32nd Annual Harris Clash

August 04, 2020

AMES, IOWA, Sept. 4- After a near record-breaking attendance to the 2019 Harris Clash, the 2020 Harris Clash date has been announced. The event will be returning to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, MN for a third time on August 4th, 2020. This will be the 29th running of the event...

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September 04, 2019

AMES, IOWA, Sept. 4- After a near record-breaking attendance to the 2019 Harris Clash, the 2020 Harris Clash date has been announced. The event will be returning to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, MN for a third time on August 4th, 2020. This will be the 29th running of the event...

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August 06, 2019

Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Austin Arneson, Fargo, N.D.; 2. Tom Berry Jr., Newburg, N.D.; 3. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa; 4. Jake O’Neil, Tucson, Ariz.; 5. Ricky Thornton Jr., Adel, Iowa; 6. Richie Gustin, Gil­man, Iowa; 7. Mike Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; 8. Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa; 9. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif.; 10. Corey Dripps, Reinbeck, Iowa; 11. Joel Rust, Grundy Center, Iowa; 12. Brock Bauman, Eureka, Ill.; 13. Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.; 14. Matthew Meinecke, Jamaica, Iowa; 15. Jacob Bleess, Chatfield; 16. Cody Bauman, Eureka, Ill.; 17. Ethan Braaksma, Newton, Iowa; 18. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa; 19. Jared VanDeest, Holland, Iowa; 20. Benji LaCrosse, Green Bay, Wis.; 21. Aaron Johnson, Brainerd; 22. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa; 23. Stacey Mills, Webb, Iowa; 24. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, Iowa; 25. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev.

Northern SportMods – 1. Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa; 2. Colby Fett, Algona, Iowa; 3. Lo­gan Anderson, Oskaloosa, Iowa; 4. Zach Nitsch, Delia, Kan.; 5. Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa, Iowa; 6. Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa; 7. Doug Smith, Lanesboro, Iowa; 8. Dakota Sproul, Hays, Kan.; 9. Jason Bass, Fort Dodge, Iowa; 10. Daniel Fellows, Keokuk, Iowa; 11. Jake McBirnie, Boone, Iowa; 12. Chris VanMil, Barnesville; 13. Brandon Schmitt, Beaver Dam, Wis.; 14. Austin Schrage, Cresco, Iowa; 15. Thomas Nelson, Aurora, Colo.; 16. Nate Chodur, Lake Mills, Iowa; 17. Joe Docekal, Dysart, Iowa; 18. Dan Paplow, Dundee; 19. Nicholas Carpenter, Leavenworth, Kan.; 20. John Foreman, Hospers, Iowa; 21. David Siercks, Princeton; 22. Bill Wegner, Arm­strong, Iowa; 23. Kyle Bentley, Fairbank, Iowa; 24. Jared Boumeester, Waseca.

May 20, 2019

We are pleased to announce that Wehrs Machine & Racing Products will be coming on board as the title sponsor of a new race during the 2019 Harris Clash. The Harris Clash Race of Champions will make it's debut at the Harris Clash on August 6, 2019. This race is for any past Harris Clash Modified or Sport Mod Champion that is a CURRENT Modified driver with a CURRENT 2019 Modified IMCA driver license. Race distance will be 10 to 12 laps depending on number of previous champions wanting to participate. Complete race purse has yet to be determined, but it will pay $1000-to-win! The highest finishing driver in the Race of Champions that has not already qualified for the modified feature will be awarded the provisional for the 2019 Harris Clash Modified Race. Watch for more information and for registered drivers as they become available.

November 14, 2018

AMES, IOWA, Nov. 14- Bob Harris, owner of Bob Harris Enterprises and promoter of the Harris Clash, has announced the date of the 2019 Harris Clash. The race, which headed to Deer Creek Speedway last year for the first time in its history, will be returning to the Spring Valley, MN track on August 6th, 2019....

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September 08, 2018

Jake McBirnie, the 2018 Harris Clash champion, is your 2018 Northern Sport Mod IMCA Super Nationals Champion! McBirnie piloted his GRT by BHE to the Big Dance on Saturday, September 8th. This is his first Super Nationals victory. Congratulations, Jake!

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August 14, 2018

One week after the Harris Clash made its way to Deer Creek Speedway for the first time, race promoter Bob Harris announced the historic race would be returning to the Spring Valley, MN track once again in 2019. This year’s race, featuring Northern Sport Mods and Modifieds, was the first IMCA-sanctioned event in the venue’s history...

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August 07, 2018

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (Aug. 7) – A history-making night turned out to be a record-breaking night Tuesday at Deer Creek Speedway.

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Cayden Carter raced from 17th starting to win the IMCA Modified main event, and $3,000, at the Harris Clash, the first IMCA event held at Spring Valley. Ninth starting Jake McBirnie topped the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature and earned $1,000.

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Ninety-six Modifieds and 55 SportMods were entered with the total car count of 151 the highest in the 27-year history of the Clash, which played out before a very full grandstand. Seventeen states and Canada were represented....

August 04, 2018

Many of the top series and top drivers in the country have visited Deer Creek Speedway in the 17 years the Queensland family has owned and operated the 3/8-mile track near Spring Valley. But Tuesday will mark another “first” for a track that has been recognized as one of the best in the country.

For the first time ever, IMCA-sanctioned cars will turn laps at Deer Creek. And it’s not just any old race. It’s one of IMCA’s premier events...

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June 01, 2018

With one Wehrs Dash at the Clash qualifier in the books, now is the perfect time to recognize Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, the title sponsor of the Dash at the Clash! Chad Wehrs and the entire team at Wehrs Machine & Racing Products takes pride in producing innovative and quality products for dirt track racers. We are excited to have Wehrs back as the title sponsor of the Dash at the Clash series and are looking forward to another round of successful events! 

May 28, 2018

History will be made when one of the premier events for IMCA Modi­fieds travels to one of the premier tracks in the Midwest this summer. Deer Creek Speedway hosts the 27th annual Harris Clash on Tuesday, Aug. 7...

January 01, 2018

Online pre-registration opens today for the 2018 Harris Clash. Check out the links on the registration page of the website for more information or to get signed up!

November 17, 2017

We are EXCITED to announce that the 2018 Harris Clash will be held at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley MN on August 7, 2018!! We are proud to be the first ever IMCA Racing Event held at this famed location! We look forward to working with the Queensland's to make the 27th Annual Harris Clash an Event to remember!! Watch for more details to come!!