Brent Marks prevails on Night 1 of High Limit weekend at Lakeside
Photo by Lisa Burlington
KANSAS CITY, Kansas—The Heartland of America Showdown kicked off on Friday night with the first of two shows at Kansas City's Lakeside Speedway, and a heated chase through lap traffic put the intensity of two championship chases on full display.
Don't let the box score fool you - while the winner did lead all 25 laps - it was a fun follow through the back markers as Aaron Reutzel and Brad Sweet hounded Brent Marks in a race that featured only one stoppage.
Ultimately, Marks did lead from flag-to-flag for his seventh-career Kubota High Limit Racing victory - ranking fifth on the all-time wins list behind Rico Abreu (23), Brad Sweet (13), Corey Day (11), and Kyle Larson (9).
For the Myerstown, PA native, it was his fourth trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane this season - third-most with the series behind only Abreu (11) and Reutzel (6). His four triumphs in 2025 have came across all the country with wins occurring at Texas Motor Speedway in the south, Port Royal Speedway at home out east, Douglas County Dirtrack on the west coast, and now Lakeside Speedway in the Heartland of America.
With Aaron Reutzel and Brad Sweet concluding the podium behind Marks, it was a crucial moment in the championship chase as Rico Abreu finished 9th and allowed both teams to gain ground with four races left in the Kubota High Limit Racing season.
Finishing second with a last-lap pass, Aaron Reutzel earned his fourth runner-up result of the year to go with his six wins. The Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87 now sits a mere 17-points behind the Rico Abreu Racing No. 24 in the battle for the $250,000-to-win owner championship, which is all-important in deciding the 2026 and 2027 Franchise System.
Earning a third-place result for his 16th podium finish of the season was Brad Sweet in the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts No. 49. "The Big Cat" has the driver championship down to 39-points behind Rico Abreu as he chases a seventh-straight national championship.
Closing out out the top-10 on Friday at Lakeside was Chase Randall, Brenham Crouch, Daison Pursley, Sye Lynch, Ryan Timms, Rico Abreu, and Giovanni Scelzi.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (10/10/25)
Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, Kansas)
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Justin Peck (13.751)
Capitol Renegade QuickTime in Flight A - Aaron Reutzel (13.419)
Capitol Renegade QuickTime in Flight B - Sye Lynch (13.450)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Chase Randall
DMI Heat Two Winner - Daison Pursley
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Brent Marks
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Giovanni Scelzi
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Daison Pursley
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Landon Crawley
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Brent Marks (13.931)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Xavier Doney +7 (20th-13th)
Lap Leaders - Brent Marks 1-25
Kubota A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 4. 9-Chase Randall[5]; 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[9]; 6. 13-Daison Pursley[1]; 7. 42-Sye Lynch[6]; 8. 10-Ryan Timms[10]; 9. 24-Rico Abreu[8]; 10. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 11. 14-Justin Sanders[14]; 12. 21H-Brady Bacon[17]; 13. 74-Xavier Doney[20]; 14. 88-Tanner Thorson[12]; 15. 26-Justin Peck[19]; 16. 27-Emerson Axsom[16]; 17. 24D-Danny Sams III[13]; 18. 19H-Clinton Boyles[22]; 19. 74S-Sammy Swindell[11]; 20. 12X-Hank Davis[18]; 21. 45X-Landon Crawley[21]; 22. 22-Riley Goodno[15]; 23. 44-Chris Martin[24]; 24. 53-Jack Dover[23]
Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 45X-Landon Crawley[3]; 2. 19H-Clinton Boyles[2]; 3. 53-Jack Dover[6]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[4]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner[7]; 6. 7W-Alex Vande Voort[9]; 7. 2KS-Ian Madsen[14]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner[8]; 9. 9D-Dominic Dobesh[15]; 10. 74M-Zack Merritt[13]; 11. 4-Jeremy Snow[12]; 12. 81-Cole Vanderheiden[16]; 13. 63-JJ Hickle[10]; 14. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 15. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[11]; 16. 88W-Austin McCarl[1]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 13-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 5. 9-Chase Randall[8]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch[6]; 7. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu[5]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall[2]; 2. 5-Brenham Crouch[1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 5. 21H-Brady Bacon[5]; 6. 45X-Landon Crawley[6]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner[9]; 8. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[7]; 9. 9D-Dominic Dobesh[8]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 3. 74S-Sammy Swindell[3]; 4. 22-Riley Goodno[6]; 5. 26-Justin Peck[7]; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 7. 7W-Alex Vande Voort[8]; 8. 74M-Zack Merritt[9]; 9. 88W-Austin McCarl[1]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 10-Ryan Timms[2]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 6. 44-Chris Martin[7]; 7. 73-Samuel Wagner[8]; 8. 4-Jeremy Snow[9]; 9. 19H-Clinton Boyles[5]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 3. 14-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. 12X-Hank Davis[5]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 6. 53-Jack Dover[6]; 7. 63-JJ Hickle[9]; 8. 2KS-Ian Madsen[7]; 9. 81-Cole Vanderheiden[8]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:13.419[4]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.461[10]; 3. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.600[3]; 4. 88W-Austin McCarl, 00:13.660[15]; 5. 9-Chase Randall, 00:13.677[12]; 6. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:13.708[2]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.720[13]; 8. 74S-Sammy Swindell, 00:13.752[7]; 9. 21H-Brady Bacon, 00:13.762[5]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:13.808[14]; 11. 45X-Landon Crawley, 00:13.856[17]; 12. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:13.868[11]; 13. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.871[8]; 14. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.885[16]; 15. 9D-Dominic Dobesh, 00:14.187[6]; 16. 7W-Alex Vande Voort, 00:14.311[1]; 17. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:14.379[9]; 18. 74M-Zack Merritt, 00:14.450[18]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:13.450[6]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.484[9]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.498[1]; 4. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:13.527[7]; 5. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.541[8]; 6. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.568[17]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.642[4]; 8. 14-Justin Sanders, 00:13.743[16]; 9. 19H-Clinton Boyles, 00:13.752[2]; 10. 12X-Hank Davis, 00:13.875[14]; 11. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:13.909[3]; 12. 53-Jack Dover, 00:13.931[11]; 13. 44-Chris Martin, 00:14.027[13]; 14. 2KS-Ian Madsen, 00:14.067[10]; 15. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:14.340[15]; 16. 81-Cole Vanderheiden, 00:14.566[5]; 17. 4-Jeremy Snow, 00:14.909[12]; 18. 63-JJ Hickle, 55:55.555[18]
NEW 2025 Kubota High Limit Racing Owner Points (After 47/51 Races):
1. Rico Abreu Racing #24 (2,639 PTS)
2. Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (-17 PTS)
3. Kasey Kahne Racing #49 (-39 PTS)
4. Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (-128 PTS)
5. Murray-Marks Motorsports #19 (-176 PTS)
6. Rudeen Racing #26 (-226 PTS)
7. Rod Gross Motorsports #88 (-304 PTS)
8. Buch Motorsports #13 (-532 PTS)
9. Jason Meyers Racing #14 (-706 PTS)
10. CJB Motorsports #5 (-756 PTS)
11. Chase Randall Racing #9R (-794 PTS)
12. Mosites Lynch Racing #42 (-800 PTS)
13. Randerson Racing #24D (-1018 PTS)
NEW 2025 Kubota High Limit Racing Driver Points (After 47/51 Races):
1. Rico Abreu (2,639 PTS)
2. Brad Sweet (-39 PTS)
3. Brent Marks (-176 PTS)
4. Justin Peck (-226 PTS)
5. Tanner Thorson (-304 PTS)
6. Aaron Reutzel (-421 PTS)
7. Daison Pursley (-532 PTS)
8. Brenham Crouch (-756 PTS)
9. Chase Randall (-794 PTS)
10. Sye Lynch (-805 PTS)
UP NEXT: The Heartland of America Showdown will wrap up on Saturday, October 11 with a $15,000 payday on the line at Kansas City's Lakeside Speedway. Then, the Roto-Rooter Midweek Series will conclude on Wednesday, October 15 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri with four drivers in contention for the $20,000 title. After that, the 2025 Kubota High Limit Racing season finishes with the Bikini Zone All-In Championship Weekend at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday and Saturday, October 17-18. Fans can buy tickets at HighLimitRacing.com
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