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Arctic Cat All Star Media Photo Credit
Rico Abreu
takes non-stop Sprintacular!
Dale Blaney cuts Kemenah’s point lead to 18
ROSSBURG, Ohio (October 8, 2016) - St. Helena, California’s Rico Abreu
secured his fourth Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory of
the 2016 season on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway; leading all 30
circuits of the non-stop, Sprintacular main event to officially
solidify his position on top of the feature podium. For Abreu, the
Eldora Speedway victory was the second of his career at The Big E
during Arctic Cat All Star competition, holding back a pair of Arctic
Cat All Star championship point contenders, Dale Blaney and Chad
Kemenah, for a cool $5,000. Blaney would cross under the final checkers
just behind Abreu, followed by Chad Kemenah, a hard-charging Cap Henry,
and Cole Duncan.
“Hats off to Eldora Speedway and the entire staff. There are a lot of
cars here between all three of the divisions (118). That is definitely
not easy,” Rico Abreu explained. “I especially want to thank all of you
fans for sticking this out through the cold weather here tonight. I’m
not real used to this. I’m used to California weather. This is so much
fun, though. I enjoy getting to come here and being a part of
everything at Eldora Speedway.”
Rico Abreu started third on the feature grid, taking command before the
completion of lap one over Dale Baney and Sheldon Haudenschild. The
California native wasted no time and began to stretch his advantage
right from the drop of the green flag; extending his lead to nearly
three seconds by lap three. Dale Blaney eventually settled into second,
followed by Chad Kemenah and Sheldon Haudenschild.
Abreu, Blaney and Kemenah raced-on unshuffled, hitting their first
obstacle in the form of traffic with just ten laps in the books. Rubber
started to come into play by the mid-point of the 30-lap program,
allowing the racing surface to narrow which ultimately shrunk Abreu’s
racing lane and advantage. Abreu’s two to three second lead shrunk to
less than one second over Blaney and Kemenah by lap 25, with all three
eventually racing single file and nose to tail on a thin lane of
rubbered-up racing surface. Abreu held on, earning a sixth career
victory against the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, equaling
that of Kerry Madsen and Kasey Kahne on the all-time win list.
“I knew Dale (Blaney) was getting close. I probably shouldn’t have, but
I looked up at the big screen a few times and saw he was behind me,”
Rico Abreu explained. “You just have to stay patient with the lapped
cars. It was taking rubber and the racing line kept getting narrower
and narrower. I was able to get around the lapped cars that I needed
to. By that time, the lapped cars that were ahead of me weren’t passing
anybody. I just had to make sure to hit my marks and stay patient.”
Dale Blaney’s runner-up finish allowed the “Low Rider” to snip away at
Chad Kemenah’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions point
advantage. Kemenah, a former four-time Arctic Cat All Star point
champion, will lead Dale Blaney into the Atomic Speedway season finale
with an 18-point margin. The Alvada, Ohio, native led Blaney by 20
points entering the Sprintacular at Eldora Speedway.
“Overall, it was a really good run for us tonight,” Dale Blaney
explained. “Second is tough to take here. I mean, Rico runs really good
here so I can’t take that away from him or us. We really started to get
single file there, especially in three and four, which made things
really difficult in terms of passing. I’m happy with second. Things are
going to be interesting at Atomic.”
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will wrap up the 2016
season with a two-day visit to the Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe,
Ohio, on Friday and Saturday, October 21-22. All Star championship
weekend will feature a full, Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
program during the two-day visit, complete with qualifying time trials
and heat races on Friday, followed by consolations, dash and a
$20,000-to-win main event on Saturday.
As an added bonus, a “Race of Champions” will be contested during the
Friday night portion of the All Star championship weekend at Atomic
Speedway. Sprint car track champions, as well as series champions, from
coast to coast are invited to participate, all battling for a $2,000
top prize. Those seeking additional information should visit Atomic
Speedway live on the Web at www.atomicspeedway.net.
Contingency Awards/Results: Eldora Speedway - Saturday, October 8, 2016:
Event: The Sprintacular
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 40 entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Kraig Kinser - 14.218
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Ian Madsen - 14.193
Kistler Racing Products Heat #1: Shawn Dancer
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Ian Madsen
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Rico Abreu
EMi Heat #4: Chad Kemenah
JE Pistons Dash: Chad Kemenah
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Rico Abreu
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Cap Henry (+15)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 5th Place Finisher: Sheldon Haudenschild (6th)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 10th Place Finisher: Danny Holtgraver (12th)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 15th Place Finisher: Caleb Armstrong
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance, Outback
Steakhouse: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
1.18-Ian Madsen, 14.193; 2.24-Rico Abreu, 14.267; 3.11K-Kraig Kinser,
14.282; 4.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 14.322; 5.57X-Andrew Palker, 14.358;
6.5T-Travis Philo, 14.410; 7.12N-Cole Duncan, 14.419; 8.1-Dale Blaney,
14.426; 9.10H-Chad Kemenah, 14.453; 10.6M-Jac Haudenschild, 14.508;
11.81-Lee Jacobs, 14.514; 12.82-Sammy Swindell, 14.533; 13.17B-Bill
Balog, 14.559; 14.23c-Tyler Courtney, 14.565; 15.7C-Caleb Armstrong,
14.567; 16.70-Danny Holtgraver, 14.613; 17.2M-Dustin Daggett, 14.619;
18.3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 14.664; 19.49D-Shawn Dancer, 14.718; 20.21-Cap
Henry, 14.754; 21.97-Aaron Reutzel, 14.821; 22.5M-Max Stambaugh,
14.887; 23.40-Caleb Helms, 14.897; 24.71m-Paul May, 14.933; 25.7-Joe
Swanson, 14.978; 26.8M-TJ Michael, 15.148; 27.A97-Cale Conley, 15.209;
28.4-Danny Smith, 15.300; 29.60-Kory Crabtree, 15.346; 30.13-Brandon
Matus, 15.367; 31.49H-Bradley Howard, 15.389; 32.21K-Kyle Pruitt,
15.718; 33.O7-Jacob Wilson, 15.788; 34.5J-Jeremy Schultz, 15.832;
35.59N-Bryan Nuckles, 15.887; 36.3FX-Dean Kester, 16.234; 37.7K-Dallas
Hewitt, 16.243; 38.16M-Danny Mumaw, 16.264; 39.83-Adam Cruea, 16.499;
40.11-Brian Benson, 16.685;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)
1. 49D-Shawn Dancer[1] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4] ; 3. 17B-Bill
Balog[3] ; 4. 2M-Dustin Daggett[2] ; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[6] ; 6. 60-Kory
Crabtree[7] ; 7. 71m-Paul May[5] ; 8. 59N-Bryan Nuckles[10] ; 9.
21K-Kyle Pruitt[8] ; 10. O7-Jacob Wilson[9]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)
1. 18-Ian Madsen[4] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[1] ; 4.
7C-Caleb Armstrong[5] ; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[6] ; 6. A97-Cale Conley[9]
; 7. 5M-Max Stambaugh[7] ; 8. 7-Joe Swanson[8] ; 9. 3FX-Dean Kester[10]
; 10. 57X-Andrew Palker[3]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)
1. 24-Rico Abreu[4] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[2] ; 3. 82-Sammy Swindell[5] ;
4. 12N-Cole Duncan[3] ; 5. 21-Cap Henry[8] ; 6. 23c-Tyler Courtney[6] ;
7. 70-Danny Holtgraver[7] ; 8. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 9. 97-Aaron
Reutzel[9] ; 10. 40-Caleb Helms[10]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[1] ; 3. 11K-Kraig
Kinser[4] ; 4. 4-Danny Smith[2] ; 5. 7K-Dallas Hewitt[7] ; 6. 5J-Jeremy
Schultz[6] ; 7. 16M-Danny Mumaw[8] ; 8. 83-Adam Cruea[9] ; 9. 11-Brian
Benson[10] ; 10. 49H-Bradley Howard[5]
Dash 1 - (6 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 3. 24-Rico
Abreu[4] ; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser[3] ; 5. 1-Dale Blaney[8] ; 6. 18-Ian
Madsen[6] ; 7. 12N-Cole Duncan[5] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[7]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps)
1. 97-Aaron Reutzel[5] ; 2. 23c-Tyler Courtney[3] ; 3. 70-Danny
Holtgraver[4] ; 4. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[11] ;
6. 71m-Paul May[8] ; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[7] ; 8. O7-Jacob Wilson[14] ; 9.
A97-Cale Conley[10] ; 10. 16M-Danny Mumaw[18] ; 11. 59N-Bryan
Nuckles[16] ; 12. 49H-Bradley Howard[12] ; 13. 21K-Kyle Pruitt[13] ;
14. 83-Adam Cruea[19] ; 15. 11-Brian Benson[20] ; 16. 5J-Jeremy
Schultz[15] ; 17. 3FX-Dean Kester[17] ; 18. 5M-Max Stambaugh[6] ; 19.
7-Joe Swanson[9] ; 20. 57X-Andrew Palker[1]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 24-Rico Abreu[3] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[5] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 4.
21-Cap Henry[19] ; 5. 12N-Cole Duncan[7] ; 6. 93-Sheldon
Haudenschild[2] ; 7. 18-Ian Madsen[6] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 9.
11K-Kraig Kinser[4] ; 10. 97-Aaron Reutzel[21] ; 11. 82-Sammy
Swindell[13] ; 12. 70-Danny Holtgraver[23] ; 13. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[18]
; 14. 49D-Shawn Dancer[9] ; 15. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[15] ; 16. 23c-Tyler
Courtney[22] ; 17. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[24] ; 18. 2M-Dustin Daggett[14]
; 19. 17B-Bill Balog[11] ; 20. 81-Lee Jacobs[12] ; 21. 7K-Dallas
Hewitt[20] ; 22. 8M-TJ Michael[17] ; 23. 60-Kory Crabtree[25] ; 24.
4-Danny Smith[16] ; 25. 13-Brandon Matus[10]
Current Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Standings (October 8,
2016):
1. Chad Kemenah - 5104
2. Dale Blaney - 5086
3. Sheldon Haudenschild - 5028
4. Cap Henry - 4788
5. Kraig Kinser - 4718
6. Danny Holtgraver - 4706
7. T.J. Michael - 4476
8. Caleb Helms - 4270
9. Lee Jacobs - 4152
10. Andrew Palker - 4060
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