BRANDON, S.D. — Ryan Timms, Nate Barger and Tim Dann each earned their first feature win of the season at Huset’s Speedway on Sunday during Goodin Company Night.
Kerry Madsen paced the field for the opening 20 laps of the 25-lap Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event. Seventh-starting Timms found something in the middle of the track midway through the race and rocketed forward, advancing from sixth to third on lap 16 and sliding Tim Kaeding for second place on lap 17. Timms closed to within a couple of car lengths of Madsen in traffic before something happened to Madsen’s car as he got over the cushion and into the wall in turn one on lap 21.
Timms inherited the lead after the accident, which he also caught a little bit of contact in with his right rear as Madsen’s car flipped. That didn’t slow Timms as he led the remainder of the race, which included a green-white-checkered finish, to become the sixth different winner in six division races this season.
“It was so awesome,” he said. “I love coming here. I’m super happy to be back. Once I pulled the seven in the redraw I knew I had a chance at winning, but it was a lot more slim. I caught up to Kerry there and the curb was real solid and ledgy and it got him. I have no idea how I didn’t get caught up in that. I thought he landed on my car. I’m super fortunate there.”
Kaeding advanced from sixth to a runner-up result for his second podium of the season at the track.
“We had a good race track,” he said. “You get up on the top and let ‘er eat. Ryan got ahead of us when I got into the fence a couple of times.”
Scott Bogucki charged from 10th to a Huset’s Speedway season-best outing of third place.
“The guys gave me a great race car,” he said. “For the first five or six laps I was a little worried. I found the bottom and started getting some momentum and found third.”
Chase Randall finished fourth and Justin Henderson was fifth.
Barger led the final 17 laps of the 20-lap Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series feature to garner his first career sprint car win at the track. He is now the sixth different winner in as many races at Huset’s Speedway this season.
“You kinda had to lay it all out there,” he said. “We had some good track conditions and I looked like I knew what I was doing for a change. It’s been a long time trying. We’re going to drink a beer and have a good time.”
The race got off to a slow start with two red flags and two additional cautions within the first three laps. However, it went non-stop for the remainder of the race as Jacob Peterson rallied from 11th to second. Tyler Rabenberg hustled from 10th to third with Dominic Dobesh, who led the first three laps, placing fourth. Casey Abbas scored a fifth-place result.
Dann was out front for all 18 laps to capture his first Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks triumph of the season.
Matt Steuerwald ran a close second throughout much of the race before points leader J.J. Zebell, who started 11th, powered into the runner-up position on lap 17. Zebell drove to the rear of Dann’s car entering turn one on the last lap, but he came up a couple of car lengths shy of the victory as the checkered flag was waved.
“That was fun,” Dann said. “I was just trying to hit the bottom and not mess up. I knew Matt was probably going to be right there and I was just trying to hit my marks. This is fun. We’ve been really good here this year.”
Steuerwald rounded out the podium with Dan Jensen finishing fourth and 12th-starting Zach Olivier fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms (7); 2. 3-Tim Kaeding (6); 3. 10-Scott Bogucki (10); 4. 2KS-Chase Randall (8); 5. 83-Justin Henderson (5); 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (4); 7. 13-Mark Dobmeier (15); 8. 21-Brian Brown (9); 9. 14T-Tim Estenson (12); 10. 22-Riley Goodno (18); 11. 11M-Brendan Mullen (21); 12. 09-Matt Juhl (13); 13. 16-Skylar Prochaska (3); 14. 17G-Lee Goos Jr (24); 15. 95-Tyler Drueke (23); 16. 83JR-Sam Henderson (20); 17. 5G-Gage Pulkrabek (14); 18. 14H-Scott Winters (11); 19. 17B-Ryan Bickett (25); 20. 44-Chris Martin (22); 21. 81-Stuart Snyder (19); 22. 74N-Luke Nellis (16); 23. (DNF) 64-Andy Pake (2); 24. (DNF) 55-Kerry Madsen (1); 25. (DNF) 1A-Jacob Allen (17).