Smith scores TOMS win at Southern Oklahoma Speedway

Colby Smith (Greenville, Texas) picked up the Touring Outlaw Modified Series feature win Saturday evening at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Shown with Smith is Ricky Randall, flagman for the Touring Outlaw Modified Series. (Photo courtesy of Taylor Voyles/Taylor Made Images)

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was back in action Saturday, June 14, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

A total of 37 TOMS drivers checked in to tackle the 3/8 semi-banked “D” oval.

This was the first time the series has made the trip to SOS since the season opener back on March 21 and 22.

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas), the TOMS current points leader, started on the pole and led the first 12 laps of the feature race before he was passed by Colby Smith (Greenville, Texas) as the two navigated lap traffic.

Smith, who started on the outside of the front row, set sail with the lead and looked like he was going to run away with it, however a spin by David Tanner brought out a caution with nine laps remaining.

Smith timed the restart just right and would open a sizable lead and lead the final nine laps, while Hartline was unable to run him down for a late race pass for the lead.

Smith’s margin of victory was 1.366 seconds according to My Race Pass timing and was his first TOMS win of 2025. Smith placed 6^th at SOS on March 21 and picked up a TOMS win at SOS on Aug. 3, 2024.

“It was real crowed (with lap traffic),” Smith said standing in victory lane. “I was just trying to keep pace with Shane. He took off pretty quick there early on. Whenever we did catch them (lap traffic), they were everywhere. They were really thick.

“I just waited to see where he (Hartline) went and wherever he went, I was going to go the opposite and see what happened and it worked out,” he said.

Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) picked up his second straight top 5 finish with the TOMS after a third-place finish, while Michell Clement (Bonham, Texas) drove from his 10^th place starting position to finish fourth.

Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma) rounded out the top five with a fifth-place finish after starting ninth.

Matthew Day, Jason Ingalls, Chad Melton, Jeff Taylor and Jake Huckaby rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Jason Gamez (Kaufmann, Texas) was the biggest mover of the race by moving up 13 positions to finish just outside the top 10 in 11^th after starting 24^th.

Jake Huckaby (Texarkana, Texas) improved 10 spots from his 20^th starting position en route to a 10^th place finish.

Smith recorded the feature race’s fastest lap with a lap time of 18.292 seconds on lap 18, according to My Race Pass timing.

B Feature winners:

B Feature 1 winner- David Tanner

B Feature 2 winner- Jimmie Williams

Heat Race winners:

Heat 1- Chase Hatton

Heat 2- Shane Hartline

Heat 3- Dean Abbey

Heat 4- Britton Weger

Heat 5- Kale Westover

A full and complete breakdown of the results can be found at the following link: