Aaron Reutzel and Corey Day split Wednesday's Double Down Duel$ at Eldora, punching their tickets into Thursday's $100,000-to-win Joker's Jackpot - which airs live on FS1 at 7pm ET.
All told, at the conclusion of 62 cars qualifying, 8 heat races, two B-Mains, and 50-laps of Feature action, Rico Abreu claimed high point man honors and put his Whiskey Myers "East Texas Hot Rod" on the pole position of Thursday's 40-lapper with fellow Californian Kyle Larson to his outside in the Silva Motorsports #57/
Also locked-in for Thursday's A-Main 10 more drivers including Logan Schuchart, Aaron Reutzel, Corey Day, James McFadden, Tanner Holmes, Carson Macedo, Buddy Kofoid, Tyler Courtney, Anthony Macri, and Bill Balog.
One of the stories of the night was defending Joker's Jackpot champion David Gravel and his Big Game Motorsports #2 being disqualified following a second-place run in the second feature for the nose wing being too far forward.
GROUP A NOTEBOOK (7/16/25)
Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Kyle Larson (13.546)
Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime - Kyle Larson (13.327)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Brian Brown
DMI Heat Two Winner - Aaron Reutzel
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Chase Dietz
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Chris Windom
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Buddy Kofoid
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Aaron Reutzel (13.394)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Buddy Kofoid +15 (21st-to-6th)
Lap Leaders - Anthony Macri 1-4; James McFadden 5-9; Aaron Reutzel 10; McFadden 11; Reutzel 12-25
Group A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson[9]; 4. 21-James McFadden[3]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[21]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet[11]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[16]; 9. 21B-Brian Brown[6]; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 11. 7S-Chris Windom[14]; 12. 21H-Brady Bacon[17]; 13. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[20]; 14. 55V-Kerry Madsen[7]; 15. 6-Ryan Smith[19]; 16. 42-Sye Lynch[1]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch[18]; 18. 13-Daison Pursley[12]; 19. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[10]; 20. 71-Parker Price Miller[23]; 21. 88-Tanner Thorson[15]; 22. 10RR-Darin Naida[22]; 23. 23-Chase Dietz[13]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee[24]
GROUP B NOTEBOOK (7/16/25)
Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - David Gravel (13.776)
Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime - David Gravel (13.616)
Driven2SaveLives Heat Five Winner - Cale Thomas
Roto-Rooter Heat Six Winner - Rico Abreu
ShopHighLimitRacing.com Heat Seven Winner - Tim Shaffer
FK Rod Ends Heat Eight Winner - Donny Schatz
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Carson Macedo
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Corey Day (13.710)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Carson Macedo +15 (21st-to-6th)
Lap Leaders - Corey Day 1-25
Group B Feature (25 Laps): 1. 14BC-Corey Day[1]; 2. 18T-Tanner Holmes[2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[9]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[6]; 5. 41-Carson Macedo[21]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich[7]; 8. 23W-Garet Williamson[5]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[13]; 10. 49X-Cale Thomas[10]; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne[14]; 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[11]; 13. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[18]; 14. 45W-Cory Eliason[17]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[12]; 17. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[23]; 18. 27-Emerson Axsom[24]; 19. 19H-Kevin Thomas Jr[19]; 20. 5W-Jeremy Weaver[20]; 21. 26-Justin Peck[4]; 22. 19-Brent Marks[16]; 23. 69K-Christopher Bell[22]; 24. (DQ) 2-David Gravel[8]
Locked-In for Thursday's $100,000-to-win Joker's Jackpot A-Main
- 590pts - Rico Abreu (Rico Abreu Racing #24)
- 586 pts - Kyle Larson (Silva Motorsports #57)
- 584 pts - Logan Schuchart (Shark Racing #1S)
- 582 pts - Aaron Reutzel (Ridge & Sons Racing #87)
- 570 pts - Corey Day (Jason Meyers Racing #14BC)
- 567 pts - James McFadden (Tarlton Racing #21)
- 567 pts - Tanner Holmes (Tanner Holmes Racing #18T)
- 565 pts - Carson Macedo (Jason Johnson Racing #41)
- 563 pts - Buddy Kofoid (Roth Motorsports #83)
- 563 pts - Tyler Courtney (Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC)
- 562 pts - Anthony Macri (Macri Motorsports #39M)
- 553 pts - Bill Balog (Bill Balog Racing #17B)
UP NEXT: Kubota High Limit Racing will head for "The Big E" this Wednesday and Thursday, July 16-17 as Eldora Speedway's famous Kings Royal week begins with 70+ cars expected. On tap first is Wednesday's Double Down Duel$, a split-field program which sets the stage for Thursday's $100,000-to-win Joker's Jackpot, airing live on FS1. Fans can buy tickets at HighLimitRacing.com.
- administrator on Jul 17, 2025
- Article Date: 7/17/2025 by Brian Walker