GIBSONTON, Fla. — California sprint car racer Cole Macedo turned in a stellar performance to win Thursday night’s feature on the opening night of the King of the 360s three-day event at East Bay Raceway Park.
Macedo bested a 52-car field of winged 360 sprint cars, kicking off the final weekend of the 47th annual Winternationals at the third-mile dirt track.
Macedo started the No. 50 machine outside the front row and beat seventh-starter Mark Smith to the checkered flag.
Davie Franek went from sixth to third, while Parker Price-Miller romped from 11th on the grid to finish fourth.
Ryan Timms started 14th and finished fifth.
Thirty-two Mod Lite machines were in the pit area, with polesitter Stevie Throop claiming the victory over Austin Martin.
The finish:
Feature: 1. 50-Cole Macedo[2]; 2. 43-Mark Smith[7]; 3. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 4. 9P-Parker Price Miller[11]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[14]; 6. 3TK-Tim Shaffer[4]; 7. 26-Zeb Wise[10]; 8. 22-Riley Goodno[12]; 9. 15-Garrett Green[19]; 10. 24-Terry McCarl[23]; 11. 3G-Todd Gracey[9]; 12. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[13]; 13. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[3]; 14. 14C-Tyler Clem[20]; 15. 66-Danny Smith[22]; 16. 6-Carson McCarl[15]; 17. 44-Christopher Martin[16]; 18. 92-Matt Kurtz[17]; 19. 71H-Max Stambaugh[21]; 20. 8-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 21. 10X-Reese Nowotarski[8]; 22. 23R-Ryan Roberts[18]; 23. 3AJ-AJ Maddox[24]; 24. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]