Skagit Nationals Night 1 | High Limit Racing at Skagit Speedway 9/3/26 | Highlights

We are big move to the bottom of the racetrack early there for Tanner Thorsen takes the line away from Kourtney. He's got the early advantage. Reitzel moving up behind him. He's in two. Battle for third. Give it early to Trey Starks on the prowl. Trey Starks six to three on the opening lap of this one. But it's Tanner Thorsen with the early race lead. Remember Aaron Reitzel in that very competitive battle for the championship with Rico Ebru. Now here comes Starks to the outside of Reitzel. Now to the inside. Slide job coming for that second. Starks not able to get there in time. He pulls up next to Reitzel. Reitzel gets on the brakes and gives him the spot down the back stretch. Good for Starks. He gets to the cushion. Exiting turn number four. You can definitely see he wants to be there. Starks on the move. Six to two in just a couple of laps. Trey Starks certainly on the move here. Now we got a big wreck off the turn four. Huge wreck. Five cars involved. Another one at damage coming across the line. Chase Randall. Big chase gets. Tanner. Oh, no. Cary Madsen. One of the mid-tree cars. I can't tell if that's six or eight. I'll bet it's max given the positioning of it. And Hillier. On night one of the Angel of the Winds Casino and Resort Skagit Nationals. The green flag is out. We're back to green. It's a really good start. Thorsen up and around the high side. Reitzel reclaiming second away from Starks in the top three. Trying to break away from Kortney. And a big move coming down north away from Sunshine. Rico gets by Sunshine briefly. Now Tyler Kortney. A short slide on Rico into turn number one to take the spot back away. And around the inside comes McFadden. Trying to get by Rico. And a big move on Kortney for that fifth position. Rico holds them off. Meanwhile, Reitzel closing in on Thorsen. Reitzel goes down low in turn one. Thorsen up on the cushion. Starks in third. Now Rico with another move from Kortney for the fourth position. Fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. Really duking it out here as Abram makes his way past Sunshine McFadden. And now Tanner Holmes getting involved as he closes on the front pack. And he yellows out upside down. Red flag. Levi Klatt. The car upside down here in turn four. Dominic Selsey also involved. He is back right now. on the front stretch. And here's a look at the replay on the floor racing drunkenly bottom right of your screen. Oh, all by himself. Man, that was a big one. Caleb Thorson and right. So I try to sneak underneath him. He'll recover and drive back to fourth. He looks to the inside, and that's where Trey Starks is looking to the underneath of Aaron Wright. So for a second, as they battle into turn number one, right? So the squeeze play in a turn number one and leaves that 55 car in the dust. Here comes McFadden off the bottom. He looks at Rico for the fourth position. McFadden got by Courtney on the restart. Almost got by a blue there. Rico, the defensive line in a turn over three to hold off the 21 rights will solely knows he's under pressure from the TNC concept. Fifty five. And here comes Rico. Able as well. Closing in for the second spot. Let's make it a three car siesta for the two spot coming through the corner. A brew tries low. He'll get by Starks. Give third Rico Abreu on the prowl for right solution leader now into traffic. Just talked about a moment ago. That car comes alive midway through the race here at Skagit. Now Rico looking for second in a turn. One big slider on Aaron right. So right. So back to the inside. He'll retake the second spot down the back straight away. Runs the bottom in turn number four. Rico round his back bumper. Here comes Trey starts right back in the mix. Another great three car battle here at Skagit Speedway. Right. So low. Abreu High Starks. Low McFadden also started to pace him a little bit as they almost are side by side. Aaron writes a rooster tails off the backstretch there. He goes down low. Rico around the outside. Rights will nose. He's got to keep that 24 car behind him, separated by 36 in the championship standings. And here comes McFadden down the back straight away. McFadden trying to get in the mix for that second spot there. Caleb McFadden got by Starks a couple of laps ago, now trolling the bottom of the racetrack, looking to follow a brew a brew on right. So right. So hasn't been able to get by Dominic sells here. Max Mitri for about five laps here. Yeah, right. So it's been struggling with the lap cars and letting Tanner Thorsen get away. Now, right. So gets by the two XM down the front straight away. But Tanner Thorsen's lead the last time by across the line, Caleb. It was a big one. It was 2.2 seconds, right? So running out of time, seven laps to go. He's got two pieces of lap traffic that Aaron writes on these to navigate before you can even get the team or Thorsen. It takes the white flag at Skagit Speedway. One lap to go in the Allgaier performance as they roll off a turn over to final time down the back straightaway. Thorsen a little close call right there down the back stretch. But he is going to end a 29 race winless streak. Thorsen wins the opening night of the Skagit Nationals. Aaron Wright will second, Rico Leaver third, Trey Starks fourth, and James McFadden in the fifth spot.