(Macon, IL) Nearly 100 cars were pitside for the Ripple’s Auto Body Open Wheel Extravaganza at Macon Speedway this past Saturday night. Joining the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets were the Built Ford Tough MOWA Sprint Cars for the top notch doubleheader. Three other classes also raced.
“The Dauminator” Zach Daum took all 25 laps in the MOWA Sprint Car feature on Saturday night. The driver from Pocahontas, IL., made quick work of the 18-car division and resisted the challenge from Slater Helt and Paul Nienhiser early and often. The win was the third by Daum at Macon Speedway in the MOWA series, the most by any MOWA driver.
Cannon McIntosh came to life midway through the race and made a pass for the lead for his second consecutive feature win of the POWRi Midgets at Macon Speedway. New Zealand racer Michael Pickens raced to second place.
In the POWRi Micro Sprints series, Macon Speedway regular Daryn Stark flew across the top of the track to pass Jeremy Camp and get the win in the second half of the 20-lap race. Stark, a former track champion and one-time feature winner in 2022, came through the entire race from the top and ended up grabbing the checkered flag at the finish line.
Taylorville, IL driver, Braden Johnson, who had won two out of the last three features at the track, took the lead on lap one from his second starting spot. Behind him, it was a battle of the Eller brothers, Colby and Curtis. As the two diced for second, it was Johnson pulling away out front. At the checkered, Johnson was followed to his fourth feature win by Colby Eller, Ryan Blair, Derek Smith, and Curtis Eller.
Springfield, IL veteran, Guy Taylor, continued his dominance in the DIRTcar Pro Mod division, leading every lap on his way to his eighth feature win of the season. While he checked out, the action from second on back was exciting with Dean Holt, Austin Seets, B.J. Deal, and others mixing it up. At the checkered, Taylor was followed by Seets, Deal, Adam Rhodes, and Zach Taylor.
Up next for Macon Speedway is the Diane Bennett Memorial on Saturday, August 6. Over $11,000 has already been collected and added to the purse for the six divisions in action. The Decatur Building Trades Big 10 Pro Late Models, BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds, DIRTcar Pro Mods, 51 Bistro Big 10 Street Stocks, DIRTcar Hornets, and HART Non-Wing Micros will be in action.
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410 SPRINTS – WINGED
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 31-Zach Daum[2]; 2. 22S-Slater Helt[4]; 3. 44-Cory Bruns[5]; 4. 71-Brent Crews[9]; 5. 79J-Jacob Patton[8]; 6. 6R-Ryan Bunton[13]; 7. 7A-Will Armitage[7]; 8. 42-Preston Perlmutter[14]; 9. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[6]; 10. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[10]; 11. 1-Tyler Shoemaker[16]; 12. (DNF) 42B-Andy Bishop[11]; 13. (DNF) 63-Ted Kirkpatrick[12]; 14. (DNF) 17-Paul Haley[3]; 15. (DNF) 1T-Trevin Littleton[1]; 16. (DNF) 71M-Caden Englehart[17]; 17. (DNF) 357-Ryan Edwards[15]; 18. (DNF) 9-Tyler Duff[18]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44-Cory Bruns[1]; 2. 7A-Will Armitage[2]; 3. 22S-Slater Helt[4]; 4. 71-Brent Crews[6]; 5. 42-Preston Perlmutter[3]; 6. 71M-Caden Englehart[5]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 31-Zach Daum[1]; 2. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[6]; 3. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[3]; 4. 42B-Andy Bishop[4]; 5. 6R-Ryan Bunton[5]; 6. 9-Tyler Duff[2]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 1T-Trevin Littleton[2]; 2. 79J-Jacob Patton[4]; 3. 17-Paul Haley[5]; 4. 63-Ted Kirkpatrick[1]; 5. 357-Ryan Edwards[3]; 6. 1-Tyler Shoemaker[6]
DECATUR BUILDING TRADES PRO LATE MODELS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14J-Braden Johnson[2]; 2. 10C-Colby Eller[3]; 3. 10CE-Ryan Blair[9]; 4. 14-Derek Smith[6]; 5. T22-Curtis Eller[1]; 6. 7Z-Michael Maestas[8]; 7. (DNF) 64-Donny Koehler[5]; 8. (DNF) 11-Ryan Miller[7]; 9. (DNF) 9B-Brandon Miller[4]; 10. (DNF) 33-Bill Berghaus[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Colby Eller[1]; 2. T22-Curtis Eller[5]; 3. 64-Donny Koehler[2]; 4. 11-Ryan Miller[3]; 5. 10CE-Ryan Blair[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14J-Braden Johnson[1]; 2. 9B-Brandon Miller[2]; 3. 14-Derek Smith[5]; 4. 7Z-Michael Maestas[3]; 5. 33-Bill Berghaus[4]
Qualifying 1: 1. 10C-Colby Eller, 00:11.692[5]; 2. 64-Donny Koehler, 00:11.827[4]; 3. 11-Ryan Miller, 00:11.890[3]; 4. 10CE-Ryan Blair, 00:11.986[1]; 5. T22-Curtis Eller, 00:12.531[2]
Qualifying 2: 1. 14J-Braden Johnson, 00:11.681[3]; 2. 9B-Brandon Miller, 00:12.302[1]; 3. 7Z-Michael Maestas, 00:12.454[5]; 4. 33-Bill Berghaus, 00:12.513[4]; 5. (DNF) 14-Derek Smith, 00:12.513[2]
DIRTCAR PRO-MODS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4T-Guy Taylor[2]; 2. 67-Austin Seets[4]; 3. 3W-BJ Deal[5]; 4. 10-Adam Rhoades[6]; 5. 24Z-Zach Taylor[3]; 6. 15C-Kevin Crowder[8]; 7. 7-Christian Lee[7]; 8. 12-Dean Holt[1]; 9. 6-Billy Adams[9]; 10. (DNF) 78-Maxx Emerson[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Dean Holt[4]; 2. 24Z-Zach Taylor[1]; 3. 10-Adam Rhoades[2]; 4. 7-Christian Lee[5]; 5. 6-Billy Adams[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4T-Guy Taylor[1]; 2. 67-Austin Seets[2]; 3. 3W-BJ Deal[5]; 4. 15C-Kevin Crowder[3]; 5. 78-Maxx Emerson[4]
MIDGETS
Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh[6]; 2. 84-Jade Avedisian[8]; 3. 17-Michael Pickens[3]; 4. 26-Chance Crum[2]; 5. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[17]; 6. 97-Brenham Crouch[14]; 7. 21K-Karter Sarff[4]; 8. 84X-Jesse Love[9]; 9. 71K-Dominic Gorden[18]; 10. 25K-Taylor Reimer[20]; 11. 91-Zach Daum[15]; 12. 50-Daniel Adler[11]; 13. 40-Chase McDermand[5]; 14. 3W-Brandon Waelti[7]; 15. 95-Ryan Frantz[13]; 16. 16C-Devin Camfield[12]; 17. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[10]; 18. 17C-Dalton Camfield[16]; 19. 31K-Kyle Beilman[23]; 20. 5-Gavan Boschele[1]; 21. 87-Jace Park[21]; 22. 56-Mitchell Davis[19]; 23. 21-Emilio Hoover[22]
Max Papis Innovations B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[1]; 2. 71K-Dominic Gorden[2]; 3. 56-Mitchell Davis[7]; 4. 25K-Taylor Reimer[4]; 5. 87-Jace Park[8]; 6. 21-Emilio Hoover[5]; 7. 31K-Kyle Beilman[9]; 8. 00-John Heitzman[3]; 9. 17B-Austin Barnhill[6]
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Michael Pickens[3]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff[5]; 3. 26-Chance Crum[8]; 4. 3W-Brandon Waelti[9]; 5. 97-Brenham Crouch[6]; 6. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[4]; 7. 21-Emilio Hoover[2]; 8. 87-Jace Park[1]; 9. 56-Mitchell Davis[7]
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Jade Avedisian[1]; 2. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[3]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand[7]; 4. 84X-Jesse Love[8]; 5. 91-Zach Daum[6]; 6. 71K-Dominic Gorden[4]; 7. 17C-Dalton Camfield[9]; 8. 17B-Austin Barnhill[5]; 9. 31K-Kyle Beilman[2]
Schure Built Suspension Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 2. 5-Gavan Boschele[8]; 3. 16C-Devin Camfield[1]; 4. 50-Daniel Adler[6]; 5. 95-Ryan Frantz[7]; 6. 00-John Heitzman[4]; 7. 25K-Taylor Reimer[5]; 8. (DNS) 7T-Adam Taylor
600CC OUTLAW WINGED MICROS
Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 55S-Daryn Stark[6]; 2. 23X-Jeremy Camp[1]; 3. 65E-Chad Elliott[3]; 4. 72-Zach Daum[5]; 5. 55H-Hayden Harvey[12]; 6. B8-John Barnard[4]; 7. 8W-Breanna Wirth[7]; 8. 84-Carson Heady[9]; 9. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[8]; 10. 83-Jeff Beasley[11]; 11. 41-Josiah Wellwood[23]; 12. 92-John Plotner[17]; 13. 44S-Jacob Stewart[15]; 14. 18X-Steve Finn[13]; 15. 00-Joe Taft[10]; 16. 13-Evie Dean[21]; 17. 101-Tobias Midkiff[16]; 18. 18-Aidan Leingang[14]; 19. 14D-Chris DiBart[19]; 20. 7F-Nolan Bartley[18]; 21. 3S-Brody Strong[2]; 22. N1A-Shania Alexander[24]; 23. 1B-Lane Burnett[20]; 24. (DNS) 23-mike Dibart
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8W-Breanna Wirth[2]; 2. B8-John Barnard[5]; 3. 72-Zach Daum[7]; 4. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[9]; 5. 44S-Jacob Stewart[1]; 6. 14D-Chris DiBart[3]; 7. 101-Tobias Midkiff[8]; 8. N1A-Shania Alexander[4]; 9. (DNS) 11-Alex Midkiff
Driven Midwest Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Brody Strong[4]; 2. 65E-Chad Elliott[6]; 3. 55S-Daryn Stark[7]; 4. 18X-Steve Finn[1]; 5. 18-Aidan Leingang[2]; 6. 1B-Lane Burnett[3]; 7. 92-John Plotner[8]; 8. 41-Josiah Wellwood[5]
Schure Built Suspension Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23X-Jeremy Camp[7]; 2. 00-Joe Taft[2]; 3. 84-Carson Heady[5]; 4. 55H-Hayden Harvey[3]; 5. 83-Jeff Beasley[8]; 6. 7F-Nolan Bartley[4]; 7. 13-Evie Dean[1]; 8. 23-mike Dibart[6]