LAS VEGAS, Nev.—What a difference a year makes for Aaron Reutzel. He left Las Vegas Motor Speedway in an ambulance and went to the hospital with a broken nose last year. This year, the Ridge & Sons Racing pilot leaves with the big $21,021 check, the SugarBee Blackjack Bash trophy, and the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing championship lead.
Rolling from the pole of Saturday’s 30-lap main – after earning the “Ace in the Hole” via an epic 4th-1st Heat Race win – the #87 took control of the early race lead and never looked back. The Clute, Texas native had amassed a 3.791-second advantage at one point, but did have a close call on one of the final restarts when Tanner Thorson slid him for the lead before a caution reset the field.
The score marked Reutzel’s ninth-career win with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing and sends him on the road with the early-season championship lead. It was his first-career win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and gave the series three different winners during the season-opening SugarBee Blackjack Bash…