By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

Abreu fends off Kofoid to prevail in Outlaws return

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 6, 2025 – With a sellout crowd on hand to welcome the return of the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series to The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. after a 20-year absence, 40-year racing veteran Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee scored a flag-to-flag victory in the 25-lap Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car A main on Friday, June 6.

In the 35-lap World of Outlaws Sprint Car headliner, Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif. turned back a spirited challenge from Penngrove, Calif. driver Buddy Kofoid in the closing laps to notch his second career A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis seized the lead of the 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main on the opening lap from the pole position with outside front row starter Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, Ill. giving chase. On lap 5, Rossmann closed to within striking distance along the far inside line of the well-manicured third-mile clay oval.

On lap 10, Davis caught the rear of the 22-car field and was slicing his way through slower traffic when the first of four caution flags flew on lap 15 after Joseph Hintz contacted the turn two wall.

Rossmann and third starter Chris Clayton of Waldo collided in turn two on the ensuing restart to bring out the second caution flag.

After one lap of green flag action, another caution flag appeared when Scott Grissom of Winthrop Harbor, Ill. spun in turn four.

Following the restart, ninth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend rode the outside groove to sweep past fourth starter Tyler Davis of Franklin into second on lap 17. Five laps later, the fourth and final caution flag was displayed when Tyler Davis and Will Gerrits of Waupun made contact in turn three to slow the pace on lap 22.

Following the last restart of the race, Alex Pokorski of West Bend, who started 10th, made a big charge along the cushion to grab third. Meanwhile, Karnitz ran down Davis in the closing laps in a bid to wrestle the lead away.

However, Davis held tight to the low line in the final circuits to secure his first main event victory of the 2025 campaign, 27th PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main triumph and series-leading 66th Midwest Sprint Car Association main-event win in the non-points event.

The win vaulted Davis into a tie with two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car Champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth for second place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory list.

“I have a lot of laps around this place,” Davis said. “I knew running the top of the track wasn’t fast enough to get it done because of the bite I had getting off the corners was too good.”

Karnitz trailed Davis to the finish line by a close two-car length margin. Pokorski wound up third, fifth starter Brandon Berth of Cascade came home fourth and PDTR 360 Sprint Car rookie Tristan Furseth of Cambridge placed fourth after starting seventh.

Rico Abreu, who started second, grabbed the lead from the start of the 35-lap World of Outlaws Sprint Car A-main to set up a short, but intense duel with three-time Knoxville Nationals winner and 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif., who started on the pole.

On lap 6, Larson’s night came to an early end with a hard hit against the turn two fence after his machine suffered a broken axle. When the race resumed, 2024 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year Award winner Buddy Kofoid, who started fourth slipped into second.

After the fifth and final caution flag appeared on lap 19, the rest of the race went clean and green as Abreu worked traffic to perfection to build up a full straightaway cushion over Kofoid.

Abreu caught the back of the field as the laps wound down, which allowed Kofoid to take a big bite out of the lead gap. With two laps to go, Kofoid attempted to duck under Abreu in turn three which resulted in slight contact between the two lead cars in turn four.

However, Abreu quickly gathered up his car and pulled away to secure his second career A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track and first since his triumph in the Rayce Rudeen Foundation race with the All-Star Circuit of Champions in 2023.

The win was Abreu’s second of the 2025 World of Outlaws season and 19^th overall in WoO competition, which moved him into 33^rd on the series’ all-time victory list.

After scoring his eighth victory in his last 15 Sprint Car starts, Abreu, Abreu joined Tim Kaeding (2005) and Joey Saldana (2004) as World of Outlaws A-main winners at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Kofoid had to settle for second, third starter Tyler Courtney of Indianapolis, Ind. placed third, Carson Macedo finished fourth from the eighth starting spot and five-time World of Outlaws champion Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif placed fifth after starting fifth.

Clayton Rossmann picked up the PDTR 360 Sprint Car fast qualifier award with a lap of 12.924 seconds.

Rico Abreu turned in the fastest lap in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series qualifying in 11.385 seconds.

The 12-lap World of Outlaws Last Chance Showdown win went to Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Mo.

The fifth event of the 2025 PDTR campaign, sponsored by Hopf Farms, produced a field of 61 Sprint Cars, including 39 World of Outlaws Series 410 Sprint Cars and 22 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars.

The Plymouth Dirt Track will return to action on Saturday, June 14 with Street Stocks serving as the guest division courtesy of Sheboygan’s Rock Station 106.5 The Buzz.

The Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Cars, Oostburg Automotive Grand Nationals and Sheboygan Flooring B Mods will also be in action.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis.

For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 6K-Kurt Davis [1]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [9]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [10]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth [5]; 5. 57-Tristan Furseth [7]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [15]; 7. 7-Lance Fassbender [21]; 8. 69-Bill Taylor [17]; 9. 11-Tony Wondra [13]; 10. 55P-Brady Portschy [12]; 11. 24X-Eric Wilke [20]; 12. 2-Chris Clayton [3]; 13. 46-Steven Ruh [14]; 14. 53A-Spyder Akright [18]; 15. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel [19]; 16. (DNF) 3-Justin Erickson [8]; 17. (DNF) GR8-Will Gerrits [11]; 18. (DNF) 68T-Tyler Davis [4]; 19. (DNF) 09-Clayton Rossmann [2]; 20. (DNF) 14J-Joseph Hintz [6]; 21. (DNF) 54G-Scott Grissom [16]; 22. (DNS) 7C-Ellie Hensley

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 3. 09-Clayton Rossmann [4]; 4. GR8-Will Gerrits [5]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor [2]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 7. 54G-Scott Grissom [8]; 8. 7C-Ellie Hensley [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Tristan Furseth [1]; 2. 2-Chris Clayton [2]; 3. 6K-Kurt Davis [4]; 4. 55P-Brady Portschy [5]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra [7]; 6. 7-Lance Fassbender [3]; 7. 24X-Eric Wilke [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14J-Joseph Hintz [1]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis [2]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [3]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [6]; 5. 46-Steven Ruh [5]; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel [4]; 7. 53A-Spyder Akright [7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.924 [8]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.008 [1]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.259 [4]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.312 [5]; 5. GR8-Will Gerrits, 13.438 [2]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.492 [6]; 7. 7C-Ellie Hensley, 13.501 [7]; 8. 54G-Scott Grissom, 13.805 [3]

Qualifying 2: 1. 6K-Kurt Davis, 13.059 [5]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.212 [4]; 3. 2-Chris Clayton, 13.285 [1]; 4. 57-Tristan Furseth, 13.330 [6]; 5. 55P-Brady Portschy, 13.453 [2]; 6. 24X-Eric Wilke, 13.732 [7]; 7. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.771 [3]

Qualifying 3: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.068 [6]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis, 13.227 [7]; 3. 53A-Spyder Akright, 13.414 [3]; 4. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.539 [4]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.672 [5]; 6. 46-Steven Ruh, 14.045 [2]; 7. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [1]

 NOS ENERGY DRINK WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SERIES

 NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 2. 83-Buddy Kofoid[4]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[8]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[18]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson[6]; 9. 15-Donny Schatz[15]; 10. 7S-Chris Windom[19]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson[22]; 12. 2C-Cole Macedo[9]; 13. 9-Chase Randall[13]; 14. 27-Emerson Axsom[20]; 15. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[11]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart[12]; 17. 39M-Anthony Macri[23]; 18. 24D-Danny Sams III[7]; 19. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[16]; 20. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[24]; 21. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[21]; 22. 2-David Gravel[14]; 23. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 24. 6-Zach Hampton[17]

MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[1]; 2. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 4. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[3]; 5. 51-Scotty Thiel[7]; 6. 25T-Travis Arenz[6]; 7. 16C-Max Guilford[5]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[11]; 9. 1K-Kelby Watt[9]; 10. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 11. 19-Joel Myers Jr[10]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee[12]; 13. 87A-Austin Hartmann[14]; 14. 22M-Rees Moran[13]; 15. 47-Todd King[18]; 16. 9C-Tommy Colburn[16]; 17. 3BK-Billy Kreutz[15]; 18. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[19]; 19. 10V-Matt VanderVere[17]

Toyota Dash (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 4. 83-Buddy Kofoid[5]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[8]; 6. 88-Tanner Thorson[6]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 8. 41-Carson Macedo[7]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 3. 2C-Cole Macedo[4]; 4. 9-Chase Randall[3]; 5. 6-Zach Hampton[5]; 6. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[9]; 7. 16C-Max Guilford[8]; 8. 1K-Kelby Watt[7]; 9. 22M-Rees Moran[6]; 10. 10V-Matt VanderVere[10]

Real American Beer Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 3. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 5. 7S-Chris Windom[6]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 7. 51-Scotty Thiel[7]; 8. 49J-Josh Schneiderman[8]; 9. 3BK-Billy Kreutz[10]; 10. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[9]

WIX Filter Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 83-Buddy Kofoid[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 2-David Gravel[4]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[6]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz[8]; 8. 19-Joel Myers Jr[7]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann[9]; 10. 47-Todd King[10]

The Greatest Store on Dirt Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 5. 27-Emerson Axsom[7]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 8. 99-Skylar Gee[6]; 9. 9C-Tommy Colburn[9]

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Group A (2 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.385[12]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.399[6]; 3. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:11.460[4]; 4. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:11.468[5]; 5. 9-Chase Randall, 00:11.479[7]; 6. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.493[10]; 7. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:11.537[8]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.570[1]; 9. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:11.571[2]; 10. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.614[14]; 11. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:11.728[13]; 12. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:11.741[20]; 13. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:11.808[17]; 14. 51-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.965[16]; 15. 16C-Max Guilford, 00:11.975[11]; 16. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.114[3]; 17. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 00:12.138[19]; 18. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:12.237[9]; 19. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 00:12.325[15]; 20. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 00:12.668[18]

Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Group B (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:11.449[11]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:11.545[6]; 3. 83-Buddy Kofoid, 00:11.563[9]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.592[2]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.600[8]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.635[3]; 7. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.671[14]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:11.681[12]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.739[17]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:11.755[5]; 11. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.796[4]; 12. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.867[7]; 13. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 00:11.942[15]; 14. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:11.999[16]; 15. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.112[18]; 16. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.125[19]; 17. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.297[10]; 18. 9C-Tommy Colburn, 00:12.511[1]; 19. 47-Todd King, 00:12.640[13]

Hot Laps Group A: 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:11.630[10]; 2. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:11.657[8]; 3. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:11.660[20]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:11.800[4]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:11.830[5]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:11.837[6]; 7. 16C-Max Guilford, 00:11.840[11]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.851[12]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:11.862[14]; 10. 9-Chase Randall, 00:11.887[7]; 11. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 00:11.908[15]; 12. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 00:11.930[19]; 13. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:11.934[13]; 14. 49J-Josh Schneiderman, 00:11.960[3]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.961[1]; 16. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:11.969[2]; 17. 51-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.972[16]; 18. 1K-Kelby Watt, 00:12.051[17]; 19. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 00:12.144[18]; 20. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:12.305[9]

Hot Laps Group B: 1. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:11.543[17]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:11.614[11]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:11.685[9]; 4. 2-David Gravel, 00:11.685[14]; 5. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:11.852[5]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:11.884[6]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.890[3]; 8. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:11.943[7]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.949[2]; 10. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:11.959[4]; 11. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.054[18]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.081[8]; 13. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:12.108[12]; 14. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.129[19]; 15. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:12.217[16]; 16. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 00:12.347[15]; 17. 9C-Tommy Colburn, 00:12.424[1]; 18. 47-Todd King, 00:12.474[13]; 19. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.872[10]