Aaron Reutzel Passes Tyler Courtney Late at Central Arizona to Repeat with High Limit

Casa Grande, AZ  (March 28, 2025) – After opening 2025 with four different winners through the opening four races, Aaron Reutzel and Ridge & Sons Racing became the first repeat victors of the Kubota High Limit Racing season – doing so in back-to-back fashion.

Last Saturday, one week removed from a hospital trip in the season opener, the Clute, Texas native dominated all 30 laps at Perris Auto Speedway for his first win of the year. On Friday at Central Arizona Speedway, the story was a bit different and required a late-race pass for the lead to get his second-straight score.

Starting from P3 on the grid, the No. 87 hounded polesitter Tyler Courtney for the majority of the race and event took the lead momentarily on Lap 11 before a caution negated his pass. The winning move ultimately came on Lap 20 when Courtney slipped up off the bottom and allowed Reutzel to storm around the outside and take control of the top spot.

Reutzel’s second trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane and subsequent second Casm Safety Products Win Sticker makes him the seventh driver in Kubota High Limit Racing history to win back-to-back with the series. He joins the likes of Kyle Larson, Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney, Corey Day, Brad Sweet, and Trey Starks in that category.

After pacing the opening 20 laps, “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney settled for a second-place finish in the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC. Although it wasn’t his first win of the year, the Indianapolis, IN racer did close the gap to 38 points behind Brad Sweet’s Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 for the early-season championship lead.

Closing out the podium was Justin Peck aboard the Rudeen Racing No. 26 with a third-place finish marking his season-best effort with Kubota High Limit Racing.

Rounding out the top-10 on Friday at Central Arizona was Brad Sweet, Tanner Holmes, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Brent Marks, Brenham Crouch, and Rico Abreu.

 

34 entries
HIGH LIMIT SPRINT CARS
Kubota A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[6]; 5. 21-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 14-Spencer Bayston[10]; 7. 13-Daison Pursley[7]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[11]; 9. 5-Brenham Crouch[8]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 11. 10-Dominic Gorden[13]; 12. 15-Nick Parker[18]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson[21]; 14. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[20]; 15. 9-Kasey Kahne[19]; 16. 9R-Chase Randall[23]; 17. 88W-Austin McCarl[14]; 18. 21P-Robbie Price[12]; 19. 7-Ashton Torgerson[15]; 20. 24D-Danny Sams III[9]; 21. 19T-Colby Thornhill[22]; 22. 34-Sterling Cling[17]; 23. 73-Ryan Bernal[16]; 24. 42-Josh Baughman[24]

Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 2. 19T-Colby Thornhill[2]; 3. 9R-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 42-Josh Baughman[1]; 5. 8-Jake Helsel[6]; 6. 28-Joe Perry[12]; 7. 44-JT Imperial[8]; 8. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[7]; 9. 2-Alex Pettas[10]; 10. 45X-Don Grable[13]; 11. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood[11]; 12. 24P-Daylin Perreira[9]; 13. 17-Ryan Walter[14]; 14. 17GP-Landon Crawley[3]

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 5. 21-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet[8]; 7. 13-Daison Pursley[4]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 5. 34-Sterling Cling[5]; 6. 42-Josh Baughman[3]; 7. 88-Tanner Thorson[7]; 8. 24P-Daylin Perreira[8]; 9. 45X-Don Grable[9]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 4. 7-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne[3]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[8]; 8. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood[7]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 2. 14-Spencer Bayston[2]; 3. 88W-Austin McCarl[3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 5. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[6]; 6. 19T-Colby Thornhill[5]; 7. 8-Jake Helsel[7]; 8. 2-Alex Pettas[8]; 9. 17-Ryan Walter[9]

DIRT II Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Daison Pursley[1]; 2. 21P-Robbie Price[2]; 3. 73-Ryan Bernal[3]; 4. 15-Nick Parker[7]; 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[4]; 6. 9R-Chase Randall[5]; 7. 44-JT Imperial[6]; 8. 28-Joe Perry[8]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.617[4]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.786[14]; 3. 21-Tanner Holmes, 00:12.821[10]; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 00:12.865[16]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:12.882[12]; 6. 26-Justin Peck, 00:12.958[7]; 7. 42-Josh Baughman, 00:12.973[11]; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.049[2]; 9. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.052[17]; 10. 7-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.052[8]; 11. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:13.200[9]; 12. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.206[13]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.239[6]; 14. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood, 00:13.495[15]; 15. 24P-Daylin Perreira, 00:13.739[1]; 16. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:13.948[3]; 17. 45X-Don Grable, 00:14.078[5]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:12.716[2]; 2. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.811[5]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:12.825[4]; 4. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:12.841[6]; 5. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.028[8]; 6. 21P-Robbie Price, 00:13.054[12]; 7. 88W-Austin McCarl, 00:13.113[16]; 8. 73-Ryan Bernal, 00:13.126[11]; 9. 19T-Colby Thornhill, 00:13.166[3]; 10. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:13.208[14]; 11. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 00:13.222[1]; 12. 44-JT Imperial, 00:13.431[10]; 13. 8-Jake Helsel, 00:13.523[17]; 14. 15-Nick Parker, 00:13.558[7]; 15. 2-Alex Pettas, 00:13.634[13]; 16. 28-Joe Perry, 00:13.675[15]; 17. 17-Ryan Walter, 00:14.409[9]

Dirt Draft Hot Laps: 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.867[4]; 2. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.035[22]; 3. 88W-Austin McCarl, 00:13.082[33]; 4. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:13.171[31]; 5. 21P-Robbie Price, 00:13.193[29]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.198[2]; 7. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.248[25]; 8. 8-Jake Helsel, 00:13.280[34]; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.296[19]; 10. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.399[23]; 11. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.404[7]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.409[21]; 13. 73-Ryan Bernal, 00:13.512[28]; 14. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.522[6]; 15. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.548[14]; 16. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.560[16]; 17. 28-Joe Perry, 00:13.612[32]; 18. 19T-Colby Thornhill, 00:13.616[20]; 19. 2-Alex Pettas, 00:13.681[30]; 20. 44-JT Imperial, 00:13.690[27]; 21. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.756[12]; 22. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 00:13.788[18]; 23. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.857[17]; 24. 21-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.893[10]; 25. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood, 00:13.901[15]; 26. 15-Nick Parker, 00:13.907[24]; 27. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:14.028[9]; 28. 42-Josh Baughman, 00:14.049[11]; 29. 7-Ashton Torgerson, 00:14.050[8]; 30. 45X-Don Grable, 00:14.239[5]; 31. 17-Ryan Walter, 00:14.254[26]; 32. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:14.303[13]; 33. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:14.602[3]; 34. 24P-Daylin Perreira, 00:14.806[1]

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