Dirt Racing
Macri Makes Last Lap, Last Turn Pass for Win
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (May 10, 2023): Anthony Macri staked the PA Posse to a one/zero lead in the three-race showdown with the touring pros from the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. To do it, he had to make a pass in the final corner on the final lap. The driver that he knocked off was fellow Posse member Brent Marks, who was the biggest money winner in 2022. Macri was no slouch either, racking up the most victories overall last season.
Macri’s Margin of victory was a scan 0.17 seconds, which translated to a little more than a car length at the scoring loop.
The win at Lincoln Speedway was Macri’s third career win with the Outlaws. The other two came at Port Royal Speedway, which will host the World of Outlaws for a two-race set in October.
This was the fiftieth race at Lincoln Speedway for the World of Outlaws. The first event was held in the inaugural season for the tour, 1978.
Marks earned the pole for the 35 lapper with a dominant performance in the Dash. His running mate was Chad Trout, who was having his best Outlaws appearance, by far. David Gravel lined up third, inside Macri. Then came Brad Sweet, the four-time and defending Outlaws champion.
Dylan Norris, another Lincoln regular, was on his right flank. Donny Schatz and Justin Peck were the last dash eligible drivers. Row five paired Brandon Rahmer and Danny Dietrich. Two Outlaws made up row six, Spencer Bayston and Giovanni Scelzi.
Marks powered ahead of Trout at the drop of the green, while Gravel and Macri battled for third. Sweet held down fifth, ahead of Schatz, Norris, Bayston, Dietrich, and Peck.
Just two laps into the race, Landon Myers brought out a caution. Sheldon Haudenschild spun in turn one on the restart, which required a single file restart for take two. That was an important development for Trout, who drifted high in turn four and lost two positions before Haudenschild’s miscue.
When the green flashed on again, Marks continued to lead Trout, Macri, Gravel, and Sweet. They ran in that order until lap thirteen, when Macri got a run on Trout coming off turn two.
Although Macri assumed the role of the first chaser, he was a considerable distance behind Marks.
During the long green flag run that extended to lap 29, Marks encountered traffic, and Macri sliced into his lead.
The fans were ready to see two of the nation’s finest fighting for the lead while negotiating lapped traffic. However, T.J. Stutts stopped in turn two to bring out the final caution.
Marks was on the point for the single file restart, as less than ten laps were remaining. Macri was second, with Gravel third, followed by Dietrich and Sweet.
Marks got away cleanly, but Macri was close. Marks moved to the high side, which was where Macri was racing before the caution came out. Macri dropped to the inside line and he started to close the gap. With two to go, Macri drove up beside Marks but he could not complete the pass. So, Marks switched line again, hoping to thwart Macri’s advancement.
With the inside lane now occupied, Macri went to the top. He got a big run off turn two and drew even with Marks coming through turns three and four. Macri had the momentum, and he shot off turn four with the lead much to the amazement of the crowd.
Macri saw the checkers first, with Marks taking second. Gravel held off Dietrich for third. Sweet completed the top five. Bayston, Peck, Trout, Brandon Rahmer, and Scelzi were the next five across the line.
“I knew on the restart that (Marks) was going to do something different,” Macri said. “I shoved the wing back and I started to make some time on the inside. I didn’t want to show him my nose on the last lap, but he switched up that gave me a lane on the top.”
Although it seemed as though Macri was flat out in the final corners, he admitted to slowing up a little in turn three “because that wall was coming up fast. It was the pucker factor,” he said.
Marks, who stole a big win from Macri at Lincoln last September, thought that the outcome this night was unavoidable. “Our car changed a lot the last ten laps. The car was sliding around a lot. I wasn’t going to hold (Macri) off no matter where I went. Things come back around. I got him last year and he got me back.”
Gravel was some distance behind the leaders, so he was able to watch them fighting for the lead in the final laps. He knew that they were not going to tangle with one another. “They have been racing a lot,” he observed. Gravel commented that his car was better earlier in the program. “We needed to be better when the track slowed down, put put around the bottom.”
The four heats belonged to Macri, Gravel, Peck, and Schatz. Jeff Halligan took the C Main and Haudenschild topped the B. Macri was the evening’s fastest qualifier, turning in a time of 13.496 seconds in Group A. Marks was best in Group B with a time of 13.824.
Lincoln Speedway will not race on Saturday, in respect of the World of Outlaws competition at Williams Grove Speedway. Instead, there will be a hot rod show and exhibition racing commencing at 8 a.m. and going until 4 p.m. That program will be hosted by The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing.
Sprint Car action will resume in the Pigeon Hills on May 20 with the 410 and 358 Sprints on tap. May 27 will be teh Bob Leiby Memorial featuring 410 Sprints, ARDC Midgets, and Super Late Models. That will be the club night for the Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown.
MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 3, 2025) – Chase Dietz, of York, PA, led a Posse sweep of four of the top five positions on night number one of the National Open Weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. Joining Dietz on the front stretch were second place finisher, Lance Dewease, and the third place runner, Danny Dietrich. Justin Whittall was fifth in the race. The only card carrying Outlaw was Carson Macedo, who led the first twenty-one laps before fading to fourth at the finish.
“I just want to soak it in,” Dietz said as he tried to catch his beath following the exhilarating victory, his first ever against the travelling band. Although Dietz noted that he had speed all year at the Grove, his team assembled a new car this week and, in doing so, they made a lot of changes. “The car was very maneuverable.”
Although Dietz ran most of the race in the top groove, he admitted, “I knew that the bottom was going to come in. I knew that I had to get down there before Lance (Dewease) did. I saw his nose.” As it turned out, Dietz barely got to the bottom ahead of Dewease, forcing the cagy veteran to move to the middle in the closing laps.
“We’re just extremely grateful to be here, this sport can be very humbling,” Dietz added. Even last year, when he was running his own cars, Dietz explained that they fought hard to be competitive with the Outlaws. Although they were winless, they showed good speed and had a podium finish against the Outlaws in the 2024 National Open. “I looked back at the nights when we didn’t win, and I tried to figure out what we needed to do to bet better.”
Dewease, who followed Dietz into second on lap twenty-two and wh briefly challenged him for the lead, commented, “the last three or four laps I wasn’t very good. The lapped cars made it interesting.”
Dietrich, who completed the podium for the Posse, felt that he may have had the fastest car in the final laps but, he added, “things didn’t go my way.” He explained that, when he did pass Dewease, he did not get enough of a gap on him, and that let him (Dewease) get back in.”
Macedo drew the pole for the Dash and his win in that event placed him on the pole for the twenty-five lap preliminary, which paid $12,000 to the winner. Dietrich lined up on his right, Dewease and Dietz made up row two, followed by David Gravel and Buddy Kofoid. Diason Pursley and Justin Whittall stacked our row four. Then came Daryn Pittman and Bill Balog. Row six paired Kody Hartlaub with Justin Peck.
The back of the field was almost as impressive as the first six rows. Back there were racers such as Kerry Madsen (fourteenth), Giovanni Scelzi (sixteenth), Brock Zearfoss (seventeenth), Brent Marks (eighteenth), Ryan Timms (nineteenth), Freddie Rahmer, Jr. (twentieth), Sheldon Haudenschild (twenty-first), Logan Schuchart (twenty-first), and Troy Wagaman (twenty-sixth).
Macedo held off Dietrich in turn one to assume control of the race. Dietz ran in third on the opening lap, but he drove under Dietrich in turn four to take over second one lap later. Dewease ran along in fourth, followed by Kofoid, Gravel, Whittall, Pittman, Pursley, and Balog in the early going.
The running order was pretty static through the first five or six laps. The top ten had a major shake-up on lap seven, though. Something broke on Pittman’s car in turn three, and he spun wildly toward the outside wall. In the process, he collected Pursley, Balog, and Hartlaub. Pittman and Pursely retired from the race due to the damage incurred, but Balog and Hartlaub were able to rejoin the field for the restart after pitting for repairs.
That fracas was the only caution of the race.
Macedo and Dietz resumed the battle for the lead on the restart. However, one lap later, Dewease moved into third, ahead of Dietrich, Kofoid, and Gravel. Whittall, Peck, Scelzi, and Rahmer made up the balance of the top ten. At that juncture, Wagaman was about six positions behind Rahmer in their race within the race for the point championship.
Through the middle stage of the race, Dietz began to close in on Macedo. Dewease continued in third, several car lengths behind the leaders. Dietrich was about the same distance back in fourth.
Dietz caught up to Macedo with about five or six laps remaining in the contest. He managed to pass Macedo on the inside of turn three on lap twenty-one, but Macedo countered in turn four to regain the lead.
Macedo dove to the inside heading into turn one, but he scrubbed off spme speed. Dietz was able to get some momentum coming through turn two and that propelled hin down the backstretch. He slid Macedo for the lead coming through turns three and four, and Dewease followed in his tire tracks to take over second coming off turn four.
Dietz missed the bottom entering turn one, and Dewease poked his nose under him going through the turn, Dietz recovered, and he got a good run off turn two to preserve his lead. Dietz then committed to the low line for the final laps, requiring Dewease to move more toward the middle of the track.
Dietrich dispatched Macedo and he got a run on Dewease near the end of the race. However, Dewease was able to reclaim second soon thereafter.
At the finish, it was Dietz by a tad under eight tenths of a second over Dewease. Dietrich was third, followed by Macedo and Whittall. Kofoid, Gravel, Scelzi,Peck, and Marks completed the top ten.
Rahmer was eleventh, and Wagaman sixteenth. Although Wagaman was the hard charger at plus ten, he lost valuable points to Rahmer. The two racers will be separated by 125 points, unofficially, heading into Saturday’s season finale.
Heat wins were scored by Gravel, Kofoid, Dewease, and Pursley. Ryan Newton won the non-qualifiers race. Kyle Spence recovered from a tipover in his heat race to capture the C Main. The B Main went to Haudenschild. Gravel was the evening’s fastest qualifier, with a lap of 16.409 seconds topping Group A. Dewease timed the best in Group B, with a lap of 16.760 seconds. Fifty-six cars participated in the event.
HARTFORD, OH (September 27, 2025) – Dale Blaney had the hometown crowd on their feet and screaming after winning the World of Outlaws feature Saturday Night at Sharon Speedway, the track owned for years by the Blaney family.
Blaney started fifth and passed Cole Macedo on lap 11 for the lead then held off a furious last lap charge by Buddy Kofoid to win by just 0.136 seconds for the $12,000 payday!
The victory was Blaney’s first World of Outlaws victory in 10-years, becoming the oldest winner in Series history at 61 years 7 months and 28 days. Blaney broke the previous record set by his older brother Dave when he won at 58 years of age in 2021 at Sharon.
“There’re so many good young race car drivers out here, but to win a race at 61 (years old) is awesome,” said Blaney. ““I had the feeling that I was never going to win an Outlaw race ever again. I don’t race much. This is our sixth race this year. I haven’t run in seven weeks. The car was awesome. We just got it back together this week. I don’t know what to say. It’s great and cool to win this at Sharon Speedway- it’s the only place I’ve run this year. This is a special freaking night. I know that.”
“I wanted traffic,” said Kofoid. “My car is usually amazing in traffic. He slipped up, and then I kind of got in his air and got me slipped up. And then I hit the wall coming to the checkered, and it shot me down the track. I tried to send it and was close. I’m just happy for Dale and Dave.”
Sheldon Haudenschild finished third follow by WoO points leader David Gravel in fourth. Logan Schuchart rounded out the Top 5.
The night however belonged to the Blaney family, who fittingly closed out the the first year of the new ownership group of Dave Blaney, Ryan Blaney, and Will Thomas III in Victory Lane.
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (September 27, 2025): A persistent, localized drizzle forced a stoppage of the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Lincoln Speedway. The event, which was originally dubbed the Fallen Firefighters Memorial, was expanded to give tribute to the three York County police officers recently slain while serving a subpoena.
Brett and Jordan Strickler, policemen in the area, honored the fallen officers on the wings of their 410 Sprint Cars.
The 410 Sprint Cars were ready to take to the track for their feature event when the rain set in for the second time of the night. A brief shower interrupted the heat races for the 358 Sprint Cars. However, after the rain stopped, the track crew and push truck operators quickly prepared the surface so that all qualifications could be completed.
The line-ups for both feature races are set, and the events will be completed on October 18, along with the full program for both divisions in the Final 50. So, fans will be treated to four features that evening.
The point races in both divisions will conclude on October 18.
Dallas Schott, Kyle Moody, and Billy Dietrich won the heat races for the 410 Sprinters. Ryan “Fig” Newton prevailed in the B Main. Troy Wagaman, Jr. was the fastest qualifier of the twenty-nine cars on hand. His time was an astonishing 12.855 seconds. He was one of four racers to turn sub-thirteen second laps.
In the 358 Sprint Car preliminaries, the checkers waved for Cameron Merriman, Logan Spahr, and Cody Fletcher. There were twenty-one 358 Sprints checked in for the contest.
On October 4, Lincoln Speedway will present AMA Flat Track Motorcycles and Quads. There will be no auto races in consideration of the National Open to be held at Williams Grove Speedway. The World of Outlaws will take on the Pennsylvania Posse on October 11. The Lincoln season will conclude with the blockbuster event, the Final 50 plus the held over features.
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