Cactus Classic Night High Limit Racing at Central Arizona Raceway 3_19_26 _ Highlights

We are. Rumbling and stumbling into turn number one. It will be Brad Sweet with the early race lead. Big run out of Thorsen down the back straightaway. Closing in on the letter W car into turn number three. Sweet goes down low. Will slide off the racetrack in turn number four. Thorsen goes down low. Trying to take over that space but cannot get there in time. Brad Sweet will lead lap number one. Rico is going to make the pass for second at the expense of Tanner Thorsen who goes back around the outside trying to fight back for that second spot. Thorsen will nose that. Sweet's off the pace. Brad Sweet breaks down the back straightaway. Sweet will pull in. We're going to stay green. And now we're wrecking in turn four. Brian Brown, Brent Marx, James McFadden, Si Lynch, and Sterling Kling all getting involved after a domino effect when your race leader breaks down the back stretch. As we come back to the green. Underway once again. And the feature. But a restart this time for Rico as he stays right with Thorsen as they make their way through turns one and two. Now Thorsen pulls away from Rico down the back straightaway. Tanner Thorsen opening up the gap by about five car lengths. On the number 24 cars, Cary Madsen tries to work down low in turns three and four. Good grip down there for the madman. Cary Madsen might have found something that time by in turns three and four. Trying to get down here in one and two. Pulls up next to Rico. Cary Madsen going to take the second spot down the back straightaway. Cary Madsen down low. Finding a line. Nobody else is working. Now he gives that spot right back to Rico as he closes in on Tanner Thorsen in turn number one. Rico saw Madsen down there. He'll try to run the bottom in turn number two. Tanner Thorsen's lead is five car lengths over Rico. Then it is Madsen, Dase and Pursley. And the 77 of Giovanni Selsie sits in the fifth position. Up front that time by. Five in and 20 to go. A long ways from home for Tanner Thorsen at the front of the field. With the defending series champion and the winningest driver in Highlander racing history right behind him. Tanner Holmes up to fourth and now going underneath to Pursley in the turn number one. Racing for that third spot, Pursley has the cushion wired. He's got it down the back stretch. Cary Madsen fifth. Red flag. Car upside down. And Aaron Reitzel is the car upside down. As there is a look at the NOS Energy Drink 7BC. Tire down. Here's a look at the replay happening right there in the middle of your screen. Looks like was that the 87X of Logan Seavey getting sideways and Reitzel not able to check up in time. Got into the back of Courtney who was also checking up and sent him over. Thorsen so far has been able to prevail on all of them. He's on it a little bit earlier that time. Catches Rico off guard and Thorsen's going to have the lead as they roll into turn one. Tanner goes down low. Rico to the top. Going to have a big run and looking for the race lead. Down the back straight away. Rico takes it away. Now Tanner Thorsen back to the inside. Here's a slider for the top spot. Tanner Thorsen takes it back away but Rico crosses him up and he'll lead this time by. Rico leads with 11 laps to go. He'll go down low in turn number one. Thorsen back around him on the outside. Going to the cushion. Dason Pursley running in third. Fourth is Joel Myers Jr. And fifth is Cary Madsen. Now Thorsen feeling the pressure as Dason Pursley's trying to work off the bottom. Thorsen not out of it quite yet. That time by 7 tenths of a second as Rico stays committed down low in turns one and two. Tanner Thorsen trying to get the topside roll but he loses touch with the car crest number 24 car. Selzy trying to put a move on Myers and off of turn number two. It's going to work out for him. Gio's now up to fourth. Giovanni Selzy getting by Joel Myers Jr. Tries to roll back around him on the outside and he will do just that. Joel Myers Jr. back to fourth. Good high-low battle right here. Third, fourth, and fifth. Now Myers has a little issue on the cushion there. Gives the spot right back away to Giovanni Selzy. Rico that time by six laps to go. Six laps away from his 25th career Highlander Racing feature win. Cary Madsen, Tanner Holmes, D.J. Netto, Ryan Timms, and Tyler Cordy the top ten. Here's the white flag one lap to go for Rico Abreu. Abreu a little mistake right there in turn number two but still plenty of room behind him to deal with. As he comes down the back stretch and into turns three and four, win number one on the year will come at Central Arizona. Race win for the Defending Series champion. Rico gets it done here in Casa Grande. Second goes to Tanner Thorsen. Third to Deason Pursley. Fourth Giovanni Selzy. And fifth will be Joel Myers Jr.