STOCKTON, Calif. – March 22, 2015 – Rico Abreu won a thrilling 30 lap feature during Sunday night’s FVP Western Spring Shootout at the Stockton Dirt Track, battling past Terry McCarl with 10 to go and holding off the veteran. It was the second win of the season for Abreu (both in the last two weeks) and third career World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win for the young driver.
A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 24-Rico Abreu [3] [$10,000]; 2. 88-Terry McCarl [2] [$5,000]; 3. 51-Paul McMahan [9] [$3,000]; 4. 83-David Gravel [8] [$2,700]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [5] [$2,500]; 6. 83JR-Tim Kaeding [15] [$2,200]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [6] [$2,000]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart [17] [$1,800]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz [13] [$1,600]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7] [$1,450]; 11. 49-Brad Sweet [4] [$1,300]; 12. 18-Ian Madsen [10] [$1,200]; 13. 21X-Carson Macedo [14] [$1,100]; 14. 33E-Evan Suggs [20] [$1,000]; 15. 21-Brian Brown [18] [$950]; 16. 31C-Justyn Cox [12] [$900]; 17. 7S-Jason Sides [11] [$850]; 18. 7-Craig Dollansky [22] [$750]; 19. 71M-Joey Saldana [19] [$725]; 20. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [24] [$700]; 21. 55-Trey Starks [16] [$700]; 22. 9-Daryn Pittman [1] [$700]; 23. O-Bud Kaeding [23] [$700]; 24. 1s-Logan Schuchart [25] [$]; 25. 5V-Colby Copeland [21] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Terry McCarl 1-9, 15-20, Brad Sweet 10-11, Jason Johnson 12-14, Rico Abreu 21-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 83JR-Tim Kaeding [+9]
Qualifying – 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.284; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.397; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.401; 4. 88-Terry McCarl, 13.431; 5. 51-Paul McMahan, 13.488; 6. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.499; 7. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.504; 8. 31C-Justyn Cox, 13.506; 9. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.510; 10. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.547; 11. 83-David Gravel, 13.563; 12. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.572; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.646; 14. 21X-Carson Macedo, 13.723; 15. 83JR-Tim Kaeding, 13.731; 16. 55-Trey Starks, 13.738; 17. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.745; 18. 21-Brian Brown, 13.771; 19. 1s-Logan Schuchart, 13.790; 20. 71M-Joey Saldana, 13.813; 21. 33E-Evan Suggs, 13.890; 22. 5V-Colby Copeland, 13.999; 23. 7-Craig Dollansky, 14.004; 24. 44-Chris Martin, 14.022; 25. O-Bud Kaeding, 14.037; 26. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 14.087; 27. 22-Mason Moore, 14.221; 28. 88X-Tanner Thorson, 14.259; 29. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 14.272; 30. 7H-Jojo Helberg, 14.275; 31. 44W-Austen Wheatley, 14.313; 32. 88N-DJ Netto, 14.353; 33. 3C-Jonathan Allard, 14.615; 34. 99-Shawn Wright, 14.673; 35. 99T-Skylar Gee, 14.750; 36. 1A-Jacob Allen, 14.760; 37. 12-Scott Parker, 15.125
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2]; 2. 51-Paul McMahan [3]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. O-Bud Kaeding [7]; 5. 33E-Evan Suggs [6]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 7. 3C-Jonathan Allard [9]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 9. 12-Scott Parker [10]; 10. 17W-Bryan Clauson [8]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 41-Jason Johnson [2]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [4]; 3. 21X-Carson Macedo [1]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 5V-Colby Copeland [6]; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [7]; 7. 21-Brian Brown [5]; 8. 99-Shawn Wright [9]; 9. 7H-Jojo Helberg [8]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 83-David Gravel [2]; 2. 83JR-Tim Kaeding [1]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [4]; 6. 1s-Logan Schuchart [5]; 7. 44W-Austen Wheatley [8]; 8. 22-Mason Moore [7]; 9. 99T-Skylar Gee [9]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 55-Trey Starks [1]; 3. 71M-Joey Saldana [5]; 4. 88-Terry McCarl [4]; 5. 31C-Justyn Cox [3]; 6. 88X-Tanner Thorson [7]; 7. 88N-DJ Netto [8]; 8. 44-Chris Martin [6]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [9]
Dash – (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) – 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 88-Terry McCarl [1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [6]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [8]; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 8. 83-David Gravel [7]
Last Chance Showdown – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2-Shane Stewart [2] [-]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [1] [-]; 3. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [6] [-]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [3] [-]; 5. 1s-Logan Schuchart [4] [$300]; 6. 88N-DJ Netto [12] [$250]; 7. 22-Mason Moore [7] [$225]; 8. 17W-Bryan Clauson [9] [$200]; 9. 3C-Jonathan Allard [13] [$200]; 10. 44-Chris Martin [5] [$200]; 11. 88X-Tanner Thorson [8] [$200]; 12. 44W-Austen Wheatley [11] [$200]; 13. 7H-Jojo Helberg [10] [$200]; 14. 99-Shawn Wright [14] [$200]; 15. 99T-Skylar Gee [15] [$200]; 16. 12-Scott Parker [17] [$200]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen [16] [$200]
