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When the 2023 season opens for Kyle Reinhardt, some things will seem familiar, but the new year will bring changes.

The biggest change:  Jeff McCall and Reinhardt split a few weeks ago. The team spent the past two seasons traveling with the All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) and supplemented their schedule with other races when time allowed, amassing over seventy events entered each season.

The combination had moderate success, including Reinhardt’s first ASCoC victory and a pair of eighth place finishes in the ASCoC Championship point standings. More importantly, they were accumulating resources and building the depth of their program. McCall’s departure is on good terms but nonetheless it sets Reinhardt’s program back a few steps.

“We were slowly building something solid the last couple seasons and we had things going the right direction the last couple months of this past season, but now we will need to restart the building process in certain ways,” Reinhardt commented.

“Jeff’s departure means we will start 2023 without some of the parts, engines, and key components that I have been able to rely on the last two years.”  He will not have any full time employees either.

On the familiar side of things, Capitol Renegade, who has been with Reinhardt since 2017, will remain a key partner.

“On a positive note, we will start the year on the same car and shock package we were running at the end of 2022.  We were running well on that combination, so we will have that to build on.“, Reinhardt shared.

The schedule will look a little different for Reinhardt in 2023. It will primarily consist of races in Pennsylvania, along with some travel for World of Outlaw, All Star and High Limit series events when possible. Exactly which events, and the total number of events, the team enters will be dependent on securing additional funding.

Reinhardt is open to a partnership that will enable him to rebuild the depth of his team, as well as enable him to run all the events on his tentative schedule.

“I am open to conversations about help, funding, or opportunities. I was hoping to kick off the season in Georgia with the All Stars, but given the current crew help situation and resources available, we will probably delay the start of our season to early March.,” Reinhardt said.

Kyle Reinhardt has definitely found speed again.

Coming into a late October two-race weekend in his home state of New Jersey, his month already included three top five finishes at three different tracks, one of those on the podium.

‘Sprinttoberfest’ at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, NJ provided Reinhardt with two more shots in October to continue building momentum before heading south to compete at the World Finals in Charlotte, NC in early November. 

He capitalized on both opportunities.

October 29:  Sprintoberfest / Bridgeport Motorsports Park / Swedesboro, NJ  [25 cars, Qualifying 1st Group 1, Heat 4th (3), Dash 5th (5) A-main 5th (5)]

Reinhardt has expressed his love of the new 4-tenths mile configuration at Bridgeport ever since it opened a few years ago.  He has been fast on the high-banked surface, including a runner-up finish in the ‘Invasion of the Posse’ event back in April of this year in his Capitol Renegade / Capitol Custom Coaches & Trailers / Champion Hi-Tech Lubricants / J&J Auto Racing No.91.

Bridgeport Motorsports Park Sprintoberfest Format Details

Reinhardt’s draw placed him in group one.  He promptly laid down a lap of 12.786, quickest in the group, which put him inside row two to start heat number one and guaranteed him a spot in the dash redraw.

The Neptune City, NJ native finished 4th in his 8-lap heat race, drew the #5 starting spot for the dash, and finished in the same position in the 5-lap event.

Reinhardt started 5th in the 25-lap A-main and began to make moves early on.  He claimed the 4th spot at the start and held onto it through the first six laps before wrestling the 3rd spot away from Sye Lynch on lap seven.  Lynch battled back a lap later and took the podium spot back from Reinhardt.

Meanwhile, Gio Scelzi was closing in to become part of the battle.  He worked his way past Reinhardt to take 4th on lap ten, dropping the Capitol Renegade No.91 to 5th, where he would finish the event 

October 30:  Sprintoberfest / Bridgeport Motorsports Park / Swedesboro, NJ  [26 cars, Qualifying 1st Group 3, Heat 4th (3), Dash 6th (5), A-main 2nd (6)]

Sunday’s field grew by one to 26 cars, but the format remained the same as Saturday.

Sunday’s draw put Reinhardt in group three, but the result was no different.  Once again, he was quickest in his group, this time with a lap of 12.687.  The 8-lap heat race and redraw were like Deja vu as well, as Reinhardt started 3rd and finished 4th in the heat, then drew the 5th starting spot for the dash.

Reinhardt finished 6th in the dash, putting him outside row three to start the 40-lap finale.  Once again he got right to work, moving forward into the 5th spot on the opening lap.  He raced 5th for the majority of the first half of the race, slipping to 6th only briefly in the early going.

On lap twenty three, Reinhardt worked his way into the 4th spot, then found himself in the runner up spot with Gio Scelzi in front and Danny Dietrich on his heels with fifteen laps remaining.  

With Devin Borden and Lance Dewease also in the top five, there was no room for error during the final dozen circuits.  Reinhardt was up to the challenge and came home with the runner up finish, 1.288 seconds behind Scelzi. Dewease, Borden and Dietrich rounded out the top five.

“It was great to run up front both nights in front of a lot of family and friends.  I’m happy about the consistent speed we have found lately.  We’re running well, but we still have a little work to do to get the car into victory lane again.  Hopefully we can keep that going in Charlotte next week to finish out our season.“, Reinhardt commented.

Up Next

Reinhardt and the Capitol Renegade team will wrap up their 2022 season with a trip to the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  The team will compete in the World of Outlaws sanctioned event on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, November 2nd, 4th and 5th.

In 2021, Reinhardt made the A-main on both Friday and Saturday night at Charlotte, recording finishes of 14th and 20th.  This week he will look to improve on last year’s successful trip.

The events will be broadcast on DirtVision.com for those who subscribe to the streaming service.

Season Stats

72 races, 0 wins, 10 top 5’s, 20 top 10’s, 36 top 15’s