Rico Abreu Doubles Up Sunday at the Vermeil Classic

Rico Abreu. (Bill Miller photo)

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2017 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic” – “California Sprint Week”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 57, Silva-18.869 (New Track Record); 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-19.103; 3. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-19.115; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, KT-19.122; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-19.182; 6. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-19.188; 7. Cory Eliason, 83SA, Tiner-19.201; 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-19.259; 9. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-19.322; 10. Geoff Ensign, 44E, Ensign-19.362; 11. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-19.389; 12. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-19.401; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-19.413; 14. Klint Simpson, 3, Finkenbinder-19.446; 15. Max Adams, 42, Cheney-19.516; 16. Chad Boespflug, 69, Dynamics-19.543; 17. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-19.631; 18. Colby Copeland, 24C, Copeland-19.659; 19. Buddy Kofoid, 4X, Kofoid-19.659; 20. Ronnie Gardner, 3F, Finkenbinder-19.674; 21. Joe Stornetta Jr., 8, Richardson-19.680; 22. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-19.735; 23. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.762; 24. Tyler Courtney, 56, Phulps-19.875; 25. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-20.110; 26. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-20.215; 27. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-20.366; 28. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-20.991.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stornetta, 2. Johnson, 3. Liggett, 4. Bernal, 5. Roa, 6. A.Williams, 7. Gansen. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Swanson, 3. Ensign, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Simpson, 6. Copeland, 7. McCarthy. NT

CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. C.Williams, 3. Eliason, 4. Kofoid, 5. Adams, 6. Bock, 7. L.Williams. NT

PYROTECT RACING CELLS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Courtney, 2. R.Gardner, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Thomas, 5. Spencer, 6. Boespflug. NT

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Roa, 2. L.Williams, 3. Spencer, 4. Adams, 5. Copeland, 6. Simpson, 7. A.Williams, 8. Boespflug, 9. Bock, 10. Gansen, 11. McCarthy. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Cory Eliason, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Geoff Ensign, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Tyler Courtney, 10. Colby Copeland, 11. Chase Johnson, 12. Buddy Kofoid, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. Klint Simpson, 15. Max Adams, 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Kevin Thomas Jr., 19. Austin Liggett, 20. Ronnie Gardner, 21. Logan Williams, 22. Joe Stornetta Jr. NT
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**Ellertson flipped during qualifications.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Eliason, Laps 13-25 Bernal, Laps 26-30 Abreu
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Tyler Courtney (22nd to 9th)

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS:

NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1. Abreu-154, 2. Bernal-146, 3. Roa-131, 4. Courtney-126, …D.Gardner-126, 6. Ensign-119, 7. Thomas-115, 8. Swanson-114, 9. R.Vander Weerd-110, 10. Copeland-96.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 4 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway – “10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic” – “California Sprint Week”

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2017 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Spencer Bayston, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-19.676 (New Track Record); 2. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-19.920; 3. Rico Abreu, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-19.950; 4. Holly Shelton, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.000; 5. Tanner Carrick, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.087; 6. Shane Golobic, 17W, Wood-20.099; 7. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-20.188; 8. Jake Swanson, 73X, Ford-20.214; 9. Tyler Courtney, 73, Ford-20.388; 10. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-20.485; 11. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-20.522; 12. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-20.625; 13. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-20.679; 14. Ronnie Gardner, 73T, Ford-20.690; 15. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-20.864; 16. Randi Pankatz, 8, Pankratz-20.995; 17. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-21.013; 18. David Prickett, 22Q, Neverlift-21.210; 19. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-22.499; 20. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bayston, 2. Faccinto, 3. Crone, 4. Shelton, 5. Pankratz, 6. Cofer. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Carrick, 3. Josett, 4. Swanson, 5. Dalby, 6. Gardner. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Abreu, 3. Courtney, 4. Elliott, 5. Guerrini, 6. Prickett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Spencer Bayston, 3. Michael Faccinto, 4. Holly Shelton, 5. Frankie Guerrini, 6. Cory Elliott, 7. Tanner Carrick, 8. Maria Cofer, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Robert Dalby, 11. Chad Boat, 12. Shane Golobic, 13. Jake Swanson, 14. Courtney Crone, 15. Robby Josett, 16. David Prickett, 17. Tyler Courtney, 18. Nate Wait. NT
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**Swanson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Courtney, Lap 2 Crone, Lap 3 Courtney, Laps 4-8 Golobic, Lap 9 Abreu, Laps 10-19 Golobic, Laps 20-30 Abreu
ESSLINGER ENGINEERING HARD CHARGER: Frankie Guerrini (15th to 5th)

NEW LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS:

NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: September 7 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup Race of Champions”