MACON, Ill. — Cannon McIntosh would figure out the tricky high-side around the mid-point to earn his 24th career feature win battling at Macon Speedway, with the POWRi National Midget League, in the final night of the POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek presented by Start2Finish TV after leading 18 laps of the feature event.
Early on-track excitement with talented entries would find McIntosh start the action off with quick-time in hot laps of 10.967-second lap as Gunnar Setser and Gavin Miller would notch the heat racing wins.
Starting the feature field would find the high-point qualifier Kale Drake and McIntosh lead the field as the green flag flew with Drake gaining the initial advantage on the opening lap as a lap two caution would bunch the field back together again.
Restarting with intent, Drake would continue to set the blistering pace around Macon Speedway with Miller, McIntosh Jacob Denney and Thomas Meseraull all driving within sticking distance inside the top five.
Finding the extreme high side to his liking, McIntosh would set his sights on the leading Drake with an epic battle occurring for the prized position with McIntosh sliding into the lead using a great turn one-and-two maneuver.
Holding the top-spot for the remaining 18 laps would find McIntosh ruling the way on the top of Macon to drive into his second feature win of the racing season.
“I fell apart early and didn’t get a good start but I had the speed to move around and find the best line,” said McIntosh. “The track was awesome tonight, I could drive anywhere and move around with ease just a great team effort win.”
Continuing to battle until the final checkers waved, 2024 POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek champion Drake would finish in a hard-fought runner-up positioning with Miller racing his way into the final podium placement.
Staying in the hunt all event, Meseraull would finish fourth with Denney rounding out the top five.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 2. 97K-Kale Drake[1]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 4. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[6]; 5. 25-Jacob Denney[3]; 6. 56-Mitchell Davis[11]; 7. 43-Gunnar Setser[4]; 8. 17C-Devin Camfield[13]; 9. 66-Jayden Clay[7]; 10. 7Z-Zoe Pearce[9]; 11. 16C-David Camfield Jr[10]; 12. 05-Alex Midkiff[16]; 13. 17-Chase McDermand[8]; 14. 10C-Dalton Camfield[14]; 15. 92-Mike Hess[12]; 16. (DNS) 21K-Karter Sarff.