CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — After beginning 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 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 third, 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.
After pacing the opening 20 laps, 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 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.
Brad Sweet and Tanner Holmes completed the top five.
The finish:
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]
