CLEWISTON, Fla. — Ryan Timms won the 30-lap main event on Saturday night during the second night of the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Winter Heat event at Hendry County Motorsports Park.Â
It was Timms’ second win in the last three USCS Winter Heat races.
Timms came from the second starting spot to take the lead from polesitter Chris Martin on lap seven and never looked back to take the win.Â
Mark Smith finished second and Mark Ruel Jr. took the third spot. Danny Sams Jr. was fourth and Lance Moss came home in the fifth position.
Martin took the lead at the green flag, followed by Timms, Smith, Moss and Davie Franek. Lap two saw Franek pass Moss for the fourth spot, and Franek moved up to third on lap four getting by Smith. Timms rallied around Martin to take the lead on lap seven, but the field stayed bunched up with a caution flag on lap nine.
Timms led Martin, Franek, Smith and Moss down for the restart, and Franek got by Martin to take over the second spot.Â
At the halfway point, Timms held a .755 second lead over the Friday night winner Franek, who had Martin battling him for second. Smith held the fourth spot and Ruel got by Moss for the fifth position.
The top five positions in the race changed dramatically on lap 21 when the lapped car driven by Gunnar Setser spun and collected Franek and Martin, putting all three cars out of the race.Â
With Franek and Martin done for the night, that moved Smith, Ruel, Sams, and Moss up to second through fifth respectively behind the leader Timms.
The last five laps of the race saw Timms with clear sailing, as he pulled away from the field to take a 2.961-second margin of victory over Smith under the checkered flag.Â
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps):Â 1. (2) Ryan Timms, Oklahoma City, OK; 2. (3) Mark Smith, Sunbury, PA; 3. (5) Mark Ruel Jr., Jacksonville, FL; 4. (10) Danny Sams III, Northport, FL; 5. (4) Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC: 6. (8) Sterling Cling, Tempe, AZ; 7. (11) Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK; 8. (12) Corbin Gurley, Hebron, IN; 9. (13) Brandan Mullen, Grand Forks, ND; 10. (21) Christopher Thram, Sanborn, MN; 11. (6) Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ON; 12. (14) Bryan Gossel, Windsor, CO; 13. (16) Austin Martin, Sarasota, FL; 14. (15) Tyeller Powless, Ohsweken, ON; 15. (9) Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS; 16. (22) Luke Hill, Safety Harbor, FL; 17. (19) Austyn Gossel, Fort Collins, CO; 18. (20) Tyler Porter, Pinellas Park, FL; 19. (7) Davie Franek, Wantage,Â