BRANDON, S.D. — Kaleb Johnson, Ty Wilke and Ryan DeBoer cashed in on Sunday during ShopHusets.com Night at Huset’s Speedway.
Johnson advanced from sixth to capture his second straight Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event to start the season at the high-banked track. A week after earning his first career 410ci winged sprint car triumph, Johnson duplicated the feat on Sunday and also garnered his first career Cressman Sanitation Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars triumph.
Additionally, Johnson became the first driver since Dusty Ballenger in 2013 to win the first two races of the season, according to race results listed on the Huset’s Speedway website.
“The guys gave me a great race car and I could put it anywhere on the race track until the rubber came in,” he said. “It’s a dream to drive and I couldn’t be more thankful for everybody a part of this team.”
Landon Crawley led the first 16 laps before he collided with a slowing car in turns three and four. Johnson, who had passed Ryan Timms for second place three laps prior, inherited the lead and held off Timms throughout the final nine laps to win by 0.666 seconds.
“I feel this is the second week in a row he’s probably had a better car than me, but rubber came into play,” Johnson said. “I just had to keep the car straight and keep it on the bottom. I got lucky with Ryan getting bottled up off turn two and Landon getting into a lapped car.”
Timms finished second for the second straight week.
“I felt like we put ourselves in a pretty good position all night to win,” he said. “Landon was really fast and was going to be tough to keep up with. Off turn two I got a big push right when the rubber came in and Kaleb was able to get by me. I had one opportunity in (turns) three and four and I was too far back on that restart to capitalize on it. I really want to get back to being one spot better.”
Mark Dobmeier recorded a third-place result after taking momentum from his run from 24th to ninth during the Huset’s Speedway season opener.
“To get on the podium and get this thing right,” he said in reference to his goal. “We’ll be back next week and hopefully jump up two more spots.”
Justin Henderson finished fourth and Christopher Thram was fifth.
Wilke cruised to his first career Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series triumph at the track by leading all 20 laps.
“It feels great,” he said. “It finally feels great to get to Victory Lane at Huset’s Speedway.”
Michalob Voeltz stayed within striking distance throughout the race before placing second by 0.753 seconds. Jeridan Jordahl earned a third-place result with Ballenger ending fourth and Jay Masur fifth.
DeBoer led all 18 laps of the Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks main event to score his first career victory at Huset’s Speedway.
