Abreu Keeps Rolling With Narrow Grandview Triumph

BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. — Both High Limit Racing Roto-Rooter Midweek Series events have been eerily similar with photo finishes ending in Rico Abreu victories.

After being on the offensive end of a stunning 0.101-second victory last Monday at Kokomo Speedway over Justin Peck, this time Rico was on the defensive side of a narrow 0.160-second score on Tuesday at Grandview Speedway ahead of Brad Sweet.

Coming from the outside of row two, Abreu bided his time in the early stages as Christopher Bell controlled the opening nine laps before lap traffic became the deciding factor.

The No. 24 took the point on Lap 10 and survived several restarts and a near last-lap pass to make it back-to-back wins in the Roto-Rooter Midweek Series.

“This place has been packed ever since it took on a High Limit race,” Abreu said. “This is a really good place to race — the track changes throughout the night, and you just have to process and understand where cars are getting better.”

Abreu has won four of the last six Kubota High Limit Racing events – pushing more than $100,000 in earnings over the last month.

The 0.160-second margin of victory was the fourth-closest in series history behind Sweet vs. McFadden at 34 (0.012), McFadden vs. Sweet at Butler (0.063), and Abreu vs. Peck at Kokomo (0.101).

Championship leader Brad Sweet bounced back from a rough New York outing with a runner-up effort aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts No. 49.

Closing out the podium was Christopher Bell in his second-ever Kubota High Limit Racing event, earning an exciting third-place finish in the iconic Kreitz Racing No. 69k car.

The finish:

Feature (35 Laps) — 1. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[2]; 3. 69K-Christopher Bell[1]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 5. 87-Aaron Reutzel[3]; 6. 9-Brent Marks[10]; 7. 14-Spencer Bayston[14]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich[5]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[25]; 10. 88-Tanner Thorson[17]; 11. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[8]; 12. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[13]; 13. 26-Justin Peck[19]; 14. 23-Chase Dietz[12]; 15. 24D-Danny Sams III[11]; 16. 5-Brenham Crouch[16]; 17. 9R-Chase Randall[20]; 18. 6-Ryan Smith[15]; 19. 13-Daison Pursley[24]; 20. 66-Ryan Newton[22]; 21. 42-Sye Lynch[18]; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne[26]; 23. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[23]; 24. 5R-Tyler Ross[9]; 25. 20-Ryan Taylor[21]; 26. 14BC-Corey Day[7]