ELDON, Mo. — Aaron Reutzel returned to Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane on Thursday evening at Lake Ozark Speedway.
The third annual Beach Brawl featuring the All Star Circuit of Champions and POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series paid $6,000 to the three-time series champion.
Reutzel started on the pole and outdueled Roth Motorsports ace Buddy Kofoid to collect his first All Star win of the season and the 38th of his career.
Although starting from the pole position, Reutzel’s 30-lap affair was far from a walk in the park. In fact, Reutzel was forced to play second fiddle during the mid-section of the 30-lap contest, losing the top spot to Kofoid with ten in the books.
An eventual caution would restack the field on lap 13, thus giving Reutzel a chance at redemption. Although obviously returning the favor, Reutzel’s winning move did not occur until lap 17, scooting around Kofoid before ultimately stretching his legs.
Parker Price-Miller raced home second, followed by Kofoid, Ayrton Gennetten and Zeb Wise.
“Honestly, I was just hoping to stay with him,” Reutzel said. “You don’t run a guy like Buddy Kofoid down, especially in clean air, very often. Our car was just phenomenal. And it feels really good to finally get a win for this team this year. We’ve had a lot of seconds…a lot of fast nights. This team just really deserves a win. Everyone has been working so hard and I’m starting to get more and more confident. That’s what we need heading into the Knoxville Nationals.”
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 8-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 2. 16TH-Parker Price Miller [3]; 3. 83JR-Buddy Kofoid [2]; 4. 19-Ayrton Gennetten [8]; 5. 26-Zeb Wise [6]; 6. 4-Chris Windom [16]; 7. 14-Corey Day [4]; 8. 39M-Justin Sanders [5]; 9. 21T-Cole Macedo [18]; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [7]; 11. 18T-Tanner Holmes [9]; 12. 7BC-Anthony Macri [25]; 13. 17AU-Jamie Veal [12]; 14. 25-Lachlan McHugh [14]; 15. 29-Sye Lynch [10]; 16. 55-Kerry Madsen [15]; 17. 24-Garet Williamson [17]; 18. 22-Riley Goodno [22]; 19. 45-Tim Shaffer [26]; 20. 6-Mario Clouser [21]; 21. 7-Paul Solomon [13]; 22. 74-Xavier Doney [24]; 23. 95-Matt Covington [11]; 24. 52-Blake Hahn [19]; 25. 51B-Joe_B. Miller [23]; 26. 77-Jack Wagner [20]