By Brian Walker
ROSSBURG, OHIO (September 25, 2026) – To this day, Ryan Timms vividly remembers how intimidated he felt during the 2022 4-Crown Nationals – when he made his first laps around the daunting Eldora Speedway. Fast forward four years to the same event on Friday night, and the now 20-year-old scored his first win at the iconic facility – a win that he claimed as one of the most special of his career.
Making his 21st attempt at the Rossburg, Ohio half-mile, Timms’ record at “The Big E” was less than ideal and he’d be the first to tell you. He did had have a few solid runs with the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets, but he had only recorded one single top-10 finish in his first 17 winged attempts at the track.
That all changed during the Night BeFour the Crowns Showdown, though, as Timms and his Liebig Motorsports #10 team absolutely dominated from start-to-finish of the night. In fact, they were quite literally perfect by topping Capitol Renegade Qualifying, going fourth-to-first in TJ Forged Heat 1, winning the FK Rod Ends Dash from the pole, and then leading all 25 laps of the Interstate Batteries A-Main for a $12,000 score.
For the 20-year-old Oklahoma City, Oklahoma native, it was his 17th overall score of the 2026 season with half-mile wins at iconic venues such as Knoxville, Port Royal, Sedalia, and now Eldora. The win marked his second Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing win this month and the third of his young career.
Following Timms for all 25 laps on Friday was outside pole sitter Giovanni Scelzi, who settled for second-place honors in the Chili’s Grill & Bar #77 with his Spire Motorsports boss Jeff Dickerson in the house. With only six series events left in 2026, they’ve cut the gap down to 14pts behind Reutzel/RSR in the battle for a championship runner-up in their first High Limit season.
In the third position with his second-career Eldora podium was Tanner Holmes in the Buch Motorsports #13. He and crew chief Sean Strausbaugh continue to click together – earning top-five finishes in California, Washington, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Ohio within the last month.
Brady Bacon, after finishing second on Thursday with the USAC Sprint Cars and then qualifying third on Friday with USAC Silver Crown, drove the Vermeer Motorsports #55 to his best effort yet with a P4 finish in High Limit action. He took the final lock-in to Saturday’s Heat Races at the 4-Crown Nationals.
Closing out the top-10 at the Night BeFour the Crowns Showdown was Tyler Courtney in the NOS Energy Drink #7BC, Aaron Reutzel in the PowerPlus #87, Rico Abreu in the Carquest Auto Parts #24, Kasey Kahne in the LiUNA #4, Daison Pursley in the NAPA Auto Parts #9, and Chase Randall in the Bush’s Chicken #9R.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (Friday, September 25, 2026)
Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio)
The Night BeFour the Crowns Showdown
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps – Tyler Courtney (13.099)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime (Flight A) – Ryan Timms (13.019)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime (Flight B) – Tyler Courtney (13.076)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner – Ryan Timms
DMI Heat Two Winner – Giovanni Scelzi
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner – Cameron Smith
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner – Rico Abreu
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner – Ryan Timms
Winters Performance B-Main Winner – Kalib Henry
DURST Dice Roll Driver – Rico Abreu (7th-to-7th)
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap – Ryan Timms (14.381 on Lap 5)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger – Chase Randall +12 (22nd-to-10th)
Whiskey Meyers Victory Lane Visitors – Liebig Motorsports #10 (2nd of year)
CASM Win Sticker – Ryan Timms (3rd of career)
Lap Leader(s) – Ryan Timms 1-25
Interstate Batteries A-Main Results (25 Laps): 1. 10-Ryan Timms[1]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes[3]; 4. 55-Brady Bacon[4]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[6]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[7]; 8. 4-Kasey Kahne[11]; 9. 9-Daison Pursley[12]; 10. 9R-Chase Randall[22]; 11. 1A-Cameron Smith[8]; 12. 88W-Austin McCarl[9]; 13. 5-Kasey Jedrzejek[14]; 14. 66-Ryan Newton[15]; 15. 26-Justin Peck[13]; 16. 17GP-Kerry Madsen[18]; 17. 101-Kalib Henry[21]; 18. 6-Zach Hampton[23]; 19. 88-Tanner Thorson[24]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch[10]; 21. 28-Jace Park[19]; 22. 17A-Jack Anderson[16]; 23. 71-Parker Price Miller[20]; 24. 19-Brent Marks[25]; 25. 24D-Danny Sams III[17]
NEW Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 48/54 Races):
2,849 pts – Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24 (Rico Abreu)
-99 pts – Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (Aaron Reutzel)
-113 pts – Spire Motorsports #77 (Giovanni Scelzi)
-238 pts – Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (Tyler Courtney)
-261 pts – Rudeen Racing #26 (Justin Peck)
-313 pts – Chase Briscoe Racing #19 (Brent Marks)
-351 pts – JST Motorsports #88 (Tanner Thorson)
-465 pts – Buch Motorsports #13 (Tanner Holmes)
-507 pts – Vermeer Motorsports #55 (Brady Bacon)
-616 pts – Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9 (Daison Pursley)
-937 pts – CJB Motorsports #5 (Brenham Crouch sub w/ Kasey Jedrzejek)
-953 pts – Chase Randall Racing #9R (Chase Randall)
-992 pts – Mosites Lynch Racing #42 (Sye Lynch)
-1,081 pts – Randerson Racing #24D (Danny Sams III)
-1,118 pts – Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP (Brock Zearfoss)
WHAT’S NEXT: The famed 4-Crown Nationals will conclude on Saturday, September 26 with four spectacular open-wheel divisions all competing for $15,000-to-win features at Eldora Speedway. Joining Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing on the docket are the USAC Sprint Cars, USAC Midgets, and USAC Silver Crown. On Sunday, September 27, High Limit heads back to Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway for a rescheduled Driven2SaveLives Sunday Funday marking the finale of the Roto-Rooter Midweek Series. Tickets are available for purchase at HighLimitRacing.com, or you can watch every event live on FloRacing.
Great Lakes Super Sprints
360 Sprints – Winged
Ohio CAT Feature (25 Laps): 1. 71-Parker Price Miller[5]; 2. 67X-Darin Naida[4]; 3. 51-Ayrton Gennetten[7]; 4. 5-DJ Christie[11]; 5. 14-Zane DeVault[8]; 6. 35-Jason Shultz[1]; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh[9]; 8. 17X-Mason Hannagan[6]; 9. 87XS-Skyler Evans[3]; 10. 09X-Graham Huffman[10]; 11. 88H-Josh Hansen[18]; 12. 27-Brad Lamberson[14]; 13. 23D-Devon Dobie[16]; 14. 22M-Dan McCarron[24]; 15. 6-Ryan Coniam[12]; 16. 3P-Kyle Cummins[13]; 17. 24-Kobe Allison[17]; 18. X-Mike Keegan[19]; 19. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[22]; 20. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[21]; 21. 11H-Caleb Harmon[20]; 22. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 23. 23-Ashton VanEvery[23]; 24. 01-Tim Shaffer[15]
Miami Paint B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 24-Kobe Allison[2]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen[1]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 4. 11H-Caleb Harmon[3]; 5. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[5]; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[10]; 7. 23-Ashton VanEvery[17]; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron[8]; 9. 36JR-JJ Henes[6]; 10. 5I-John Ivy[11]; 11. 84-Mike Lichty[13]; 12. 53-Joe Beaver[12]; 13. 21-Kyle Phillips[16]; 14. U2-Aaron Shaffer[9]; 15. 88N-Frank Neill[19]; 16. 7-Alex Aldrich[15]; 17. 49-Brian Ruhlman[22]; 18. 16B-Easton Zent[14]; 19. 20A-Andy Chehowski[21]; 20. 15-Garrett Green[7]; 21. 24X-Levi Winget[20]; 22. (DNS) 85-Dustin Daggett; 23. (DNS) 7C-Phil Gressman; 24. (DNS) 66-Chase Dunham
Engler Machine Tool Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17X-Mason Hannagan[1]; 2. 35-Jason Shultz[2]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[4]; 4. 3P-Kyle Cummins[3]; 5. 88H-Josh Hansen[8]; 6. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[7]; 7. U2-Aaron Shaffer[6]; 8. 84-Mike Lichty[5]; 9. 23-Ashton VanEvery[9]; 10. (DNS) 24X-Levi Winget
Howard Johnson Of Lima Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67X-Darin Naida[2]; 2. 14-Zane DeVault[1]; 3. 09X-Graham Huffman[3]; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson[6]; 5. 24-Kobe Allison[5]; 6. 36JR-JJ Henes[4]; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7]; 8. 16B-Easton Zent[9]; 9. (DNS) 7C-Phil Gressman; 10. (DNS) 66-Chase Dunham
Northwood University Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Parker Price Miller[1]; 2. 87XS-Skyler Evans[2]; 3. 5-DJ Christie[4]; 4. 01-Tim Shaffer[6]; 5. 11H-Caleb Harmon[8]; 6. 15-Garrett Green[5]; 7. 5I-John Ivy[7]; 8. 7-Alex Aldrich[9]; 9. 85-Dustin Daggett[3]; 10. 20A-Andy Chehowski[10]
Ohio CAT Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 101-Kalib Henry[1]; 2. 51-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 3. 6-Ryan Coniam[5]; 4. 23D-Devon Dobie[3]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[10]; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[7]; 7. 53-Joe Beaver[4]; 8. 21-Kyle Phillips[6]; 9. 88N-Frank Neill[9]; 10. 49-Brian Ruhlman[8]
Ti22 Performance Qualifying 1 (99 Laps): 1. 17X-Mason Hannagan, 14.215[3]; 2. 14-Zane DeVault, 14.216[10]; 3. 35-Jason Shultz, 14.234[1]; 4. 67X-Darin Naida, 14.237[8]; 5. 3P-Kyle Cummins, 14.263[17]; 6. 09X-Graham Huffman, 14.324[2]; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 14.356[18]; 8. 36JR-JJ Henes, 14.399[13]; 9. 84-Mike Lichty, 14.401[20]; 10. 24-Kobe Allison, 14.455[5]; 11. U2-Aaron Shaffer, 14.482[19]; 12. 27-Brad Lamberson, 14.494[12]; 13. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, 14.499[14]; 14. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 14.558[15]; 15. 88H-Josh Hansen, 14.682[7]; 16. 7C-Phil Gressman, 14.699[4]; 17. 23-Ashton VanEvery, 14.790[9]; 18. 16B-Easton Zent, 15.024[16]; 19. 24X-Levi Winget, 17.198[6]; 20. (DQ) 66-Chase Dunham, 14.028[11]
Ti22 Performance Qualifying 2 (99 Laps): 1. 71-Parker Price Miller, 14.077[11]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry, 14.225[16]; 3. 87XS-Skyler Evans, 14.252[12]; 4. 51-Ayrton Gennetten, 14.364[17]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett, 14.390[15]; 6. 23D-Devon Dobie, 14.418[4]; 7. 5-DJ Christie, 14.475[20]; 8. 53-Joe Beaver, 14.527[2]; 9. 15-Garrett Green, 14.593[7]; 10. 6-Ryan Coniam, 14.596[19]; 11. 01-Tim Shaffer, 14.615[8]; 12. 21-Kyle Phillips, 14.759[14]; 13. 5I-John Ivy, 14.800[1]; 14. 22M-Dan McCarron, 14.803[10]; 15. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 14.832[13]; 16. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 14.987[5]; 17. 7-Alex Aldrich, 15.069[3]; 18. 88N-Frank Neill, 15.176[18]; 19. 20A-Andy Chehowski, 15.574[6]; 20. X-Mike Keegan, 16.530[9]