Reutzel dominates Bryan Clauson Hero Classic at Kokomo
KOKOMO, ind.—The Driven2SaveLives Bryan Clauson Hero Classic was supposed to be a two-day show, but thanks to mother nature, was a one day show for $20,000 and it did not disappoint!
The massive crowd was treated to a 40 lap thrill show around Indiana’s Baddest Bullring on a picture perfect day in central Indiana.
At the start of the 40 lap Bryan Clauson Hero Classic, it was Aaron Reutzel who fired the opening shot and stormed out to a lead. The initial start was short lived as a lap two red flag as Hank Davis sat on his side.
The race resumed with 38 to go with Brady Bacon storming the outside before the move was negated due to another lap two caution, due to a two car incident involving Tanner Holmes and Logan Seavey, stopping the action once again.
The green waved again and again it was the Ridge and Sons Racing #87 of Aaron Reutzel storming to the lead. Behind him a good battle for second was heating up as Peck ripped the top and moved into second.
As Reutzel hit lap traffic, his lead quickly began to shrink as Peck was on the rear bumper of the #87 before a red for Zach Hampton stopped the charge by the Rudeen Racing #26.
A longer green flag run necessitated the lap #8 red flag, and it was a great battle between the top four on an extremely racy and smooth Kokomo surface. Reutzel, Peck, Abreu, and Scelzi all ripped the top with extreme precision.
Rico Abreu, in the Tony Stewart Racing #24, took multiple stabs at Justin Peck before Peck nailed the top and pulled away. With the Peck machine becoming smaller in the distance, Brady Bacon was on the move and quickly moving in on Abreu.
The charge was short lived as Tyler Courtney hit an implement tire and collected the fourth place running Brady Bacon in turns one and two on Lap #27.
The green waved once more with 13 to go and it was once again a fierce battle for second with the slider line in high use around the Indiana oval. Peck continued to overcome attempt after attempt by the Abreu machine.
Up front, it was all Reutzel but with 10 to go, lap traffic would once again but a factor in the finish! So we thought, as another caution waved as Kerry Madsen and Tyler Courtney tangled in turns one and two. Creating a very rough night for the Clauson Marshall Racing #7BC.
The green once again was in the air with 7 to go and it was Justin Peck nailing the extremely treacherous cushion to the victory in the Driven2SaveLives Bryan Clauson Hero Classic presented by Chili’s.
It was Aaron Reutzel’s 11th career win and his first ever at the Kokomo Speedway. It was also Reutzel’s second straight win in Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing competition after securing the win last weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway - Dirt Track.
Second place was Justin Peck, who for the second night in a row, was the bridesmaid in the Spring Race at the Kokomo Speedway.
In third, Rico Abreu, who continues to put together strong runs in his pursuit of another Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing championship.
Closing out the top-ten was Giovanni Scelzi, Joel Myers Jr, Chase Randall, Cale Thomas, Parker Price-Miller, Brady Bacon, and Daison Pursley.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (Saturday, May 9, 2026)
Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, Indiana)
Driven2SaveLives Bryan Clauson Hero Classic presented by Chili’s Grill & Bar
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Rico Abreu (11.128)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime Flight A - Aaron Reutzel (11.159)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime Flight B - Brady Bacon (11.195)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Justin Peck
DMI Heat Two Winner - Kalib Henry
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Parker Price-Miller
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Cale Thomas
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Aaron Reutzel
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Chase Randall
DURST Dice Roll Driver - Brent Marks (9)
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap - Aaron Reutzel (12.983 | Lap 5)
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Race - Hank Davis (17th)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Chase Randall (+15)
Whiskey Meyers Victory Lane Visitors - Ridge & Sons Racing #87
CASM Win Sticker - Aaron Reutzel
Angel Donor Charity - Texas Children’s Hospital
Lap Leader(s) - Aaron Reutzel (1-40)
Interstate Batteries A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[5]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 4. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 5. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[13]; 6. 9R-Chase Randall[21]; 7. 49X-Cale Thomas[8]; 8. 71-Parker Price Miller[4]; 9. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 10. 9-Daison Pursley[14]; 11. 101-Kalib Henry[7]; 12. 24D-Danny Sams III[19]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson[20]; 14. 19-Brent Marks[9]; 15. 32-Bryce Lucius[18]; 16. 55-Kerry Madsen[25]; 17. 17GP-Hank Davis[10]; 18. 42-Sye Lynch[22]; 19. 01-Tim Shaffer[26]; 20. 5B-Karter Sarff[15]; 21. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[16]; 22. 5-Brenham Crouch[17]; 23. 11N-Darin Naida[23]; 24. 97-Zach Hampton[27]; 25. 87X-Logan Seavey[11]; 26. 13-Tanner Holmes[12]; 27. 14-Zane DeVault[24]
Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall[2]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[1]; 3. 11N-Darin Naida[3]; 4. 14-Zane DeVault[8]; 5. 5E-Bobby Elliott[7]; 6. 20B-Cody Bova[9]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 8. 33-Shane O'Banion[13]; 9. 01-Tim Shaffer[14]; 10. 97-Zach Hampton[12]; 11. 23J-Jordan Welch[5]; 12. 47-Todd King[19]; 13. 29-Logan McCandless[18]; 14. 2B-Brandon Wimmer[4]; 15. 12X-Landon Crawley[10]; 16. 55-Kerry Madsen[11]; 17. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[16]; 18. 45-Keith Sheffer Jr[17]; 19. 38-Leyton Wagner[15]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[2]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 3. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 4. 71-Parker Price Miller[4]; 5. 26-Justin Peck[5]; 6. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 7. 101-Kalib Henry[6]; 8. 49X-Cale Thomas[7]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Justin Peck[1]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 5B-Karter Sarff[3]; 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[6]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch[5]; 7. 23J-Jordan Welch[8]; 8. 20B-Cody Bova[9]; 9. 33-Shane O'Banion[10]; 10. 45-Keith Sheffer Jr[7]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 2. 87X-Logan Seavey[1]; 3. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[3]; 4. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 6. 11N-Darin Naida[8]; 7. 5E-Bobby Elliott[7]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen[5]; 9. 38-Leyton Wagner[9]; 10. 47-Todd King[10]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Parker Price Miller[2]; 2. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes[1]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson[7]; 6. 2B-Brandon Wimmer[6]; 7. 9R-Chase Randall[5]; 8. 12X-Landon Crawley[8]; 9. 01-Tim Shaffer[9]; 10. 29-Logan McCandless[10]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 49X-Cale Thomas[1]; 2. 17GP-Hank Davis[3]; 3. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 4. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 6. 74-Xavier Doney[7]; 7. 14-Zane DeVault[5]; 8. 97-Zach Hampton[9]; 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[8]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 11.159[9]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 11.226[11]; 3. 26-Justin Peck, 11.246[13]; 4. 87X-Logan Seavey, 11.311[12]; 5. 19-Brent Marks, 11.329[5]; 6. 101-Kalib Henry, 11.394[2]; 7. 5B-Karter Sarff, 11.416[8]; 8. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 11.428[1]; 9. 42-Sye Lynch, 11.449[17]; 10. 55-Kerry Madsen, 11.482[15]; 11. 5-Brenham Crouch, 11.518[19]; 12. 24D-Danny Sams III, 11.528[16]; 13. 45-Keith Sheffer Jr, 11.561[4]; 14. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 11.606[7]; 15. 23J-Jordan Welch, 11.631[18]; 16. 11N-Darin Naida, 11.685[14]; 17. 20B-Cody Bova, 11.722[6]; 18. 38-Leyton Wagner, 11.955[10]; 19. 33-Shane O'Banion, 12.124[20]; 20. 47-Todd King, 12.239[3]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 21H-Brady Bacon, 11.195[6]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 11.306[5]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes, 11.329[4]; 4. 49X-Cale Thomas, 11.373[17]; 5. 71-Parker Price Miller, 11.416[1]; 6. 9-Daison Pursley, 11.440[15]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 11.468[13]; 8. 17GP-Hank Davis, 11.516[7]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall, 11.532[16]; 10. 14-Zane DeVault, 11.544[18]; 11. 2B-Brandon Wimmer, 11.552[9]; 12. 32-Bryce Lucius, 11.580[19]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson, 11.621[11]; 14. 74-Xavier Doney, 11.765[2]; 15. 12X-Landon Crawley, 11.839[10]; 16. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 12.034[14]; 17. 01-Tim Shaffer, 12.036[12]; 18. 97-Zach Hampton, 12.090[8]; 19. 29-Logan McCandless, 12.307[3]
CURRENT HIGH LIMIT STANDINGS
Through May 9, 2026
Pos # Competitor Hometown Points Gap
1 87 Aaron Reutzel Aaron Reutzel Clute, TX 829 -
2 88 Tanner Thorson Tanner Thorson Broken Arrow, OK 820 -9
3 24 Rico Abreu Rico Abreu St. Helena, CA 801 -28
4 77 Giovanni Scelzi Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA 787 -42
5 55 Kerry Madsen Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA 724 -105
6 7BC Tyler Courtney Tyler Courtney Indianapolis, IN 702 -127
7 26 Justin Peck Justin Peck Monrovia, IN 701 -128
8 9 Daison Pursley Daison Pursley Locust Grove, OK 628 -201
9 19 Brent Marks Brent Marks Myerstown, PA 615 -214
10 17GP Hank Davis Hank Davis Sand Springs, OK 607 -222
WHAT’S NEXT: After pausing for Let’s Race Two at Eldora Speedway next weekend, Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing will be back on Tuesday, May 19 at Grandview Speedway when round three of the Roto-Rooter Midweek Series returns to live television on FS1. Following that, the first six-figure payday of the season awaits when the PA Posse comes to play at Port Royal Speedway’s $100,000-to-win Bob Weikert Memorial on Friday-Sunday, May 22-24.
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