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| 12/29/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland competes
in the Fort Wayne Rumble indoor race (Day 2). Tyler qualified fifth
for the feature with a win in heat one and a third in heat two.
Tyler moved quickly into third place and rode out the leaders for
a few laps until he felt his tires come in. He moved wickly into
second and began hunting down the leader. With about three laps
to go Tyler made a clean pass in turns three and four to take the
lead, however the #22 car drove him into the tire in the center
of the turn causing him to spin where he was hit head on by the
Strayer kart #71, who had no way to avoid Tyler's kart. Tyler clearly
had position for the pass on the #22 and the driver of that kart
clearly wrecked him intentionally. Tyler had the fastest kart in
the class and would have won the feature easily if not for the incident.
Two laps later the #04 of Ryan Moran made a last minute pass to
win the race and put the #22 into the wall as well. Poetic justice!
The crowd of more than 10,000 spectators went crazy with cheering
when the #22 was overtaken for the lead. |
| 12/28/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland competes
in the Fort Wayne Rumble indoor race. This event brought in 428
competitors for the day with drivers like Tony Stewart on hand for
the event. Tyler competed in the Senior Champ class against some
very tough older competitors. Tyler took 1st in the first heat and
second in the second heat which put him in third for the feature.
The feature began with Tyler moving immediately into second and
hunting down the leader. The lead changed hands a couple of times
with Tyler making the pass for the lead with about six laps to go
and he opened up about a nine kart lead and the victory. The Rumble
at Fort Wayne Victory is a great addition to an already terrific
season. |
| 12/15/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland Competes
in the second Legends race of the Winter Heat Series at the outback
1/5th mile at Lowes Motorspeedway. The day was rainy and Tyler took
third in the first heat and made the Main qualifying in sixth position.
As the main began it was raining heavily and we did not have a rain
setup or rain tires. Tyler drove the car despite these handicaps
and it was a difficult task. He ended up finishing 16th out of the
twenty six car field competing in the young lions division. |
| 12/1/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland competes
in his first Legends race at the outback 1/5 mile at Lowes Motorspeedway.
Although we had motor issues Tyler won the B-Main and finished fourth
in the second heat race. In the feature he started 16th and raced
as high as 8th before spinning to avoid another racer. He ultimately
ended up 14th and we have two motors to rebuild right now. |
| 11/17/2007 |
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Legends
Practice at Lowes.....click here for photos! |
| 10/14/2007 |
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Archbold race was a beat
bang fest. We had our rearend slide over and wasted both practice
sessions. Never did get the kart setup right and was fast in the
feature, however, the guy we were racing pinched Tyler down twice
into the tires in the corner ending our run. It was fun, but the
driving was a bunch of hacks. |
| 10/6/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins one
and takes second in the other feature at the AKRA Super Nationals
at Orange County Speedway. Tyler qualified third and raced to the
lead in the first feature race and battled with the 10 kart right
to the finish. Tyler had the lead coming out of turn four and the
turn turned up and into his left side spinning him sideways and
pushing him across the finish line. AJ Yoder was right in the mix
at the finish and finished third. In the second feature Tyler battled
for the lead and got sideways coming out of turn two and was shuffle
back to fourth. He took his Rage Karts Junior Champ to the inside
making it four wide and battled to the finish line with Cody Fairchok
taking the win and Tyler Strickland ending up third. It was a good
race and the competition was alot of fun. |
| 9/23/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the
Grand National Championship at Chapel Hill Speedway in Junior Champ
Heavy. Tyler qualified third and raced into second. With three laps
to go Tyler made a pass for the lead and held off the field to claim
the Grand National Championship. |
| 9/22/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the
Grand National Championship at Chapel Hill Speedway in Junior Champ
Raptor. Tyler qualified on the pole and led every lap as he was
determined to dominate this race from start to finish. This gave
Tyler the 2007 WKA National Championship for Junior Champ Raptor. |
| 9/22/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland finished
fourth in Junior Champ Lite after getting punted in turn two on
the tenth lap of the race. Tyler was shuffled back to tenth as the
race remained green and he began running down one racer at a time
until he eventually finished fourth. The rough driving by another
racer cost Tyler a National Championship and a Triple Crown. |
| 9/15/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland completes
a perfect season at Kartington Raceway. Tyler racked up his eight
win in eight races when he came back from a spin in qualifying and
started second to last, only to regain the lead on lap five of the
twenty lap feature. It was also the RCCCA banquet where Tyler claimed
his Championship Eagle for Junior Champ and also was selected as
Driver of the Year. |
| 8/18/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins two
features at the AKRA National at Beverun Motorsports Complex in
Wampum Pennsylvania. Tyler set the outside pole in qualifiying and
raced to win both features. These wins gave Tyler five AKRA National
wins and clinched the AKRA National Championship for Junior Champ. |
| 8/12/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland and Cullen
Mumaw traveled to Midvale Speedway to compete against the Junior Champ
racers from that track. Tyler won the first heat and finished second
in the second heat. Prior to the race we discovered a broken bolt
on the front bumper and had totape the bumper up, which caused the
down force on the front of the kart to change. Tyler still won the
race, but was complaining about the change in the karts handling due
to the taped front bumper. The lap times run by Tyler and Cullen were
a 17.40. Nick Giachetti finished in third and was right on Cullen
Bumper at the end of the race, it was a great run by Nick. |
| 8/11/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins both heat
races and the feature at Kartington. This was Tyler's seventh straight
win at Kartington and his fourteenth straight heat race win, completing
a perfect season of 21 wins out of 21 races and clinching the RCCCA
Championship for 2007. |
| 8/4/2007 |
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Races were called due to rain
and Tyler received first place points in Junio Champ Heavy |
| 8/3/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland sets the pole
in Junior Champ Raptor. During the feature his fuel was over filled
and he dropped back to fifth. As the fuel burnt off he made a run
for the lead. As the race developed there was a lot of beating and
banging going on and Tyler was very patient and cautious as he moved
into second place. Tyler made a pass on lap 17 of the 20 lap feature,
when the kart he was passing began swirving to block another driver.
Unfortunately the kart punted Tyler in the middle of the straight
away and he took a spectacular ride. His kart flipped approximately
6-8 times and was unraceable at that point. Dispite this incident
Tyler received 6th place points. This was his only non top five finish
in the raptor this season. |
| 8/3/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland qualied sixth
in Junior Champ Lite and raced as high as third when he was bumped
off the track in lap three. Tyler was shuffled back to thirteenth
and almost a lap down. He raced his way back to the pack and a caution
gave him an opportunity to catch the leaders. Tyler was making a pass
for third when a couple of karts got together and he got bumped back
to a fourth place finish. |
| 7/15/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the Junior
Champ Lite and Junior Champ Raptor classes and takes second in Junior
Champ heavy at the Chapel Hill New York Divisional. Tyler set the
pole in the Junior Champ Raptor and the Junior Champ Lite classes
and qualified second in the Junior Champ lite class. Tyler clinched
the Chapel Hill New York Divisional Championships in bothe the Junior
Champ Lite and Junior Champ Raptor classes. He also finished second
in the Junior Champ Heavy class. |
| 7/14/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the Junior
Champ Lite and Junior Champ Raptor classes and takes second in Junior
Champ heavy at the Chapel Hill New York Divisional. Tyler set the
outside pole in the Junior Champ Raptor, the Junior Champ Lite and
the Junior Champ lite classes. |
| 7/7/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the feature
and both heat races at Kartington Speedway. This was Tyler's sixth
feature win at Kartington this season and his twelth heat race wins,
giving him eighteen straight wins at Kartington in 2007. |
| 6/30/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the feature
and both heat races at Kartington Speedway. This was Tyler's fifth
feature win at Kartington this season and his tenth heat race win,
giving him fifteen straight wins at Kartington in 2007. |
| 6/24/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland qualifies third
and races to a second place finish in Junior Champ heavy at the WKA
Rage Karts Speedway Pavement Series National at Chapel Hill New York. |
| 6/23/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland sets the polein
Junior Champ Raptor and set the outside pole in Junior Champ Lite
and wins both Junior Champ Lite and Junior Champ Raptor at Chapel
Hill Raceway in New York. |
| 6/16/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland sets the pole
and wins one feature and takes a second in another at the AKRA Speedway
Pavement Championship Series at Chapel Hill New York. This gives Tyler
three wins in four races in this series. |
| 6/9/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the feature
and both heat races at Kartington Speedway. This was Tyler's fourth
feature win at Kartington this season and his eighth heat race win,
giving him twelve straight wins at Kartington in 2007. |
| 5/26/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the feature
and both heat races at Kartington Speedway. Despite having the engine
bogging in turns three and four Tyler was able to pull off the win
at Kartington by nearly a quarter of a lap. This was Tyler's third
feature win at Kartington this season and his sixth heat race win,
giving him nine straight wins at Kartington in 2007. |
| 5/20/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the Junior
Champ Raptor and Junior Champ Heavy classes and took third in the
Junior Champ Lite classat the Chapel Hill New York Divisional. Tyler
set the pole in both Junior Champ Raptor and Heavy. |
| 5/19/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the features
in Junior Champ Lite and Junior Champ Raptor at the Chapel Hill New
York Divisional, he also finished second in Junior Champ Heavy. In
Junior Champ Lite Tyler had a fast lap time of 10.27 seconds and in
Junior Champ Raptor his fast lap time was 10.44 seconds. Tyler also
had the pole in Junior Champ Raptor. |
| 5/12/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the feature
and both heat races at Kartington. Tyler's fast lap time was 10.72
seconds and he clearly had a 3/10s over the field. |
| 4/29/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland finishes third
in Junior Champ Heavy after qualifying seventh at the WKA Rage Karts
Speedway Pavement Series National at Orange County Speedway. |
| 4/28/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins
the Junior Champ Raptor feature after qualifying on the outside pole
at the WKA Rage Karts Speedway Pavement Series National at Orange
County Speedway. |
| 4/28/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland finishes third
in Junior Champ Lite after qualifying sixth at the WKA Rage Karts
Speedway Pavement Series National at Orange County Speedway. |
| 4/21/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins both heat
races and wins the feature at Kartington. |
| 4/14/2007 |
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Tyler qualified on the pole
and finished first in the Junior Champ class at the AKRA race at Concord
Motorspeedway. Tyler also started on the pole in the second feature
and won that race as well. Tyler was challenged by Scooter Blacker,
but held him off in both races. Tyler led each race from flag to flag. |
| 03/18/2007 |
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Tyler Strickland wins the National
at Lowe's Motorspeedway in Junior Champ Heavy. Tyler qualified fourth
and raced to the front. Tyler made a pass in turn four and went by
Blacker and Pelot to take the win by 16 one-thousandths(about 3 inches)over
Brandon Pelot with Scooter Blacker finishing third. |
| 3/17/2007 |
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Tyler qualifes outside pole
and finishes third in the Junior Champ Raptor class at Lowe's Motorspeedway.
Tyler was in the lead when his throttle became stuck wide open. He
attempted to burp the throttle when he realized the kart was stuck
open. He went off the track and dropped back to third. "At that point
I was just trying to finish and not hurt my self." Tyler said after
the race. Once the race was completed he pulled his spark plug wire
and shut the motor down. |
| 3/17/2007 |
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Tyler qualified sixth and finished
seventh in the Junior Champ Animal Lite class at Lowe's Motorspeedway.
Tyler was challenging for second when he and Brandon Pelot got together
and Tyler's right front spindle was bent and the tow was knocked way
out. Tyler dropped back to about fourteenth and battled back to seventh
by the end of the race. |
