5/4/2016
Aaron Reutzel
Busy Week Ahead for Reutzel after Soggy Weekend
Lonnie Wheatley, CLUTE, Texas (May 4, 2016) – Sitting in the rain all weekend wasn’t exactly the game plan.
But, Mother Nature left Aaron Reutzel and the Shark-powered Dissolvalloy Downhole Revolution/BC Fundz No. 87 Triple-X Sprint Car team little option by washing out the weekend’s World of Outlaws Sprint Car events at Oklahoma’s Salina Highbanks Speedway on Friday and then Pevely, Missouri’s Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway on Saturday.
It’s time to make up some ground in the race count department.
Which is exactly what Reutzel will do beginning tonight with five races in four days with four different sanctioning bodies in three different cars. “We’re going Clauson-style this weekend,” Reutzel said in reference to Bryan Clauson’s Circular Insanity Tour pursuit of 200 race events.
The racing frenzy begins on Wednesday night with Reutzel in World of Outlaws Sprint Car action aboard the Wren Motorsports/Momentum Racing Suspensions entry at Jacksonville Speedway in Illinois.
Making his first appearance at the ¼-mile clay oval in Illinois, Reutzel has already posted a pair of top tens in World of Outlaws competition thus far in 2016 aboard the Danny Sander Construction/ButlerBuilt machine.
“It will be our first look at the place, hopefully we can have a strong run to kick off the week,” Reutzel commented.
From there, Reutzel continues his defense of the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour championship with Thursday night’s tilt at Kansas City’s Lakeside Speedway in the Wright Way Logistics/Walker Performance Filtration machine.
After a rough start, Reutzel has already climbed back up to eighth in points and is just 74 points off the lead pace going into Thursday’s action.
Reutzel will not only be in Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour action on Thursday at Lakeside, but he will be in WAR non-wing Sprint Car competition as well aboard a J.D. Black-owned entry. Dabbling in the non-wing ranks over the past couple of years, Reutzel notched his first wingless score at Las Cruces in November of 2014.
From Kansas City, Reutzel will head back to his home state of Texas for a pair of ASCS Gulf South Regional events aboard Scottie McDonald’s Sprint Car at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway on Friday night and then Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park on Saturday night.
Looking to add his first ASCS National Tour win of the year after racking up a series’ best seven wins last season, Reutzel has a pair of recent Regional wins to his credit including an Gulf South score at the Gator Motorplex in Willis, TX, and then an ASCS Gulf South vs. ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints triumph at Mississippi’s Jackson Motor Speedway.
It’s a win count he looks to build upon this week.
2016 Quick Stats: 25 races, 2 wins, 6 top-fives, 11 top-tens.
Up Next:
Wednesday - World of Outlaws Sprint Cars at Jacksonville (IL) Speedway
Thursday – Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour (ARR No. 87) & WAR Non-Wing Sprint Cars (J.D. Black No. 7jr) at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS
Friday – ASCS Gulf South Region at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco, TX (Scottie McDonald No. 88)
Saturday – ASCS Gulf South Region at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX (Scottie McDonald No. 88)
Keep Track: Keep track of Aaron Reutzel’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.aaronreutzelracing.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Reutzel-Racing/117666254913127 or on Twitter at @AaronReutzel. You can also e-mail Aaron at aaronreutzel@yahoo.com.
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Article Credit: Lonnie Wheatley
