Kyle C. Strickler (born August 3, 1983), nicknamed The High Side Tickler, is an American professional racing driver who competes in

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s and modified cars. He previously competed part-time in the

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, driving the No. 20

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for

Young's Motorsports Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Xfinity Series, they field the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth gene ...

Racing career

Dirt track racing

Dirt modifieds

Strickler has been racing in the DIRTcar UMP modified dirt car series since 2014. He won the first two runnings of the modified portion of the Dirt Short Track Classic at

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, and won the event for a third time in 2020. Strickler usually drives a No. 8 modified car, usually for his own self-owned team.

Dirt late models

In 2019, Strickler began racing late models for Wells Motorsports. In early September 2020, he raced against an invitation-only field of top late model drivers at

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for $50,000-to-win. He led 65 of 67 laps but cut a tire while leading on the final lap. Later that month, he scored his first major late model victory in the

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race at I-80 Speedway. For the 2021 racing season, Strickler signed to run full-time on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for PCC Motorsports. In January 2021, he scored his first victory on the

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, winning the Sunshine Nationals finale at Volusia Speedway Park.

NASCAR

Strickler began his NASCAR career at the 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby; he drove for

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, starting 23rd and finishing 31st due to a crash. The following year, he returned to the Truck Series' Eldora race with DGR-Crosley, finishing 18th. Strickler returned to the Truck Series in 2021 to drive in the new race at the

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dirt track (which replaced Eldora on the schedule) as a last-minute replacement for

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in the No. 20 for

Personal life

Strickler was born in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania and moved to North Carolina in 2006 to further his racing career, where he lives with his wife and two children. When not racing, he worked for former NASCAR teams

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and

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strickler, Kyle Living people 1983 births NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from North Carolina Sportspeople from Mooresville, North Carolina