Aaron Reutzel stayed hot by winning the High Limit race at Grandview Tuesday (Chad Warner Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
Ridge & Sons Racing Team Earns Fifth Win in Last Eight Starts
BECHTELSVILLE, PENN. (May 19, 2026) - They say you'd rather be lucky than good, but Aaron Reutzel was a little bit of both on Tuesday night; and it paid off in the form of a $20,000 check from Grandview Speedway.
The box score will read that the Clute, Texas native led all 35 laps from the pole position, but he had to survive three bouts with lap traffic and actually lost the lead with seven laps to go when Rico Abreu blew by. However, a timely red flag that negated the pass, allowed Reutzel to re-claim the top spot, properly adjust for the final run, and hang on to nail his fifth win of 2026 with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing.
Transforming into the hottest Sprint Car driver in the country, Reutzel has taken his Ridge & Sons Racing, PowerPlus #87 to five wins in the last eight races - averaging an astonishing 1.75 finish over the stretch since April 30. Those five wins - High Limit at Texas, High Limit at Kokomo, All Stars at Fremont, local show at Attica, and High Limit at Grandview - have paid out a cool $105,000.
Reutzel has extended his championship advantage with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing to 33-points over Rico Abreu, and he's now assumed control of the Roto-Rooter Midweek Series battle by 7-points over Tyler Courtney.
Presenting the biggest challenge to Reutzel was Abreu aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Carquest Auto Parts #24. The St. Helena, California native powered to the lead on Lap 28 before an untimely - for him - caution erased his pass. Ultimately, a second-place finish marked his fifth-straight podium at Grandview and gives the TSR team seven consecutive top-10 finishes as they begin surging ahead of the summer.
Closing out the podium as the highest finishing PA Posse star was York, Pennsylvania's Chase Dietz with a third-place effort. That's a career-best run at Grandview for the Stehman Motorsports #23 pilot as he now turns focus to Port Royal Speedway's Bob Weikert Memorial this weekend - where he's arguably the favorite to cash $100,000.
Rounding out the top-five at Grandview was Kasey Kahne in fourth aboard the Macri Motorsports #39M and Brady Bacon in fifth driving Chris Dyson's #20.
Finishing out the top-10 in Bechtelsville was Tyler Courtney, Giovanni Scelzi, Justin Peck, Danny Dietrich, and Danny Sams III.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (5/19/26)
Grandview Speedway (Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania)
Roto-Rooter Midweek Series Round Three
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Danny Dietrich (12.246)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime Flight A - Giovanni Scelzi (12.454)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime Flight B - Daison Pursley (12.654)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Brady Bacon
DMI Heat Two Winner - Danny Sams III
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Aaron Reutzel
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Rico Abreu
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Aaron Reutzel
Winters Performance B-Main Winner -
DURST Dice Roll Driver - Chase Randall
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap - Aaron Reutzel (12.728)
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Race - Tanner Holmes (12th)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Justin Peck 16th-8th (+8)
Whiskey Meyers Victory Lane Visitors - Ridge & Sons Racing #87
CASM Win Sticker - Aaron Reutzel
Angel Donor Charity - Ronald McDonald Foundation ($1,500)
Lap Leader(s) - Aaron Reutzel 1-35
Interstate Batteries A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 3. 23-Chase Dietz[6]; 4. 39M-Kasey Kahne[7]; 5. 20B-Brady Bacon[2]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 7. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 8. 26-Justin Peck[16]; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 11. 55-Kerry Madsen[11]; 12. 13-Tanner Holmes[10]; 13. 57-Kyle Larson[15]; 14. 5-Brenham Crouch[19]; 15. 88-Tanner Thorson[17]; 16. 5R-Tyler Ross[23]; 17. 11-TJ Stutts[20]; 18. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr[13]; 19. 42-Sye Lynch[26]; 20. 41-Logan Rumsey[24]; 21. 51-Freddie Rahmer[22]; 22. 17GP-Hank Davis[25]; 23. 69K-Ryan Smith[14]; 24. 19-Brent Marks[18]; 25. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 26. 9R-Chase Randall[21]
Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall[3]; 2. 51-Freddie Rahmer[1]; 3. 5R-Tyler Ross[2]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey[4]; 5. 75-Cameron Smith[7]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 7. 42-Sye Lynch[6]; 8. 11A-Austin Bishop[5]; 9. 91-Preston Lattomus[12]; 10. 22R-Ronald Helmick[11]; 11. 17GP-Hank Davis[15]; 12. 11H-Hayden Miller[14]; 13. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[13]; 14. 18J-JT Ferry[9]; 15. 20-Ryan Taylor[10]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 20B-Brady Bacon[2]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 6. 23-Chase Dietz[6]; 7. 39M-Kasey Kahne[8]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20B-Brady Bacon[1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[3]; 3. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr[2]; 4. 88-Tanner Thorson[6]; 5. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer[5]; 7. 11A-Austin Bishop[7]; 8. 18J-JT Ferry[9]; 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[8]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24D-Danny Sams III[1]; 2. 55-Kerry Madsen[3]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 4. 39M-Kasey Kahne[4]; 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[6]; 6. 9R-Chase Randall[5]; 7. 75-Cameron Smith[8]; 8. 22R-Ronald Helmick[7]; 9. 17GP-Hank Davis[9]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 3. 69K-Ryan Smith[3]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 6. 41-Logan Rumsey[6]; 7. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 8. 91-Preston Lattomus[7]; 9. 11H-Hayden Miller[8]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 3. 23-Chase Dietz[4]; 4. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 5. 11-TJ Stutts[8]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch[6]; 7. 20-Ryan Taylor[7]; 8. 5R-Tyler Ross[5]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 12.454[6]; 2. 39M-Kasey Kahne, 12.597[5]; 3. 20B-Brady Bacon, 12.624[2]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III, 12.716[10]; 5. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr, 12.767[18]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson, 12.769[12]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich, 12.775[3]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen, 12.801[4]; 9. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 12.844[1]; 10. 9R-Chase Randall, 12.883[7]; 11. 88-Tanner Thorson, 12.900[15]; 12. 5-Brenham Crouch, 12.984[16]; 13. 11A-Austin Bishop, 13.018[13]; 14. 22R-Ronald Helmick, 13.233[14]; 15. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 13.243[11]; 16. 75-Cameron Smith, 13.272[8]; 17. 18J-JT Ferry, 13.562[17]; 18. 17GP-Hank Davis, 13.562[9]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 9-Daison Pursley, 12.654[2]; 2. 23-Chase Dietz, 12.672[9]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.748[1]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.755[3]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes, 12.866[4]; 6. 26-Justin Peck, 12.998[11]; 7. 69K-Ryan Smith, 13.044[7]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.060[16]; 9. 19-Brent Marks, 13.089[15]; 10. 5R-Tyler Ross, 13.279[8]; 11. 41-Logan Rumsey, 13.436[13]; 12. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.530[5]; 13. 91-Preston Lattomus, 13.605[10]; 14. 20-Ryan Taylor, 13.837[14]; 15. 11H-Hayden Miller, 13.933[6]; 16. 11-TJ Stutts, 14.202[12]; 17. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 55:55.555[17]
2026 Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 14/61 Races):
906 pts… Aaron Reutzel - Ridge & Sons Racing #87
-33… Rico Abreu - Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24
-43… Tanner Thorson - Rod Gross Motorsports #88
-60… Giovanni Scelzi - Spire Motorsports #77
-131… Kerry Madsen - Vermeer Motorsports #55
-143… Tyler Courtney - Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC
-148… Justin Peck - Rudeen Racing #26
-253… Daison Purlsey - Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9
-265… Sye Lynch - Mosites Lynch Racing #42
-266… Brent Marks - Brent Marks Racing #19
-269… Tanner Holmes - Buch Motorsports #13
-270… Hank Davis - Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP
-322… Chase Randall - Chase Randall Racing #9R
-334… Brenham Crouch - CJB Motorsports
-352… Danny Sams III - Randerson Racing #24D
Updated Roto-Rooter Midweek Series Points (After 3/16 Rounds):
195 pts... Aaron Reutzel
-7... Tyler Courtney
-17... Rico Abreu
-20... Giovanni Scelzi
-25... Tanner Thorson
-36... Justin Peck
-52... Kerry Madsen
-56... Brent Marks
-58... Sye Lynch
-60... Chase Randall
WHAT’S NEXT: The $100,000-to-win Bob Weikert Memorial awaits this weekend with shows at Port Royal Speedway's "Speed Palace" pitting the High Rollers vs. the PA Posse this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 22-24. Tickets are available for purchase HERE, or you can watch every lap live on FloRacing.
Article Credit: Brian Walker