{"id":5196,"date":"2024-05-11T04:07:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T08:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2024-05-11T12:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:28:40","slug":"ashton-torgerson-gets-redemption-at-humboldt-with-second-straight-xtreme-outlaw-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/recap\/ashton-torgerson-gets-redemption-at-humboldt-with-second-straight-xtreme-outlaw-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashton Torgerson Gets Redemption at Humboldt with Second-Straight Xtreme Outlaw Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Humboldt Speedway holds a special place in the heart of Ashton Torgerson.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s where he made his national Midget series debut with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota one year ago and nearly went to Victory Lane, leading the first 21 laps of the main event before getting passed for the lead late and coming home third.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to Friday night, and he\u2019s standing in Victory Lane, singing a song of redemption as he hoisted his second trophy of the season with the Xtreme Outlaw Series.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll day, it was in the back of my mind \u2013\u00a0last year I was here leading laps and lost it [late in the race],\u201d Torgerson said. \u201cTonight, we had a little bit of red [flags] later on in the race, and then we had the late caution. Both of those were kinda frustrating, but I felt so good that I knew I\u2019d be good if I just hit my marks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old from Glendale, AZ, becomes the first repeat winner of the 2024 Xtreme season, ending the streak of different winners at six in the first six races. The $4,000 triumph also goes down as his second in-a-row after a win in the Series\u2019 most recent event at Farmer City Raceway in April.<\/p>\n Torgerson wheeled a Tanner Thorson Racing entry to the third-place run he had in his Series debut at the banked, 1\/4-mile oval last year. He\u2019s since joined forces with Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) for his rookie national Midget campaign and given team owners Keith Kunz and Pete Willoughby their fifth win in the first seven Xtreme races of 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cComing back here, I was kinda hungry for the win after last year,\u201d Torgerson said. \u201cAll night, we\u2019ve been pretty good, and I can\u2019t thank the crew enough for what they\u2019ve done and what they do consistently.\u201d<\/p>\n Torgerson took the green in the main event from third on the starting grid, trailing KKM teammates Ryan Timms and Kale Drake as they completed the opening laps. Drake soon made a move on Timms for the lead out of Turn 4 on Lap 8 and held it through the race\u2019s first red flag period on Lap 13.<\/p>\n Torgerson lined up second after getting by Timms for the position on Lap 11, and prepared for a critical restart.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought [Drake] would go to the bottom there and I thought I\u2019d have to figure out another way to get by him,\u201d Torgerson said. \u201cAnd then on the restart, he went to the top and I was able to roll right by him.\u201d<\/p>\n When Drake washed up the track in Turns 1-2, Torgerson was there to capitalize, hugging the bottom lane and zooming past Drake at the exit of Turn 2 to take the lead.<\/p>\n From there, it was all Torgerson out front. He defended the lead after multiple restarts, a red flag period and even a green-white-checkered finish with several of his KKM teammates right behind him.<\/p>\n \u201cI just knew I had to hit my marks,\u201d Torgerson said. \u201cIf I miss the bottom, I probably would have got passed, so I just knew I had to hit the bottom and be calm and hit my lines. That\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n In the end, Drake\u2019s podium run was cut short, as he spun and stalled in Turn 2 on the final lap, taking him out of contention.\u00a0 However, Gavin Miller was right on the doorstep and moved into the second spot for the restart, which he defended to bag the $2,000 runner-up prize.<\/p>\n \u201cDidn\u2019t quite have enough on the last restart; got a little tight,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI think we were a little bit more free off exit; probably could\u2019ve got under him and had the run to get to him.\u201d<\/p>\n Miller did try a bit of a dive going into Turn 1 on the final restart in an attempt to get by Torgerson, but it was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n \u201cGoing into the corner, I didn\u2019t drive it in hard enough on the bottom,\u201d Miller said. \u201c[Torgerson] drove it in too hard, so we kinda both made opposite mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n Xtreme Outlaw Series points leader Cannon McIntosh crossed the stripe in third and retained his points lead, now expanded 10 points up to 37 over Timms. Chase McDermand finished fourth and Zach Daum rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n The Whitz Racing Products Quick Time Award went to Ryan Timms for a fast lap in Qualifying at 14.036.<\/p>\n Toyota Racing Heat 1 was won by Gavin Miller. TJ Forged Heat 2 went to Kale Drake.<\/p>\n UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets are back in action on Saturday, May 11 at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS. Tickets will be available at the gate. If you can\u2019t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABBREVIATED RESULTS<\/strong> (view full results<\/a>)<\/p>\n Feature (25 Laps): 1. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[3]; 2. 97-Gavin Miller[4]; 3. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[5]; 4. 40-Chase McDermand[11]; 5. 7U-Zach Daum[16]; 6. 67-Ryan Timms[1]; 7. 21K-Karter Sarff[12]; 8. 14S-TJ Smith[9]; 9. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[10]; 10. 71-Jade Avedisian[8]; 11. 56-Tyler Edwards[6]; 12. 60X-Kyle Jones[7]; 13. 98K-Elijah Gile[15]; 14. 5U-Peter Smith[14]; 15. 1K-Brayton Lynch[17]; 16. 7-Shannon McQueen[21]; 17. 55-Trevor Cline[13]; 18. 66-Jayden Clay[19]; 19. 97K-Kale Drake[2]; 20. 98-Luke Drotschie[18]; 21. 43-Gunnar Setser[20]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Humboldt Speedway holds a special place in the heart of Ashton Torgerson. 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