SAPULPA, Okla. — Taking his third career score with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, Ryan Timms rolled to victory in the Don Swope Classic at Creek County Speedway on Tuesday night.
His second victory in a row in Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Week presented by Smiley’s Racing Products action, the win is his ninth overall on the season in ASCS, 410 and midget competition.
Asked about going from his first win to three with the National Tour, along with his other various win in such a short amount of time, Timms stated, “It’s crazy that I started racing Junior Sprints like four years ago, and I’m already winning in ASCS and 410 events. It’s neat that I am able to do something like this, and I have my dad and my crew to thank for it.”
Taking the battle three deep with J.J. Hickle and Noah Harris, the No. 5t tried the top before hitting the bottom to shoot to the point on lap eight.
“I knew it was hooked up on the bottom, so I was trying to make something work on the top and just couldn’t, especially in three and four there was nothing coming off, but one and two, I could open up and diamond off. that got me under J.J., and I just went from there,” explained Timms.
A small misstep of the cushion on lap 17, the No. 63 was back into the race for the lead. Dicing through more traffic on lap 19, Hickle worked the bottom of the first and second turn but missed the line; sending the car spinning.
Restarting with a slower car in the mix, Ryan Timms was unchallenged to the checkered flag, winning by 2.530 seconds.
Michael Faccinto wheeled the VanDyke Motorsports No. 5h to second with Seth Bergman advancing seven positions to take the final podium step in his National Tour return. Tyler Thomas crossed fourth with Noah Harris holding on for a top-five finish.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms[3]; 2. 5H-Michael Faccinto[5]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[10]; 4. 91T-Tyler Thomas[7]; 5. 7F-Noah Harris[1]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[12]; 7. 115-Nick Parker[6]; 8. 95-Matt Covington[8]; 9. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[13]; 10. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 11. 41-Colton Hardy[15]; 12. 63-JJ Hickle[2]; 13. 17B-Ryan Bickett[16]; 14. 36-Jason Martin[11]; 15. 24-Garet Williamson[14]; 16. 19-Colby Thornhill[19]; 17. 11-Michael Tyre II[18]; 18. 55B-Brandon Anderson[9]; 19. 32-Kolton Gariss[22]; 20. 88-Travis Reber[23]; 21. 9$-Kyle Clark[17]; 22. 77X-Greg Hamilton[20]; 23. 79-Tim Kent[21]