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9/1/14 5:17 AM ABREU GRABS “VERMEIL” SPRINT CLOSER AT CALISTOGA

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ABREU GRABS “VERMEIL” SPRINT CLOSER AT CALISTOGA

Calistoga, CA……..Rico Abreu of Rutherford, Calif. wheeled his Abreu Vineyards sprinter to victory in Sunday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Calistoga Speedway.He led the final nine laps after passing Christopher Bell on lap 22. Austin Williams led the first three laps and Bell led the next 18. Kevin Thomas Jr. took second at the checkered flag ahead of Bell, Geoff Ensign and Bradley Terrell.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2014 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.589; 2. Christopher Bell, 83, Roth-20.040; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.049; 4. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-20.060; 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73X, Ford-20.219; 6. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-20.222; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.276; 8. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.284; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.318; 10. Bud Kaeding, 69, Bowman-20.323; 11. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-20.346; 12. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.386; 13. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.486; 14. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-20.510; 15. Robert Ballou, 73, Ford-20.548; 16. Bradley Terrell,43, Terrell-20.801; 17. Scott Hall, 77J, Campanile-20.822; 18. Colby Copeland, 5V, VanLare-20.938; 19. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-21.272; 20. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-21.382; 21. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-21.490; 22. Adam Brenton, 28, Brenton-21.557; 23. Terry Schank, 1, Gleeson-21.574; 24. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-21.992.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. Mitchell, 3. Roa, 4. Kaeding, 5. Terrell, 6. Johnson, 7. Barber, 8. Brenton. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Bell, 3. Swanson, 4. A.Williams, 5. Thomas, 6. Schank, 7. Hawkins, 8. Hall. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Ballou, 3. Ensign, 4. C.Williams, 5. Copeland, 6. L.Williams, 7. Gansen, 8. Spencer. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Christopher Bell, 4. Geoff Ensign, 5. Bradley Terrell, 6. Colby Copeland, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. D.J. Johnson, 12. Terry Schank, 13. Marty Hawkins, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Scott Hall, 16. Adam Brenton, 17. Ryan Bernal, 18. Tim Barber, 19. Chris Gansen, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Brody Roa, 22. Jake Swanson, 23. Austin Williams, 24. Bud Kaeding. NT

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**A.Williams & Ballou flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 A.Williams, Laps 4-21 Bell, Laps 22-30 Abreu.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-849, 2-Spencer-723, 3-Nic Faas-628, 4-Mitchell-622, 5-Roa-573, 6-C.Williams-566, 7-A.Williams-554, 8-Swanson-505, 9-Richard Vander Weerd-471, 10-Cory Kruseman-381.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 4 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway - “Gold Cup”

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