The Rumble at Fort Wayne, Indiana-Tyler Strickland set on the pole with a 1st place finish in heat #1 and a 2nd place finish in heat #2. Prior to the race someone tampered with the carburetor and luckily Jeff caught it before the feature. In addition, the kart just wasn't quit the same after the wreck, Jeff looked over the setup and our right front heim was also in need of replacement, but we just adjusted best we could and decided to run the feature that way. At the start of the feature Tyler said the kart started tightening up and he begain losing positions. His finish was 5th place. The best lap time, due to the kart issues from the night before was 9.8 seconds, way off from the night before. It was dissapointing, but Tyler finished the race the best he could with the kart he had under him. We enjoyed racing with all the competitors at the Rumble in Fort Wayne. It was a good show.

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The Runble at Fort Wayne, Indiana-Tyler Strickland qualified on the outside pole with a 1st place finish in heat #1 and a 2nd place finish in heat #2. The race on Friday night was filled with action as Tyler had a half track lead on the field on lap #7 of the feature when he brushed the wall coming out of turn four and he spun hitting the wall at full speed, in excess of 60mph. The damage was severe with a bent axle, carrier hanger bent and the bolts ripped out, and the brake rotor was destroyed along with two rear tires. The team from Rage went into action and rebuilt the rear axle and resetup the kart in under an hour. Fast time for Tyler in the feature was a blistering 9.19 seconds.

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Tyler Strickland wins both heat races and starts on the pole at the Columbus Indoors. Tyler was atleast 4/10ths of a second faster than the field, but in the second heat race the axle slid slightly and we adjusted the kart slightly, when in fact we tightened the kart up and his times slowed by 1/2 a second. Tyler drove the kart as well as he could considering how tight it was and he finished a respectable second. We are competing in the Columbus Indoors series for seat time and to have fun. We have accomplished both.

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Tyler Strickland qualifies outside pole and finishes second in the first race of the season at Columbus Indoors. During the feature, there was too much fuel in the tank causing the motor not to perform in the turns and costing Tyler a possible feature win.

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Tyler Strickland finishes 2nd at the ARC Speedway Octoberfest event. With very little dirt track experience Tyler was competitive and finished second. Tyler experienced tire problems early and was unable to get in some good practice sessions, but after several adjustments he was able to run good in the feature. The feature race began around 1:00Am and Tyler started fifth. The race began without the green flag being dropped from the tower and Tyler dropped back a little on the first lap. There was alot of banging in the turns and he was spun in turn four on the fifth lap of the race......the spin did not bring out the yellow, so Tyler was running almost a lap down. Thanks to a yellow he returned to the end of the field and began hunting down the leaders one kart at a time. By the time the final lap came around he was securely in second and was challenging the leader. Tyler finished second and was very pleased with his driving and performance. Tyler's best lap was 15.77 seconds and the race winner's best lap was 16.22 seconds. If we just had another lap or two Tyler may have been able to pull off the win.

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Tyler Strickland takes 2nd in the Junior Champ Heavy Class at Lowe's Motorspeedway in the Rage Karts Speedway Pavement Series race. Tyler set the pole and was passed by Jacob Wilson. He then began bump drafting with Wilson, when Wilson got lose in turn four Tyler bumped his left rear and the two went off the track. Tyler was moved to the last position and once racing got back under way he raced passed the field and was back on Wilson's bumper at the finish line. It was a great effort and a strong finish to the season.

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Tyler Strickland finishes 3rd in the Junior Champ Lite Class at Lowe's Motorspeedway in the Rage Karts Speedway Pavement series race. Tyler began sixth and raced his was to the front of the pack and secured a third place finish.

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Tyler Strickland finishes 6th in the Junior Animal Champ class at Lowe's Motorspeedway in the Rage Karts Speedway Pavemnt Series race. Tyler was invloved in an accident in turns three and four and his right front was bent way out of tow. He attempted to race through the field but the kart eventually spun and he elected to go off the track and settle for a sixth place finish.

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Tyler Strickland finihed 11th in the Junior Animal Champ Class at Lowe's Motorspeedway in the Rage Karts Speedway Pavement Series race. Tyler's kart had a horrible hop and was almost undriveable. The problem was traced back to a double hub we were experimenting with and was changed for Saturdays practice.

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Kartington Speedway, Tyler Strickland Qualifies on the pole and leads every lap in picking up the win in the RCCCA event. Brandon Pelot ran a great race and finished a close second.

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Kartington Speedway, Tyler Strickland qualifies on the pole and is challenging for the win on the last lap when he was involved in a wreck and the finish reverted to the last completed lap. Tough to accept some of the calls from the official in this event, but Tyler made some great moves as he placed in the last position and ran down the leader in just two laps. Great driving Tyler!

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Tyler Strickland qualifies outside pole and finishes second to Cullen Mumaw at the World Karting Association Heartland Speedway Pavement Series. Tyler finishes third in the points series in the heavy class.

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Tyler Strickland sets the pole and leads every lap during the feature race at Jamaica, Iowa in the World Karting Association Heartland Speedway Pavement Series. This gave tyler the Grand National Championship and the Points Series Championship for 2006 in the Junior Champ Lite Class. Fast lap times were 13.9 seconds.

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07/27/2006

Tyler Strickland sustains a concusion and a seperated clavical and shoulder from his flip at Beaverun. He will have his left arm immobilized for two weeks and will be questionable for the Jamaica, Iowa National RAce, but he claims he will race no matter what.

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Tyler Strickland flips at full speed in the Junior Champ Heavy race at Beaverun. Tyler's kart pushed him off the track in turn one on the second lap of the race where he was catapolted approximately 12 feet into the air end over end and smashed down on the asphalt. The race was red flagged and Tyler emerged from the kart a little sore but not injured. He said it was the wildest ride he has ever been on, and several spectators said it was the worst flip they have seen. We officialy finished 19th and totalled the kart.

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Tyler Strickland received first place points due to the rain out of the Junior Animal Champ race at Beaverun.

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Tyler Strickland runs up front and challenges for the win in Junior Champ Lite at Beaverun. After a three and a half hour rain delay we lined up by points and Tyler ran immediately up to second and battled back and forth with Timmy Solomito for the lead. On the last lap Tyler had been shuffled back to third and was making an aggressive pass when he spun and was left in the infield and went from winning the race to a fifteenth place finish. What great racing.

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Tyler Strickland qualified third and finished third at the Heartland Pavement Series National in Springfield, Illinois in Junior Champ Heavy. Fast lap time was 13.52 seconds. Tyler was running at the back bumper of the leader when his motor overheated and he began to fall back to a third place finish. Clinton Wilson took first, Cullen Mumaw second, and Jacob Wilson fourth.

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Tyler Strickland qualified second and finished second at the Heartland Pavement Series National in Springfield, Illinois in the Junior Champ Lite class. The kart ran good and we ran a fast lap time of 13.499 seconds. The racing was very clean with Clinton Wilson taking first, Tyler Strickland second, Cullen Mumaw third amd Jacob Wilson finishing fourth. All of the top four racers are past National Champions and great competitors.

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Tyler Strickland qualified eleventh and finished the race in eighth place in Junior Champ Heavy at Chapel Hill, New York. We had difficulty early in the day with motor issues again. We changed back to our practice motor and had a disappointing qualifcation run as the kart had a four wheel slide out of turn four. Tyler held on and qualified eleventh. During the feature race Tyler was hit from behind and knocked out his right front toe about an inch. This made the car slower than we would like, however Tyler was able to race from back of the field up to eighth place. not where we wanted to finish, but satisfying due to the condition of the kart.

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Tyler Strickland qualified outside pole and finished third in Junior Animal Champ at Chapel Hill, New York. Tyler was involved in an altercation where Jacob Wilson's throttle broke, Cullen Mumaw and Tyler were moved back deep in the field. Tyler was able to work his way back up to third and Cullen finished in fourth.

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Tyler Strickland qualifies fifth in Junior Champ Lite and finishes sixth at Chapel Hill, New York. The racing was good with Tyler's chain guard falling off the motor and getting into the clutch and chain costing him valuable time, and moving him from a pontential top three finish.

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Tyler finished third at Kartington, and took a first and a third in the heat races. He ran times in the 10.60's during the heat and feature races.

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Tyler finished third at Barberton, and took a fifth and a second in the heat races. The day was riddled with challenges as the kart was four wheel drifting in turns three and four and the engine was running extra hot. During the second heat race one of the drivers spun during the parade lap and Tyle had no where to go except to hit the spun kart sideways and totalled the right side panel. tyler went out to finish the heat second despite the adversity at the start. He started the feature fourth and was running second whent he engine went flat and he lost some power earning him a third place finish.

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Tyler qualifies finishes fourth at Kartington after flipping his kart on lap number eight when lapping a senior karter. The corner worker issued the blue flag indicating a faster kart was approaching, however the senior driver moved down and impacted Tyler's kart causing a big wreck and Tyler barrel rolled down the side of the hill in turn two. By the time they got to him, he had already pulled the kart back to the track and was demanding his position back. He started back in third and ran to the front in two laps, but the kart faded and he finsihed fourth. He took a third and a second in the heat races.

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Tyler qualified fourth in Junior Champ Heavy and finished sixth. The kart was fast and the motor ran strong, however on the second lap of the race there was a bunch up on the re-start and his toe was knocked out about 1/2". The toe being out cause the kart to shimmy in the turns excessively and Tyler had his hands full and his speed was reduce due to the extra drag. Not a bad showing considering the adverse handling.

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Tyler qualified third in Junior Champ Animal and finished the race in sixth place. The kart was fast, owever after about six laps the motor began to cut out and Tyler feel back in the order. The problem was diagnosed as a faulty fuel pump and will be replace before the next race.

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Tyler qualifies third in Junior Champ Lite and finishes the race in second. Tyler had the fastest kart on the track and could haved passed the leader at almost anytime. When Tyler did pass Tim Solomito also made the pass with him and the two battled for the last two laps. Tyler was on the outside and ran the final two laps running the high line with the finish line approaching Solomito's kart pushed out pushing Tyler off the track at the finish line and giving Solomito the win by about a foot. Tyler was very happy with his performance and drove very well in the race.

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The Heartland Speedway Pavement Series event was cancelled due to rain. All racers received first place points.

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Tyler took second and qualified outside pole in the WKA Heartland Speedway Pavement Series at Fast Track in Vincennes, Indiana. The competition was tough with Cullen Mumaw getting the win and Clinton Wilson taking third.

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Tyler takes fifth at Barberton Speedway. With a defective clutch, the motor became over heated and was damaged and lost power, giving Tyler a tough ending to the day.

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Tyler qualifies outside pole in Animal Champ.

Tyler qualifies 7th in Junior Champ Lite and is running in the top four when his fuel cap is dislodged and he is black flagged.

For the most part the day was riddled with adversity, however, Tyler driving was terrific for the first time he was ever driving these vehicles.

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Tyler qualified 8th in Junior Champ Heavy. Again today we had challenges as the head bolt came out in qualifying resulting in lose of compression and took us from a probable top 4 qualifying round back to 8th. In the race Tyler was challenging for the top three after having sustained damage to his right rear creating a real serious push. He went off course with three to go and was shuffled back from 3rd to 9th, which is where he finished.

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Tyler wins both heats and the feature at the Columbus Indoor race in Junior Sportsman Champ class. This was his first race of 2006 and his last race in Junior Sportsman Champ. His lap times were 9.38 seconds.

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