The World of Outlaws announced on Wednesday that one of its top drivers would be suspended for the biggest race of the year.
Roth Motorsports’ Aaron Reutzel has been suspended by the series for 30 days after violating World of Outlaws rules.
During an inspection of Aaron Reutzel’s and Roth Motorsports’ race car prior to competition on Saturday, World of Outlaws Technical Director Tom Devitt noticed suspicious peculiarities with the chassis paint, and that the chassis inspection sticker appeared to have been tampered with. When confronted with these observations Reutzel admitted to Devitt and World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Director Carlton Reimers he had taken a white chassis, which he knew had been previously disallowed for competition by Devitt due to undersized tubing (Chapter 3, Section 5, U), painted it black and then removed an inspection sticker from a different legal chassis and placed it on the chassis in question.
All of these actions by Reutzel were an effort to circumvent the inspection process and further violate the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Rules and Regulations.”
Ruetzel will pay a $10,000 fine and has been deducted 1,000 World of Outlaws series points.
Triple X Race Components, who makes the chassis that Reutzel and Roth Motorsports run, issued a statement through a reply on Facebook regarding the news early on Wednesday.
“At this time, we have not been contacted by Aaron, Roth Motorsports, or the WoO. Which is peculiar, as traditionally if there is any tech issue related to a chassis, one of those entities would contact us immediately before the chassis even leaves tech. Until we hear something from an official source, we are in the dark like everyone else as to what has transpired. What we do know is that all chassis we manufacture meet and/or exceed all sanctioning body rules.”
The World of Outlaws race this weekend on Friday and Saturday in Pevely, Missouri for the annual Ironman 55. The racing action that concludes with a 55-lap feature at the track on Saturday can be seen live, as always, on DirtVision.com.
