
Reutzel holds off Corey Day to win 30-lap feature
Aaron Reutzel won the Drydene Stockyard Stampede powered by RelaDyne 410 sprint car A-Main at the Texas Motor Speedway dirt track, driving the Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87 to victory in the 30-lap feature. Reutzel started on the front row as the pole-sitter alongside Brent Marks. Marks jumped the cushion and spun on the opening lap, bringing out an early caution and a restart that shuffled the field. After the restart Reutzel seized control and led the bulk of the race.
A debris caution with 17 laps remaining bunched the field and prompted several drivers to run the bottom groove. Corey Day, in the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14, mounted a sustained challenge, briefly taking the lead down the backstretch on Lap 27 and closing to within two car lengths in the closing laps. Reutzel worked the bottom line late, split a lapped car with three laps to go and held off Day to secure the victory.
It was Reutzel’s first home-state victory, his third Whiskey Myers Victory Lane of the year and his 10th with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing, and the win pushed his national-level total to 17. Corey Day finished second and Kerry Madsen in the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 finished third. Rounding out the top 10 were Tyler Courtney, Hank Davis, Rico Abreu, Kyle Larson, Brenham Crouch, Giovanni Scelzi and Tanner Thorson. Larson also ran a dirt race that day after winning the NASCAR O’Reilly event earlier the same day.
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