Rico Abreu, who is making the transition from dirt open-wheel cars to stock cars, won Saturday night’s NAPA 150 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway.
Abreu, who started on the pole, won in his seventh series race. Abreu is a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Grant Quinlan finished second with Kaz Grala, Jay Beasley and Ronnie Bassett Jr. completing the top five at the .333-mile asphalt oval.
NBCSN is scheduled to air this race at 2:30 p.m. ET, Friday, July 10 and at 11 p.m. ET that night.
Yes yes yes!!!!! Way to go @Rico_Abreu so pumped for your first stock car win!! I knew you could do it. Awesome.
— Kyle Larson (@KyleLarsonRacin) July 5, 2015
So happy for @Rico_Abreu! https://t.co/jmx6hfzhHr
— Chip Ganassi (@GanassiChip) July 5, 2015
Hell yeah!!! Congrats @Rico_Abreu on your first stock car win!
— Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) July 5, 2015
Congrats @Rico_Abreu for winning your first K&N race. Wheelman.
— Ryan Blaney (@Blaney) July 5, 2015
Congrats @Rico_Abreu Big win in the K&N series. #greatjob
— David Gilliland (@DavidGilliland) July 5, 2015