Aaron Reutzel celebrates in victory lane at Butler Motor Speedway. (High Limit Racing photo)

By Brian Walker, High Limit Racing PR

QUINCY, Mich. (May 30, 2026) – The span of 24 hours made quite the difference for Aaron Reutzel and Ridge & Sons Racing with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing.

On Friday at 9:06 p.m., he was upside down in turn four at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway. Crashed with Tanner Thorson while battling for second in the Driven2SaveLives Battle at the Burg, the move took Reutzel out of the championship lead.

On Saturday at 9:14 p.m., he took the checkered flag in first at Butler Motor Speedway’s Mace Thomas Classic – scoring his sixth High Limit win of the season and re-claiming the championship lead.

Taking advantage of Thorson's misfortune, Reutzel assumed the lead on lap 18 when the Rod Gross Motorsports No. 88 slowed with mechanical issues after leading the first 17 circuits.

From there, he continued a march through lap traffic and crossed the line with a .750-second margin of victory for his 13th career win with the series.

Reutzel now leads the point standings by 11 over defending High Limit champion Rico Abreu.

Following Reutzel to the finish line was Pennsylvania’s Brent Marks with a season-best runner-up in his new-look No. 19. After Marks, Tyler Courtney earned his second podium of the year aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC.

Sye Lynch and Zane DeVault were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Closing out the top 10 at Butler were Justin Peck, Tanner Holmes, Danny Sams III, Chase Randall, and Brenham Crouch. Abreu finished a surprising 11th in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 24.

The finish:

Interstate Batteries A-Main (30 laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks [4]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch [5]; 5. 14-Zane DeVault [9]; 6. 26-Justin Peck [8]; 7. 13-Tanner Holmes [7]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III [6]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall [12]; 10. 5-Brenham Crouch [10]; 11. 24-Rico Abreu [11]; 12. 77-Giovanni Scelzi [13]; 13. 55-Kerry Madsen [14]; 14. 9-Daison Pursley [16]; 15. 11N-Darin Naida [18]; 16. 71-Parker Price Miller [15]; 17. 17GP-Hank Davis [17]; 18. 12DD-Darren Dryden [19]; 19. 10RR-Brad Lamberson [20]; 20. 41-Thomas Schinderle [24]; 21. 10BR-Jason Blonde [21]; 22. 88-Tanner Thorson [1]; 23. 85-Dustin Daggett [23]; 24. 71H-Max Stambaugh [22].

ARTICLE CREDIT: High Limit Racing