{"id":29050,"date":"2018-10-29T01:44:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T06:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100.24.212.105\/?p=29050"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:44:19","slug":"dale-timms-brings-thunder-to-charlotte-in-602-crate-late-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/miscellaneous\/dale-timms-brings-thunder-to-charlotte-in-602-crate-late-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Timms Brings Thunder to Charlotte in 602 Crate Late Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CONCORD, NC \u2014 Oct. 28, 2018 \u2014 \u201cDark Horse\u201d Dale Timms played the waiting game en route to his 602 Thunder Late Model victory on Sunday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, capitalizing on others\u2019 mistakes on a rubbered racing surface to take the checkered flag.<\/p>\n

Timms qualified fourth fastest in Group B time trials on Thursday evening, putting him in position to win the fourth and final heat race on Saturday night. Those strong showings in the qualifiers put him on the outside of the second row for Sunday evening\u2019s 25-lap feature event, where Timms would pick off the fifth-through-first spots very carefully to bag the W.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means the world,\u201d a hyped Timms said in Victory Lane. \u201cIt\u2019s another crown jewel for us 602 guys. We won the state race at Alabama, then the national and now here, so this is awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n

At one point, Timms fell all the way back to the seventh spot, before leading a charge through a few restarts and picking up one spot about every three-to-four laps. Finally, Timms got to fourth on lap 15 and the spots seemed to come to him, as he passed three cars in the next three laps on their slip-ups to grab the lead, and the win. Patience seemed to be the key in his passes for position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe finally got to the bottom, I knew I had a good racecar,\u201d Timms said. \u201cJust had to bide my time there and get by everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Smith crossed the line in second, a student of Timms\u2019 passing strategy in the 25-lap event, as he followed the winner right through traffic in the closing laps to go from fifth to second in four laps, right behind Timms.<\/p>\n

Jeff Robinson ran inside the top three for each and every lap of the 602 feature, grabbing the lead briefly at two points, but slipped way up the racetrack and over the cushion with eight laps remaining to hand the lead over to Timms. He would recover, but lost two spots before the checkered flew to complete the podium.<\/p>\n

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