KNOXVILLE, Iowa — It was a record-breaking Saturday night for 18-year-old Ryan Timms at the Knoxville Raceway.

The teenager from Oklahoma City stunned the sprint car world with a dominating performance in the 64th running of the Knoxville Nationals. A performance rarely seen by young drivers at Nationals.

After winning his preliminary feature on Wednesday and earning the most points during qualifying, Timms started on the pole and led all 50 laps unchallenged. Timms, driving the Leibig Motorsports No. 10 has been a regular at Knoxville this season with six wins now. He’s the first Knoxville regular to win it since Doug Wolfgang in 1978.

His Nationals win was worth $195,000. He’s the second-youngest winner of the sprint car racing’s top prize. He turns 19 on Aug. 26. He’s also the second driver to win the first Nationals A-main he started. Both of the other records are held by the legendary Kenny Weld in 1964.

His lead at the half-way point was 4.3 seconds. Even with a few restarts, nobody came close to taking the lead.

Timms was also the Beaver Drill and Tool/MPV Express Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” for Southern Iowa Sprintweek, netting a bonus of $10,000. Timms has the Tuscarora 50 on his schedule in September.

Last year’s Tuscarora 50 Champion Rico Abreu earned $85,000 for his runner-up finish. World of Outlaws point leader David Gravel raced from 21st to third earning $45,000. Carson Macedo and Pennsylvania’s Logan Schuchart completed the top five. Corey Day, Gio Scelzi, Garet Williamson, Austin McCarl and Sheldon Haudenschild rounded out the top 10.

Kyle Larson was seeking his third straight and fourth Nationals title, but a blown tire ended his chances late in the race. Larson was not in the top five at the time.

It wasn’t a great Nationals for most of the Pennsylvania drivers. Myerstown’s Brent Marks finished 12th after winning the B-main and starting 17th.

Brock Zearfoss was in a transfer spot in the B-main but got upside-down. Anthony Macri finished sixth and Danny Dietrich finished eighth in the B-main. Chase Dietz and Lucas Wolfe finished at the back of the B-main.

Port Royal point leader Justin Whittall had a nasty crash during the Friday night program. He was transported to a local hospital and later released.

RACING ROUNDUP

Ryan Smith won the Phil Walter Classic for the sprint cars earning $6,300 Saturday night at Clinton County Speedway in Lock Haven. Jordan Givler, Bill Dietrich, Greg Wilson and Garrett Bard completed the top 10. Chris Frank, Jordan Poirier, Ryan Newton, Gerard McIntyre Jr. and Ricky Peterson rounded out the top 10.

A last lap pass netted Freddie Rahmer his fifth Lincoln Speedway win of 2025 and $7,000 Saturday night. Kyle Moody, Troy Wagaman Jr., Cameron Smith and Tyler Ross completed the top five. Logan Rumsey, Aaron Bollinger, Robbie Kendall, Dominic Melair and Kody Hartlaub rounded out the top 10.

Williams Grove Speedway returns to action Friday night with the 410 and 358 sprint cars. Also on Friday night, Selinsgrove Speedway has twin 20’s for the sprint cars, plus the 305 sprints. Port Royal return Saturday with the Living Legends Dream Race for the sprint cars paying $20,000 to win, plus the late models.