Aaron Reutzel won the High Limit event at Douglas County Monday (Chad Warner Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
Ridge & Sons Racing Scores 10th Win of Season, Cutting Championship Deficit Down to 36-Points
ROSEBURG, ORE. (August 31, 2026) - After a 111-point swing in the championship (from up 61 to down 50) due to four-straight results outside the top-10, nobody was happier than Aaron Reutzel to get the heck out of California and roll into Oregon for Monday's one-night stand at the Douglas County Dirtrack.
Leaving the six-race swing down south with too much torn up parts and two less provisionals, Reutzel and his Ridge & Sons Racing, PowerPlus #87 team immediately bounced back by winning the SugarBee Apple Showdown on the River presented by Seven Feathers Casino - in his debut at the Roseburg, Oregon oval at that.
His 10th win of the season with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing didn't come without controversy as a Lap 1 wreck with fellow front row starter Tyler Courtney changed the dynamic of the race before the field even hit the flag stand. Fortunately for Reutzel, his #87 was unharmed and he maintained his spot at the front of the field, then never relinquished the lead once.
Leading all 35 laps for his 17th career win with the series, the Clute, Texas native cut the championship deficit down to 36-points behind Rico Abreu and the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24. He'll now head to the $126,000-to-win Skagit Nationals this weekend with three more chances to provide the 12th championship lead change of the season.
Reutzel's biggest challenger turned into last year's Douglas County victor, Brent Marks, who is still hunting for his first win aboard the Chase Briscoe Racing, Magical Vacation Planners #19. "The Myerstown Missile" ran in second the entirety of the feature and had his closest call with 10 to go when he peaked underneath the #87 for the lead before a caution was called and ruined his momentum. He'll go to Skagit, where he ran second in the Super Dirt Cup this summer, with back-to-back P2 finishes to his credit.
Landing on the podium at Douglas County for the second-straight year was Tanner Thorson with a 12th-to-3rd drive aboard the JST Motorsports, Chaotic #88. Like Marks, the Minden, Nevada native is still chasing his first High Limit win since racing under new ownership.
Closing out the top-five on Monday night was Aromas, California's Justin Sanders in the Mittry Construction #2X and St. Helena, California's Rico Abreu in the Waste Connections #24.
Finishing out the top-10 of the SugarBee Apple Showdown on the River presented by Seven Feathers Casino Resort was Indiana's Justin Peck in sixth, California's Giovanni Scelzi in seventh, Texas' Chase Randall in eighth, California's Dominic Scelzi in ninth, and Oklahoma's Daison Pursley in tenth.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (8/28/26)
Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, California)
SugarBee Apples Showdown on the River presented by Seven Feathers Casino Resort
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Giovanni Scelzi (12.237)
Capitol Renegade QuickTime - Justin Sanders (11.598)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Tyler Courtney
DMI Heat Two Winner - Max Mittry
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 - Landon Brooks
DURST Dice Roll Driver - Giovanni Scelzi (7th-to-7th)
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap - Aaron Reutzel (12.242 on Lap 33)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Landon Brooks +10 (21st-to-11th)
Whiskey Meyers Victory Lane Visitors - Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (10th of year)
CASM Win Sticker - Aaron Reutzel (17th of career)
Lap Leader(s) - Aaron Reutzel 1-35
Interstate Batteries A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 3. 88-Tanner Thorson[12]; 4. 2X-Justin Sanders[6]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 6. 26-Justin Peck[8]; 7. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 8. 9R-Chase Randall[16]; 9. 5-Dominic Scelzi[15]; 10. 9-Daison Pursley[10]; 11. 21L-Landon Brooks[21]; 12. 55-Kerry Madsen[13]; 13. 4-Kasey Kahne[11]; 14. 42-Sye Lynch[14]; 15. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 16. 77A-Levi Klatt[23]; 17. 7T-Tyler Thompson[18]; 18. 7-Seth Standley[20]; 19. 40-Kinzer Cox[22]; 20. 5K-Dylan Bloomfield[19]; 21. 2XM-Max Mittry[4]; 22. 10-Dominic Gorden[24]; 23. 21-James McFadden[17]; 24. 13-Tanner Holmes[9]
Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 21L-Landon Brooks[2]; 2. 40-Kinzer Cox[1]; 3. 77A-Levi Klatt[4]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 6. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 7. 26R-Levi Hillier[9]; 8. 22K-Kayden Smith[7]; 9. 22-Austin Sause[11]; 10. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[10]; 11. 11DB-Colin Mackey[5]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 4. 2XM-Max Mittry[5]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 6. 2X-Justin Sanders[7]; 7. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 8. 26-Justin Peck[6]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 2. 13-Tanner Holmes[1]; 3. 88-Tanner Thorson[3]; 4. 2X-Justin Sanders[4]; 5. 21-James McFadden[5]; 6. 10-Dominic Gorden[7]; 7. 11DB-Colin Mackey[6]; 8. 26R-Levi Hillier[8]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2XM-Max Mittry[1]; 2. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 5-Dominic Scelzi[3]; 5. 7T-Tyler Thompson[6]; 6. 40-Kinzer Cox[5]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]; 8. 1H-Bailey Hibbard[8]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen[2]; 4. 9R-Chase Randall[3]; 5. 5K-Dylan Bloomfield[6]; 6. 21L-Landon Brooks[5]; 7. 22K-Kayden Smith[7]; 8. 22-Austin Sause[8]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 4-Kasey Kahne[2]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[5]; 4. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 5. 7-Seth Standley[3]; 6. 77A-Levi Klatt[7]; 7. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[6]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders, 11.598[24]; 2. 26-Justin Peck, 11.768[9]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 11.768[31]; 4. 19-Brent Marks, 11.783[6]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes, 11.798[14]; 6. 2XM-Max Mittry, 11.816[25]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 11.824[16]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu, 11.840[15]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 11.842[1]; 10. 9-Daison Pursley, 11.846[18]; 11. 55-Kerry Madsen, 11.867[17]; 12. 4-Kasey Kahne, 11.872[11]; 13. 88-Tanner Thorson, 11.892[12]; 14. 5-Dominic Scelzi, 11.922[28]; 15. 9R-Chase Randall, 11.939[26]; 16. 7-Seth Standley, 11.951[21]; 17. 21-James McFadden, 11.951[8]; 18. 40-Kinzer Cox, 12.002[4]; 19. 21L-Landon Brooks, 12.043[5]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch, 12.059[20]; 21. 11DB-Colin Mackey, 12.111[13]; 22. 7T-Tyler Thompson, 12.120[3]; 23. 5K-Dylan Bloomfield, 12.134[7]; 24. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss, 12.136[19]; 25. 10-Dominic Gorden, 12.189[27]; 26. 24D-Danny Sams III, 12.270[23]; 27. 22K-Kayden Smith, 12.326[22]; 28. 77A-Levi Klatt, 12.344[2]; 29. 26R-Levi Hillier, 12.360[10]; 30. 1H-Bailey Hibbard, 12.388[30]; 31. 22-Austin Sause, 12.745[29]
NEW Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 38/54 Races):
2,219 pts – Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24 (Rico Abreu)
-36 pts - Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (Aaron Reutzel)
-83 pts – Spire Motorsports #77 (Giovanni Scelzi)
-154 pts – Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (Tyler Courtney)
-160 pts – Chase Briscoe Racing #19 (Brent Marks)
-168 pts – Rudeen Racing #26 (Justin Peck)
-295 pts – JST Motorsports #88 (Tanner Thorson)
-345 pts – Vermeer Motorsports #55 (Kerry Madsen)
-438 pts – Buch Motorsports #13 (Tanner Holmes)
-441 pts – Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9 (Daison Pursley)
-636 pts – Mosites Lynch Racing #42 (Sye Lynch)
-657 pts – CJB Motorsports #5 (Brenham Crouch sub w/ Dominic Scelzi)
-726 pts – Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP (Brock Zearfoss)
-742 pts – Chase Randall Racing #9R (Chase Randall)
-869 pts – Randerson Racing #24D (Danny Sams III)
UPDATED Roto-Rooter Midweek Series Points (Through 13/14 Rounds):
797 pts - Brent Marks
-17 pts - Aaron Reutzel
-42 pts - Rico Abreu
-45 pts - Giovanni Scelzi
-61 pts - Justin Peck
-65 pts - Tyler Courtney
WHAT’S NEXT: The highest-paying event of the 2026 Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing campaign awaits this weekend as the $126,000-to-win Angel of the Winds Skagit Nationals takes teams to Alger, Washington's Skagit Speedway from Thursday-Saturday, September 3-5. Tickets are available for purchase at HighLimitRacing.com, or you can watch every event live on FloRacing.
Article Credit: Brian Walker