Dirt Racing
Macri Wins Zemaitis Tribute at the Grove; Drevicki USAC EC Star
MECHANICSBURG, PA (August 29, 2025): Anthony Macri, of nearby Dilsburg, continued his hot streak by winning the John and Pee Wee Zemaitis Tribute race at Williams Grove Speedway. It was his fourth triumph of the year at the venerable speedway and twelfth of the season overall.
Also getting into Victory Lane was Steven Drevicki, the current point leader and defending champion of the USAC East Coast series. It was his third Sprint Car win at the track when racing without a wing. He has also had success when racing with the ARDC Midgets.
“It was a matter of getting a clear run off the corners,” Macri noted. “It was just the way the cars came off the corner. I got out there, and they could see me.” He added, “we got a clean run and Chase (Dietz) took care of Danny (Dietrich).”
Once out front, Macri came down from the top shelf, setting up a scenario that no other driver dared to try. He explained his strategy thusly. “I got down to the rubber and somebody else would need to do what I did.”
The Speedweek format was used to set the line-up for the twenty-five lapper. The original draw for the top six cars included the fastest qualifier of the night, Cameron Smith, but he had a mechanical failure while the cars were pushing off, so he forfeited his fourth starting spot.
So the way that the cars went to the post had red hot Parker Price Miller, the winner of the last three consecutive All Stars races, on the pole. Danny Dietrich was on his flank. The revised second row paired point leader Troy Wagaman, Jr. with Chase Dietz. Macri moved to the inside of row three, with Brock Zearfoss as his partner. Lance Dewease and Austin Bishop were next. They were followed by Ashton Torgerson and Ryan “Fig” Newton. Logan Rumsey and Freddie Rahmer, Jr. made for an even dozen.
Torgerson got bounced around in turn one on the initial start and he spun. He was fortunate that no other cars collided with him. After a quick check of his car in the pits, he was able to rejoin the tail of the field for the second attempt at a good start.
The second try was clean and the racers would not see another caution for the rest of the event.
Dietrich seized the early lead, followed by Dietz, Price Miller, Wagaman, Zearfoss, Macri, Bishop, Dewease, Rumsey, and Newton. In the early laps, the front three achieved some separation from each other and from the rest of the field by running the inside line or the middle groove. That left the top open for Macri and he took advantage of the clear lane. He got into the top five by lap five. He moved up a notch by lap eight, and he replaced Price Miller in the top three two rounds later.
Wagaman followed Macri into fourth just before the half way mark.
Dietz got rolling midway through the race, and he was pressing Dietrich for the lead. Dietrich missed the rubber in turn one, which proved to be a costly mistake, Dietz drove by on the inside to take the lead.
Soon thereafter, on lap nineteen, Macri rode the rim in turns one and two to pass Dietrich for second. He closed in on Dietz, bringing Dietrich along for good measure.
The pivotal moment in the race came on lap twenty-three, as there twas a three-wide battle for the lead. That lap alone was well worth the price of admission.
Dietz entered turn one in the middle of the track as the leader. Dietrich was poking his nose to the inside, and Macri was running the top groove where angels feared to tread. Dietz pinched down between turns one and two to thwart Dietrich’s challenge, and Macri went by them both coming off turn two. Once Macri cleared Dietz and Dietrich, he dropped down to take their lines away. Meanwhile, Dietrich fought his way back into second.
Macri took the checkers 0.369 seconds ahead of Dietrich. Dietz was another second behind, in third. Wagaman took fourth, with Price Miller completing the top five. Zearfoss, Bishop, Rahmer, Rumsey, and Newton were the next five finishers.
Price Miller, Dietz, and Wagaman prevailed in the heat races. Kody Hartlaub captured the B Main. Smith’s fast time was 17.278 seconds.
In the USAC East Coast nightcap, Chris Allen started on the pole with ageless Steve Wilbur beside him. Hunter Fulton and Bruce Buckwalter were in the second row, with Christian Bruno and Steve Drevicki behind them. Row four belonged to Ed Aiken and Bobby Butler. Then came Joey Amantea and Joe Kata. Olivia Thayer and Kyle Spence made up row six.
Allen dashed out to the early lead, with Wilbur closely following. Buckwalter, Drevicki, and Bruno rode in the top five.
With just one lap completed, the first of two cautions came out when Troy Fraker fell off the pace.
When the race resumed. Allen continued to lead Wilbur. Bruno was up to third, with Drevicki and Buckwalter following.
Drevicki found some speed, and moved back into thirdon lap eight. Two circuits later, he was second. As Drevicki began stalking Allen, Bruno climbed into third. Just after the crossed flags were shown to the field, Drevicki and Bruno got by Allen.
The final caution came on lap fourteen for Aiken.
That bunched the field again, but none of the competitors could keep pace with Drevicki and Bruno. They went off by themselves to contest the final eleven laps.
Although it was a nip and tuck battle between Drevicki and Bruno for the remainder of the race, the lead never changed.
Allen held onto third. Spence marched up to fourth and Wilbur was fifth. Amantea, Buckwalter, Butler, Ronald Helmick, and Thayer completed the top ten.
“It was about patience and tire management,” Drevicki said. “I was trying to pace the race and not miss the rubber,” he added.
Amantea, Bruno, and Aiken topped the heat races, and Helmick clinched the B Main.
There will be no racing at Williams Grove next week in conjunction with the Tuscarora 50 weekend at Port Royal Speedway. Instead, vintage cars will get track time on September 6. The 410 Sprints will return on September 12 for the Billy Kimmel Memorial. Support will be provided by the 358 Sprint Cars.
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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