Aaron Reutzel kept his hot string alive on night one of the Xtreme powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals last night as heard on KNIA. Reutzel had to work a little harder than usual to get the win as he and everyone was chasing Colby Copeland for the first 14 laps as Copeland set a torrid pace. But after a restart from a yellow Reutzel found the way around and was never headed the rest of the way. Reutzel almost lost it all as he and runner-up Sam Hafertepe Jr battled the last five laps and nearly sent Reutzel into the wall in turn four. He said in victory lane it was all he could do to keep the car on the right line.

Reutzel: “My car was great and I could run off his right rear, and could get there every time. Almost wrecked the thing over there, and he slid up and jumped and almost crashed.”

Reutzel has the overall points lead after night one with 483 points. He is followed by Kelby Watt, Ryan Timms, Kaleb Johnson and Tanner Holmes in the top five. Tonight the second half of the field will run and after tonight the top 20 in points will be locked into Saturday’s final A-Main. Listen to all the action starting with Live Track Side at 5:00 and Race Nights Live at 7:00 on the DeYarman Automotive Radio Racing Network on KNIA.

33rd Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals Presented by Great Southern Bank Night #1 Points

1. Aaron Reutzel 483
2. Kelby Watt 472
3. Ryan Timms 470
4. Kaleb Johnson 470
5. Tanner Holmes 467
6. Jason Martin 464
7. Jamie Ball 461
8. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 460
9. Colby Copeland 457
10. Chase Randall 449
11. Scott Bogucki 448
12. Austin McCarl 440
13. Ryan Leavitt 440
14. Rico Abreu 433
15. Brenham Crouch 430
16. Justin Peck 429
17. Kade Higday 429
18. Kade Morton 423
19. Tasker Phillips 420
20. Justin Henderson 414
21. Chris Martin 410
22. Tyler Groenendyk 410
23. Tanner Carrick 409
24. JJ Hickle 402
25. Colton Hardy 401
26. Tony Rost 399
27. Timothy Smith 397
28. Blake Hahn 363
29. Jack Anderson 362
30. Jacob Hughes 359
31. Dustin Selvage 358
32. Chance Morton 358
33. Calvin Landis 357
34. JT Imperial 345
35. Ryan Roberts 337
36. Sammy Swindell 330
37. Ayrton Gennetten 329
38. Kelly Miller 322
39. Cody Ledger 321
40. Liam Martin 318
41. Brandon Anderson 315
42. Alan Zoutte 303
43. Howard Moore 300
44. Kyler Johnson 299
45. Christopher Townsend 284
46. Tuesday Calderwood 283
47. Gage Pulkrabek 282
48. Cody Ihlen 272
49. Tyler Graves 261
50. Aaron Werner 260