Rico Abreu drove the No. 24 to victory in the 30-lap World of Outlaws season opener at Eldora Speedway, executing an aggressive late surge that included tapping the wall before pulling away to the checkered flag.

The win came in his first trip to Eldora since joining Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing ahead of the 2026 season, and Abreu credited crew chief Ricky Warner and the team for the result. It was his 22nd World of Outlaws victory, which moved him alone into 30th on the series’ all-time wins list. It was also his 14th overall triumph at Eldora, six of those in World of Outlaws competition, a total that ties him with Mark Kinser and Kerry Madsen for ninth-most wins at the track, and it extended Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing’s streak of at least one World of Outlaws checkered flag to 25 consecutive seasons.

Brian Brown, Giovanni Scelzi and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid each led laps during the race. Kofoid led three laps and finished second in the Roth Motorsports No. 83, a result that kept Roth Motorsports at nine podiums this season. Scelzi finished third in the Spire Motorsports No. 77, his first World of Outlaws top-three since March 2025. Aaron Reutzel was fourth and Logan Schuchart finished fifth.