BRANDON, S.D. — Ryan Timms, Aydin Lloyd and Mike Chaney constructed race-winning performances at Huset’s Speedway on Sunday during Metro Construction Night.
Timms topped a stout battle with Chase Randall to score his second straight Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars main event triumph.
“This race car is so fast,” Timms said. “We need to get a little better earlier in the night, but it’s always pretty close to perfect come A Main time. Hopefully me and Chase put on a pretty good show. It was a lot of fun racing with him.”
Randall led the first half of the 25-lap main event before Timms executed a slide job in turns three and four to lead Lap 13. A bobble by Timms in traffic in turn four on Lap 19 allowed Randall to reclaim the lead, but Timms charged back in the same corner on the ensuing lap to escape in first after the two nearly made contact sliding up the track.
“I was really fortunate to have a good starting position,” Timms said. “The outside lane was the preferred lane for the start and I was able to follow Chase through there. We were pretty even in clean air. I was able to find that diamond line in (turns) one and two. That seemed to help me out quite a bit.”
Randall stayed close for the final handful of laps before finishing second by 0.598 seconds.
“It was a great battle,” he said. “The track turned out really racy. Through lapped traffic it was pretty tough. I feel like we made good gains on the car and I’m really proud of our finish. I’m pretty excited with how we’re doing now and ready to get rolling.”
Points leader Kaleb Johnson rounded out the podium for his fifth straight top five to start the season at the high-banked track.
“I didn’t get the greatest start there and fell to seventh,” he said. “I felt I could have contended with those two. I just made a few situational mistakes behind the No. 16 car. I was a little too patient. We have a big couple of weeks coming up here so we’re heading into the right direction.”
Riley Goodno placed fourth and Jy Corbet was fifth.
Lloyd earned his first career victory at Huset’s Speedway with a late-race pass during the 20-lap Heser Auto & Detailing RaceSaver Sprint Car Series main event. He also became the fifth different driver to win in the division – the only one without a repeat winner – this season.
Levi Hinck was patient out front throughout the first 17 laps, but Lloyd was on a mission after starting 10th. Lloyd put his car on the cushion and it propelled him to the lead on Lap 18. He pulled away in the final two laps to win by 0.757 seconds.
“They just kind of left it open for me,” he said. “I was focusing on keeping my tires under me. I made sure to stay patient and clean. I rounded him in (turn) two and made sure to protect into (turn) three.
“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid. Heck yeah, I’m on the frontstretch at Huset’s! This is what I live for. This is all I want. I do all this stuff myself. This one is for my dad. Man, this is friggin’ cool. I wish he could be here to see this.”
Hinck recorded a second-place finish with Tye Wilke charging from 12th to third, Zach Patterson from 15th to fourth and Brady Donnohue from 19th to fifth.
Chaney became the first repeat winner in the Nordstrom’s Automotive Late Model Street Stocks division this year. It marked his fourth career victory at the track, including his third in the division.
Nick Janssen paced the field for the first 11 laps before he pushed up in turn two. Chaney filled the opening on the bottom lane and powered down the backstretch into the lead on Lap 12. He then held off Matt Steuerwald, who advanced into the runner-up position on the ensuing lap, to win by 0.819 seconds.
“I just saw him pushing,” Chaney said of Janssen. “He had a fast car. He was pushing coming out of the corners. I just got underneath him. It was a good race.”
Chris Ellingson hustled from 10th to third place with J.J. Zebell finishing fourth. Janssen rounded out the top five.
