BRISBANE, Au. (January 21, 2017) — Rico Abreu bounced back from a DNF on Friday night to win Saturday’s World Midget Car Championship finale Saturday night at Ausdeck Archerfield Speedway. After falling out of his preliminary night feature on lap two Abreu drove his Keith Kunz Racing entry to victory over over fellow American Brady Bacon and Friday’s feature winner Nathan Smee for the victory.
Zach Daum, Rodney Harders, and Abreu won the preliminary events.
Archerfield Speedway
Brisbane, AU
World Midget Car Championship
Saturday January 21, 2017
Heat Race #10:
1. USA14 – Zach Daum
2. Q3 – Chris Singleton
3. Q40 – Dallas Sharp
4. Q51 – Darren Dillon
5. Q82 – Jason Bell
6. Q41 – Brendan Palmer
7. USA70 – Brady Bacon
Heat Race #11:
1. Q5 – Rodney Harders
2. Q48 – Brad Young
3. Q99 – Brock Dean
4. Q69 – Nathan Smee
5. N70 – Matt Smith
6. Q36 – Callum Whatmore
7. Q61 – Scott Doyle
Heat Race #12:
1. USA97 – Rico Abreu
2. Q76 – Reid Mackay
3. NZ 2 – Chris Gwilliam
4. V97 – Kaiden Brown
5. Q22 – Scott Farmer
6. N78 – Troy Jenkins
Feature:
1. USA97 – Rico Abreu
2. USA70 – Brady Bacon
3. Q69 – Nathan Smee
4. Q22 – Scott Farmer
5. NZ 2 – Chris Gwilliam
6. Q99 – Brock Dean
7. Q76 – Reid Mackay
8. Q82 – Jason Bell
9. V97 – Kaiden Brown
10. Q5 – Rodney Harders
11. Q36 – Callum Whatmore
12. Q40 – Dallas Sharp
13. Q51 – Darren Dillon
14. N78 – Troy Jenkins
15. USA14 – Zach Daum
16. N70 – Matt Smith
17. Q3 – Chris Singleton
18. Q61 – Scott Doyle
19. Q48 – Brad Young
20. Q41 – Brendan Palmer