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September 17th, 2014

Billy Moyer Jr. Takes $10,000 Win at Tri City

Batesville, Arkansas (09/17/14) - Billy Moyer Jr. has always loved Tri City Speedway (Pontoon Beach, Illinois), but on Friday night he became even more fond of the place after racing to the $10,000 triumph in the opening round of the St. Louis Showdown in his #21jr Crop Production Services/Mesilla Valley Transportation/ Moyer Xtreme by Longhorn/Pro Power Racing Engine Super Late Model.

Thirty-seven entries took part in the event, and Billy started his night by setting fast time in his group before blazing the win in his heat race to earn the second starting spot for the 50 lap feature. Tim Manville jumped to the lead from the pole position, and Moyer Jr. stalked him until lap 23, when he shot into the lead. Once out front Billy held off a hard-charging Brian Birkhofer en route to his eighth win of the season! Birkhofer, Manville, Jason Feger, and Billy Moyer rounded out the top five finishers. Full results from the event are available at www.TriCitySpeedway.net .

Saturday night took the team to Federated Raceway at I-55 for another $10,000-to-win, UMP Super Late Model event. For the second straight night Billy qualified fastest in his group before charging to the win in his heat race. As a result he started third on the grid for the 50 lap feature. He would go on to battle the handle on his entry throughout the event before crossing the finish line in the ninth position. Full results from the event are available at www.I55Raceway.com .

"It was a fantastic win for our team, and my car was really great," said Moyer Jr. "After the struggles we had last year, it just feels amazing to be a contender every night. I have to thank my sponsors, teams, and fans for all of their support."

This weekend Billy will enter a single event as he will travel to Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, Kentucky) on Saturday night for a $3,000-to-win event. Moyer Jr. is undefeated at the 3/8 mile oval in 2014 with three triumphs. For more information on the event please visit www.KLMSLLC.com .

Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Moyer Xtreme by Longhorn, Crop Production Services, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Dyna-Gro Seed, Banner Valley Hauling, Car City, All Makes Collision Center, Bad Boy Mowers, Pro Power Racing Engines, ROCKHARD Powder Coating, Eibach Springs, Weld Wheels, COMP Cams, Imperial Motors, Red Line Oil, Karl Chevrolet, Sparks Motorsports, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, Watters Autoland, Performance Rod & Custom, Midwest Sheet Metal, Peterson Fluid Systems, Mason Starters, Sweet Mfg., Fikes Truck Line, MSD Performance, Wiles Driveshafts, Cizmar Racing, Performance Bodies, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, ISC Racing Tape, Stealth Carburetors, Oakley Deatherage Opticians, Wilwood Engineering, Frankland Racing Products, VP Racing Fuel, Hooker Harness, Kluhsman Racing Components, BSB Manufacturing, Beyea Custom Headers, R2C Competition Filters, Turbo Start Batteries, TWM Products, Hawk Performance Products Group, Scott Performance Wire, CPD Tools, AFCO, Design 500, Accu-Force Shock Service, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on the team please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .

Reutzel Looks for Fall Brawl Finishes to go with the Speed!

Lonnie Wheatley, CLUTE, Texas (September 17, 2014) – The speed is there; no question the BC Fundz/Wren Motorsports No. 87 Triple-X Chassis machine is plenty fast.

It’s just a matter of parlaying that speed into up-front finishes.  And, hopefully those up-front finishes resume for Aaron Reutzel in the Momentum Racing Suspensions/Danny Sander Construction/ButlerBuilt Sprint Car at this weekend’s Midwest Fall Brawl III at Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway, where a $50,000 bonus for sweeping the ASCS National Tour weekend is up for grabs.

Reutzel comes off a weekend of “‘what-could-have been’s” at Texas Motor Speedway where a variety of misfortunes sidelined a pair of strong runs among the top five.

“It was going good on both nights, we were plenty fast,” the driver of the Scott Baylor Racing Engines/Basic One Services machine said of the Fort Worth, TX, weekend.

Lady Luck wasn’t on the Clute, Texas’ driver’s side this time around though, with a blown power steering line preceding a broken rocker arm on Friday night and then a lapped car cutting a left rear tire while on the charge Saturday night.

After adding the first of two heat race wins on the weekend, Reutzel started Friday’s feature third but slipped back to seventh in the early going.

“We got back up to fifth, I got by Jeff (Swindell) and was about to pass (Matt) Covington for fourth when the power steering hose blew,” Reutzel explains.  “It just blew the side out of it, it wasn’t rubbing on anything at all, it was a weird thing to have happen.”

Working back through the field after the caution, Reutzel was closing back in on top-ten status when he sensed something was amiss.  “I felt the motor lose power, so I pulled it in.”

With a broken rocker arm the diagnosis, repairs were made and the Lone Star Hydro Maintenance/Wright Way Logistics machine was ready for more Texas Motor Speedway action on Saturday night.

And, after starting the feature tenth, Reutzel worked his way forward in short order.  Up to third with the top two in sight, Reutzel’s run was cut short after contact with a lapped car cut the left rear.

“We were running the top in one and two and the bottom of three and four,” Reutzel says.  “I got by in one and two then he tried to race me into three and got into the left rear.  We went to the work area to change it, but they went green before we could get back out.”

“We were really good,” Reutzel says.  “We had just got up to Sam (Hafertepe, Jr.), who was running second, and we’d done it without any cautions.”

Instead of a pair of top-fives and a potential win, Reutzel and crew were credited with finishes of 16^th and 18^th, yet still climbed a position to ninth in Lucas Oil ASCS National points.

With the No. 87 machine running well, being around for the finish this weekend at I-80 Speedway could prove quite lucrative for Reutzel and company with a $50,000 bonus at stake for the weekend sweep.

“The car is fast,” Reutzel says.  “We just need a little luck, if everything will stay together we’ve got a shot at it.”

2014 Quick Stats:  49 races, 6 “A” Main wins, 22 top-fives, 31 top-tens.

Up Next: Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour action I-80 Speedway’s Midwest Fall Brawl III in Greenwood, NE, on Friday and Saturday.

Keep Track:  Keep track of Aaron Reutzel’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.aaronreutzelracing.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Reutzel-Racing/117666254913127 or on Twitter at @AaronReutzel.  You can also e-mail Aaron at aaronreutzel@yahoo.com.

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Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on racinboys.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.