Rico Abreu wins Illinois Speedweek Night #2 at Tri-City
Rico Abreu — Photo by Randy Brown
Granite City, IL (July 24, 2014) – Rico Abreu wins Illinois Speedweek Night #2 at Tri-City
Illinois Speedweek Night #2
MOWA
32 cars
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. AJ Bruns (4*) 2. Ian Madsen 18 (3*) 3. Joey Moughan 17m (5*) 4. Austin Brown 17 (7*) 5. Jay Waugh 99a (2) 6. Vinny Ward 82 (6) 7. Danny Smith 4 (1) DNS – Ryan Bunton 6R
Heats were ten laps in distance. The winner went to the Dash, with the top sixteen in passing points locking into the A. Ward elected to start at the tail and Bunton did not start after shucking a rear-end in hot laps. Bruns benefited by starting fourth instead of his drawing spot, which was eighth. Waugh led lap one over Madsen and Bruns. Bruns grabbed second from Madsen on lap two before Smith slowed and pulled to the infield, bringing a caution. Bruns passed Waugh for the lead on the restart. Waugh performed a 360 spin and kept it going, but lost three spots.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Lynton Jeffrey 4KX (2*) 2. Parker Price-Miller 01 (1*) 3. Kody Kinser 4K (4*) 4. Paul Nienhiser 9 (3) 5. Chris Urish 77u (8*) 6. Ben Wagoner 84 (6) 7. Jeremy Standridge 10s (5) 8. Trey Datweiler 23D (7)
Jeffrey led the distance in a mostly single-file affair.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Rico Abreu 24 (3*) 2. Danny Lasoski 33 (6*) 3. Tyler Courtney 21x (1*) 4. Jerrod Hull 12 (5*) 5. Korey Weyant 99w (8*) 6. Jake Blackhurst 25x (4) 7. Jack Lee 25AU (2) 8. Randy Myers 18x (7)
Blackhurst spun before a lap could be completed. Abreu shot around the front row to lead early. Lasoski grabbed third on lap four from Lee, and second on lap five from Courtey. Hull tagged Lee with a slidejob coming for the checkers. Lee stopped on the track short of the line.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tony Stewart 14 (1*) 2. Terry McCarl 99 (2*) 3. Joe B. Miller 51B (3*) 4. Logan Faucon 52F (4) 5. Caleb Wankel 5 (6) 6. Christopher Bell 53 (8) 7. Brady Bacon 99B (5) 8. Levi Curry 25 (7)
Curry elected to start at the tail. Stewart got the jump on McCarl at the start. On lap four, Bacon jumped the turn three cushion, got into the wall and flipped hard. He was o.k. The flip collected Bell, who was done too.
Dash (started): 1. Danny Lasoski (2) 2. Rico Abreu (1) 3. AJ Bruns (3) 4. Ian Madsen (6) 5. Tony Stewart (5) 6. Lynton Jeffrey (4)
Abreu led the 6-lapper early over Lasoski and Madsen. Bruns passed Stewart and Madsen for third on the third lap. Lasoski shot under Abreu to the lead on lap four.
B main (started): 1. Christopher Bell (5) 2. Logan Faucon (1) 3. Ben Wagoner (6) 4. Paul Nienhiser (2) / 5. Jay Waugh (3) 6. Danny Smith (11) 7. Caleb Wankel (4) 8. Jack Lee (13) 9. Randy Myers (8) 10. Trey Datweiler (11) 11. Jeremy Standridge (9) 12. Vinny Ward (10) 13. Jake Blackhurst (7) DNS – Brady Bacon, Levi Curry, Ryan Bunton
Faucon led lap one in the 12-lapper, but Bell took over on lap two, lapping up to seventh place.
A main (started): 1. Rico Abreu (2) 2. Danny LasoskI (1) 3. AJ Bruns (3) 4. Ian Madsen (4) 5. Terry McCarl (10) 6. Tony Stewart (5) 7. Christopher Bell (17) 8. Joey Moughan (7) 9. Korey Weyant (14) 10. Joe B. Miller (8) 11. Jerrod Hull (15) 12. Tyler Courtney (16) 13. Ben Wagoner (19) 14. Chris Urish (13) 15. Parker Price-Miller (11) 16. Paul Nienhiser (20) 17. Austin Brown (9) 18. Kody Kinser (12) 19. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 20. Logan Faucon (18)
Lasoski led the non-stop 30-lapper early over Abreu and Madsen. Faucon launched into a wheelie on the backstretch, came down hard and slid into the pits. Jeffrey retired early with an ignition box issue. The lead pair hit heavy lapped traffic by lap ten, with Abreu sliding by Lasoski for the lead. Madsen was third, ahead of Bruns and McCarl, who had shot by Stewart and Moughan for fifth. On lap twelve, Bruns drove by Madsen for third. That’s how the top five would finish, with rubber developing the last half of the race.
Category: Illinois, Tri-City Speedway
