Rico Abreu
Rico Abreu had never won at historic Williams Grove Speedway prior to Saturday night but that all changed when he led from start to finish in a caution free event. The No, 24 car had to beat back a late race challenge from David Gravel on the second night of the Summer Nationals.
The Rico Abreu Racing driver from St. Helena earned $20,000 from the track located in Mechanicsburg, PA in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 36 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Brad Sweet(17.633), 2. Justin Peck, 3. Freddie Rahmer, 4. James McFadden, 5. Cory Eliason, 6. Brent Marks, 7. Spencer Bayston, 8. Rico Abreu, 9. Logan Schuchart, 10. Donny Schatz
Heat 1 Results: 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Cory Eliason, 3. Logan Schuchart, 4. Dylan Norris, 5. Justin Whittall
Heat 2 Results: 1. Justin Peck, 2. Brent Marks, 3. Donny Schatz, 4. Kyle Moody, 5. Lucas Wolfe
Heat 3 Results: 1. Spencer Bayston, 2. David Gravel, 3. Freddie Rahmer, 4. Giovanni Scelzi, 5. T.J. Stutts
Heat 4 Results: 1. James McFadden, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Sheldon Haudenschild, 4. Steve Buckwalter, 5. Brandon Rahmer
WoO Dash Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Spencer Bayston, 3. David Gravel, 4. Cory Eliason, 5. James McFadden, 6. Brent Marks, 7. Brad Sweet, 8. Justin Peck
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Carson Macedo, 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Robbie Price, 4. Chase Dietz
Feature Re-cap: At the beginning of the 30-lap main event it was Abreu who went to the early lead ahead of Bayston, Eliason, Gravel and Marks. Gravel got by Eliason for third on the second lap opening the door for Marks to also move around Eliason.
By lap a Abreu had pulled out to a lead of two seconds as Peck broke into the top-5 by passing Eliason. Ahead, Marks pulled up to fight with Gravel for third.
Abreu pulled out to a three second advantage just before encountering slower traffic on lap 10. Further back, Gravel, Marks and Peck fought for positions 3-5.
Gravel took second from Bayston on lap 12 then set off after Abreu. And with 10 laps remaining, Gravel had closed to within one second. Later the No. 2 briefly drew alongside but Abreu would fight off the threat.
Eventually, Abreu opened up some breathing room and eventually sailed under the checkered flag for the win.
Feature Results: 1. Rico Abreu, 2. David Gravel, 3. Brent Marks, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Justin Peck, 6. James McFadden, 7. Cory Eliason, 8. Brad Sweet, 9. Donny Schatz, 10. Freddie Rahmer, 11. Logan Schuchart, 12. Giovanni Scelzi, 13. Steve Buckwalter, 14. Carson Macedo, 15. Dylan Norris, 16. Sheldon Haudenschild, 17. Justin Whittall, 18. Chase Dietz, 19. Lance Dewease, 20. Kyle Moody, 21. T.J. Stutts, 22. Danny Dietrich, 23. Brandon Rahmer, 24. Lucas Wolfe, 25. Robbie Price, 26. Devon Borden, 27. Bill Rose
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