June 24, 2026 | By Ben Deatherage

Rust Returns to Harris Clash Victory Lane After 10-Year Wait

BOONE, Iowa—Joel Rust returned to victory lane at the Harris Clash for the first time in a decade, winning the Karl Kustoms IMCA Modified feature during the 35th annual Harris Clash presented by Wehr’s Machine and Racing Products at Boone Speedway.

A three-wide start brought the field to green, with 2015 Iowa State Sunoco IMCA Late Model champion Paul Nagle leading the opening lap.

After an early caution, Nagle maintained command as 2016 Harris Clash winner Rust began applying pressure. Rust nearly completed a pass on lap six before a caution interrupted the battle. Two laps later, the two-time Benton County Speedway champion finally wrestled the lead away.

A caution on lap eight erased Rust’s advantage, but the Grundy Center driver was flawless on the restart and gradually pulled away from the field.

Reigning Marshalltown Speedway champion Kollin Hibdon used several bold moves to advance into second and closed on Rust by lap 20. The leaders entered lapped traffic one lap later, but a caution on lap 23 cleared the track and gave Rust open air for the closing laps.

Rust responded by driving away from the field to score his second Harris Clash victory, his first since 2016. The win was his second Razor Chassis North Central Region triumph of 2026 at two different tracks.

The feature served as a Fast Shafts All-Star Modified Invitational qualifier for the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Rust was already on the eligibility list to attempt to qualify.

Hibdon finished second, followed by 2021IMCA Super Nationals champion Cody Laney of California. Chase Weimer was fourth, while Nagle completed the top five.

Two-time Boone Speedway track champion Jake McBirnie earned hard charger honors, racing from 29th to ninth.

Gaylord Goes Wire-to-Wire in Stock Cars

Former Marshalltown Speedway Modified champion Tripp Gaylord led all 25 laps of the Sunoco IMCA Stock Car feature to earn his first career Harris Clash victory.

The Sully driver, originally from Lakewood, Colorado, put the Zach VanderBeek-owned VanderBuilt Race Cars No. ZB1 house car out front at the start and never surrendered the top spot despite challenges from 2019 National Stock Car champion Jordan Grabouski, two-time National Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stock champion Devin Smith, and five-time defending Beatrice Speedway track champion Kyle Vanover.

Vanover advanced into second on lap 14 and gradually reeled in Gaylord but could not close the gap enough to overtake him for the lead.

The non-stop feature earned Gaylord his first EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region victory of the season and placed him on the eligibility list for the B&B Racing Chassis All-Star Stock Car Invitational at the IMCA Super Nationals.

Vanover finished second, while defending Harris Clash winner Kaden Reynolds slipped past Smith in the closing laps to take third. Smith was fourth and Grabouski fifth.

Jake McBirnie earned hard charger honors by advancing from 22nd to 11th in the Mike Kennedy-owned No. 82.

Carter Captures Second Harris Clash SportMod Crown

Defending national champion Brayton Carter added another Harris Clash trophy to his collection by winning the Karl Kustoms IMCA Northern SportMod feature.

The 2019 Harris Clash winner immediately took command and quickly established himself as the driver to beat.

Two-time Harris Clash winner Cam Reimers settled into second while two-time reigning CJ Speedway champion and defending 34 Raceway titleholder Dylan Van Wyk battled three-time defending South Dakota State champion Willy Kirk for position behind him.

Despite multiple cautions, Carter was perfect on every restart and steadily rebuilt his advantage.

The Oskaloosa driver earned his second career Harris Clash victory and seventh overall win of the 2026 season. It was also his second triumph at Boone Speedway this year.

Van Wyk, Carter’s cousin, finished second ahead of Reimers. Caleb Woodard was fourth and Kirk completed the top five.

Four-time Hancock County Speedway title winner Alec Fett earned hard charger honors by advancing from 25th to 12th.

The event was broadcast live on IMCA TV. Catch every lap again with the IMCA TV Replay Subscription, available for just $25.99/month. And don’t miss Season 2 of the Boone Docuseries, streaming exclusively on IMCA TV.


HARRIS CLASH RESULTS 

IMCA Modified  (53 entries)

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 26J-Joel Rust[1]; 2. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[4]; 3. 5L-Cody Laney[5]; 4. 19S-Chase Weimer[6]; 5. 05-Paul Nagle[3]; 6. 1-Josh Most[7]; 7. 2-Nick Meyer[8]; 8. 5-Todd Shute[11]; 9. 82-Jake McBirnie[29]; 10. 10-Jeremy Mills[14]; 11. 10C-Cayden Carter[15]; 12. 11-Izac Mallicoat[9]; 13. 30-Jordan Grabouski[17]; 14. 16K-Richie Gustin[22]; 15. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[16]; 16. 17-Cory Sauerman[20]; 17. 7R-Ethan Robey[10]; 18. 12-Chad Porter[25]; 19. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[2]; 20. 151-Tim Ward[23]; 21. 96-Jaxon Saathoff[26]; 22. 17W-Dan Wagner[30]; 23. (DNF) 223-Jake Pike[18]; 24. (DNF) 8-Griffin Taylor[28]; 25. (DNF) 0-Jamie Anderson[24]; 26. (DNF) 77M-RJ Merchant[13]; 27. (DNF) 57V-Mike Van Genderen[21]; 28. (DNF) 28T-Trevor Fitz[19]; 29. (DNF) 53-Logan Anderson[27]; 30. (DNF) B24-Owen Barnhill[12]; 31. (DNS) 111-Ethan Braaksma

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 77M-RJ Merchant[2]; 2. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[3]; 3. 28T-Trevor Fitz[4]; 4. 16K-Richie Gustin[5]; 5. 12-Chad Porter[1]; 6. 8-Griffin Taylor[7]; 7. 16-Austin Svoboda[9]; 8. 28R-Russ Dickerson[6]; 9. 101-Luke Silber[8]; 10. 321-Andy Tiernan[10]; 11. 111-Ethan Braaksma[11]; 12. 164-Brandon Leeman[14]; 13. 7D-Dave Finstad[13]; 14. 3T-Nate Thompson[12]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 10-Jeremy Mills[1]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski[2]; 3. 17-Cory Sauerman[10]; 4. 151-Tim Ward[3]; 5. 96-Jaxon Saathoff[4]; 6. 82-Jake McBirnie[6]; 7. 4-Jason Bass[7]; 8. 95-Ashley Schaaf[11]; 9. 2B-Robert Moore[14]; 10. (DNF) 7W-Wesley Wise[9]; 11. (DNS) 21K-Kyle Brown; 12. (DNS) 13-Jerry Flippo; 13. (DNS) 7S-David Solberg; 14. (DNS) 1B-Jason Barnhill

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[1]; 2. 223-Jake Pike[5]; 3. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[7]; 4. 0-Jamie Anderson[2]; 5. 53-Logan Anderson[6]; 6. 17W-Dan Wagner[3]; 7. 00K-Trey Kline[8]; 8. 1AR-Alex Reetz[4]; 9. 98-Jacob Snyder[12]; 10. 26-Jace Whitt[10]; 11. 93-Colton Nelson[11]; 12. 118-Jesse Patterson[9]; 13. 12P-Reed Payne[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5L-Cody Laney[2]; 2. 5-Todd Shute[8]; 3. 12-Chad Porter[5]; 4. 53-Logan Anderson[3]; 5. 4-Jason Bass[4]; 6. 16-Austin Svoboda[1]; 7. 101-Luke Silber[9]; 8. 93-Colton Nelson[6]; 9. 7D-Dave Finstad[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26J-Joel Rust[2]; 2. 11-Izac Mallicoat[5]; 3. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 4. 30-Jordan Grabouski[6]; 5. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[8]; 6. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[7]; 7. 321-Andy Tiernan[3]; 8. 3T-Nate Thompson[4]; 9. 98-Jacob Snyder[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19S-Chase Weimer[1]; 2. 1-Josh Most[6]; 3. 28T-Trevor Fitz[3]; 4. 10-Jeremy Mills[9]; 5. 151-Tim Ward[8]; 6. 00K-Trey Kline[2]; 7. 7W-Wesley Wise[5]; 8. 7S-David Solberg[4]; 9. (DNF) 1B-Jason Barnhill[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[1]; 2. 7R-Ethan Robey[2]; 3. 96-Jaxon Saathoff[3]; 4. 16K-Richie Gustin[5]; 5. 223-Jake Pike[7]; 6. 28R-Russ Dickerson[9]; 7. 118-Jesse Patterson[4]; 8. 26-Jace Whitt[8]; 9. (DNF) 164-Brandon Leeman[6]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Paul Nagle[2]; 2. B24-Owen Barnhill[6]; 3. 1AR-Alex Reetz[3]; 4. 82-Jake McBirnie[4]; 5. 10C-Cayden Carter[9]; 6. 8-Griffin Taylor[8]; 7. 95-Ashley Schaaf[1]; 8. 111-Ethan Braaksma[7]; 9. 2B-Robert Moore[5]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[7]; 2. 2-Nick Meyer[2]; 3. 77M-RJ Merchant[4]; 4. 0-Jamie Anderson[6]; 5. 17W-Dan Wagner[8]; 6. 13-Jerry Flippo[5]; 7. (DNF) 17-Cory Sauerman[3]; 8. (DNF) 12P-Reed Payne[1]


IMCA Stock Car

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. VB1-Tripp Gaylord[1]; 2. 19V-Kyle Vanover[7]; 3. 1-Kaden Reynolds[5]; 4. 81-Devin Smith[4]; 5. 30-Jordan Grabouski[3]; 6. 77M-Jeff Mueller[13]; 7. 24R-Dillon Richards[14]; 8. 7W-Hunter Smith[6]; 9. 19-Jimmy Gustin[15]; 10. 30M-Maguire DeJong[9]; 11. 822-Jake McBirnie[22]; 12. 5A-Tyler Pickett[2]; 13. 9-Joel Rust[20]; 14. 3-Kelly Shryock[18]; 15. 27-Randy Brands[11]; 16. 69-Johnathon Logue[17]; 17. 23-Cody Gustoff[10]; 18. 79RC-Riley Christensen[12]; 19. 92-Buck Schafroth[16]; 20. F4-Tommy Fain[21]; 21. (DNF) 93-Michael Jaennette[19]; 22. (DNF) 93L-Blake Lehman[24]; 23. (DNF) 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[23]; 24. (DNF) C29-Garrett Corn[8]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 69-Johnathon Logue[1]; 2. F4-Tommy Fain[2]; 3. 31X-Mathew West[4]; 4. 8X-Scott Olson[5]; 5. 18-Tyler Nelsen[3]; 6. 62-Rick Barton[8]; 7. B52-Bobby Daniels[6]; 8. 000-Joe Brenner[7]; 9. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[9]; 10. (DNS) V31-Todd VanEaton; 11. (DNS) 25D-Bob Daniels; 12. (DNS) 4D-Daniel Ayers

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 3-Kelly Shryock[1]; 2. 822-Jake McBirnie[3]; 3. 22T-Tyler Smith[2]; 4. 3SUM-Mike Albertsen[4]; 5. 16Z-Jeremy Zorn[6]; 6. 8-David Smith[7]; 7. 19R-Dustin Reeh[10]; 8. 4R-Jerid Ratzke[11]; 9. 505-Racer Hulin[5]; 10. (DNF) 37-Jason Vansickel[9]; 11. (DNF) 3T-Terry Dulin[8]; 12. (DNF) 8M-Austin Meiners[12]

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 93-Michael Jaennette[2]; 2. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[4]; 3. 2X-Greg Peck[3]; 4. 11W-Tim Watts[1]; 5. 12-Reed Payne[5]; 6. 17X-Justin Luinenburg[9]; 7. 47-Sam West[10]; 8. 01-Troy Jerovetz[7]; 9. 9V-Luke Veren[12]; 10. 4X-Ethan Thompson[8]; 11. 19K-Trevor Kracht[6]; 12. (DNF) 11R-Braden Richards[11]

B Feature 4 (12 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Rust[2]; 2. 93L-Blake Lehman[1]; 3. 21R-Riley Simmons[6]; 4. 45-Ryan Roath[3]; 5. 13T-Taylor Musselman[9]; 6. 25J-Josh Daniels[8]; 7. 23HR-Rod Richards[5]; 8. 15D-Jason McDowell[11]; 9. (DNF) 14-Derrick Agee[4]; 10. (DNF) 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[7]; 11. (DNS) 12E-Doug Smith

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. C29-Garrett Corn[2]; 2. 30M-Maguire DeJong[6]; 3. F4-Tommy Fain[1]; 4. 822-Jake McBirnie[5]; 5. 000-Joe Brenner[3]; 6. 19K-Trevor Kracht[7]; 7. 4X-Ethan Thompson[8]; 8. (DNF) 4D-Daniel Ayers[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19V-Kyle Vanover[1]; 2. 79RC-Riley Christensen[7]; 3. 93L-Blake Lehman[2]; 4. 93-Michael Jaennette[3]; 5. 23HR-Rod Richards[4]; 6. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[5]; 7. 13T-Taylor Musselman[6]; 8. (DNF) 47-Sam West[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Kaden Reynolds[4]; 2. 77M-Jeff Mueller[8]; 3. 22T-Tyler Smith[1]; 4. 9-Joel Rust[3]; 5. 12-Reed Payne[5]; 6. 01-Troy Jerovetz[6]; 7. 4R-Jerid Ratzke[2]; 8. 15D-Jason McDowell[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Devin Smith[8]; 2. 23-Cody Gustoff[6]; 3. 18-Tyler Nelsen[3]; 4. 11W-Tim Watts[7]; 5. B52-Bobby Daniels[4]; 6. 62-Rick Barton[5]; 7. 11R-Braden Richards[2]; 8. (DNF) 9V-Luke Veren[1]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]; 2. 92-Buck Schafroth[8]; 3. 3-Kelly Shryock[5]; 4. 8X-Scott Olson[2]; 5. 14-Derrick Agee[6]; 6. 37-Jason Vansickel[1]; 7. 25J-Josh Daniels[7]; 8. (DNF) 8M-Austin Meiners[3]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 7W-Hunter Smith[3]; 2. 27-Randy Brands[6]; 3. 45-Ryan Roath[1]; 4. 505-Racer Hulin[2]; 5. 16Z-Jeremy Zorn[4]; 6. 3T-Terry Dulin[5]; 7. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[7]; 8. (DNF) 12E-Doug Smith[8]

Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. VB1-Tripp Gaylord[2]; 2. 24R-Dillon Richards[4]; 3. 69-Johnathon Logue[6]; 4. 2X-Greg Peck[5]; 5. 3SUM-Mike Albertsen[7]; 6. 17X-Justin Luinenburg[1]; 7. 19R-Dustin Reeh[3]; 8. 25D-Bob Daniels[8]

Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[3]; 2. 19-Jimmy Gustin[6]; 3. 31X-Mathew West[1]; 4. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[4]; 5. 8-David Smith[2]; 6. 21R-Riley Simmons[7]; 7. V31-Todd VanEaton[5]


IMCA Northern SportMod

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[2]; 2. 117-Dylan VanWyk[9]; 3. 21R-Cam Reimers[4]; 4. 131-Caleb Woodard[12]; 5. 86W-Willy Kirk[3]; 6. 75-Cole Suckow[16]; 7. 57S-David Schwartz[10]; 8. 22-Mike Smith[8]; 9. 38-Riley Osantowski[11]; 10. 7-Will Wolf[18]; 11. 10-Summer Grady[1]; 12. 08-Alec Fett[25]; 13. 21-Cameron Meyer[22]; 14. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[7]; 15. 25-Ben Reierson[23]; 16. 6-Ryan Jenkins[20]; 17. 66T-Trevor Noonan[5]; 18. 93-Hunter Longnecker[14]; 19. R31-Ryan Leeman[15]; 20. 49-Mat Hollerich[24]; 21. 1JR-Joe Reetz[21]; 22. 85-Dusty Masolini[17]; 23. (DNF) NF1-Keegan Nordquist[6]; 24. (DNF) 82T-Brett Thomas[19]; 25. (DNF) 26A-Jason Carney[13]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 85-Dusty Masolini[3]; 2. 1JR-Joe Reetz[2]; 3. 57K-Ryan King[14]; 4. 77W-Tyler Watts[4]; 5. 81-BJ Charlson[5]; 6. 16A-Bryce Allen[8]; 7. 62-Robert Draper[7]; 8. 1J-Colby Langenberg[9]; 9. 20C-Chris Onstot[13]; 10. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[10]; 11. 13B-Preston Bright[11]; 12. (DNF) 8-Thomas Lathrop[12]; 13. (DNF) 12D-Joe Docekal[6]; 14. (DNF) 711-Payce Herrera[1]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 7-Will Wolf[2]; 2. 21-Cameron Meyer[1]; 3. 181-Charlie Stevens[3]; 4. 2X-Matt Avila[12]; 5. 5J-Jacob Tacheny[8]; 6. 4-Aiden Gnat[11]; 7. 16J-Justin Svoboda[5]; 8. 82-Jacob Berry[10]; 9. 79W-Bill Wegner[7]; 10. 2-Colby Grady[6]; 11. 99K-Kyle Murty[13]; 12. 52-Adam Armstrong[9]; 13. 33B-Ryan Boblett[14]; 14. (DNF) 65J-Josh Appel[4]

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 82T-Brett Thomas[2]; 2. 25-Ben Reierson[1]; 3. CB25-Chris Burke[3]; 4. 74-Camdan Vincent[7]; 5. 62C-Cory Pestotnik[8]; 6. 5T-Tyler Nerud[9]; 7. 66-Cole Magnin[6]; 8. 3W-Chris Webb[10]; 9. 118-Joseph Patterson[12]; 10. 00T-Crystal Hemphill[13]; 11. (DNF) 11B-Bailey Stimson[4]; 12. (DNF) 21S-Steven Finstad[11]; 13. (DNF) 44J-Brian Johnson[5]; 14. (DNS) 9J-Jeremiah Reed

B Feature 4 (12 Laps): 1. 6-Ryan Jenkins[5]; 2. 49-Mat Hollerich[2]; 3. 08-Alec Fett[7]; 4. 43-Brayden Shepherd[4]; 5. 193-Jessiah Taylor[1]; 6. 16X-Blake Luinenburg[10]; 7. 8K-Austin Kemp[12]; 8. 69-Travis Kleindl[13]; 9. 13V-Curtis Veber[3]; 10. (DNF) 27-Michael Parcel[11]; 11. (DNF) 4H-Gage Hilgenberg[6]; 12. (DNF) 29-Taylor Metz[9]; 13. (DNF) 8T-Tony Johnson[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21R-Cam Reimers[4]; 2. 57S-David Schwartz[2]; 3. 77W-Tyler Watts[3]; 4. 85-Dusty Masolini[6]; 5. 43-Brayden Shepherd[7]; 6. 16J-Justin Svoboda[9]; 7. 82-Jacob Berry[5]; 8. 99K-Kyle Murty[1]; 9. 118-Joseph Patterson[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Brayton Carter[2]; 2. 93-Hunter Longnecker[5]; 3. 21-Cameron Meyer[7]; 4. 79W-Bill Wegner[1]; 5. 82T-Brett Thomas[9]; 6. 5J-Jacob Tacheny[6]; 7. 52-Adam Armstrong[8]; 8. 8-Thomas Lathrop[3]; 9. 00T-Crystal Hemphill[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 86W-Willy Kirk[3]; 2. 117-Dylan VanWyk[5]; 3. 49-Mat Hollerich[4]; 4. 193-Jessiah Taylor[7]; 5. 181-Charlie Stevens[8]; 6. 44J-Brian Johnson[9]; 7. (DNF) 21S-Steven Finstad[1]; 8. (DNF) 27-Michael Parcel[6]; 9. (DNF) 33B-Ryan Boblett[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Mike Smith[3]; 2. R31-Ryan Leeman[5]; 3. 11B-Bailey Stimson[1]; 4. 4H-Gage Hilgenberg[2]; 5. 81-BJ Charlson[7]; 6. 6-Ryan Jenkins[9]; 7. (DNF) 29-Taylor Metz[6]; 8. (DNF) 16X-Blake Luinenburg[8]; 9. (DNS) 9J-Jeremiah Reed

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 66T-Trevor Noonan[1]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow[6]; 3. 7-Will Wolf[2]; 4. 12D-Joe Docekal[3]; 5. 74-Camdan Vincent[4]; 6. 08-Alec Fett[7]; 7. 3W-Chris Webb[5]; 8. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[9]; 9. 8K-Austin Kemp[8]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[1]; 2. 26A-Jason Carney[7]; 3. 711-Payce Herrera[9]; 4. 2-Colby Grady[3]; 5. 66-Cole Magnin[6]; 6. 8T-Tony Johnson[5]; 7. 5T-Tyler Nerud[8]; 8. 20C-Chris Onstot[2]; 9. (DNF) 69-Travis Kleindl[4]

Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Summer Grady[1]; 2. 38-Riley Osantowski[5]; 3. 65J-Josh Appel[3]; 4. 62-Robert Draper[2]; 5. CB25-Chris Burke[8]; 6. 62C-Cory Pestotnik[6]; 7. 16A-Bryce Allen[9]; 8. 4-Aiden Gnat[7]; 9. 57K-Ryan King[4]

Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. NF1-Keegan Nordquist[1]; 2. 131-Caleb Woodard[4]; 3. 25-Ben Reierson[6]; 4. 1JR-Joe Reetz[7]; 5. 13V-Curtis Veber[8]; 6. 1J-Colby Langenberg[5]; 7. 13B-Preston Bright[2]; 8. (DNF) 2X-Matt Avila[3]