(Image Credit: Rob
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Aaron Reutzel Captures
Night One Of The 33rd
Annual Xtreme Powered By
Mediacom 360 Knoxville
Nationals!
Bryan Hulbert –
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August
3, 2023)
Kicking off his title
defense of the Xtreme
powered by Mediacom 360
Knoxville Nationals
presented by Great
Southern Bank underway,
Aaron Reutzel captured
the opening night of
action at Knoxville
Raceway with the
American Sprint Car
Series presented by
RacinDirt.com.
Aaron’s ninth career win
in the 360cid division
at Knoxville Raceway,
Thursday’s triumph is
the 23rd time the 2015
ASCS National Champion
has topped the American
Sprint Car Series
presented by
RacinDirt.com.
The kick-off to the 33rd
running of the 360
Knoxville Nationals,
Aaron made quick moves
in the Ridge and Sons
Racing No. 8 on the
start, going three-wide
for the runner-up spot
from fourth. Caution on
Lap 5, Aaron pursued
Colby to the low side as
tenth-starting Sam
Hafertepe, Jr., who was
up to fifth, hit the
cushion to take over
third before red lights
came on for Tasker
Phillips, following a
soft rollover.
Able to fend off Aaron
on the restart, the
field would finally find
traffic and allow Aaron
a chance at the lead.
Catching a break on Lap
15 as Colby slipped the
line, Aaron took over
with Hafertepe following
to second the following
lap.
“I needed (no yellows)
and some lapped
traffic,” said Reutzel.
“The bottom was too easy
to hit. My car was
great; he was just
running a good race. It
seemed like every time I
got there and made a
mistake; he’d slide up
in front of me where I
had to move a little. We
got some lapped traffic,
and I was finally able
to seal the deal there.
I can’t thank this team
enough.”
Able to use traffic to
his advantage, Aaron
Reutzel pulled away by
0.504-seconds at the
drop of the checkered
flag. Sam Hafertepe,
Jr., in second, was
followed by KSE Hard
Charger Scott Bogucki,
who charged ahead 12
spots for the show
position. Chase Randall
ran 12th to fourth, with
Colby Copeland slipping
to fifth.
Jamie Ball, sixth, was
followed by Jason
Martin. Eighth went to
Austin McCarl from 14th,
with Kelby Watt and
Justin Peck picking up
six positions to finish
tenth.
Thursday’s opener saw 50
of the 53 drivers slated
to run checking in.
Another 56 drivers are
slated to run Friday.
Kaleb Johnson topped The
Driver’s Project
Qualifying with a time
of 16.389-seconds. AR
Dyno Specialty Heat
Races were topped by
Brenham Crouch, Tasker
Phillips, Jason Martin,
Austin McCarl, and Scott
Bogucki. The Hoosier
Tire C-Feature went to
Laim Martin, with the
BMRS B-Feature topped by
Ryan Leavitt.
Points following
Thursday’s preliminary
night show Aaron Reutzel
earning 483. Kelby Watt
sits second (472), with
Ryan Timms and Kaleb
Johnson tied for third
(470). Tanner Holmes is
fifth (467).
The Xtreme powered by
Mediacom 360 Knoxville
Nationals presented by
Great Southern Bank
continues Friday, August
4, with cars on track at
6:45 P.M. (CDT) for Hot
Laps.
Live coverage of
Knoxville Raceway can be
found at http://www.dirtvision.com.
The 2023 season will
mark the 32nd year of
competition for the
American Sprint Car
Series. Spearheaded by
the American Sprint Car
Series National Tour,
the ASCS Nation includes
Regional Tours that
encompass both wing and
non-wing competition.
For other news, notes,
and information on any
of the tours under the
ASCS banner, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com,
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Race Results:
ASCS National
Knoxville
Raceway (Knoxville,
Iowa)
Thursday, August
3, 2023
Car Count: 50
The Driver's Project
Qualifying
Qualifying: 1. 22K-Kaleb
Johnson, 16.389[2]; 2.
18T-Tanner Holmes,
16.401[8]; 3. 5T-Ryan
Timms, 16.552[16]; 4.
1K-Kelby Watt,
16.579[13]; 5. 8-Aaron
Reutzel, 16.593[4]; 6.
22-Ryan Leavitt,
16.641[7]; 7. 8M-Kade
Morton, 16.714[10]; 8.
17-Tyler Groenendyk,
16.718[3]; 9. 41-Colton
Hardy, 16.718[19]; 10.
24R-Rico Abreu,
16.732[32]; 11. 4W-Jamie
Ball, 16.738[33]; 12.
50YR-JJ Hickle,
16.789[1]; 13. 36-Jason
Martin, 16.791[12]; 14.
16A-Colby Copeland,
16.800[6]; 15. 24H-Kade
Higday, 16.821[23]; 16.
7A-Jack Anderson,
16.822[5]; 17. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr,
16.824[44]; 18. 8H-Jacob
Hughes, 16.836[14]; 19.
7M-Chance Morton,
16.857[37]; 20.
83H-Justin Henderson,
16.868[31]; 21.
1-Brenham Crouch,
16.881[26]; 22. 9-Chase
Randall, 16.902[35]; 23.
83T-Tanner Carrick,
16.932[28]; 24.
88-Austin McCarl,
16.940[42]; 25. 84-Scott
Bogucki, 16.942[38]; 26.
20-Justin Peck,
16.982[30]; 27.
7TAZ-Tasker Phillips,
16.993[40]; 28.
86-Timothy Smith,
17.031[29]; 29. 99-Tony
Rost, 17.047[36]; 30.
44-Chris Martin,
17.105[49]; 31.
70-Calvin Landis,
17.124[18]; 32. 52-Blake
Hahn, 17.151[45]; 33.
6-Dustin Selvage,
17.176[47]; 34. 9M-Liam
Martin, 17.183[11]; 35.
35L-Cody Ledger,
17.206[9]; 36. 75X-JT
Imperial, 17.228[25];
37. 11X-Ayrton
Gennetten, 17.257[22];
38. 18-Ryan Roberts,
17.257[43]; 39. 01-Sammy
Swindell, 17.270[21];
40. 2JR-Kelly Miller,
17.400[24]; 41.
4C-Tuesday Calderwood,
17.475[48]; 42. G5-Gage
Pulkrabek, 17.505[20];
43. 6T-Christopher
Townsend, 17.582[27];
44. 55B-Brandon
Anderson, 17.628[50];
45. 33-Alan Zoutte,
17.678[46]; 46. 105-Cody
Ihlen, 17.897[17]; 47.
3-Howard Moore,
18.024[39]; 48.
45X-Kyler Johnson,
18.053[41]; 49. T4-Tyler
Graves, 18.399[34]; 50.
22W-Aaron Werner,
19.909[15]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat
Races (6 car invert, top
4 advance):
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 1
(8 Laps): 1. 1-Brenham
Crouch[2]; 2. 20-Justin
Peck[1]; 3. 22K-Kaleb
Johnson[6]; 4. 4W-Jamie
Ball[4]; 5. 7A-Jack
Anderson[3]; 6. 75X-JT
Imperial[8]; 7. 22-Ryan
Leavitt[5]; 8. 70-Calvin
Landis[7]; 9. 105-Cody
Ihlen[10]; 10.
4C-Tuesday Calderwood[9]
360 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[1];
2. 9-Chase Randall[2];
3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe
Jr[3]; 4. 18T-Tanner
Holmes[6]; 5. 50YR-JJ
Hickle[4]; 6. 52-Blake
Hahn[7]; 7. 3-Howard
Moore[10]; 8. 8M-Kade
Morton[5]; 9. G5-Gage
Pulkrabek[9]; 10.
11X-Ayrton Gennetten[8]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 3
(8 Laps): 1. 36-Jason
Martin[4]; 2. 86-Timothy
Smith[1]; 3. 5T-Ryan
Timms[6]; 4. 83T-Tanner
Carrick[2]; 5. 6-Dustin
Selvage[7]; 6. 18-Ryan
Roberts[8]; 7. 17-Tyler
Groenendyk[5]; 8.
45X-Kyler Johnson[10];
9. 6T-Christopher
Townsend[9]; 10.
8H-Jacob Hughes[3]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 4
(8 Laps): 1. 88-Austin
McCarl[2]; 2. 99-Tony
Rost[1]; 3. 1K-Kelby
Watt[6]; 4. 16A-Colby
Copeland[4]; 5.
7M-Chance Morton[3]; 6.
41-Colton Hardy[5]; 7.
01-Sammy Swindell[8]; 8.
55B-Brandon Anderson[9];
9. 9M-Liam Martin[7];
10. T4-Tyler Graves[10]
AR Dyno Specialty Heat 5
(8 Laps): 1. 84-Scott
Bogucki[2]; 2. 24H-Kade
Higday[4]; 3. 44-Chris
Martin[1]; 4. 8-Aaron
Reutzel[6]; 5.
83H-Justin Henderson[3];
6. 24R-Rico Abreu[5]; 7.
2JR-Kelly Miller[8]; 8.
33-Alan Zoutte[9]; 9.
22W-Aaron Werner[10];
10. 35L-Cody Ledger[7]
Hoosier Tire C-Feature:
Hoosier Tire C Feature
(10 Laps): 1. 9M-Liam
Martin[2]; 2. 8H-Jacob
Hughes[1]; 3. 11X-Ayrton
Gennetten[4]; 4.
35L-Cody Ledger[3]; 5.
6T-Christopher
Townsend[7]; 6.
4C-Tuesday
Calderwood[5]; 7.
G5-Gage Pulkrabek[6]; 8.
105-Cody Ihlen[8]; 9.
T4-Tyler Graves[9]; 10.
22W-Aaron Werner[10]
BMRS B-Feature
BMRS B Feature (12
Laps): 1. 22-Ryan
Leavitt[1]; 2.
83H-Justin Henderson[9];
3. 24R-Rico Abreu[5]; 4.
8M-Kade Morton[2]; 5.
17-Tyler Groenendyk[3];
6. 52-Blake Hahn[11]; 7.
70-Calvin Landis[10]; 8.
50YR-JJ Hickle[6]; 9.
6-Dustin Selvage[12];
10. 41-Colton Hardy[4];
11. 75X-JT Imperial[13];
12. 11X-Ayrton
Gennetten[23]; 13.
18-Ryan Roberts[14]; 14.
01-Sammy Swindell[15];
15. 55B-Brandon
Anderson[17]; 16.
8H-Jacob Hughes[22]; 17.
2JR-Kelly Miller[16];
18. 35L-Cody Ledger[24];
19. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[20]; 20. 33-Alan
Zoutte[18]; 21. 3-Howard
Moore[19]; 22. 9M-Liam
Martin[21]; 23.
7M-Chance Morton[8]; 24.
7A-Jack Anderson[7]
A-Feature
A Feature (20 Laps): 1.
8-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 2.
15H-Sam Hafertepe
Jr[10]; 3. 84-Scott
Bogucki[15]; 4. 9-Chase
Randall[12]; 5.
16A-Colby Copeland[1];
6. 4W-Jamie Ball[3]; 7.
36-Jason Martin[2]; 8.
88-Austin McCarl[14]; 9.
1K-Kelby Watt[5]; 10.
20-Justin Peck[16]; 11.
5T-Ryan Timms[6]; 12.
18T-Tanner Holmes[7];
13. 22K-Kaleb
Johnson[8]; 14. 44-Chris
Martin[20]; 15.
7TAZ-Tasker
Phillips[17]; 16.
1-Brenham Crouch[11];
17. 22-Ryan Leavitt[21];
18. 24R-Rico Abreu[23];
19. 83H-Justin
Henderson[22]; 20.
83T-Tanner Carrick[13];
21. 24H-Kade Higday[9];
22. 99-Tony Rost[19];
23. 8M-Kade Morton[24];
24. 86-Timothy Smith[18]
Lap Leader(s): Colby
Copeland 1-14; Aaron
Reutzel 15-20
KSE Hard Charger: Scott
Bogucki +12
Driver's Project Quick
Time: Kaleb Johnson
16.389-seconds
High Point Driver:
Provisional(s): N/A
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car
Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/americansprintcarseries
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ascsracing [@ascsracing]
Broadcast: http://www.racindirt.com
Live-Scoring: My Race
Pass App
ASCS Drivers Online:
3 Howard Moore (Memphis,
TN) R
6 Christopher Townsend
(La Porte, TX) R
10 Landon Britt
(Memphis, TN)
13 Elijah Gile (Phoenix,
AZ) R
14 Jordon Mallett
(Greenbrier, AR)
23 Seth Bergman
(Snohomish, WA)
36 Jason Martin
(Liberal, KS)
45X Kyler Johnson
(Quinter, KS)
55B Brandon Anderson
(Glenpool, OK)
71 Brady Baker
(Alexander, AR) R
91 Michael Day
(Farmersville, TX) R
95 Matt Covington
(Glenpool, OK)
R denotes a driver
running for the Brodix
National Rookie of the
Year
2023 Race Winners: Jason
Martin – 7 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway;
5/28 – Lake Ozark
Speedway; 6/17 – 81
Speedway; 7/7 – Dodge
City Raceway Park; 7/22
– 81 Speedway); Seth
Bergman – 2 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway; 6/2
– Outlaw Motor
Speedway); Matt
Covington – 2 (6/16
– Humboldt Speedway; 7/8
– Dodge City Raceway
Park); Austin
McCarl – 1 (5/26
– Lakeside Speedway); Joe
B. Miller – 1 (5/17
– Lake Ozark Speedway); Sean
McClelland – 1 (6/15
– Creek County
Speedway); Jeffrey
Newell – 1 (6/22
– Lawton Speedway); Alex
Sewell – 1 (6/24
– Caney Valley
Speedway); Blake
Hahn – 1 (6/30
– Boone County
Raceway); Jake
Bubak – 1 (7/1
– WaKeeney Speedway); Aaron
Reutzel – 1 (8/3
– Knoxville Raceway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 2,468; 2.
Matt Covington 2,402; 3.
Jordon Mallett 2,251; 4.
Howard Moore 2,241; 5.
Brandon Anderson 2,184;
6. Kyler Johnson 2,061;
7. Christopher Townsend
1,923; 8. Landon Britt
1,888; 9. Michael Day
1,740; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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