ROSSBURG, Ohio — Things looked bleak when Rico Abreu had slipped from the pole position to running fourth on Lap 9. One restart later, and the entire outlook of his night changed.
After watching Ryan Timms and Aaron Reutzel swap the lead early on, Abreu flipped a switch on the restart with 21 to go and promptly drove by Giovanni Scelzi, then Timms, and then went slider-for-slider with Reutzel when he took control of the lead on Lap 13.
He’d go on to cross the stripe with a 1.937-second margin of victory, but that wasn’t without another close call in the closing stages as Scelzi pulled alongside the No. 24 with eight to go before Abreu pulled away for good in traffic.
Celebrating his 15th career win at Eldora Speedway, it was his sixth score in the 4-Crown Nationals finale – third-straight with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing. Abreu’s six-pack of 4-Crown trophies is only outdone by Jack Hewitt (19), Dave Darland (7), and Tyler Courtney (7).
Earning his eighth High Limit Racing win of the season, Abreu made his 33rd career trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane. With five nights left in the championship chase, the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Carquest Auto Parts No. 24 now leads by 111 points in pursuit of TSR’s first High Limit title and Rico’s second-straight.
Scoring back-to-back runner-up results at Eldora Speedway over the weekend, Scelzi posted another strong finish aboard the Spire Motorsports, Chili’s Grill & Bar No. 77. Amidst a heated battle for the championship runner-up position, he now trails Aaron Reutzel and Ridge & Sons Racing by seven points
Following his first Eldora win on Friday, Ryan Timms concluded 4-Crown weekend with another podium aboard the Liebig Motorsports No.10.
Two drivers battling for crucial championship finishes ended out the top-five with Reutzel and the Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87 finishing fourth followed by Tanner Holmes and the Buch Motorosports No. 13.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 3. 10-Ryan Timms[2]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes[3]; 6. 55-Brady Bacon[8]; 7. 1A-Cameron Smith[13]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall[17]; 10. 42-Sye Lynch[15]; 11. 26-Justin Peck[9]; 12. 5-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 13. 4-Kasey Kahne[12]; 14. 28-Jace Park[20]; 15. 101-Kalib Henry[22]; 16. 19-Brent Marks[23]; 17. 88-Tanner Thorson[21]; 18. 88W-Austin McCarl[11]; 19. 24D-Danny Sams III[24]; 20. 71-Parker Price Miller[14]; 21. 45-Cale Thomas[19]; 22. 66-Ryan Newton[18]; 23. 9-Daison Pursley[10]; 24. 17GP-Kerry Madsen[16]
