FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — Jake Timm crossed the river from his home in Winona, Minn., and captured the Summit USMTS National Championship main event Friday night at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway.
Just like his fellow Gopher State gasser Lucas Schott did Thursday, Timm led every lap Friday to secure his third career USMTS victory and a $5,000 paycheck for his efforts.
Unlike the previous night, however, just one yellow flag waved on the opening lap and the remaining distance went caution-free, allowing for a lot of dancing in and out of lapped traffic for much of the contest.
Timm used the bottom, middle and top throughout the race to hold off Zack VanderBeek, Schott, Ethan Dotson and Jim Chisholm, who was making his debut in a USMTS Modified.
It was a tough night for those atop the points standings with only two of the incoming top 10 finishing in the top 10 Friday night.
Points leader Dustin Sorensen and second-place Jason Hughes both had to take provisional starting spots and finished 19th and 20th, respectively.
Tanner Mullens, who came into the night fourth in points, raced from 19th to 11th to pick up the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award while third-ranked Rodney Sanders settled for 16th and fifth-ranked Tyler Davis finished 15th.
The finish:
Jake Timm, Zack VanderBeek, Lucas Schott, Ethan Dotson, Jim Chisholm, Shane Sabraski, Tyler Wolff, Jacob Bleess, Terry Phillips, Cory Crapser, Tanner Mullens, Cayden Carter, Jake O’Neil, Landon Atkinson, Tyler Davis, Rodney Sanders, Dereck Ramirez, Chris Oertel, Dustin Sorensen, Jason Hughes, A.J. Diemel, Carlos Ahumada Jr., Dan Ebert, Dustin Strand, Jayson Good, Alex Williamson, Lance Mari, Chris Clark, Dylan Thornton.
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