October 4, 2023 | By Kyle McFadden

Rico holds off Larson at Bridgeport

Swedesboro, NJ — Rico Abreu became the first driver of the High Limit Sprint Car Series inaugural season to win from the front row on Tuesday at New Jersey's Bridgeport Motorsports Park.

Not only that, he led all 35 laps en route to a third series victory of the season over his championship running mate, Kyle Larson, whose title lead has been dwindled to 15 points in advance of next Tuesday's finale at Indiana's Lincoln Park Speedway.

Abreu's victory came during a race that featured two cautions, the most notable of those stoppages for second-running Buddy Kofoid when his attempt to pry the fellow Californian from the lead went away. On lap 19, Kofoid heaved the No. 83jr Roth Motorsports machine entry deep into turn three and upon exiting turn four, he clobbered into the slower car of Dusty Zomer.

RESULTS

Outside that A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 11-Cory Eliason[3]; 4. 39M-Justin Sanders[5]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[6]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[7]; 7. 19-Brent Marks[10]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]; 9. 55-Kerry Madsen[9]; 10. 5-Tyler Ross[19]; 11. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[4]; 12. 71-Anthony Macri[13]; 13. 5T-Ryan Timms[20]; 14. 9-Chase Randall[11]; 15. 2MD-Cap Henry[16]; 16. 8-Aaron Reutzel[17]; 17. 67-Justin Whittall[18]; 18. 28M-Conner Morrell[15]; 19. 19L-CJ Leary[22]; 20. 20-Ryan Taylor[24]; 21. 00K-Kyle Spence[21]; 22. (DNF) 23-Devon Borden[14]; 23. (DNF) 3J-Dusty Zomer[23]; 24. (DNF) 13-Justin Peck[12]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 00K-Kyle Spence[2]; 2. 19L-CJ Leary[1]; 3. 3J-Dusty Zomer[5]; 4. 20-Ryan Taylor[3]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 6. 85-Ricky DiEva[6]; 7. 44-David Brown Jr[10]; 8. 88J-Joey Amantea[9]; 9. 4B-Jon Brennfleck[7]; 10. 12D-Steve Downs[12]; 11. (DNF) 51-Shelby Kelly[13]; 12. (DNF) 24T-TJ Greve[8]; 13. (DNS) 20B-Tim Buckwalter

Dash 1 (7 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 11-Cory Eliason[3]; 4. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[8]; 5. 39M-Justin Sanders[4]; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[5]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83JR-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 11-Cory Eliason[2]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen[3]; 4. 71-Anthony Macri[5]; 5. 8-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 6. 19L-CJ Leary[6]; 7. 3J-Dusty Zomer[7]; 8. 88J-Joey Amantea[8]; 9. (DNS) 51-Shelby Kelly

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 4. 23-Devon Borden[5]; 5. 67-Justin Whittall[4]; 6. 00K-Kyle Spence[6]; 7. 85-Ricky DiEva[7]; 8. 44-David Brown Jr[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 39M-Justin Sanders[2]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell[3]; 5. 5-Tyler Ross[5]; 6. 20-Ryan Taylor[6]; 7. 4B-Jon Brennfleck[8]; 8. (DNF) 20B-Tim Buckwalter[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[2]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 4. 2MD-Cap Henry[4]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 7. 24T-TJ Greve[7]; 8. 12D-Steve Downs[8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 83JR-Michael Kofoid, 00:12.387[3]; 2. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:12.488[4]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:12.518[20]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:12.522[30]; 5. 11-Cory Eliason, 00:12.524[23]; 6. 19-Brent Marks, 00:12.553[26]; 7. 39M-Justin Sanders, 00:12.568[7]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:12.587[22]; 9. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.606[1]; 10. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.612[18]; 11. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.625[8]; 12. 13-Justin Peck, 00:12.637[32]; 13. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 00:12.648[10]; 14. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:12.654[11]; 15. 9-Chase Randall, 00:12.695[27]; 16. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:12.728[12]; 17. 71-Anthony Macri, 00:12.732[24]; 18. 23-Devon Borden, 00:12.766[28]; 19. 5-Tyler Ross, 00:12.815[6]; 20. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:12.818[31]; 21. 19L-CJ Leary, 00:12.830[19]; 22. 00K-Kyle Spence, 00:12.864[21]; 23. 20-Ryan Taylor, 00:12.942[9]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.952[16]; 25. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 00:12.998[13]; 26. 85-Ricky DiEva, 00:13.103[15]; 27. 20B-Tim Buckwalter, 00:13.115[17]; 28. 24T-TJ Greve, 00:13.140[33]; 29. 88J-Joey Amantea, 00:13.217[14]; 30. 44-David Brown Jr, 00:13.405[25]; 31. 4B-Jon Brennfleck, 00:13.507[29]; 32. 12D-Steve Downs, 00:13.656[5]; 33. 51-Shelby Kelly, 00:16.677[2]chaotic sequence of events, Abreu looked as good as he's been all season long, a year in which he now has 12 overall wins.