TULSA, Okla. — Making the move for the lead through the final two turns, Rico Abreu, threw the Hoosiers on the cushion and shot past Mitchel Moles for his eighth Chili Bowl preliminary victory. Battling with Blake Hahn and Brent Crews through much of the last half of the feature, a caution with six to go reset the deck with Abreu moving to the cushion while Moles and Crews worked the bottom. Pinning the cushion off the final turn, Rico pulled ahead by .223 seconds. Moles in second is his best career preliminary performance and locks him into his first career Saturday night feature event, while Brent Crews held on for third.

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