Rico Abreu
Rico Abreu has momentum on his side when racing with the High Limit Sprint Car Series and that continued on Tuesday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park when the No. 24 car survived a mid-race challenge from Buddy Kofoid then held back Kyle Larson over the closing laps to score the feature win. The helped to close the gap in the series standings on Larson going into the final race of the season next week.
The Rico Abreu Racing driver from St. Helena, California earned $23,023 the win at the track located in Bridgeport, New Jersey in a race aired live for FloRacing.com.
A total of 33 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Buddy Kofoid(12.387), 2. Kyle Reinhardt, 3. Kyle Larson, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. Cory Eliason, 6. Brent Marks, 7. Justin Sanders, 8. Danny Dietrich, 9. Kerry Madsen, 10. Tyler Courtney
Heat 1 Results: 1. Buddy Kofoid, 2. Cory Eliason, 3. Kerry Madsen, 4. Anthony Macri, 5. Aaron Reutzel
Heat 2 Results: 1. Kyle Reinhardt, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Brent Marks, 4. Devon Borden, 5. Justin Whittall
Heat 3 Results: 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Justin Sanders, 3. Chase Randall, 4. Conner Morrell, 5. Tyler Ross
Heat 4 Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Danny Dietrich, 3. Justin Peck, 4. Cap Henry, 5. Ryan Timms
Dash Race Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Cory Eliason, 4. Buddy Kofoid, 5. Justin Sanders, 6. Kyle Reinhardt, 7. Danny Dietrich, 8. Tyler Courtney
B-main Finish: 1. Kyle Spence, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Dusty Zomer, 4. Ryan Taylor
Feature Re-cap: The 35-lap feature began with Abreu leading Larson, Kofoid, Eliason and Reinhardt. Abreu began to slip away from his pursuers by lap 3 as Kofoid closed in on Larson for second.
Larson and Kofoid closed on Abreu in traffic on lap 6. Also among slower cars, Kofoid was able to get by Larson for second on lap 9 then the top-3 cars raced in tight formation in traffic until a crash involving Peck brought out a yellow flag on lap 13.
On the restart, Eliason got by Larson for fourth but Larson fought back to retake the spot one lap later. Kofoid moved in on Abreu and looked to challenge for the lead. Kofoid made a big move to get under Abreu for the lead but then slid into the slower car of Zomer then spun into the outside wall.
That mishap placed Abreu back to the lead ahead of Larson, Eliason and Reinhardt.
With six laps remaining, Larson closed right o the tail of Abreu’s car in traffic but Abreu held on after a brief side-by-side challenge. Over the closing laps, Larson stayed within striking distance but Abreu held firm and sailed under the checkered flag for the win.
It was Abreu’s third High Limit win in the last five features.
Feature Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Cory Eliason, 4. Justin Sanders, 5. Kyle Reinhardt, 6. Danny Dietrich, 7. Brent Marks, 8. Tyler Courtney, 9. Kerry Madsen, 10. Tyler Ross, 11. Buddy Kofoid, 12. Anthony Macri, 13. Ryan Timms, 14. Chase Randall, 15. Cap Henry, 16. Aaron Reutzel, 17. Justin Whittall, 18. Conner Morrell, 19. C.J. Leary, 20. Ryan Taylor, 21. Kyle Spence, 22. Devon Borden, 23. Dusty Zomer, 24. Justin Peck
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