ABREU CAPS CALISTOGA “SWEEP” WITH “VERMEIL” SPRINT WIN

Calistoga, CA……..Rico Abreu of Rutherford, Calif. completed a “sweep” of Sunday night’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” races by winning the 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car capper at Calistoga Speedway. He passed Jake Swanson on lap 10 and led to the checkered flag to beat Ryan Bernal, Jake Swanson, Danny Faria Jr. and Mike Spencer. Rico also won the night’s 30-lap Honda USAC Western Midget race.

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

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

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

NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bernal-140, 2-Abreu-138, 3-R.Vander Weerd-112, 4-Mitchell-98, 5-Spencer-96, 6-Swanson-94, 7-Roa-92, 8-Ensign-90, 9-A.Williams-82, 10-Slack-81.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-744, 2-Gardner-730, 3-R.Vander Weerd-727, 4-A.Williams-683, 5-Mitchell-683, 6-Swanson-600, 7-Roa-557, 8-C.Williams-467, 9-L.Williams-399, 10-Jace Vander Weerd-280.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 7 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway - California Sprint Week