FORT WORTH, Texas — The great state of Texas defended home turf on Saturday night as the Drydene Stockyard Stampede powered by RelaDyne concluded with Aaron Reutzel winning the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing feature.
At the start of the 30-lap A-Main, it was fourth-starter Corey Day who stole the attention of everyone on property when he bolted past the front row and rocketed to the lead aboard his Jason Meyers Racing No. 14. However, his sudden surge was short-lived as outside pole sitter Brent Marks went around to bring out the caution in turn two and cause a complete restart.
That move being relegated allowed polesitter Reutzel to compose himself and bounce back on the following start, assuming control of the lead in his Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87.
Day, however, still immediately built speed and darted to second as he began a race-long chase of Reutzel. While Reutzel would never officially relinquish the lead, Day did briefly seize command of the top spot down the backstretch on Lap 27 when he went three-wide with Reutzel and a lap car in traffic.
Nailing the bottom side while Day committed to the cushion, Reutzel was able to pull away narrowly in the last two laps and survived to score the win the Drydene Stockyard Stampede powered by RelaDyne. After 16 previous wins on the national level of 410 winged sprint car racing, this marked the first-ever home state score for the Clute, Texas native.
It was his third trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane this year, and brings him to 10 career wins with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing – joining Rico Abreu, Brad Sweet, Corey Day, and Kyle Larson in the double digit club.
Following short of stealing the win in the last few laps, Day settled for runner-up honors in his No. 14. He was ahead of Australian Kerry Madsen in the final podium spot aboard the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 14-Corey Day[4]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen[3]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[11]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 7. 57-Kyle Larson[6]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]; 9. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[17]; 10. 88-Tanner Thorson[19]; 11. 26-Justin Peck[9]; 12. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 13. 9-Daison Pursley[10]; 14. 24D-Danny Sams III[14]; 15. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[16]; 16. 9R-Chase Randall[12]; 17. 42-Sye Lynch[18]; 18. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[21]; 19. 13-Tanner Holmes[13]; 20. 95-Matt Covington[20]; 21. 4-Austin Mundie[22]; 22. 45X-Rees Moran[23]; 23. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr[15]; 24. 71-Christopher Townsend[24]
