DONNELSON, Iowa — Aaron Reutzel led 28 of 30 laps in the second event for the season in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series to notch his first series feature victory at Lee County Speedway on Friday.
Cruising onto the track with 30 entries, Reutzel set a track record time with a 13.927-second lap during qualifying.
Going into the initial green-flag start, Reutzel battled outside front-row companion Michael “Buddy” Kofoid into the first pair of corners as Reutzel would gain the early racing advantage.
Appearing to be the fastest driver on the circuit, Reutzel led the first few laps until Kofoid grabbed the lead only to see a mid-race caution bunch the field back together.
Using the restart to his advantage on the choose-cone possibilities, Reutzel shot to the point. Reutzel led the remainder of racing laps and secured the front of the field to claim the feature win as Kofoid placed runner-up with Aryton Gennetten earning the final podium placement.
“I knew Buddy was fast on the bottom and I didn’t have a choice as to where to drive, the restart came a perfect time and I just had to hang on after the squirrels caused the late caution,” Reutzel said.
Ian Madsen and Joe B. Miller rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 8-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 71-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[3]; 4. 2KS-Ian Madsen[7]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[4]; 6. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 7. 21X-Brian Brown[10]; 8. 24-Garet Williamson[9]; 9. 44-Carson Short[13]; 10. 88-Austin McCarl[5]; 11. 22-Riley Goodno[18]; 12. 22S-Slater Helt[14]; 13. 44X-Chris Martin[15]; 14. 74-Xavier Doney[21]; 15. 1-Trevin Littleton[23]; 16. 7A-Will Armitage[22]; 17. 79-Gage Montgomery[20]; 18. 21-Gunner Ramey[16]; 19. 7-Tyler Lee[17]; 20. 50-Paul Nienhiser[8]; 21. 15X-Bobby Mincer[19]; 22. 6-Carson McCarl[12]; 23. 11-Roger Crockett[11].