March 29, 2025 | By Brian Walker, High Limit Racing PR

Aaron Reutzel Passes Tyler Courtney Late at Central Arizona

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 - doing so 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 from P3 on the grid, 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.

Reutzel's second trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane and subsequent second Casm Safety Products Win Sticker makes him the seventh driver in Kubota High Limit Racing history to win back-to-back with the series. He joins the likes of Kyle Larson, Rico Abreu, Tyler Courtney, Corey Day, Brad Sweet, and Trey Starks in that category.

After pacing the opening 20 laps, "Sunshine" Tyler 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, IN 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.

Rounding out the top-10 on Friday at Central Arizona was Brad Sweet, Tanner Holmes, Spencer Bayston, Daison Pursley, Brent Marks, Brenham Crouch, and Rico Abreu.


THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (3/28/25)
Central Arizona Raceway (Casa Grande, AZ)

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Aaron Reutzel (12.867 seconds)
Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime - Aaron Reutzel (12.617 seconds)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Tanner Holmes
DMI Heat Two Winner - Justin Peck
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Brad Sweet
DIRT II Heat Four Winner - Daison Pursley
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Tyler Courtney
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Tanner Thorson
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Tyler Courtney (14.236 seconds)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Tanner Thorson +8 (21st-to-13th)
Lap Leaders - Tyler Courtney 1-20; Aaron Reutzel 21-25


Kubota A 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]

Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 2. 19T-Colby Thornhill[2]; 3. 9R-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 42-Josh Baughman[1]; 5. 8-Jake Helsel[6]; 6. 28-Joe Perry[12]; 7. 44-JT Imperial[8]; 8. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[7]; 9. 2-Alex Pettas[10]; 10. 45X-Don Grable[13]; 11. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood[11]; 12. 24P-Daylin Perreira[9]; 13. 17-Ryan Walter[14]; 14. 17GP-Landon Crawley[3]

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 5. 21-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet[8]; 7. 13-Daison Pursley[4]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 5. 34-Sterling Cling[5]; 6. 42-Josh Baughman[3]; 7. 88-Tanner Thorson[7]; 8. 24P-Daylin Perreira[8]; 9. 45X-Don Grable[9]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 4. 7-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 5. 9-Kasey Kahne[3]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[8]; 8. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood[7]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 2. 14-Spencer Bayston[2]; 3. 88W-Austin McCarl[3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 5. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[6]; 6. 19T-Colby Thornhill[5]; 7. 8-Jake Helsel[7]; 8. 2-Alex Pettas[8]; 9. 17-Ryan Walter[9]

DIRT II Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Daison Pursley[1]; 2. 21P-Robbie Price[2]; 3. 73-Ryan Bernal[3]; 4. 15-Nick Parker[7]; 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[4]; 6. 9R-Chase Randall[5]; 7. 44-JT Imperial[6]; 8. 28-Joe Perry[8]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.617[4]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.786[14]; 3. 21-Tanner Holmes, 00:12.821[10]; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 00:12.865[16]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:12.882[12]; 6. 26-Justin Peck, 00:12.958[7]; 7. 42-Josh Baughman, 00:12.973[11]; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.049[2]; 9. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.052[17]; 10. 7-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.052[8]; 11. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:13.200[9]; 12. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.206[13]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.239[6]; 14. 4J-Tuesday Calderwood, 00:13.495[15]; 15. 24P-Daylin Perreira, 00:13.739[1]; 16. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold, 00:13.948[3]; 17. 45X-Don Grable, 00:14.078[5]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:12.716[2]; 2. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.811[5]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:12.825[4]; 4. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:12.841[6]; 5. 14-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.028[8]; 6. 21P-Robbie Price, 00:13.054[12]; 7. 88W-Austin McCarl, 00:13.113[16]; 8. 73-Ryan Bernal, 00:13.126[11]; 9. 19T-Colby Thornhill, 00:13.166[3]; 10. 9R-Chase Randall, 00:13.208[14]; 11. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 00:13.222[1]; 12. 44-JT Imperial, 00:13.431[10]; 13. 8-Jake Helsel, 00:13.523[17]; 14. 15-Nick Parker, 00:13.558[7]; 15. 2-Alex Pettas, 00:13.634[13]; 16. 28-Joe Perry, 00:13.675[15]; 17. 17-Ryan Walter, 00:14.409[9]


NEW 2025 Kubota High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 5/59 Races):

1. Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (350 PTS... -)
2. Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (312 PTS... -38)
3. Murray-Marks Motorsports #19 - Brent Marks (288 PTS... -62)
4. Ridge & Sons Racing #87 - Aaron Reutzel (285 PTS... -65)
5. Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (272 PTS... -78)
6. Rudeen Racing #26 - Justin Peck (264 PTS... -86)
7. Kasey Kahne Racing #9 - Kasey Kahne (250 PTS... -100)
8. Chase Randall Racing #9R - Chase Randall (229 PTS... -121)
9. Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (219 PTS... -131)
10. Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Spencer Bayston (197 PTS... -153)
11. Randerson Racing #24D - Danny Sams III (191 PTS... -159)
12. CJB Motorsports #5 - Brenham Crouch (174 PTS... -176)
13. Buch Motorsports #13 - Daison Pursley (173 PTS... -177)
14. Mosites Lynch Racing #42 - Sye Lynch (141 PTS... -209)


UP NEXT: The Avanti Duel in the Desert concludes on Saturday, March 29 with a $15,000-to-win finale for Kubota High Limit Racing at Casa Grande's Central Arizona Raceway. Fans can purchase tickets for future Kubota High Limit Racing events by clicking here.