Rico Abreu
Rico Abreu has had success in the past at Eldora Speedway and that continued on Friday night at the famed track. The driver of the No. 24 scored the win in a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series-sanctioned Befour the Crowns Showdown.
The Rico Abreu Racing driver from St. Helena, California earned the win on the track located in Rossburg, Ohio in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 47 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A- 1. David Gravel(12.983), 2. Giovanni Scelzi, 3. Sheldon Haudenschild, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. Carson Macedo, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Tyler Courtney, 8. Sye Lynch, 9. Kerry Madsen, 10. Zeb Wise
Group B- 1. Logan Schuchart(13.150), 2. James McFadden, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Justin Peck, 5. Aaron Reutzel, 6. Chase Randall, 7. Landon Myers, 8. Parker Price-Miller, 9. Spencer Bayston, 10. Cale Thomas
Heat Race Results
Heat 1 Finish: 1. David Gravel, 2. Sheldon Haudenschild, 3. Carson Macedo, 4. Tyler Courtney, 5. Brock Zearfoss
Heat 2 Finish: 1. Giovanni Scelzi, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Zeb Wise
Heat 3 Finish: 1. Logan Schuchart, 2. Aaron Reutzel, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Kasey Kahne
Heat 4 Finish: 1. Justin Peck, 2. James McFadden, 3. Chase Randall, 4. Austin McCarl, 5. Parker Price-Miller
WoO Dash Finish: 1. Logan Schuchart, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Giovanni Scelzi, 4. David Gravel, 5. James McFadden, 6. Sheldon Haudenschild, 7. Justin Peck, 8. Aaron Reutzel
C-Main Finish: 1. Creed Kemenah, 2. Greg Wilson
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Kerry Madsen, 2. Sye Lynch, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Cory Eliason
Feature Re-cap: The 30-lap main event began with Abreu leading Schuchart, Scelzi, Gravel and Haudenschild trailing. Scelzi passed Schuchart for second on the second circuit. The No. 18 then closed quickly on Abreu to challenge for the lead of the race.
The top-5 of Abreu, Scelzi, Schuchart, Gravel and Haudenschild worked through traffic as the feature approached the halfway mark. Gravel moved into third on lap 17 as Abreu stretched his lead to just over two seconds. Further back, McFadden, Sweet and Schatz were engaged in a fierce battle for positions at the back of the top-10.
However, McFadden would crash on lap 21 bringing out a yellow flag.
After the race went back to green, Abreu continued to lead but Bayston spun to cause another caution on lap 24. On the restart, Gravel jumped to second after a battle with Scelzi.
As the laps clicked away, Gravel closed in on Abreu but was never able to mount a challenge.
Feature Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. David Gravel, 3. Giovanni Scelzi, 4. Carson Macedo, 5. Logan Schuchart, 6. Donny Schatz, 7. Sheldon Haudenschild, 8. Justin Peck, 9. Brad Sweet, 10. Zeb Wise, 11. Tyler Courtney, 12. Aaron Reutzel, 13. Chase Randall, 14. Brock Zearfoss, 15. Brady Bacon, 16. Cory Eliason, 17. Austin Mccarl, 18. Sye Lynch, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Robbie Price, 21. Kasey Kahne, 22. Tanner Holmes, 23. Spencer Bayston, 24. James McFadden, 25. Kerry Madsen, 26. Parker Price-Miller
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