MACON, Ill. — The second leg of the annual Ed Cain Trucking Hornet Challenge saw Billy Mason cross the finish line ahead of former track champions to win the big prize.
The first part of the weekend was raced at Lincoln Speedway Friday night where Mason finished sixth in the 17-car field. Mason ran out to the lead and pulled well ahead of second place car Tristin Quinlan to make it an easy 20-lap winner.
Jeremy Nichols started on the bottom but finished at the top in the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds. The second row inside start positioned Nichols behind polesitter Alan Crowder. Crowder worked the top of the track while Nichols slid his way through the bottom of the corners and caught up to Crowder by seventh lap. Nichols took over on lap eight and then turned to the top side of the speedway to fend off Crowder, Zach Rhodes and Jacob Steinkoenig.
Dalton Ewing needed the full 15 laps to score his fourth Pro Modified feature win of 2023 at Macon Speedway. Ewing moved ahead of cars early because of an accident that claimed the end of the night for a handful of drivers. Ewing made the move passing Matt Milner and put the race comfortably in his favor.
Bobby Beiler started on the front row and kept away from Terry Reed, Brad Peters, Rudy Zaragoza and Andy Zahnd to win his third 51 Bistro Street Stock feature race of the year. Beiler proved to be one of the fastest cars on the track and benefited from his starting spot as fifth-place starter Reed started to catch up but ran out of laps.
Braden Johnson once again was the winner in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models. Johnson got to work early to pass polesitter Curtis Eller and stay ahead in the action. Eller was the fast qualifier and won the heat race so he was poised for a clean sweep but ran short on the luck as Johnson won the 20-lap feature.
The Non-Wing Micro Sprints Presented by Bailey Chassis saw Kameron Romack zing past Aidan Leingang and Kade Ballinger to score first in the small field of cars during the 15-lap race.