Abreu Grabs 7th at Fall Nationals Opener
PETERSEN MEDIA: Friday night at the Fall Nationals, St. Helena, CA native, Rico Abreu scored a seventh place finish.
Starting on the front row, Abreu was one of the fastest cars on the
track early in the 30 lap feature, as he hammered the cushion on the
racy ¼ mile oval.
On the seventh lap, Abreu and his Abreu Vineyards/Kaeding
Performance/ButlerBuilt backed Maxim hounded second running Willie
Croft.
The ninth circuit saw Abreu slide in front of Croft to take the
second spot, but the caution flag waved negating the young racer’s pass.
After early leader, Andy Gregg, spun, Abreu assumed the second spot as he continued to hound Croft.
As the race wore on, Rico slowly faded as he track began to slick off.
Though he was fast and strong, lapped traffic saw the rookie, fall back into the fifth spot on the 20th lap.
On the 23rd lap, Abreu drifted high off of turn four allowing Justyn
Cox and Evan Suggs to slip by putting him in the seventh spot.
At the stripe Abreu was able to hang on to the seventh spot in the star studded event.
“The car was really good all night,” said Abreu. “My guys had this
car perfect, but once it slicked off I made a few mistakes. We’ll take
the seventh place finish and see what we can do tomorrow night.”
The night started off with Rico timing in with the 14th fastest lap
of the 54 cars in the pit area, and won his heat race. Abreu then went
on to finish second in the trophy dash, lining him up on the front row
of the feature.
Abreu would like to thank Abreu Vineyards, Kaeding Performance,
Stadlehofer Construction, Factory Kahne Shocks, Sprint Car Innovations,
Santomauro Racing Products, ButerBuilt, Swift Metal Finishing, and 7
Industries.
ON TAP: Rico and his team will now set their sites on the Silver
Dollar Speedway as he will compete in the Fall Nationals on Saturday
night.
STAY CONNECTED: Stay updated with Rico by visiting his website at
www.ricoabreuracing.com, ‘liking’ him on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/PetersenMedia#!/pages/Rico-Abreu/210823515602256,
or following him on twitter @RicoAbreu24.
MERCH: Don’t forget to stop by and visit with Rico after the races and pick up a 2011 Rico Abreu T-shirt!
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