ABREU TOPS BERNAL IN VERMEIL'S SUNDAY CRA SPRINT AT CALISTOGA

Calistoga, CA........Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif. capped a perfect night Sunday at Calistoga Speedway, winning the 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint feature, part of the track's 10th "Louie Vermeil Classic." He earlier won the 30-lap Midget race too. He passed Ryan Bernal on lap 26 and led the final five laps of the CRA feature to beat Bernal, Damion Gardner, Cory Eliason and Brody Roa.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2017 - Calistoga, California - Calistoga Speedway - "10th Louie Vermeil Classic" - "California Sprint Week"

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 57, Silva-18.869 (New Track Record); 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-19.103; 3. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-19.115; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, KT-19.122; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-19.182; 6. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-19.188; 7. Cory Eliason, 83SA, Tiner-19.201; 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-19.259; 9. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-19.322; 10. Geoff Ensign, 44E, Ensign-19.362; 11. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-19.389; 12. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-19.401; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-19.413; 14. Klint Simpson, 3, Finkenbinder-19.446; 15. Max Adams, 42, Cheney-19.516; 16. Chad Boespflug, 69, Dynamics-19.543; 17. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-19.631; 18. Colby Copeland, 24C, Copeland-19.659; 19. Buddy Kofoid, 4X, Kofoid-19.659; 20. Ronnie Gardner, 3F, Finkenbinder-19.674; 21. Joe Stornetta Jr., 8, Richardson-19.680; 22. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-19.735; 23. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.762; 24. Tyler Courtney, 56, Phulps-19.875; 25. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-20.110; 26. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-20.215; 27. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-20.366; 28. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-20.991.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stornetta, 2. Johnson, 3. Liggett, 4. Bernal, 5. Roa, 6. A.Williams, 7. Gansen. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Swanson, 3. Ensign, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Simpson, 6. Copeland, 7. McCarthy. NT

CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. C.Williams, 3. Eliason, 4. Kofoid, 5. Adams, 6. Bock, 7. L.Williams. NT

PYROTECT RACING CELLS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Courtney, 2. R.Gardner, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Thomas, 5. Spencer, 6. Boespflug. NT

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Roa, 2. L.Williams, 3. Spencer, 4. Adams, 5. Copeland, 6. Simpson, 7. A.Williams, 8. Boespflug, 9. Bock, 10. Gansen, 11. McCarthy. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Cory Eliason, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Geoff Ensign, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Tyler Courtney, 10. Colby Copeland, 11. Chase Johnson, 12. Buddy Kofoid, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. Klint Simpson, 15. Max Adams, 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Kevin Thomas Jr., 19. Austin Liggett, 20. Ronnie Gardner, 21. Logan Williams, 22. Joe Stornetta Jr. NT

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**Ellertson flipped during qualifications.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Eliason, Laps 13-25 Bernal, Laps 26-30 Abreu

SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Tyler Courtney (22nd to 9th)

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: Roa-848, 2-D.Gardner-825, 3-Swanson-783, 4-Spencer-742, 5-A.Williams-646, 6-C.Williams-560, 7-L.Williams-511, 8-Adams-497, 9-R.Vander Weerd-455, 10-Gansen-451.

NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS:1-Abreu-154, 2-Bernal-146, 3-Roa-131, 4-Courtney-126, 5-D.Gardner-126, 6-Ensign-119, 7-Thomas-115, 8-Swanson-114, 9-R.Vander Weerd-110, 10-Copeland-96.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 4 - Petaluma (CA) Speedway - "California Sprint Week"