PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Anthony Macri, the “Concrete Kid,” made it look easy on Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway, cruising home with nearly a 10-second lead to score the $10,000 Bob Weikert Memorial winner’s check.
The Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory is the first of the season for the Dillsburg, Pa., native, and the seventh series triumph of his career at the Juniata County Fairgrounds. Impressive enough, Macri is now a 22-time winner at the Speed Palace, simultaneously increasing his season win tally to five — with all five occurring at different race tracks.
Determined by redraw, Macri started fourth on the 29-lap grid, getting away third at the initial start before making the move to second on lap five. To no surprise, Macri’s move to second was accomplished against the wall in turns one and two, using the exact same real estate to secure the top spot from Mike Wagner on lap 11.
From that point forward, it was the “Macri Show” in the non-stop 29-lapper, driving off to the aforementioned 10-second lead over Mike Wagner, Brent Marks, Lance Dewease and “The Pilot” Logan Wagner.
“This thing was a pleasure to drive, that’s for sure,” said Anthony Macri, ace of the No. 39M sprint car. “I’m kinda speechless right now. We were trying to strategize our plan for the A-main … not sure whether to wait or to be aggressive. Mike [Wagner] was setting a solid pace and I couldn’t make up my mind on how to approach him.
“I kinda had to man up and start running the wall. From there, I felt like I kept getting faster and faster. It can definitely be challenging in determining where to run. But you’re not going to pass cars racing in the same lane that they are.”
Feature Results (29 Laps)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 2. 55W-Mike Wagner[1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[8]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease[16]; 5. 1-Logan Wagner[10]; 6. 26-Zeb Wise[5]; 7. 45H-Jeff Halligan[12]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall[2]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 10. 12-Blane Heimbach; 11. 23-Devon Borden[6]; 12. 45-Tim Shaffer[7]; 13. 77K-Tyler Bear[9]; 14. 11-Cory Eliason[11]; 15. 29W-Danny Dietrich; 16. 5-Dylan Cisney[19]; 17. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[13]; 18. 33M-Gerard McIntyre Jr[20]; 19. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[18]; 20. 4-Chris Windom[17]; 21. 35-Austin Bishop[14]; 22. 47K-Kody Lehman; 23. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[15]; 24. 29-Sye Lynch; 25. 33W-Michael Walter; 26. 35S-Jason Shultz