Knoxville Nationals Champion Ryan Timms Earns "Best of the Midwest" Honor For Winged Sprint Cars

It should come as no surprise that young Ryan Timms would have the highest point total for Winged Sprint Car drivers after pooling all fourteen of the states together where we use a standard five point scale to earn his first "Best of the Midwest" title. What is a surprise is that it took the five points that he scored by winning that Nationals feature to put him over the top as World of Outlaws regular Buddy Kofoid comes up just four points shy in second. 

Barry Johnson photo

World of Outlaws champion David Gravel is a close third with ASCS champion Sam Hafertepe Jr. in fourth. Knoxville Raceway 410 track champion Austin McCarl fills out the top five.

2025 Winged Sprint Car State Champions

South Dakota - Lee Goos Jr., Hartford

North Dakota - Jade Hastings, Grand Forks

Minnesota - Brett Allen, Gaylord

Wisconsin - Ben Schmidt, Howards Grove

Michigan - Jared Horstman, Cloverdale OH

Nebraska - Dominic White, Plainview

Iowa 410's - Ryan Timms, Oklahoma City OK

Iowa 360's - Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville

Iowa 305's - Lee Goos Jr., Hartford SD

Illinois - Will Armitage, Athens

Indiana - Ethan Barrow, Unionville

Kansas - Jeremy Huish, Jetmore

Oklahoma - Ryker Pace, Collinsville

Arkansas - Keith Ainsworth, Munford TN

Missouri - Laney Moore, Des Moines IA

Texas - John Carney II, El Paso

Best In The Midwest 2025

Winged Sprints (All) 40 Points Minimum

Pos. Driver Hometown Points

1 . Ryan Timms Oklahoma City OK 110

2 . Buddy Kofoid Penngrove CA 106

3 . David Gravel Waterford CT 103

4 . Sam Hafertepe Jr. Sunnyvale TX 100

5 . Austin McCarl Altoona IA 91

6 . Rico Abreu St. Helena CA 90

7 . Carson Macedo Lemoore CA 79

8 . Joe B. Miller Millersville MO 79

9 . Tye Wilke Detroit Lakes MN 75

10 . Aaron Reutzel Clute TX 71

11 . Lee Goos Jr. Hartford SD 70

12 . John Carney II El Paso TX 67

13 . Ayrton Gennetten Versailles MO 66

14 . Scotty Thiel Sheboygan WI 64

15 . Tanner Gebhardt Burlington IA 63

16 . Tasker Phillips Pleasantville IA 60

17 . Jade Hastings Grand Forks ND 57

18 . Joshua Tyre Kiefer OK 57

19 . J.J. Hickle Quilcene WA 57

20 . Ryker Pace Collinsville OK 56

21 . Ben Schmidt Howards Grove WI 55

22 . Jared Horstman Cloverdale OH 55

23 . Laney Moore Des Moines IA 55

24 . Trevor Serbus Olivia MN 55

25 . Blake Hahn Sapulpa OK 55

26 . Keith Ainsworth Munford TN 53

27 . Brandon Bosma Rock Rapids IA 52

28 . Jack Wagner Lone Jack MO 52

29 . Joey Danley Lincoln NE 52

30 . Brett Allen Gaylord MN 51

31 . Carson Bolden Quinlan  TX 51

32 . Jeb Sessums Burleson TX 50

33 . Kaleb Johnson Sioux Falls SD 50

34 . Mark Dobmeier Grand Forks ND 50

35 . Adam Speckman Rapid City SD 48

36 . Dylan Waxdahl Hartford SD 48

37 . Paul Nienhiser Chapin IL 48

38 . Brandon Berth Cascade WI 46

39 . Dusty Ballenger Harrisburg SD 45

40 . Marcus Thomas Corsicana TX 45

41 . Emilio Hoover Broken Arrow OK 45

42 . Jack Dover Springfield NE 44

43 . Kerry Madsen Knoxville IA 44

44 . Monty Ferriera Lincoln NE 44

45 . Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster OH 44

46 . Brad Sweet Grass Valley CA 43

47 . Logan Schuchart Hanover PA 43

48 . Derek Hagar Marion AR 42

49 . Ty Hanten West Fargo ND 42

50 . Whit Gastineau Moore OK 42

51 . Dustin Daggett Portland MI 41

52 . Ethan Barrow Unionville IN 41

53 . Jeremy Huish Jetmore KS 41

54 . Chase Viebrock New Richmond WI 41

55 . Jake Greenwood Woodward IA 41

56 . Jake Martens Fairview OK 41

57 . Terry McCarl Altoona IA 41

58 . Buddy Kofoid Penngrove CA 40

59 . Brad Bowden Hernando MS 40

60 . Gunnar Pike South Bend NE 40

61 . Matt Johnson St. Peter MN 40

62 . Will Armitage Athens IL 40