OKTAHA, Okla. — While it took a while to get there, Ryan Timms continued his hot streak with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network with his fifth career victory on Saturday at Outlaw Motor Speedway.
The Oklahoma teenager also secured the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week presented by Smiley’s Racing Products title.
“We ran out in California before we came and ran this and didn’t do very good, so I wasn’t really feeling good about this week, but once we got rolling and finishing well, I knew we could do it,” Timms said. “Thanks to my team. Them and the sponsors are the reason I get to do this and props to the track. It was really racy for us after they got it worked in.”
Having to correct a mistake in track prep that resulted in the track being overwatered, the night’s races got off to a late start but moved right along once the track was safe to compete on.
Winning his heat from third that set Timms near the top of the redraw, where he drew the right of the front row. Chasing Alex Hill through the opening lap, Timms slide the Hills Racing Team No. 77x on the second lap.
Keeping pace through a handful of cautions, and a red on lap three, traffic did little to slow the DriveWFX.com No. 5t in the later stages of the event, with Timms pulling away by 2.491 seconds at the drop of the checkered flag.
Racing to second from 10th, Matt Covington worked to the runner-up spot on Lap 17 and ended up being the night’s Hard Charger. The run also brought him back within five points of leading the standings.
A rebound run from Friday night, Jason Martin ended his Sprint Week with a third-place finish, marking the sixth time the Kansas shoe has placed on the podium in National Tour competition.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[10]; 3. 5X-Jason Martin[6]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill[1]; 5. 63-JJ Hickle[8]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[5]; 7. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[4]; 8. 19-Colby Thornhill[3]; 9. 8-Alex Sewell[9]; 10. 115-Nick Parker[14]; 11. 41-Colton Hardy[7]; 12. 26M-Fred Mattox[16]; 13. 11-Michael Tyre II[21]; 14. 88-Travis Reber[20]; 15. 10P-Dylan Postier[13]; 16. 91T-Tyler Thomas[12]; 17. 50Z-Zach Chappell[25]; 18. 17B-Ryan Bickett[17]; 19. 32-Kolton Gariss[23]; 20. 9$-Kyle Clark[11]; 21. 55B-Brandon Anderson[15]; 22. 4-Joshua Tyre[22]; 23. 30-Joseph Miller[18]; 24. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[24]; 25. (DNS) 90-Lance Norick