timmerman (5); 6. Dustin Enabnit (6); 7. Levi Chipp (7); 8. Jeremy Pittsenbarger (8); 9. Jack Housley (9); 10. Daniel Gottschalk (10);
Heat 6, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Brandon Dale (1); 2. Taylor Musselman (2); 3. Dylan Book (3); 4. Mike Stark (0); 5. Kyle Hill (5); 6. Andrew Inman (6); 7. Trevor Chapman (7); 8. Austin Paul (8); 9. Tony Olson (9);
B Feature 1, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Josh Sink (1); 2. Glenn Gladson Jr. (2); 3. Andy Tiernan (3); 4. Preston Gigax (4); 5. Jerry Hinton (5); 6. Logan Anderson (6); 7. Jared Timmerman (7); 8. Carter VanDenBerg (8); 9. Levi Chipp (9); 10. Jack Housley (10); 11. Jake Hashbarger (11); 12. Bill Hildreth (12);
B Feature 2, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Dylan Book (1); 2. Matt Lettow (2); 3. Chad Shaw (3); 4. Tony Olson (4); 5. Casey Lancaster (5); 6. Kyle Hill (6); 7. Tim Love (7); 8. Thomas VanDyke (8); 9. Aaron Hilderman (9); 10. Ben Wilson (10); 11. Trevor Chapman (11); 12. Jeff Greubel (12);
B Feature 3, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Jim Gillenwater (1); 2. Ryan Fullenkamp (2); 3. Cody Knecht (3); 4. Brian Weyer (4); 5. Daniel Gottschalk (5); 6. Arron Duvall (6); 7. Bill Wears (0); 8. DJ Robinson (8); 9. Matthew Webb (9); 10. Dustin Enabnit (10); 11. Jeremy Pittsenbarger (11); 12. Kelly Buckallew (12);
B Feature 4, 8 Laps, No Time: 1. Clint Luellen (1); 2. Brayton Carter (2); 3. Mike Stark (3); 4. Kyle Prauner (4); 5. Austin Schrage (5); 6. Sam Wieben (6); 7. Tracy Wassenberg (7); 8. Austin Paul (8); 9. Andrew Inman (0); 10. Kendall Davis (0); 11. Tom Lathrop (11);
A Feature 1, 20 Laps, No Time: 1. Brett Lowry (5); 2. Cody Olsen (10); 3. Tyler Luellen (3); 4. Matthew Looft (11); 5. Jared Boumeester (4); 6. Bob Sutherland (0); 7. Taylor Musselman (8); 8. Jim Gillenwater (15); 9. Clint Luellen (16); 10. Ryan Fullenkamp (19); 11. Brayton Carter (20); 12. Josh Sink (13); 13. Brandon Dale (9); 14. Tim Love (0); 15. Jerid Ratzke (2); 16. Matt Lettow (18); 17. Shawn Cooney (7); 18. Brandon Williams (12); 19. Dustin Crist (1); 20. Dylan Book (14); 21. Glenn Gladson Jr. (17); 22. Mike Stark (24); 23. Andy Tiernan (21); 24. Cody Knecht (23);
Dirt Trucks RESULTS
Heat 1, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Lou Sipolt (2); 2. Brad Moyer (4); 3. Kevin Sather (5); 4. AJ Nelson (3); 5. Bryan Spangler (1);
Heat 2, 6 Laps, No Time: 1. Carl Knight (1); 2. Bret Moyer (3); 3. Tony Moro (4); 4. Pat Gordin (2);
A Feature 1, 12 Laps, No Time: 1. Tony Moro (5); 2. Kevin Sather (6); 3. Carl Knight (1); 4. AJ Nelson (7); 5. Pat Gordin (9); 6. Brad Moyer (4); 7. Bret Moyer (3); 8. Lou Sipolt (2); 9. Bryan Spangler (8);