Rico Abreu Wins Repeat Victory At Tulsa Chili Bowl

Rico Abreu won the 30th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Saturday night - a repeat for the 2015 champion.

Abreu took the A Feature and the Golden Driller trophy in 55 laps. 

He took to social media to Tweet his take on the win: 

Bryan Clauson took second place followed by Zach Daum in third, Jerry Coons in fourth and Kyle Larson in fifth place. Blake Hahn of Sapulpa took eleventh place.

Abreu competes at NASCAR events and is a crowd favorite. The hard-working racer competes in nearly 100 dirt track races a year but says he likes competing on different tracks with different cars.

News On 6's Harold Kuntz interviewed Rico last week about his hopes for a repeat victory. 

1/14/2016 Related Story: Chili Bowl: Former Champ Rico Abreu Attempts Repeat, Encourages Younger Generation To Race

"If you can win it here, you can win them all and not too many people have won it, and it's just really cool to be on this list," Abreu said.

Chili Bowl 2016:

UOF A Feature (55 Laps): 1. 97-Rico Abreu[4]; 2. 63-Bryan Clauson[1]; 3. 5D-Zach Daum[8]; 4. 5-Jerry Coons Jr[6]; 5. 71K-Kyle Larson[22]; 6. 47X-Tim McCreadie[5]; 7. 91T-Tyler Thomas[9]; 8. 2X-Thomas Meseraull[11]; 9. 67-Tanner Thorson[16]; 10. 17-Joey Saldana[7]; 11. 8K-Blake Hahn[19]; 12. 71-Christopher Bell[2]; 13. 67Z-Kasey Kahne[10]; 14. 17G-Shane Golobic[20]; 15. 77B-Alex Bright[3]; 16. 17R-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[14]; 17. 24-Tracy Hines[13]; 18. 1-Sammy Swindell[25]; 19. 71G-Damion Gardner[17]; 20. 99P-Dillon Welch[21]; 21. 3B-Joe B. Miller[24]; 22. (DNF) 71X-Shane Cottle[12]; 23. (DNF) 38-Justin Grant[23]; 24. (DNF) 21-Daryn Pittman[15]; 25. (DNF) 2A-C.J. Leary[18]