RETURNING TO THE ROAD: Kyle Larson Kicks Off Busy Sprint Car Week with Iowa Lottery Duel at Davenport Win
COLUMN BY:HIGH LIMIT RACING / DAVENPORT, IA – You can’t win all week if you don’t start on Monday; and that’s exactly what Kyle Larson did as he put on a clinic to win the Iowa Lottery Duel at Davenport.
Fresh off a Sunday night race with the NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville, “Yung Money” flew into the Quad Cities area on Monday and hopped into Paul Silva’s #57 Sprint Car for the first of four shows with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing this week in the upper midwest.
Coming from the third position of the 30-lapper, Larson quickly worked his way into the second spot after splitting Brady Bacon and Brent Marks with a three-wide move. An attack on the race lead was soon launched when the #57 and #87 of Aaron Reutzel began trading sliders for the top spot with Larson eventually securing it for good on Lap 7.
Taking the final restart with 20 to go, Larson flew away from the field and cruised to a 3.275-second margin of victory – lapping all the way up to the top-10. The win marked his third trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane this season and earned his 12th career CASM Safety Products Win Sticker in Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing competition. It was his fifth-career Roto-Rooter Midweek Series score, second only to Rico Abreu’s eight.
Afterwards, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion took a bow in tribute to Kyle Busch, who tragically passed away 11 days ago. In victory lane, he pledged a portion of his winnings and the Angel Donor money to the Kyle & Samantha Busch Bundle of Joy Fund.
It was a great start to the week for Larson, who will follow Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing through Red Cedar Speedway in Menomonie, Wisconsin on Wednesday, Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin on Thursday, and I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on Friday.
Chasing the #57 to the stripe was Myerstown, Pennsylvania’s Brent Marks with a second-straight runner-up effort as he begins heating up. Closing out the podium was Giovanni Scelzi in third-place aboard the Spire Motorsports, Chili’s Grill & Bar #77.
Rounding out the top-10 at Davenport was Brady Bacon in fourth, Rico Abreu in fifth, Brenham Crouch in sixth, Aaron Reutzel in seventh, Kerry Madsen in eighth, Justin Peck in ninth, and Daison Pursley in tenth.
Interstate Batteries A-Main Results (30 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen[16]; 9. 26-Justin Peck[21]; 10. 9-Daison Pursley[9]; 11. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[12]; 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[20]; 13. 9R-Chase Randall[18]; 14. 7A-Will Armitage[10]; 15. 17GP-Hank Davis[13]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 17. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten[17]; 18. 3-Cole Schroeder[24]; 19. 88W-Austin McCarl[22]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch[23]; 21. 13-Tanner Holmes[14]; 22. 6-JJ Hickle[19]; 23. 88-Tanner Thorson[8]; 24. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[11]
