Kyle Reinhardt Fast All Weekend but Comes up Empty

Reinhardt and his team made the nearly three hour trek southwest through Michigan to Butler Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s All Star Circuit of Champions race.

With a stout field of 37 cars pit side for the $8,500 to win Mace Thomas Classic, Reinhardt ripped off the 2nd fastest lap in his group.  The lap put him on the pole for his heat race and he didn’t let the opportunity slip away.  He led every lap to put the Grove Racing team in the dash.

The redraw put Reinhardt outside row two for the 6-lap race.  At the drop of the green he quickly surged into the runner up spot and set his sights on leader Zeb Wise.  He brought home a 2nd place finish and the front row starting spot in the A-main.

Reinhardt was on point from the start in the 30-lap main event.  He took the top spot on the opening lap and quickly put some distance between himself and 2nd place Zeb Wise.

During the opening laps, Reinhardt ‘biked’ on the turn four cushion, which knocked the right front tire off the rim.  

It didn’t slow Reinhardt down.  He stayed in the gas and maintained the top spot for another four laps before losing the lead to Wise just before the steering gear finally gave out from the earlier incident.  A promising night turned into a 21st place finish.