The Unstoppable Rico Abreu – Sweeps Calistoga Sprint Cars & Midgets!

CALISTOGA, Cal. (September 6, 2015) – Rico Abreu continued his winning ways atop the ½-mile Calistoga Speedway clay oval by sweeping through Sunday night’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” with wins in both the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC Western States Midgets.

The sweep was worth $17,000 for the Rutherford, CA, native, adding to Saturday night’s $10,000 score in Midgets and Sprint Car runner-up showing.

Abreu kicked off his Sunday sweep by leading the final 16 laps of the USAC Western States Midget Midget finale. Abreu passed Trey Marcham for the final time on the 15th lap and led the rest of the way to the checkered flag ahead of Ronnie Gardner, quick-timer Kevin Thomas, Jr., Ryan Bernal and Marcham.

He then completed the sweep by passing Jake Swanson ten laps into the 30-lap USAC/CRA Sprint Car main event. Abreu led the rest of the way, crossing the stripe ahead of Ryan Bernal, Swanson, Danny Faria, Jr., and Mike Spencer.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2015 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “8th Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-19.720; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-19.742; 3. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-19.822; 4. Ryan Bernal. 56, Phulps-19.826; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-19.841; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.850; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.888; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.911; 9. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-19.918; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-19.935; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.947; 12. Geoff Ensign, 14S, Smith-20.116; 13. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.161; 14. Joe Stornetta, 27, Thomas-20.216; 15. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-20.299; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-20.415; 17. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-20.607; 18. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.641; 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73, Ford-20.645; 20. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-20.708; 21. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-20.983; 22. Eric Rossi, 17S, Shanoian-20.986; 23. John Clark, 30C, Clark-22.317; 24. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-NT; 25. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. L.Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Thomas, 5. Slack, 6. Mitchell, 7. A.Williams, 8. Rossi. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Swanson, 3. Stornetta, 4. Vander Weerd, 5. C.Williams, 6. Colston, 7. Gansen, 8. Clark. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Spencer, 3. Ensign, 4. Faria, 5. Abreu, 6. Johnson, 7. Schmid. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Geoff Ensign, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Austin Williams, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Colton Slack, 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14. Damion Gardner, 15. Logan Williams, 16. Jeff Sibley, 17. Chris Gansen, 18. John Clark, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Joe Stornetta, 21. Eric Rossi, 22. Parker Colston, 23. D.J. Johnson, 24. Trevor Schmid. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Faria, Laps 5-9 Swanson, Laps 10-30 Abreu.

 

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2015 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “8th Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73X, Ford-20.491; 2. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.544; 3. Chase Stockon, 25, Rodela-20.675; 4. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-20.696; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.790; 6. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-20.867; 7. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-20.938; 8. Ryan Bernal, 68W, Six8-20.952; 9. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.035; 10. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-21.039; 11. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-21.102; 12. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-21.123; 13. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-21.244; 14. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-21.456; 15. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-21.771; 16. Nate Waite, 35W, MF-21.846; 17. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-22.021; 18. Chris Gansen, 9E, Dodenhoff-22.122; 19. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-NT; 20. David Prickett, 99, Hokanson-NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Stockon, 3. Bock, 4. Thomas, 5. Pierovich, 6. Gard, 7. Chivello, 8. Nichols, 9. Hallmark. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. Golobic, 3. Swanson, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Marcham, 6. Faccinto, 7. Waite, 8. Bernal, 9. Pankratz. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Trey Marcham, 6. Shane Golobic, 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Cody Swanson, 9. Brian Gard, 10. Michael Faccinto, 11. Scott Pierovich, 12. Randi Pankratz, 13. David Prickett, 14. Lance Hallmark, 15. Nate Waite, 16. Britton Bock, 17. Sean Dodenhoff, 18. Terry Nichols, 19. Chris Gansen, 20. Nick Chivello. NT

**Nichols flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Marcham, Laps 2-7 Golobic, Lap 8 Abreu, Laps 9-12 Marcham, Lap 13 Abreu, Lap 14 Marcham, Laps 15-30 Abreu.