MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Rico Abreu, coming off the biggest win of his career, will now get a shot at driving a stock car and climbing his way through NASCAR.The reigning USAC Midget champion announced a deal Tuesday to race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East with HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks. Abreu, who won the prestigious Chili Bowl in Oklahoma on Saturday, will run all 14 K&N events along with his usual open-wheel schedule of more than 100 races.The 22-year-old Californian stands just 4-foot-4, weighs roughly 95 pounds and needs blocks under the pedals for him to reach them. But hes one of the most popular drivers in sprint car racing, and the Chili Bowl crowd chanted his name after he took the checkered flag.He also received praise on Twitter from many NASCAR stars, and celebrated the win Monday night in Charlotte with good friends Kyle Larson and Kasey Kahne, who both have sprint car backgrounds.When I grew up I played sports and I wrestled in middle school, and all my friends and classmates kind of outgrew me, he said Tuesday. I was limited to the things I could do and I became a big race fan. Well, I didnt even think I could race until I did it for the first time. Its just so cool to have the feeling that people really believe in you and would like to see you achieve. Then let alone winning the Chili Bowl ... I think a lot of people believe in me. Im glad that people can really see who I am and they dont judge me for what I look like or why Im doing it.The timing of his announcement to drive stock cars just happens to coincide with his Chili Bowl victory, and Abreu hopes this shot will help him gain recognition outside the dirt track world.There are so many more NASCAR fans that dont follow dirt racing and dont know what I do, so Im really looking forward to it, he said. I think the fans will react a lot differently than the average driver — average-looking driver — coming to NASCAR.Abreu is following a similar path to the one close friend Larson took to climb from sprint cars to NASCARs reigning Sprint Cup rookie of the year. Larson won the K&N East title in 2012 and was full-time in NASCAR the next year.Larson occasionally drives in NASCARs second-tier Xfinity Series for Harry Scott Jr., who has a partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing, his Cup team. Abreu could soon find himself with opportunities at NASCARs national level.Abreu had Tuesday earmarked for his first stock car and pavement test, at Motor Mile in Virginia, before competing in his first stock car and pavement race on Saturday at New Smyrna in Florida. Abreus first K&N event will be Feb. 15 at New Smyrna Speedway.He said NASCAR has signed off on the modifications needed in a stock car to accommodate his small frame.NASCAR came and saw all the improvements and theyre fine with it all, he said. They said everything is safe and looks safe, and I feel safe in the race car so I think that is the big first step.Abreus No. 98 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East entry will be led by veteran K&N crew chief Mardy Lindley. He has five career victories in three seasons, along with the 2013 K&N title with driver Dylan Kwasniewski.Abreu, an open wheel standout, will continue to race open wheel events and figures he will do 120 this year. 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The ball never came out, but a crowd of defenders gathered in that part of the field.Big Ben then used another, quicker pump fake to draw the nickel cornerback further away from his favourite target Antonio Brown. Finally, Roethlisberger delivered the ball into the back right corner of the end zone behind the two defenders still close enough to get a hand in the way.Touchdown.The NFLs best quarterbacks have become better, post-modern offences are more complex and the rules against down-field contact have been made stricter. Many times, though, the success of a passing play comes down to a simple old standby tool thats been in the quarterbacks belt since the legalization of the forward pass.The pump fake.Its just as much Johnny Unitas as it is Andrew Luck.Youve just got to have great eyes. Dont look at the quarterback. Hes like Medusa. He turns you into stone, Minnesota cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said, using Greek mythology to explain how to avoid getting beat by it.Easier said than done.Youre taught to react. So every action is key, Denver cornerback Tony Carter said. If youre a half-second off, its enough.Examples of defensive players frozen by pump fakes in critical situations arent hard to find. Here are three from this season:— Dallas trailed the New York Giants with barely a minute left in November, and the Cowboys offensive line gave Tony Romo almost 9 seconds to throw a second-and-short pass. Romo wound up with a big fake that sucked a safety into the shallow part of the field, and Dez Bryant eluded two other defenders on a crossing pattern to grab the go-ahead touchdown.— The following week, Green Bay took a 10-point lead on New England late in the first quarter when Aaron Rodgers found Richard Rodgers a step ahead of the safety for a 32-yard scoring pass. How did the rookie tight end get open? Rodgers faked a throw to his right toward Jordy Nelson, prompting the other Patriots safety to head that way.— Just last Sunday, Roethlisberger added another clip to his personal fake-throw highlight film, albeit during a less-dramatic 4-yard pass against Atlanta. He pivoted right and found Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann right in front of him. One pump wasnt enough to get Biermann out of the way, so Roethlisberger raised his arm again as Bieermann leapt high in hope of a bat-down.ddddddddddddThe ball didnt come out that time, either. Roethlisberger slung a sidearm throw to Brown, who manoeuvred for a nominal gain. The Steelers kept that drive going and drained the clock for a seven-point victory.Kroy made a great play, Roethlisberger said. Thats the only option: Get it out as fast as you can.Roethlisberger was being rather modest.We know the play is never dead with him, tight end Heath Miller said.Being 6-foot-5 sure helps.It helps when youve got hands like his, Steelers backup Bruce Gradkowski said. I could never do that. Id have the ball come out.Defences arent helpless, of course.Agile ends like Biermann, Houstons J.J. Watt or Denvers DeMarcus Ware are trained to disrupt even the shortest of throws when theyre not pursuing a sack against a deeper drop. Creating better passing lanes through the line and linebackers, then, is one reason to use the pump fake.The other is to clear a safety away down the field. Typically, a receiver on one side will run a predetermined double route — like a slant-and-go — while the guy on the back side of the formation gets free on, say, a move up the seam.Sometimes, well, its just improvisation.CBS and SiriusXM analyst Rich Gannon, a 17-year NFL veteran and the league MVP in 2002, used the skill well while running the West Coast offence with Oakland. Luck, who with Seattles Russell Wilson is one of the best young pump-fakers around, remembered watching Gannon do that while growing up.Gannon learned from TV, too, whether one of his peers like John Elway or Troy Aikman or Dan Marino.Sometimes I would pump knowing I had no inclination to even throw it that way, Gannon said. I knew where I was going to throw it. I just needed to move a linebacker so Id have a bigger window to throw the football behind him. So it just comes with experience. When youre a young guy, youre just trying to throw it to the open guy. When you get older, youre learning to manipulate the defenders.Even the best ones.Against an aggressive guy like me, a lot of quarterbacks try to pump fake me. Just trick plays, double moves, Seattle safety Earl Thomas said. 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