Rico Abreu Wins Feature, Earns Pole For Saturday’s 360 Knoxville Nationals Championship!
By Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 1, 2025) –Rico Abreu of St. Helena, California, made a late pass of Ryan Timms to claim the feature on Friday’s Night #2 of the 35th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals Presented by Great Southern Bank. The $3,000 win garnered the driver of the Rico Abreu Racing #24R enough points to start on the pole of Saturday’s $20,000 to win finale beside Parker Price-Miller, who finished third in Friday’s feature. Carson McCarl and Kyle Larson, Thursday’s high point getter will make up row two, and Timms and Justin Peck will comprise row three (full lineups below).
Cam Martin led the 20-lap main event early over Terry McCarl, Ryan Timms, Clint Garner and Abreu. Timms used the low side of turn three to pass McCarl for second, and Abreu followed him into third a lap later.
Timms used the high side of turn four to pass Martin for the point on lap five. Abreu shot by Martin on the backstretch on lap 8 to take second, before Blake Hahn slowed to bring out a caution. Timms led Abreu, Martin, McCarl and Garner back to green.
Abreu used the middle of turns one and two to make a pass for the lead on the restart. Parker Price-Miller moved into the top five on lap 10. Up front, Timms reeled Abreu back in and passed him to retake the point on lap 11. Price-Miller also passed McCarl for fourth.
Timms was in lapped traffic on lap 16. Abreu slid across Timm’s nose on lap 17, with Timms reeling after contact with Abreu’s right rear. He kept the car righted and maintained second before Tim Kaeding spun in turn four to bring the final caution with three to go.
Abreu went on to his first career 360 feature here, ahead of Timms, Price-Miller, Cam Martin and Carson McCarl, who gained fifth from Terry on the white flag lap. Brian Brown, Garner, Gio Scelz and Jake Bubak rounded out the top ten. Carson McCarl set quick time over the 44-car field, while Jack Dover, Bubak, Cam Sorrels, Tyler Lee and Chase Dietz won the heats. Scelzi claimed the B main.
“The hat tip to my team,” said Abreu in Victory Lane. “They just worked really hard on this thing. They do an amazing job. These cars (360’s) are momentum based, and you really have to keep these engines up on the pipe. I kept telling (crew chief) Ricky, I need a little bit more ‘stick.’ They got the car unbelievable for me.”
“I kind of figured it was going to be me and Rico up there at the front,” said Timms beside the Leibig Racing #10. “The first few laps I got my speed built around the top. I was able to get underneath Terry and by Martin there. The caution came out, and I saw Rico behind me. The car didn’t take off great, and I had a bad restart. Rico got underneath me, and I was able to get back by him. I don’t know what he was doing to catch me, but he showed me a nose in three and four. I tried to get down under him as soon as possible, but just did it too soon. I got into his right rear and got myself all jacked up after that. It was a great night overall, and I’m super-happy with the speed.”
“The heat race (in which he was penalized on the start) definitely lit a fire,” said Price-Miller. “I was really happy with our car. I think we tied Rico in points, so we’ll be starting beside him tomorrow. I can’t thank the (Indy Race Parts #71P) team enough. I was super-happy with our car. Hopefully, we can build it up for tomorrow.”
Join us tomorrow night, Saturday, August 2, for the finale of the 35th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals Presented by Great Southern Bank! For tickets or more information on the Knoxville Raceway, visit us online at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
35th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom Knoxville 360 Nationals Presented by Great Southern Bank Night #2 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 27-Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 00:16.020[42] ($500 from Cedar Rapids Winpump); 2. 71P-Parker Price Miller, Kokomo, IN, 00:16.154[1]; 3. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi, Fresno, CA, 00:16.170[40]; 4. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 00:16.180[2]; 5. 40G-Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 00:16.186[38]; 6. 22-Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA, 00:16.244[24]; 7. 24R-Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA, 00:16.292[33]; 8. 10-Ryan Timms, Oklahoma City, OK, 00:16.314[26]; 9. 3-Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK, 00:16.327[15]; 10. 2JR-Kelly Miller, Coaldale, ALB, Can., 00:16.339[27]; 11. 24-Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA, 00:16.345[8]; 12. 4-Cameron Martin, Ankeny, IA, 00:16.391[18]; 13. 21-Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO, 00:16.421[21]; 14. 36-Jason Martin, Lincoln, NE, 00:16.421[23]; 15. 17-Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 00:16.432[20]; 16. 77X-Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can., 00:16.471[22]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch, Lubbock, TX, 00:16.494[3]; 18. 1TAZ-Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 00:16.502[13]; 19. 25-Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA, 00:16.517[36]; 20. 71-Brady Baker, Alexander, AR, 00:16.522[5]; 21. 52-Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK, 00:16.548[31]; 22. 27B-Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO, 00:16.568[6]; 23. 9-Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA, 00:16.617[12]; 24. 14T-Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust., 00:16.674[41]; 25. 01-Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA, 00:16.734[37]; 26. 03-Jack Dover, Springfield, NE, 00:16.784[32]; 27. 10L-Landon Britt, Memphis, TN, 00:16.798[39]; 28. 157-Cam Sorrels, Hallsville, MO, 00:16.823[16]; 29. 7-Tyler Lee, Cedar Rapids, IA, 00:16.856[4]; 30. 23-Chase Dietz, York, PA, 00:16.875[25]; 31. 16G-Austyn Gossel, Fort Collins, CO, 00:16.918[44]; 32. 3R-Russell Potter, Boonville, MO, 00:16.920[7]; 33. 17B-Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD, 00:16.953[19]; 34. 23W-Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN, 00:16.987[11]; 35. 4C-Tuesday Calderwood, Goodyear, AZ, 00:17.025[17]; 36. 31-McCain Richards, Burlington, IA, 00:17.177[10]; 37. 29-Emilio Hoover, Broken Arrow, OK, 00:17.258[29]; 38. 88T-Terry Easum, Broken Arrow, OK, 00:17.344[35]; 39. 91-Preston Lattomus, Lewes, DE, 00:17.403[14]; 40. 13V-Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE, 00:17.458[28]; 41. 14-Aidan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 00:17.460[43]; 42. 7W-Justin Zimmerman, Athens, TX, 00:17.481[30]; 43. 49-Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA, [34]; 44. 1M-Sean McClelland, Owasso, OK, NT (9).
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:20.1: 1. 03-Jack Dover[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl[4]; 4. 27-Carson McCarl[6] / 5. 22-Riley Goodno[5]; 6. 77X-Alex Hill[3]; 7. 16G-Austyn Gossel[7]; 8. 14-Aidan Zoutte[9]; 9. 31-McCain Richards[8]
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:43.3: 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[2]; 2. 24R-Rico Abreu[5]; 3. 4-Cameron Martin[4]; 4. 71P-Parker Price Miller[6] . 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[3]; 6. 10L-Landon Britt[1]; 7. 3R-Russell Potter[7]; 8. 7W-Justin Zimmerman[9]; 9. 29-Emilio Hoover[8]
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. 157-Cam Sorrels[1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown[4]; 3. 10-Ryan Timms[5]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne[2] / 5. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips[3]; 6. 17B-Ryan Bickett[7]; 7. 88T-Terry Easum[8]; 8. (DNF) 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 9. DNS - 49-Brad Sweet
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:29.9: 1. 7-Tyler Lee[1]; 2. 14T-Brooke Tatnell[2]; 3. 36-Jason Martin[4]; 4. 25-Tim Kaeding[3] / 5. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[6]; 6. 3-Daryn Pittman[5]; 7. 23W-Scott Winters[7]; 8. 91-Preston Lattomus[8]; 9. DNS - 1M-Sean McClelland
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:57.1: 1. 23-Chase Dietz[1]; 2. 01-Colby Copeland[2]; 3. 40G-Clint Garner[6]; 4. 2JR-Kelly Miller[5] / 5. 71-Brady Baker[3]; 6. 4C-Tuesday Calderwood[7]; 7. 13V-Seth Brahmer[8]; 8. 17-Tyler Groenendyk[4]
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[1]; 2. 22-Riley Goodno[3]; 3. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[2]; 4. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips[8] / 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]; 6. 17-Tyler Groenendyk[5]; 7. 3-Daryn Pittman[4]; 8. 77X-Alex Hill[6]; 9. 71-Brady Baker[9]; 10. 10L-Landon Britt[10]; 11. 3R-Russell Potter[12]; 12. 23W-Scott Winters[14]; 13. 17B-Ryan Bickett[13]; 14. 91-Preston Lattomus[19]; 15. 88T-Terry Easum[18]; 16. 29-Emilio Hoover[17]; 17. 7W-Justin Zimmerman[22]; 18. 16G-Austyn Gossel[11]; 19. 4C-Tuesday Calderwood[15]; 20. 13V-Seth Brahmer[20]; 21. 31-McCain Richards[16]; 22. 14-Aidan Zoutte[21]; DNS - 23. 49-Brad Sweet; 24. 1M-Sean McClelland
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. 24R-Rico Abreu[5]; 2. 10-Ryan Timms[4]; 3. 71P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 4. 4-Cameron Martin[1]; 5. 27-Carson McCarl[8]; 6. 24-Terry McCarl[2]; 7. 21-Brian Brown[9]; 8. 40G-Clint Garner[6]; 9. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[21]; 10. 27B-Jake Bubak[13]; 11. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips[24]; 12. 01-Colby Copeland[16]; 13. 03-Jack Dover[17]; 14. 9-Kasey Kahne[14]; 15. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[23]; 16. 2JR-Kelly Miller[3]; 17. 36-Jason Martin[10]; 18. 25-Tim Kaeding[11]; 19. 7-Tyler Lee[19]; 20. 14T-Brooke Tatnell[15]; 21. 23-Chase Dietz[20]; 22. 157-Cam Sorrels[18]; 23. 22-Riley Goodno[22]; 24. 52-Blake Hahn[12]. Lap Leaders: Cam Martin 1-4, Timms 5-8, Abreu 9-10, Timms 11-16, Abreu 17-20. Hard-charger: T. Phillips.
Saturday’s Lineups for the 35th Annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals Presented by Great Southern Bank
A main (30 laps)
- 24R Rico Abreu - 485 Points
- 71P Parker Price Miller - 485 Points
- 27 Carson McCarl - 483 Points
- 57 Kyle Larson - 478 Points
- 10 Ryan Timms - 478 Points
- 26 Justin Peck - 477 Points
- 44 Chris Martin - 476 Points
- 87 Justin Sanders - 473 Points
- 21T James McFadden - 472 Points
- 40G Clint Garner - 472 Points
- 88 Austin McCarl - 471 Points
- 4 Cameron Martin - 466 Points
- 9R Chase Randall - 465 Points
- 63 J.J. Hickle - 465 Points
- 24 Terry McCarl - 464 Points
- 21 Brian Brown - 461 Points
- 7BC Giovanni Scelzi - 459 Points
- 3P Sawyer Phillips - 454 Points
- 40 Ryan Leavitt - 453 Points
- 18T Tanner Holmes - 451 Points
B main (18 laps)
- 13 Daison Pursley - 449 Points
- 55 Kerry Madsen - 445 Points
- 2M Ryan Giles - 445 Points
- 2JR Kelly Miller - 443 Points
- 27B Jake Bubak - 440 Points
- 6 Dustin Selvage - 440 Points
- 36 Jason Martin - 436 Points
- 1TZ Tasker Phillips - 434 Points
- 99 Tony Rost - 434 Points
- 24H Kade Higday - 434 Points
- 22 Riley Goodno - 434 Points
- 09 Matt Juhl - 430 Points
- 01 Colby Copeland - 427 Points
- 03 Jack Dover - 426 Points
- 15H Sam Hafertepe - 426 Points
- 9 Kasey Kahne - 421 Points
- 25 Tim Kaeding - 421 Points
- 4W Jamie Ball - 416 Points
- 14T Brooke Tatnell - 413 Points
- 3F Derek Hagar - 411 Points
C main (12 laps)
- 52 Blake Hahn - 411 Points
- 35 Skylar Prochaska - 409 Points
- 86 Timothy Smith - 409 Points
- 7 Tyler Lee - 408 Points
- 3 Daryn Pittman - 407 Points
- 95 Matt Covington - 406 Points
- 157 Cam Sorrels - 404 Points
- 23 Chase Dietz - 402 Points
- 55B Chase Brown - 398 Points
- 13M Brett Moffitt - 398 Points
- 5 Brenham Crouch - 398 Points
- 17A Jack Anderson - 396 Points
- 17 Tyler Groenendyk - 391 Points
- 77X Alex Hill - 391 Points
- 45X Kyler Johnson - 388 Points
- 71 Brady Baker - 384 Points
- 5A Alex Vande Voort - 382 Points
- 11N Kasey Jedrzejek - 377 Points
- 11X Hank Davis - 370 Points
- 10L Landon Britt - 365 Points
D main (10 laps)
- 3R Russell Potter - 350 Points
- 17B Ryan Bickett - 347 Points
- 38 Logan Alexander - 346 Points
- 88R Ryder Laplante - 345 Points
- 7B Ben Brown - 344 Points
- 23W Scott Winters - 344 Points
- 16G Austyn Gossel - 338 Points
- 39JR Brayden Mount - 337 Points
- 2J Zach Blurton - 335 Points
- 83 Kurt Mueller - 335 Points
- 33 Alan Zoutte - 335 Points
- 4C Tuesday Calderwood - 331 Points
- 88T Terry Easum - 330 Points
- 1A John Anderson - 330 Points
- 91 Preston Lattomus - 327 Points
- 29 Emilio Hoover - 324 Points
- 7C Chris Morgan - 322 Points
- 11B Kaylee Bryson - 316 Points
- 13V Seth Brahmer - 316 Points
- 31 McCain Richards - 316 Points
- 7W Justin Zimmerman - 315 Points
- T4 Tyler Graves - 315 Points
- 14 Aidan Zoutte - 307 Points
- 2N Shad Petersen - 304 Points
- 49 Brad Sweet - 298 Points
- 1M Sean McClelland - 294 Points
- administrator on Aug 02, 2025
- Article Date: 8/1/2025