BRANDON, S.D. — Ryan Timms, Brandon Bosma and Ron Howe each climbed atop the podium on Sunday at Huset’s Speedway during Frankman Motor Company presents Hall of Fame Night.
The margin of victory in two of the features was less than one tenth of a second.
Timms was stout throughout the 25-lap Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event to score his second consecutive weekly points victory at the track. It marked his 14th career win at the high-banked oval.
“It was very slick up to a really gnarly, rock-solid ledge there,” he said. “It was definitely tricky. This is awesome. I want to dedicate this to Doug Clark. I’ve got to thank all my guys.”
Timms is the first repeat winner in any Huset’s Speedway division during weekly competition this season.
Rees Moran led the first lap, but a flat right-rear tire during a caution on Lap 2 sent him to the work area. Christopher Thram inherited the top spot and led for eight laps until Timms, who started the race sixth, used a slide job in turns three and four on Lap 10 to drive into the lead. He built more than a three-second advantage before a couple of cautions in the second half of the race brought his competition closer. Following the final caution on Lap 20 – the fifth stoppage of the race –Timms pulled away in the waning laps to win by 2.541 seconds.
Thram garnered a runner-up result.
“It was fun,” he said. “I felt we could have been better there honestly. We’ll definitely take second place. This isn’t a bad night for us. It was a lot of fun out there.”
J.J. Hickle passed Mark Dobmeier for third place on the final lap.
“That was a long race,” Hickle said. “We had a wing slider going all over the place. We’re just having a blast, living my best life right now. It’s awesome to be up in the mix.”
Sam Henderson rounded out the top five.
Bosma executed a last-lap pass on Lee Goos Jr. to top the 20-lap Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series and MedStar Midwest Sprint Touring Series RaceSavers main event, scoring his ninth career triumph at the track. He is the third different winner in three races this season.
“Last lap, you know, you gotta try something to come off there,” he said. “The top side came in. I figured I’d just send a Hail Mary there into (turn) three and it worked out.”
A trio of cautions mostly kept Goos Jr., who led the first 19 laps, out of traffic. Bosma stalked Goos Jr. throughout the second half of the race and used a run on the top groove to sneak by as the checkered flag was waved. The margin of victory was 0.081 seconds.
Owen Carlson finished third. Cole Vanderheiden hustled from 14th to fourth and Micah Slendy was fifth.
Howe led the first three laps and the final nine circuits en route to scoring his third career Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks victory at Huset’s Speedway. He’s the fourth different winner in four division races at the track this season.
“We have a lot of great guys that are helping me,” the 68-year-old Howe said. “I’ve got my grandsons here. My wife’s somewhere here. We have a lot of great sponsors that help us.”
Cory Yeigh passed Howe for the top spot on Lap 4 and led for a half dozen laps until he slowed down the backstretch on Lap 10. A pair of cautions during the second half of the race bunched the field together, but Howe held strong and edged Tracy Halouska, who dove underneath Howe in turns three and four on the final lap, by 0.065 seconds for the triumph.
Chris Ellingson placed third with Craig Hanisch fourth and Mike Chaney fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 10-Ryan Timms (6); 2. 24T-Christopher Thram (3); 3. 6-JJ Hickle (5); 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier (8); 5. 83-Sam Henderson (2); 6. 44-Chris Martin (14); 7. 22K-Kaleb Johnson (4); 8. 64-Andy Pake (7); 9. 45X-Rees Moran (1); 10. 31-Koby Werkmeister (12); 11. 12X-Landon Crawley (18); 12. 3-Dayne Kingshott (24); 13. 33-Scotty Broty (9); 14. 96-Blaine Stegenga (16); 15. 14H-Matt Juhl (17); 16. 9-Dominic Dobesh (15); 17. 11D-Dominic White (20); 18. 10X-Trevor Serbus (22); 19. 8-Jacob Hughes (21); 20. 17-Lee Goos Jr (11); 21. 16-Riley Goodno; 22. (DNF) 88W-Austin McCarl (19); 23. (DNF) 17B-Ryan Bickett (23); 24. (DNF) 27-Carson McCarl (13); 25. (DNF) 80P-Jacob Peterson (10).
