KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Chase Randall passed Aaron Reutzel early in the 20-lap 988 Lifeline 410 feature on Dennison Racing Tees and Jersey Freeze Night to earn his first main event win in the class Saturday at Knoxville Raceway.
The Waco, Texas, native earned $6,000 for his win aboard the TKS Motorsports No. 2ks.
Reutzel won a battle with young Jack Anderson to claim his 11th career win in the 360 class, and J. Kinder won for the seventh time in his career and for the second week in a row in the Pro Sprints class.
The 410 feature got off to a rocky start when Scott Bogucki tried to sneak between Randall and the turn two wall on the first lap. Bogucki spun hard and got upside down in an incident that saw Dusty Zomer and Zach Hampton also flip. AJ Moeller was also involved as were Gage Pulkrabek, Josh Schneiderman and Sawyer Phillips.
The second try at green would take and the race would go the distance. Reutzel grabbed the early advantage after inheriting a starting spot outside row one, ahead of Randall, Austin McCarl, Kerry Madsen and Lynton Jeffrey.
On lap three, Randall threw a slider across turn two, wrestling the lead from Reutzel, and five laps later was already moving through lapped traffic. Randall, Reutzel, McCarl and Madsen distanced themselves from the rest of the pack in the middle stages.
Traffic got intense, and Reutzel pulled close on a couple of occasions. McCarl snuck by for second in turn two on lap 13, but Reutzel came back with a slider of his own in turn two to reclaim the position a lap later.
The battle between the two allowed Randall to pull away for his inaugural 410 win here ahead of Reutzel, McCarl, Madsen and Garet Williamson.
“It was huge,” said Randall. “It was very tricky judging my pace off of the lapped cars. I was driving as hard as I could, but when I got close to lapped traffic I feel like I slowed down. I was itching to go, but I was trying to be patient at the same time. I just had to take a few deep breaths. I know I felt great from the first lap. Troy (Renfro) and I have been working extremely hard to make this car the best it can be.”
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Chase Randall (1); 2. Aaron Reutzel (3); 3. Austin McCarl (4); 4. Kerry Madsen (8); 5. Garet Williamson (7); 6. Tasker Phillips (12); 7. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 8. Kelby Watt (11); 9. Chris Martin (10); 10. Matt Juhl (13); 11. Daison Pursley (16); 12. Dustin Selvage (14); 13. Sawyer Phillips (9); 14. Riley Goodno (20); 15. Tyler Drueke (18); 16. Josh Schneiderman (19); 17. Darin Naida (21); 18. Scotty Johnson (23); 19. Gage Pulkrabek (22); 20. Scott Bogucki (2); 21. Dusty Zomer (6); 22. AJ Moeller (15); 23. Zach Hampton (17)