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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.” 

Reinhardt was the 21st car to hit the track for qualifying Sunday evening in the 31-car field.  A late slot is often difficult for teams to overcome as track conditions decline, but the Capitol Custom Coaches & Trailers, Coors Banquet Beer, E-Z-GO Golf Cars, Henry’s Wrecker Service No.91 was up to the task, registering the 8th quickest lap overall.

From his front-row starting spot in heat race number two,  Reinhardt challenged polesitter Troy Wagaman Jr. at the drop of the green.  He followed in the runner-up spot, working to chase down the leader, but ultimately settled for the 2nd place finish.

Reinhardt started outside the 4th row in the 40-lap A-main but couldn’t find a rhythm during the opening laps and slipped back to the 10th position.  

As the race neared the halfway mark, Reinhardt gained momentum and started to move forward, taking over the 8th position on lap twenty-two.  Ten laps later he took possession of 6th and held a firm grasp on it to the checkers to collect his third consecutive top-ten finish.

“I’m very happy with our speed right now.  Timing good the last few weeks and competing for top-fives is a great jump from where we were the last few months.”, Reinhardt commented.  “We are looking to keep carrying the momentum through the rest of the season.”

Reinhardt unloaded a newly built No.91 for the Capitani Classic last Sunday aiming to shake it down at what is likely the most difficult one-day sprint car show to qualify for.  

With 82 cars on hand, Reinhardt turned in the 34th quickest lap in Group B qualifying, then passed three cars to finish 9th in his heat race to move into the B-main.  

From his 16th starting spot in that last-chance race, Reinhardt looked very racy.  He charged up to 7th before a late-race slip dropped him to a 9th-place finish.  While he did not advance to the A-main, it was a productive night settling into the new car.

“We had a really good car there in the B-main.  I missed my mark just a little bit going into (turn) one there with a couple of laps to go and that ended up costing me two spots but we learned some things about this car tonight, so we will take that.”, Reinhardt commented.