12/30/2014
Aaron Reutzel
Reutzel Makes 410 Debut at Winter Heat!
Lonnie Wheatley, CLUTE, Texas (December 30, 2014) – The 2014 season was one of several “firsts” for Aaron Reutzel; a first ASCS National win in April and then a first wingless Sprint Car win to finish off the year on Thanksgiving weekend among them.
The Clute, TX, racer will kick off the 2015 season with another “first”, as Reutzel drops a 410-ci powerplant into the BC Fundz/Wren Motorsports No. 87 Triple X Sprint Car for the first time at Cocopah Speedway’s Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown that kicks off this weekend near Yuma, AZ.
Already ranked among the nation’s elite 360-ci Sprint Car drivers, Reutzel and the Momentum Racing Suspensions/Danny Sander Construction/ButlerBuilt team will take on a stellar cast of competitors at Cocopah that includes the likes of NASCAR stars Kyle Larson and Kasey Kahne along with top World of Outlaws contenders such as Paul McMahan, Joey Saldana and 20-time champion Steve Kinser.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” Reutzel commented. “There couldn’t be a better track for a 410 debut, I love that place.”
The Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown kicks off with a pair of events this Friday and Saturday, January 2nd and 3rd, resumes with a third round on Tuesday, January 6, and then concludes with another pair of events on January 9 and 10.
The adjustment to a 410-ci powerplant likely won’t hinder the driver that is poised to contend for the ASCS National crown in 2015. “We got some test laps in, you can feel the motor difference but the car really felt about the same so we should be good.”
Reutzel comes off a stellar 2014 season that featured nine overall “A” Main wins aboard the Basic One Services/Lone Star Hydro Maintenance/Wright Way Logistics machine, including his initial four triumphs in ASCS National Tour competition and then a non-wing score to top it off.
Reutzel has found Cocopah Speedway to his liking as well, with a spectacular charge from 19th to finish third in November’s ASCS preliminary event before a downed front nose wing slowed a potential victory drive the following night.
Now, Reutzel tries to carry that success over to the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown that begins on Friday night.
2014 Quick Stats: 66 races, 9 “A” Main wins, 33 top-fives, 43 top-tens.
Up Next: “Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown” Winged 410-ci Sprint Car action at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, AZ, on January 2-3, 6, 9-10.
Keep Track: Keep track of Aaron Reutzel’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.aaronreutzelracing.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Reutzel-Racing/117666254913127 or on Twitter at @AaronReutzel. You can also e-mail Aaron at aaronreutzel@yahoo.com.
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Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on racinboys.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events. For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.
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Article Credit: Lonnie Wheatley
Submitted By: Lonnie Wheatley