Reutzel Starts Strong at Dirt Cup after Earning Speedweek Title

Aaron Reutzel has been ever so close to winning Skagit Speedway’s Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup over each of the last two years.

He rides a wave of momentum into the event in Alger, WA, after topping two of the final three rounds to claim this year’s ASCS Speedweek championship aboard the Dissolvalloy Downhole Revolution/BC Fundz No. 87 Triple-X Sprint Car.

And, after winning Thursday night’s Dirt Cup opener that kicked off the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour’s journey through the Northwest, Reutzel and the Wren Motorsports/Momentum Racing Suspensions team are in prime position thus far for the top spot in Saturday’s $15,000-to-win Dirt Cup finale.

“We’ve been fast there each of the last couple of years,” Reutzel said prior to the event. “We’ve gone from 10th to second two years in a row. We’ve just had trouble on the preliminary nights and didn’t put ourselves in good position to win…”

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