The 2026 Clash of Champions kicked off the year as it does every year with everyone refreshed from the holiday season. Racers showed up with new equipment eager for a fresh start or to pick up where they left off the year before. 362 entries battled it out across a variety of classes.
Thursday hosted practice, seeding, and a round of qualifying with the new condensed three day schedule. Seeding kicked off in a positive way for the team with the following results.
Seeding:
2wd Mod: 2nd Broc Champlin, 3rd Spencer Rivkin
4wd Mod: 1st Brennan Schimmel, 2nd Tom Rinderknecht, 3rd Nate Sutherland
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Dustin Fox
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Dustin Fox, 3rd Hunter King
40+ 2wd: 3rd Chris VanAir
40+ 4wd: 2nd Chris VanAir
Open 2wd: 1st Justin Green, 2nd Lucas Smith
Open 4wd: 1st Justin Green, 2nd Lucas Smith
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Adam Rayls, 3rd Chris VanAir
13.5 Short Course: 1st Justin Sherman, 2nd Chris VanAir, 3rd Tom Sherman
Qualifying was the standard 2/3 qual-points rounds counting towards starting position in the main events with 10 drivers directly qualifying into each main event and 1 bump-up moving forward from each lower main.
Qualifying:
2wd Mod: 2nd Davey Batta, 3rd Spencer Rivkin
4wd Mod: 1st Broc Champlin, 3rd Brennan Schimmel
17.5 Expert 2wd: 2nd Dustin Fox
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Dustin Fox, 3rd Hunter King
40+ 2wd: 1st Chris VanAir, 3rd Paul Ciccarello
40+ 4wd: 1st Chris VanAir
2wd Open: 2nd Lucas Smith
4wd Open: 1st Lucas Smith
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Josh Parrish, 2nd Adam Rayls, 3rd Patrick Rossiter
13.5 Short Course: 1st Chris VanAir, 2nd Justin Sherman, 3rd Adam Rayls
Moving into the main events it would have triple-A mains for the modified and expert stock classes. The rest of the classes would have single mains followed by the Clash Dash for Cash mains for Modified, Expert, and 40+.
Mod Clash Race: 1st Chase Lemieux, 2nd Davey Batta (JC), 3rd Dakotah Phend
Expert Clash Race: 1st Domnic Paccione, 2nd Dustin Fox (JC), 3rd Hunter King (JC)
40+ Clash Race: 1st Chris VanAir (JC), 2nd Brent Thielke (JC), 3rd Michael Malott
2wd Modified: 1st Davey Batta (JC), 2nd Dakotah Phend, 3rd Broc Champlin (JC)
4wd Modified: 1st Broc Champlin (JC), 2nd Brennan Schimmel (JC), 3rd Dakotah Phend
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Talon Henley, 2nd Bryce Butterfield, 3rd Domnic Paccione
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Dustin Fox (JC), 2nd Talon Henley, 3rd Hunter King (JC)
2wd Open: 1st Brady Carrico, 2nd Justin Green (JC), 3rd Lucas Smith (JC)
4wd Open: 1st Lucas Smith (JC), 2nd Caden Berding, 3rd Nolan Hunt
40+ 2wd: 1st Paul Ciccarello (JC), 2nd Brent Thielke (JC), 3rd Chris VanAir (JC)
40+ 4wd: 1st Allen Horne, 2nd Chris VanAir (JC), 3rd Brent Thielke (JC)
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Adam Rayls (JC), 2nd Patrick Rossiter (JC), 3rd Zack Mazurek
13.5 Short Course: 1st Chris VanAir (JC), 2nd Justin Sherman (JC), 3rd Matt Hines
17.5 Indy 2wd: 1st Adam McKown, 2nd Alton Henley, 3rd Nick Seng
13.5 Indy 4wd: 1st Adam McKown, 2nd Bentley Schwartz, 3rd Lane Lazarz
21.5 Indy 2wd: 1st Lane Lazarz, 2nd Ian Schultz, 3rd Ryan Hasty