Little Rock Feature Results and Thoughts from STN

Thursday, October 29, 2015
10/29/15
 
I-30 Speedway
Little Rock, AR
 
67 cars
 
A main (started): 1. Aaron Reutzel 87 (13) 2. Jac Haudenschild 34DD (12) 3. Blake Hahn 52 (2) 4. Wayne Johnson 77x (1) 5. Tim Crawley 88 (8) 6. Kevin Ramey 1A (16) 7. Zach Pringle 8z (5) 8. AG Rains 3 (7) 9. Fred Mattox 26M (15) 10. Steven Russell 91 (14) 11. Jason Johnson 41 (22) 12. Glenn Styres 0 (18) 13. Jordon Mallett 14m (21) 14. Harli White 17w (24) 15. Derek Hagar 9JR (17) 16. Tim Shaffer 6s (11) 17. Kyle Bellm 14K (9) 18. Travis Rilat 29 (23) 19. Dustin Gates 17T (20) 20. Shane Stewart 88m (4) 21. Howard Moore 40 (19) 22. Seth Bergman 23 (3) 23. Joe B. Miller 51B (10) 24. Brandon Hanks 84 (6)
 
Eight heats with passing points, followed by five Qualifiers with the same, followed by four B mains preceded the 25-lap feature.  Hurricane Patricia left plenty of moisture in the track, resulting in a heavy, rutty surface that saw ten flip victims by the end of the night.
 
Before a lap could be completed in the feature, Hanks went skyward in turn two.  He was uninjured.  W. Johnson led early in the going over Hahn.  Stewart and Bergman battled for third, before Bergman took control of that spot.  On lap eight, W. Johnson slammed the brakes when White slowed and Hahn took the lead as a lap got in before the caution was thrown for White.  Hahn led the restart, ahead of W. Johnson, J. Haudenschild, Reutzel and Z. Pringle.  A lap later, J. Haudenschild would hit a treacherous high side to circle around W. Johnson.  Reutzel would follow into third a lap later.  On lap 13, Haud would shoot under Hahn for the lead.  Three laps later, Reutzel would move into second.  On lap 19, Bellm and Russell would come to a stop, bringing the caution.  Haud led Reutzel, Hahn, W. Johnson and Z. Pringle on the restart.  A lap after the restart, Reutzel would shoot by Haud for the lead.  As the leaders came to the white flag, Hagar would flip hard in three and four.  The two lap Dash saw Reutzel hold the lead for $3,000.  Reutzel and Haud locked them into the $15,000 feature being held next spring.