Race Story

REUTZEL & PURSLEY TAKE HOME FEATURE WINS

(Story courtesy of High Limit PR)

When Aaron Reutzel last left Eldora Speedway on July 18, he was transported to a Dayton hospital and went home with a foot injury that sidelined him from racing for seven weeks.

The Clute, TX native returned to “The Big E” on Friday night – 63 days later – and took his Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87 right to victory lane with a thrilling win over his championship counterpart Rico Abreu on the final restart.

The 25-lap 4-Crown Nationals preliminary began with King Anthony XLII controlling the point as Macri’s No. 39M led the first 10 circuits. Abreu ripped the lead away in traffic and appeared to be cruising to his 18th overall win of the year until second-running Macri hit the wall hard and brought out the only stoppage of the race. Macri did climb from his car and walk to the ambulance, but is forgoing Saturday’s program as he seeks further evaluation.

On the green-white-checkered restart, Reutzel took advantage of his newfound track position on Abreu’s bumper and quickly slid him into turn one. By the time they reached the start-finish line next time for the white flag, Reutzel had secured the lead and then survived one last lap to steal the win.

It was his sixth Kubota High Limit Racing win of the year – seventh of his career – and helped the Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87 team close to 19-points behind the Rico Abreu/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 24 in the Owner Championship battle.

Race Results

Event Box Score

09-06-2025

High Limit

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:12.858[14]; 2. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:12.989[12]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.052[15]; 4. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.056[5]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.084[11]; 6. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:13.141[9]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.147[8]; 8. 14-Justin Sanders, 00:13.149[13]; 9. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.171[4]; 10. 10RR-Darin Naida, 00:13.189[7]; 11. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.336[16]; 12. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 00:13.377[6]; 13. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:13.404[2]; 14. 7A-Will Armitage, 00:13.405[1]; 15. 23L-Jimmy Light, 00:13.433[10]; 16. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.504[17]; 17. 9X-Tyler Duff, 00:13.676[3]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.958[6]; 2. 23-Chase Dietz, 00:13.056[4]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:13.079[10]; 4. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.095[12]; 5. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.108[15]; 6. 9-Chase Randall, 00:13.127[5]; 7. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.128[8]; 8. 51-JJ Hickle, 00:13.146[3]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.146[17]; 10. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.189[11]; 11. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr, 00:13.300[2]; 12. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.430[16]; 13. 64-Andy Pake, 00:13.492[1]; 14. 5J-Jeremy Weaver, 00:13.543[9]; 15. 14K-Keith Sheffer Jr, 00:13.598[7]; 16. 11C-Kory Crabtree, 00:13.680[13]; 17. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.766[14]

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 3. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[6]; 6. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[7]; 8. 9X-Tyler Duff[9]; 9. 23L-Jimmy Light[8]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 2. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 3. 21H-Brady Bacon[2]; 4. 14-Justin Sanders[3]; 5. 10RR-Darin Naida[5]; 6. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[8]; 7. 7A-Will Armitage[7]; 8. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[6]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 42-Sye Lynch[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 5. 13-Daison Pursley[2]; 6. 64-Andy Pake[7]; 7. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[6]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 9. 14K-Keith Sheffer Jr[8]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9-Chase Randall[2]; 2. 71-Parker Price Miller[5]; 3. 5-Brenham Crouch[1]; 4. 23-Chase Dietz[4]; 5. 51-J.J. Hickle[3]; 6. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[6]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Weaver[7]; 8. 11C-Kory Crabtree[8]

Dash – (7)Laps
1. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 2. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 5. 42-Sye Lynch[1]; 6. 9-Chase Randall[8]; 7. 23-Chase Dietz[6]; 8. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[4]

B-Feature – (12)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[2]; 2. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[3]; 3. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[1]; 4. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5]; 5. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[6]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Weaver[8]; 7. 7A-Will Armitage[7]; 8. 14K-Keith Sheffer Jr[14]; 9. 23L-Jimmy Light[13]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson[10]; 11. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[11]; 12. 64-Andy Pake[4]; 13. 9X-Tyler Duff[9]; 14. 11C-Kory Crabtree[12]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[3]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[6]; 4. 26-Justin Peck[10]; 5. 21H-Brady Bacon[13]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[16]; 7. 19-Brent Marks[11]; 8. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet[14]; 10. 88-Tanner Thorson[9]; 11. 13-Daison Pursley[18]; 12. 24D-Danny Sams III[17]; 13. 42-Sye Lynch[5]; 14. 14-Justin Sanders[15]; 15. 23-Chase Dietz[7]; 16. 51-J.J. Hickle[20]; 17. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[23]; 18. 15K-Creed Kemenah[24]; 19. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[21]; 20. 10RR-Darin Naida[19]; 21. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[22]; 22. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 23. 71-Parker Price Miller[12]; 24. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[8]

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GLSS

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]; 3. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 4. 98-Joe Trenca[6]; 5. 51X-J.J. Hickle[3]; 6. 77-Tyeller Powless[7]; 7. O1-Tyler Gunn[5]; 8. 40X-Caleb Helms[9]; 9. 49-Brian Ruhlman[8]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 7C-Phil Gressman[2]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 3. 77X-Alex Hill[5]; 4. 12B-Luke Hall[4]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[3]; 6. 24-Kobe Allison[8]; 7. 6-Ryan Coniam[6]; 8. 16B-Ty Williams[9]; 9. 13-Van Gurley Jr[7]; 10. 22-Aaron Shaffer[10]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[2]; 2. 5-D.J. Christie[4]; 3. 86-Daison Pursley[1]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 5. 7-Eric Gledhill[3]; 6. 17-Jared Horstman[7]; 7. 19-Jett Mann[5]; 8. 11H-Caleb Harmon[9]; 9. 67-Kevin Martens[10]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 71-Parker Price Miller[1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2]; 3. 16-Ryan Ruhl[8]; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson[5]; 5. 23-Devon Dobie[3]; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman[7]; 7. 17X-Mason Hannagan[10]; 8. 10S-Jay Steinebach[9]; 9. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[6]

B-Feature – (12)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 77-Tyeller Powless[1]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[3]; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman[4]; 4. 10S-Jay Steinebach[12]; 5. 24-Kobe Allison[2]; 6. 40X-Caleb Helms[9]; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[15]; 8. 22-Aaron Shaffer[16]; 9. 16B-Ty Williams[10]; 10. 49-Brian Ruhlman[13]; 11. 11H-Caleb Harmon[11]; 12. 17X-Mason Hannagan[8]; 13. 67-Kevin Martens[14]; 14. O1-Tyler Gunn[5]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 86-Daison Pursley[11]; 2. 51X-J.J. Hickle[17]; 3. 5-D.J. Christie[1]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill[10]; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[2]; 7. 71-Parker Price Miller[6]; 8. 12DD-Darren Dryden[3]; 9. 15-Ryan Turner[9]; 10. 98-Joe Trenca[13]; 11. 27-Brad Lamberson[16]; 12. 45-Nick Sheridan[5]; 13. 9-Liam Martin[8]; 14. 77-Tyeller Powless[21]; 15. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[15]; 16. X-Mike Keegan[18]; 17. 7-Eric Gledhill[19]; 18. 23-Devon Dobie[20]; 19. 17-Jared Horstman[22]; 20. 16-Ryan Ruhl[12]; 21. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 22. 12B-Luke Hall[14]; 23. 10S-Jay Steinebach[24]; 24. 18-Todd Heuerman[23]

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Silver Crown

B-Feature – (12)Laps – Top 6 Transfer
1. 8-Kyle Steffens[1]; 2. 38-Tom Savage[4]; 3. 166-Joe Trenca[2]; 4. 65-Travis Mahoney[6]; 5. 78-Rob Caho Jr[3]; 6. 32-Gregg Cory[5]; 7. 31-Dave Berkheimer[7]; 8. 3-Aric Gentry[8]

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