Kyle Larson won the High Limit stop in Davenport Monday (Mark Funderburk Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
6/1/26
Davenport Speedway
Davenport, IA
High Limit
30 cars
Aaron Reutzel (29th car out to time) set quick time and a new track record on the ¼-mile oval at 11.485 seconds. Rico Abreu (21st car out) was second quick, followed by Brent Marks (20th), Brenham Crouch (23rd), Tanner Thorson (30th), Kyle Larson (15th), Gio Scelzi (17th), Brady Bacon (16th), Gage Pulkrabek (11th) and Joel Myers Jr. (13th).
Heat one (started): 1. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 2. 5-Brenham Crouch[1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[3]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 55-Kerry Madsen[6] / 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]; 8. 42-Sye Lynch[7]; 9. 88W-Austin McCarl[9]; 10. 22-Riley Goodno[10]
8-lap heats took the winner and the fastest qualifier (starting fourth) in the top six to the Dash. The top six finishers went to the feature. This one was mostly a single-file affair.
Heat two (started): 1. 21H-Brady Bacon[2]; 2. 88-Tanner Thorson[1]; 3. 7A-Will Armitage[3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes[5]; 6. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten[7] / 7. 26-Justin Peck[6]; 8. 45X-Rees Moran[8]; 9. 10V-Matt VanderVere[9]; 10. 15JR-Cole Mincer[10]
Thorson was penalized a row for leaving early at the start. Gennetten shot by Peck at the start and held down the final transfer.
Heat three (started): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 9-Daison Pursley[3]; 3. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[2]; 4. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 6. 9R-Chase Randall[9] / 7. 6-JJ Hickle[5]; 8. 3-Cole Schroeder[8]; 9. 4W-Jamie Ball[7]; 10. 99-Tyler Brabant[10]
Larson led the distance in commanding fashion. Randall took the sixth and final transfer from Hickle on lap two. It was Randall’s second appearance at Davenport having won a Sprint Invaders show there previously. Pulkrabek pulled a big wheelie at the start, and Pursley won a battle with him for second.
Dash (started): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[6]; 5. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[5]
The 7-lapper determined the starting order of the first three rows of the feature. The order was established early on, with Reutzel commanding all seven laps to earn the pole.
B main (started): 1. 6-JJ Hickle[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 4. 88W-Austin McCarl[7]; 5. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 6. 3-Cole Schroeder[6] / 7. 10V-Matt VanderVere[8]; 8. 22-Riley Goodno[10]; 9. 15JR-Cole Mincer[11]; 10. 4W-Jamie Ball[9]; 11. 45X-Rees Moran[5]; 12. 99-Tyler Brabant[12]
The 12-lapper took the top six to the feature. Hickle led Courtney, Lynch, Peck, A McCarl from row four and Moran on lap one. Peck took third from Lynch on lap two. A McCarl followed him into fourth on lap four. On lap six, the sixth running Moran went over the top of turn three and surrendered the final transfer to Schroeder, who held off Goodno and then Vandervere.
A main (started): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen[16]; 9. 26-Justin Peck[21]; 10. 9-Daison Pursley[9]; 11. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[12]; 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[20]; 13. 9R-Chase Randall[18]; 14. 7A-Will Armitage[10]; 15. 17GP-Hank Davis[13]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 17. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten[17]; 18. 3-Cole Schroeder[24]; 19. 88W-Austin McCarl[22]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch[23]; 21. 13-Tanner Holmes[14]; 22. 6-JJ Hickle[19]; 23. 88-Tanner Thorson[8]; 24. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[11]
The 40-lap main event saw Reutzel leading Marks, Larson, Bacon, Scelzi and Abreu early. Larson used the low side of four to pass Marks for third on lap two. Reutzel was entering traffic on lap five when McCarl came to a stop in turn four. The restart saw Thorson get upside down and Pulkrabek tipped over in a separate incident. Davis and Holmes both got a piece of Thorson on the way by. Holmes continued with a damaged top wing, and Davis made repairs in the work area. The single-file restart saw Reutzel leading Larson, Marks, Bacon, Scelzi and Abreu. Larson used a slider in turn three to take the lead when the green fell again. On lap 10, Holmes came to a stop and exited, bringing the final caution. Abreu moved into the top five on the restart. Marks used the low side to pass Reutzel for second on lap 12. Bacon worked by Scelzi for fourth on lap 13, but Scelzi battled back to regain the spot the next time around. Larson was cooking and entered traffic on lap 16. Five laps later, Scelzi worked under Reutzel for third. With five laps to go, Bacon passed Reutzel to move into the top five, and he passed Abreu for fourth on the final lap. Larson won in good fashion, while Peck was the hard-charger.