2006 Results

Kyle Trickle

January  28th 2006        Columbus Indoor Winter Nationals    Columbus Ohio

The red senior honda car started 4th in the heat and finished 3rd. In the c-main Kyle Trickle started 4th and into the race was punted in the rear and got back into the wall and broke a bumper, chain was off and the belly pan was broke and dragging. Got the chain on and finished 6th. Did not made the transfer. The white light 160 car started 1st in the heat and finished 1st. In the feature Kyle Trickle started 3rd and finished 2nd.

February 11th 2006   Columbus Indoor Winter Nationals  Columbus Ohio

The red senior honda started the heat 1st and a few laps into the race Kyle Trickle spun on his own. Kyle got back up on the wheel and drove hard to the front passing the whole field to win the heat. In the A-main Kyle started 1st and finished second. In the heat the white light 160 Bullrider started 2nd and finished 1st. In the A-main Kyle Trickle started 2nd and finished 4th.

February 25th and 26th     Region 4 Championship Series  Race#1 Columbus Indoor  Columbus Ohio

Kyle Trickle qualified the red senior honda 16th out of 45. He started the c-main in 5th spot and finished 8th and his day was over. The white light 160 Bullrider qualified 24th out of 33 cars. He started 4th in t he E-main and finished 2nd. In the D-main finished 9th.

April 8th 2006  Kokomo Club Race  Race #1 Kokomo Indiana

Sr. Honda heat started 2nd finished 1st. Senior Honda feature started 5th and drove to a 1st place finish.  Light 160 heat started 1st and finished 1st. In the feature Kyle Trickle started 3rd and drove past the 2005 Kokomo light 160 track champ to take the WIN. Kyle was on fire that night.                                                                                                                                                                                                         

April 15th 2006 Mini Indy Club  Race#1 Indianapolis Indiana

  The red Bullrider senior honda started the heat 2nd and finished 1st. In the feature Kyle Trickle started second and finished 2nd. In the light 160 Kyle started 5th and drove to a win. In the feature started 1st and finished 2nd.  Kyle Trickle announces his major sponsorship with Russ Knepp of R and K  Sales   Cuda      West Chester Ohio.

April 22nd  2006 Indiana State Championship Series  ISCS  Mini Indy Race #1

The senior honda qualified 3rd fast and started the A-main 5th and drove to the front and took the lead. Early in the race the motor was showing smoke a little and the crew was not too worried. The smoke got worse and Kyle Trickle was called to pull over to the race director and was DQ for dropping fluids on the track. This was a big hit for the 11 year old from Southport. Later Kyle found out the crew chief did not get the valve cover tightened. The light 160 Qualified 5th and started 3rd and finished 2nd.

April 27th   Mini Indy Club   Race #2    Indianapolis  Indiana                                                                          

Kyle Trickle unveils his new paint jobs by Russ  Knepp  for this race. The red car is black and the white is a lime green with the RATFINK on the hood. Check out the photo page for the pictures.

Senior Honda started 5th in the heat and finished 1st.  Light 160 heat started 3rd and finished 1st. The senior in the feature started 5th and as the race got going the heavens opened up and it began to rain. On a restart Tyler Mouhl got spun out because of the wet track and Kyle Trickle was the next one in the pile up.  The new paint job was on it's lid. Kathy Heil has some great photos of this wreak on the photo page. The race was postponed to a later date because of the rain.

May 7th  Indiana State Championship Series Race #2 Mini Indy

The black senior honda qualified 4th and Started the A-main 4th. Kyle Trickle had a mechanical break down and scored a DNF. The green light 160 Qual. 2nd and started the a-main 7th and finished 3rd.

May 8th  Mid Ohio Series Race   Mac O Chee New Liberty Ohio

Kyle Trickle returned to the bullring for a Ohio series race. Senior honda started the heat 10th and finished 2nd. The feature started 2nd and finished 3rd. Light 160 heat started 2nd finished 3rd. Feature started 3rd and finished 4th                                                

May 13th  Region 4  Championship  Race #2  Min Indy  Indianapolis  Indiana           

RAIN OUT       NO RAIN DATE     KYLE WOULD US ONE OF HIS TWO THROW OUTS

May 20th  Mini Indy Club Race #3  Indianapolis Indiana

Kyle Trickle's black senior honda started the heat 1st and finished 1st.  In the feature started 2nd and drove to a win. This is Kyle's first Mini Indy Senior Honda feature win. The green light 160 car started the heat 7th and finished 4th. Kyle would do his fist B-main at Mini Indy this year. In the B-main Kyle started 2nd and turned the leader around with four laps to go. Dad brought the 11 year in and told him he had 4 laps to drive to the 4th spot for transfer to the A-main. Kyle Trickle drove a great 4 laps and made the  transfer. In the feature he would start at the rear in the 10th spot and drive to a second place finish. Kyle also took the lead in the points for senior honda at Mini Indy.

May 21  Mini Indy Club Race #2 make up date

Kyle Trickle was here to make up for the rain out on April 27th.  Senior Honda Started 5th and finished 2nd. Light 160 started 5th and finished 5th

May 26th  Region 4 Championship Series  Race #3    Waterford  Michigan

The weekend was up and down.  It was down because the sponsors (Russ Knepp) truck broke down. The up was that it made it to the track before tiring out. Kyle went to work on his end. He qualified senior honda 6th fastest out of 35 cars, 1out of the A-main . He would start the B in 5th spot and finish 4th. In the A-main Kyle started 9th and drove hard till Taylor Ferns chopped down on Trickle. Since  Ferns home track is Waterford the call went against Trickle. Kyle drove hard to come from the tail to finish 3rd behind Ferns and the winner Dillon Welch. Dillon is one of the Trickle's favorite competitors. Dillon would also take over the points lead in Region 4 Senior Honda.  Kyle in the light 160 qualified  8th out of 32 cars.   B-main start was 3rd and finished 3rd. A-main started 8th and finished 9th.  Thanks to Dillon Welch and Josh for putting us up Sat night because we did not have a ride to get a room. Also Thanks to Russ Knepps long time friend  (Jimmy ) who brought us a truck from North Carolina to Michigan for us to have a way home for the hauler.

June 3rd    Indiana State Championship Series     Race #3      Kokomo Indiana

senior honda qual.   fast time  Started the feature 8th finished 6th.  160 qual. 4th started  5th and finished 2nd

June 4th  Indiana State Championship Series   Race #4     Kokomo Indiana

This would be the last race of the state championship for Indiana. Kyle had some bad luck in senior with the DQ and the 8th place mechanical break down. His light 160 was looking good with a solid two 2nd place finishes and a 3rd.    Senior qualified 3rd started 6th and drove to a win this would be the 3rd feature win for the black senior honda Bullrider. Kyle would wind up 5th in the state for senior honda. Congratulations to Tyler Courtney and Tony for  the Indiana State Championship in Senior Honda.  Trickle's 160 was next  Qualified 4th  Started 4th and finished 3rd.  Kyle Would make the podium in light 160 in 3rd place for 2006 Indiana State Championship Series Light 160.

June 10th     Region 4 Championship Series  Race #4   Miami Valley    Xenia Ohio

RAIN    OUT          NO RAIN DATE             This would be the second rain out in this series. This would be through out #2

June 17th    Mini Indy Club Race #4

Kyle finished 5th in senior and 4th in light 160

June 18th    Mini Indy Club Race #5

Rain Out       Rain Date   Rain Date Sept. 17th

July 13th  JSCA Gasoline Alley Nationals   Indianapolis Motor Speedway  

Both Cars out in C-main

August 12th   Region 4 Championship Series Race #5   Kokomo Indiana

Senior Honda c-main 4th place  B-main  6th place..  11th out of 27 cars.     Light 160 B-main   WIN       A-main 8th place  8th out of 24 cars

August 26th  Region 4  Championship Series #6  Lansing Michigan

Senior had bad luck on the crew chief  DQ after qual. because of a nerf bar tech issue. Kyle Trickle would have to start at the back because of DAD. F-main start 6th finish 2nd. E-main light 160  start 7th finish 1st,  D-main start 6th finish 2nd.  C-main start 7th finish 1st. B-main start 6th and another car push us against the wall and we were hurt, the engine hub keyway gave way and we were done. What a ride that was. We finished 13th out of 29 cars.  The light 160 started the B-main in 2nd and drove to a win.   The a-main started 6th and finished 6th.   We were 6th out of 22 cars.

Sept 2    Mini Indy Club Race #6 

Senior Honda heat start 1st finished 2nd    Feature start 5th finish 6th.   Light 160 heat start 7th finish 2nd   Feature start 3rd finish 3rd. 

Sept  3rd   Mini Indy Race #7

Senior honda started 1st and was trading spaces with Tyler Courtney. On a restart after a yellow Tyler checked up and Trickle spun Courtney out. Going to the rear he worked his way to 3rd. In the B-main came in with a win. First B-main in senior honda this year at Indy. In the  A-main Kyle's right rear was looking funny and suddenly she came off.  We put on a new hub and tire and Trickle was back out finishing 6th.   Light 160  heat was start 1st finish with a win.  In the feature Matt McDonald chopped down on us .  The green 160 come down hard and we were out with a engine gear folded into a pretzel.  We finished 8th or 9th

Sept 9th  Region 4 Championship Series  Race #7  Toledo  Ohio

Sr. Honda C-main 5th place  B-main 4th place,  A-main  start 9th finish 6th   6th place out of 30 cars. Light 160  E-main 2nd place.  D-main 2nd place.  C-main 2nd place. B-main 7th place   13th out of 28 cars.

Sept 16th     Mini Indy Club Race #8

Senior heat start 1st finish with the win. Feature start 6th drove to a win  Feature #2 this year at Mini Indy.  Light 160 heat was start 1 finish 3rd.  In the feature  we started 1st then Matt McDonald took us out again by coming down on the right rear. The rim was bent and the tire was down.  With very few laps left Kyle could only finish 8th.  With the last two races in 160 would would be out of the hunt for the championship.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Sept. 17th   Mini Indy Club Race #5  make up  race  

Senior Honda started the heat 1st and drove to the win.  In the feature started 4th and drove to 2nd and followed Dillon  Welch around till 6 to go and drove right around him for the win. This was our third feature win at Indy and a fourth for the car this year.  The Light 160 heat started 3rd finished with a win on a last lap pass on Dillon Welch.  We were very fast. In the feature we started 6th and drove to 3rd where we charged Taylor Courtney and went to the tail. Kyle still drove that Hotrod to a 2nd place finish. We had the car to win but it just was not our night.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Sept 23rd       Region 4 Championship Series  #8      Mac O Chee        New Liberty Ohio

Senior Honda  qualified 7th   and the Light 160 qualified 5th and then the rain came. It rained and rained and the race was called.  That is 3 rain out in a 9 race series with only two through outs.

Sept 30th      Mini Indy Club Race    #9

Senior Heat start 1st and drove to the win.  Feature  start 5th and drove to the win.  Light 160
Feature start 4th finish 3rd after losing a keyway on warm ups and starting on the tail.  

Oct 7th   Region 4 Championship Series  Race # 9    Columbus Outdoor      Columbus Ohio

Features were both 3rd place finishes.   Both cars finished 4th in both classes in Region 4 (Indiana Ohio Michigan  West Virginia).  Congratulation to Dillon Welch for winning the Region  4 Senior Honda Championship. Mini Indy had 5 champions in Region 4 out of 14 classes.  Justin Peck in JR honda and JR stock and Max McGee in Light Mod and Light B.

October 14th    Mini Indy Club Race   #10

This was the day for Kyle Trickle.  Kyle would start the senior honda race today tied for first place with Tyler Courtney (Indiana State Champ in senior honda) and Dillon Welch (Region 4 senior honda champ) just 1 point away in 2nd place. Anyone of these fine drivers could win the race and take the Mini Indy track title. Kyle would win his heat and be off to a great start.  In the feature he would drive up to 2nd place behind Tyler. Kyle was very patient waiting to make the move on Courtney. With lots of laps to go Trickle drove around the Indiana State Champ and pulled away. Kyle soon came onto lapped traffic and drove like a champ through the lapped cars to take the win. Mini Indy Senior Honda Track Champ 2006. In light 160 Kyle was in a solid 3rd place with champ Dillon Welch way out ahead to catch in points. But Kyle had a shot for 2nd place with Taylor Courtney (Tyler's Twin Brother).  Kyle would have been in a better position but was clearly taken out of the championships by others during the season.   Kyle drove hard winning the heat and coming in 3rd in the feature. Kyle would finish just 2 points out in 3rd place for the year in light 160. Our hats off to Dillon Welch and Tyler Courtney for 1st and 2nd.

2006 Recap

   Kyle Trickle  race 28 races this year. 2  Winter National Races  10 Mini Indy Club Races  4 Indiana State Championship Series Races   9 Region 4 Championship Series Races   1 Mid Ohio Series Race  1 Grand National Race and 1 Kokomo Club Race.  It was  a great season for  Kyle Trickle.   Kyle had a lot of heat and feature wins and the Championship. Kyle and his Dad also enjoyed Kyle's sponsor the most.  We loved to win heats and features for Russ Knepp but the Championship really finished things off. We would like to Thank Russ for the Help, Support and friendship he share with us in 2006. ( also the killer paint jobs on the cars). Kyle would like to thank his friends and family for coming to the races and cheering him on. He would like to thank Uncle Rob for doing the website and Uncle Tony for taking some of the pictures.  Kyle's Dad would like to thank Mike McGee for being a great friend to go to with car problems (Mike has all the answers)  Dad would also like to thank Dillon Welch and Josh Travelsted for putting us up in the Welch Motor home in Waterford Michigan. Kyle will race a few more indoor races this winter before retiring from quarter midgets. In 2007 Kyle will drive the R and K Sales 600cc Mini Sprint