Story By: A2DPR / KYLE REINHARDT RACING – ABBOTTSTOWN, PA – Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway against the World of Outlaws, Kyle Reinhardt showcased his team’s recent speed.
The Keystone Showdown served as the stage for Reinhardt in his familiar Capitol Custom Coaches & Trailers, Coors Banquet Beer, E-Z-GO Golf Cars, Henry’s Wrecker Service No.91. The team has found consistent speed the last few months and it showed against some of the toughest competition in sprint car racing.
BACK ON TRACK
The month of October opened with one of the most anticipated weekends of the year, the National Open at Williams Grove Speedway on October 4th and 5th. After showing good speed at the legendary oval in recent outings, Reinhardt came into the weekend feeling good about his chances to make the shows and post good finishes. The weekend didn’t unfold as hoped though, and both shows ended in the B-main, short of the goal.
Reinhardt and team didn’t dwell on the National Open results. They got back to work and turned their focus toward their next opportunity, which would come one week later at Lincoln Speedway, another track where he has displayed good speed recently. In his last two outings at the Pigeon Hills oval, he posted finishes of 4th and 6th to add to two other top-ten finishes there earlier in the season.
The night got off to a positive start when Reinhardt turned in the 3rd quickest lap in Group B qualifying, a 13.964-second effort on his first of two laps.
The qualifying effort put the Neptune City, NJ native on the front row of the third heat race of the night. Reinhardt brought home a runner-up finish behind winner Chase Dietz. The qualifying run put him into the Dash.
Reinhardt drew the third starting spot for the 8-lap dash. The finishing order would establish the front four rows of the main event lineup. At the drop of the green, he grabbed the 2nd spot behind leader Sheldon Haudenchild. He held that position until lap five and ultimately finished 4th to claim the outside row two starting spot for the A-main.
In the 35-lap finale, the opening laps shuffled Reinhardt back to 6th, and by lap ten he had dropped to 9th. During the middle third of the race, he briefly found himself outside of the top ten looking in but he battled his way back to 9th as the race entered the final ten circuits.
David Gravel wrestled the 9th spot away from Reinhardt with five laps remaining, relegating him to a hard-fought 10th-place finish.
“It was a great night for us. Disappointed with our feature effort. We slipped pretty bad at the drop of the green but overall it was a great night making the dash and finishing top-ten at an Outlaw event.”, Reinhardt commented.
“We have been solid the last few months. We have about eight dates remaining on our 2024 schedule and we are working hard to put ourselves in position to win races.”
UP NEXT
Reinhardt will return to Lincoln Speedway Saturday night for the track’s season finale, Night of Champions, which will award the winner with a $15,000 payday at the conclusion of a 50-lap finale.
Prior to the night’s racing action, Reinhardt will make an appearance at Stan’s Beverage in Carlisle, PA from 12-4pm. Fans are encouraged to stop by to meet Kyle and get an up close look at his No.91 sprint car, plus pick up some ice cold Coors Banquet for the weekend!