PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Aaron Reutzel returned to the Ridge & Son’s Racing No. 87 sprint car after missing nearly two months with injury on Thursday and on Friday night he returned to victory lane.
Reutzel parked his ride in Whiskey Meyers Kish Bank victory lane over a stout field of 52 sprint cars at Port Roayl Speedway.
Reutzel and Ryan Smith were the two cars on the front row of the 25 lap A-main event on Friday night. Once the green flag dropped, Parker Price-Miller jumped to the lead who started in third.
Price-Miller would use the bottom side of the first corner to pass both Smith and Reutzel to take the lead on the opening lap, with Reutzel following him closely behind.
Reutzel would attempt a sliding pass for the lead on lap two in turns one and two, but Price-Miller was able to turn his car to Reutzel’s inside and pass him back for the top spot down the back straightaway.
Price Miller would continue to lead until Reutzel could reel him back in, passing him on the bottom side of the race track off of the fourth corner with 16 laps remaining.
The top five cars with the race half completed were Aaron Reutzel, Parker Price Miller, Brent Marks, Anthony Macri, and Ryan Smith as they were all within a 1.5-second margin of each other.
Marks and Price-Miller would battle for the runner up spot with twelve laps remaining, and their battle allowed Macri to pass by both of them at the start finish line and heading into turn one.
While the battles for second through fifth were competitive, Reutzel was able to build a strong enough lead to go on to win the $10,000 A-main with Anthony Macri finishing second and Brent Marks rounding out the top three.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 4. 69K-Ryan Smith[2]; 5. 71-Parker Price Miller[4]; 6. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[18]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch[9]; 9. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[22]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet[7]; 11. 2-Gerard McIntyre Jr[17]; 12. 66-Ryan Newton[12]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson[16]; 14. 26-Justin Peck[13]; 15. 42-Sye Lynch[8]; 16. 10-Ryan Timms[14]; 17. 67-Justin Whittall[26]; 18. 12-Lance Dewease[23]; 19. 23-Chase Dietz[21]; 20. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[11]; 21. 13-Daison Pursley[10]; 22. 8-Brock Zearfoss[15]; 23. X-Matt Campbell[20]; 24. 14-Trey Starks[25]; 25. 48-Danny Dietrich[19]; 26. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[24]; 27. 55-Logan Wagner[27]
