Anthony Macri hard charges to first-ever Tuscarora 50 title for $60,000
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Anthony Macri hard charges to first-ever Tuscarora 50 title for $60,000
PORT ROYAL, Pa. (September 10, 2022) – If scoring a first-ever Tuscarora 50 title was not enough, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania’s Anthony Macri secured his place in the Port Royal Speedway and Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 history books by accomplishing the illustrious feat from row ten, hard-charging his way from 19th to the top of the running in 41 circuits. Resulting in Macri’s eighth All Star triumph of the season, this one worth $60,000, Macri utilized a lap 41 restart to power his way to the front, squeezing by now five-time Port Royal Speedway track champion, Logan Wagner, at the top of turn four.Macri was forced to start 19th after not transferring through his respective heat race. Contact with the outside retaining wall, occurring while battling for the lead with Brian Brown, would cause significant damage forcing the crew to make heavy repairs. Luckily, the team was an automatic starter in Saturday’s finale as a result of their Thursday night preliminary win.“Man, I don’t know what to say…I’m pretty speechless right now,” Anthony Macri said, driver of the J&S Classics/Valley Supply/C&D Rigging/No. 39M sprint car. “What happened in the heat there with Brian Brown was just a racing deal. These guys busted their asses to get this car ready for the feature. I was actually crying and acting like a little girl in the lounge thinking that I threw the whole night away. These guys never gave up on me, and I figured I wouldn’t give up on them in the feature. I kinda lit a fire under my butt and just tried to pass as many cars as I could.”Although aggressively making progress through the field, Macri really made his presence known after a lap 30 restart, passing Gerard McIntyre for fourth on lap 32, then scooting by the “Myerstown Missile” Brent Marks for third on lap 36. Just two circuits later, the 2022 Weikert Memorial and Keith Kauffman Classic champion was second, squeezing by “Double-D” Danny Dietrich with a familiar run off of corner number four. Caution flags would appear again on lap 41 ultimately setting up Macri’s aforementioned winning move around Logan Wagner.Macri would end the 50-lapper unchallenged, leading Brent Marks, who nailed down the runner-up spot on lap 41, Danny Dietrich, Justin Whittall, and Logan Wagner.Apollo, Pennsylvania’s Sye Lynch would go on to win the evening’s Non-Qualifiers Race, not only earning a $2,000 payday for his efforts, but also solidifying his spot in the 2023 Tuscarora 50.A last lap pass over Jeff Halligan would give Lynch the victory, actually leading the first nine circuits before losing command to the same individual.The All Star Circuit of Champions will return to competition with visits to Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Saturday, September 16-17. The weekend will be headlined with Lincoln’s annual Dirt Classic awarding $20,000.For those who can not witness the All Star Circuit of Champions live and in person, FloRacing.com, the official media partner and broadcast provider of the All Stars, has you covered. To access live and on-demand racing action from the All Star Circuit of Champions, visit FloRacing.com and become an annual PRO subscriber. Race fans can see all the USAC and dirt late-model action they want in addition to Eldora Speedway’s slate of races and those of the All Star Circuit of Champions. The subscription unlocks access to premium content across the entire FloSports network. Watch the events across all screens by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Chromecast.Contingency Awards/Results: Port Royal Speedway | September 10, 2022:
Tuscarora 50 | $60,000-to-winKistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 55Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Brian Brown | 15.692
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Anthony Macri | 15.774Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Bill BalogCompetition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Cale ThomasAll Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Brent Marks
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Rico Abreu
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Gio Scelzi
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #6 Winner: Danny Dietrich
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting and Embroidery B-Main Winner: Dylan Cisney
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Contingency Award: Jeff HalliganTezos A-Main Winner: Anthony Macri (8)Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Anthony Macri (+18)Carquest Perseverance Award: Blane Heimbach
Qualifying
Group (A)39M-Anthony Macri, 15.774; 2. 67-Justin Whittall, 15.817; 3. 19M-Brent Marks, 15.836; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 15.909; 5. 17-Tyler Reeser, 15.922; 6. 5-Dylan Cisney, 16.008; 7. 13-Justin Peck, 16.051; 8. 33W-Michael Walter, 16.061; 9. 23-Devon Borden, 16.088; 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 16.100; 11. 49X-Cale Thomas, 16.102; 12. 39-Chase Dietz, 16.115; 13. 19-Chris Windom, 16.121; 14. 25-Tyler Bear, 16.134; 15. 55W-Mike Wagner, 16.137; 16. 35-Zach Hampton, 16.223; 17. 1M-Landon Myers, 16.261; 18. 12-Blane Heimbach, 16.313; 19. 11A-Austin Bishop, 16.318; 20. 77-Ryan Taylor, 16.325; 21. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer, 16.464; 22. 17X-Steve Buckwalter, 16.504; 23. 55T-McKenna Haase, 16.528; 24. 97-Brie Hershey, 16.793; 25. 11P-Niki Young, 16.909; 26. 2C-Cory Thornton, 17.396; 27. 2-AJ Flick, 99.991; 28. 12w-Troy Fraker, 99.992Group (B)1-Logan Wagner, 15.882; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi, 16.010; 3. 42-Sye Lynch, 16.015; 4. 11-Cory Eliason, 16.056; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 16.072; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne, 16.098; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 16.115; 8. 33M-Gerard McIntyre, 16.120; 9. 26-Zeb Wise, 16.132; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 16.143; 11. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 16.158; 12. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.177; 13. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 16.199; 14. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.209; 15. 73-Scotty Thiel, 16.235; 16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 16.238; 17. 8-Freddie Rahmer, 16.257; 18. 6-Ryan Smith, 16.266; 19. 45-Jeff Halligan, 16.299; 20. 11T-TJ Stutts, 16.370; 21. 4-Cap Henry, 16.425; 22. 14T-Tyler Walton, 16.549; 23. 99M-Kyle Moody, 16.565; 24. 36D-Devin Brenneman, 16.608; 25. 12S-Brent Shearer, 16.798; 26. 12J-Bill Jones Jr, 17.437; 27. 99-Devin Adams, 17.596Heat 1 (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer17B-Bill Balog [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 3. 13-Justin Peck [2]; 4. 19-Chris Windom [5]; 5. 17X-Steve Buckwalter [8]; 6. 35-Zach Hampton [6]; 7. 39M-Anthony Macri [4]; 8. 11A-Austin Bishop [7]; 9. 11P-Niki Young [9]Heat 2 (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer49X-Cale Thomas [1]; 2. 67-Justin Whittall [4]; 3. 17-Tyler Reeser [3]; 4. 33W-Michael Walter [2]; 5. 1M-Landon Myers [6]; 6. 55T-McKenna Haase [8]; 7. 25-Tyler Bear [5]; 8. 77-Ryan Taylor [7]; 9. 2C-Cory Thornton [9]Heat 3 (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer19M-Brent Marks [4]; 2. 39-Chase Dietz [1]; 3. 12-Blane Heimbach [6]; 4. 23-Devon Borden [2]; 5. 5-Dylan Cisney [3]; 6. 55W-Mike Wagner [5]; 7. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer [7]; 8. 12w-Troy Fraker [9]; 9. 97-Brie Hershey [8]Heat 4 (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer24-Rico Abreu [1]; 2. 11-Cory Eliason [3]; 3. 1-Logan Wagner [4]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 5. 45-Jeff Halligan [7]; 6. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [5]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [6]; 8. 14T-Tyler Walton [8]; 9. 12S-Brent Shearer [9]Heat 5 (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer18-Gio Scelzi [4]; 2. 33M-Gerard McIntyre [2]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [1]; 4. 8-Freddie Rahmer [6]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 6. 11T-TJ Stutts [7]; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody [8]; 8. 69K-Lance Dewease [5]; 9. 12J-Bill Jones Jr [9]Heat 6 (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer48-Danny Dietrich [1]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise [2]; 3. 9-Kasey Kahne [3]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch [4]; 5. 73-Scotty Thiel [5]; 6. 6-Ryan Smith [6]; 7. 4-Cap Henry [7]; 8. 36D-Devin Brenneman [8]; 9. 99-Devin Adams [9]Non-Qualifiers Feature (20 Laps)42-Sye Lynch [2]; 2. 45-Jeff Halligan [1]; 3. 1M-Landon Myers [5]; 4. 19-Chris Windom [4]; 5. 33W-Michael Walter [3]; 6. 6-Ryan Smith [7]; 7. 35-Zach Hampton [14]; 8. 11T-TJ Stutts [11]; 9. 17X-Steve Buckwalter [10]; 10. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [9]; 11. 11P-Niki Young [23]; 12. 11A-Austin Bishop [12]; 13. 12S-Brent Shearer [20]; 14. 97-Brie Hershey [21]; 15. 99-Devin Adams [22]; 16. 2C-Cory Thornton [25]; 17. 36D-Devin Brenneman [24]; 18. 73-Scotty Thiel [6]; 19. 77-Ryan Taylor [16]; 20. 12J-Bill Jones Jr [27]; 21. 12w-Troy Fraker [26]; 22. 14T-Tyler Walton [18]; 23. 55T-McKenna Haase [15]; 24. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer [17]A-main (50 Laps)39M-Anthony Macri [19]; 2. 19M-Brent Marks [5]; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich [2]; 4. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 5. 1-Logan Wagner [8]; 6. 69K-Lance Dewease [20]; 7. 21-Brian Brown [9]; 8. 33M-Gerard McIntyre [12]; 9. 49X-Cale Thomas [1]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog [3]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [22]; 12. 13-Justin Peck [15]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu [6]; 14. 55W-Mike Wagner [26]; 15. 12-Blane Heimbach [17]; 16. 18-Gio Scelzi [4]; 17. 99M-Kyle Moody [25]; 18. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [18]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne [16]; 20. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [23]; 21. 17-Tyler Reeser [13]; 22. 39-Chase Dietz [11]; 23. 8-Freddie Rahmer [24]; 24. 5-Dylan Cisney [21]; 25. 26-Zeb Wise [14]; 26. 11-Cory Eliason [10] Leaders: Danny Dietrich (27), Logan Wagner (28-41), Anthony Macri (42-50)2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Tyler Courtney
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Cory Eliason
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Tyler Courtney (2)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Tyler Courtney (3)
Bloomsburg, PA (April 21): Anthony Macri
Williams Grove, PA (April 22): Brent Marks
Port Royal, PA (April 23): Anthony Macri (2)
Lernerville, PA (April 29): Hunter Schuerenberg
Sharon, OH (April 30): Cap Henry
I-96 Speedway, MI (May 13): Justin Peck
Wayne County, OH (May 14): Hunter Schuerenberg (2)
Waynesfield, OH (May 15): Justin Peck (2)
Plymouth, WI (May 21): Bill Balog
Angell Park, WI (May 22): Hunter Schuerenberg (3)
Port Royal, PA (May 28): Anthony Macri (3)
Port Royal, PA (May 29): Anthony Macri (4)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 3): Zeb Wise
Atomic Speedway, OH (June 4): Cole Duncan
SW Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 10): Danny Dietrich
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 11): Parker Price-Miller
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 12): Zeb Wise (2)
SW Wayne County, OH (June 13): Justin Peck (3)
SW Sharon Speedway, OH (June 14): Christopher Bell
SW Atomic Speedway, OH (June 15): Justin Peck (4)
SW Waynesfield, OH (June 16): Tyler Courtney (4)
SW Limaland, OH (June 17): Danny Dietrich (2)
SW Portsmouth, OH (June 18): Brent Marks (2)
Lernerville, PA (July 6): Kyle Larson
Ransomville, NY (July 8): Parker Price-Miller (2)
Stateline, NY (July 9): Hunter Schuerenberg (4)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 22): Tyler Courtney (5)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 23): Tyler Courtney (6)
I-70 Motorsports Park, MO (July 29): Anthony Macri (5)
Knoxville Raceway, IA (July 30): Rico Abreu
Outlaw, NY (August 19): Brent Marks (3)
Utica-Rome, NY (August 20): Justin Peck (5)
Bloomsburg, PA (August 24): Justin Peck (6)
Bridgeport, NJ (August 25): Justin Peck (7)
Williams Grove, PA F1 (August 26): Danny Dietrich (3)
Williams Grove, PA F2 (August 26): Danny Dietrich (4)
Lincoln Speedway, PA (August 27): Justin Peck (8)
Bedford Speedway, PA (August 28): Anthony Macri (6)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 2): Brent Marks (4)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 3): Cap Henry (2)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 8): Anthony Macri (7)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 9): Lance Dewease
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 10): Anthony Macri (8)2022 All Star Dixie Fast Timers:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Alex Bowman | 12.932
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Danny Dietrich | 12.747
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Brady Bacon | 13.239
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Cole Macedo | 13.961
Bloomsburg, PA (April 21): Parker Price-Miller | 13.249
Williams Grove, PA (April 22): Anthony Macri | 16.902
Port Royal, PA (April 23): Mike Wagner | 15.416
Lernerville, PA (April 29): Logan Wagner | 13.373
Sharon, OH (April 30): Tyler Courtney | 14.683
I-96 Speedway, MI (May 13): Hunter Schuerenberg | 13.377
Wayne County, OH (May 14): Zeb Wise | 14.625
Waynesfield, OH (May 15): Scott Bogucki | 10.040
Plymouth, WI (May 21): Parker Price-Miller | 10.895
Angell Park, WI (May 22): Cap Henry | 11.952
Port Royal, PA (May 28): Lance Dewease | 16.156
Port Royal, PA (May 29): Anthony Macri | 16.499
Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 3): Parker Price-Miller | 12.464
Atomic Speedway, OH (June 4): Parker Price-Miller | 11.398
SW Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 10): Justin Peck | 12.412
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 11): Justin Peck | 12.403
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 12): Craig Mintz | 12.899
SW Wayne County, OH (June 13): Zeb Wise | 14.516
SW Sharon Speedway, OH (June 14): Christopher Bell | 13.200
SW Atomic Speedway, OH (June 15): Justin Peck | 11.195
SW Waynesfield, OH (June 16): Parker Price-Miller | 10.493
SW Limaland, OH (June 17): Travis Philo | 13.101
SW Portsmouth, OH (June 18): Bill Balog | 12.816
Lernerville, PA (July 6): Brent Marks | 12.642
Ransomville, NY (July 8): Tyler Courtney | 13.371
Stateline, NY (July 9): Tyler Courtney | 16.557
Lake Ozark, MO (July 22): Ayrton Gennetten | 11.375
Lake Ozark, MO (July 23): Tyler Courtney | 11.930
I-70 Motorsports Park, MO (July 29): Justin Peck | 13.255
Knoxville Raceway, IA (July 30): Kerry Madsen | 15.716
Outlaw, NY (August 19): Danny Dietrich | 12.323
Utica-Rome, NY (August 20): Justin Peck | 14.711
Bloomsburg, PA (August 24): Tyler Courtney | 13.582
Bridgeport, NJ (August 25): Anthony Macri | 12.803
Williams Grove, PA (August 26): Zeb Wise | 17.191
Lincoln Speedway, PA (August 27): Gio Scelzi | 13.383
Bedford Speedway, PA (August 28): Justin Peck | 16.835
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 2): Brent Marks | 14.805
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 3): Justin Peck | 14.715
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 8): Tyler Courtney | 16.371
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 9): Tyler Courtney | 16.225
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 10): Anthony Macri | 15.774
2022 All Star Hercules Hard Chargers:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Terry McCarl (+12)
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Tanner Thorson (+14)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Bill Balog (+16)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Greg Wilson (+13)
Bloomsburg, PA (April 21): Dominic Scelzi (+8)
Williams Grove, PA (April 22): Lucas Wolfe (+12)
Port Royal, PA (April 23): Danny Dietrich (+14)
Lernerville, PA (April 29): Logan Wagner (+16)
Sharon, OH (April 30): Kevin Thomas Jr. (+10)
I-96 Speedway, MI (May 13): Scott Bogucki (+11)
Wayne County, OH (May 14): Tyler Courtney (+11)
Waynesfield, OH (May 15): Cole Duncan (+16)
Plymouth, WI (May 21): Justin Peck (+13)
Angell Park, WI (May 22): Tyler Courtney (+10)
Port Royal, PA (May 28): Lucas Wolfe (+12)
Port Royal, PA (May 29): Lucas Wolfe (+15)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 3): Greg Wilson (+11)
Atomic Speedway, OH (June 4): Bryan Nuckles (+15)
SW Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 10): Zeb Wise (+18)
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 11): Justin Peck (+11)
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 12): Bill Balog (+11)
SW Wayne County, OH (June 13): Cap Henry (+12)
SW Sharon Speedway, OH (June 14): Kyle Reinhardt (+12)
SW Atomic Speedway, OH (June 15): Chris Windom (+14)
SW Waynesfield, OH (June 16): Danny Dietrich (+6)
SW Limaland, OH (June 17): Alex Bowman (+8)
SW Portsmouth, OH (June 18): Cap Henry (+12)
Lernerville, PA (July 6): Tim Shaffer (+12)
Ransomville, NY (July 8): Paulie Colagiovanni (+8)
Stateline, NY (July 9): Greg Wilson (+7)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 22): Buddy Kofoid (+10)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 23): Chris Windom (+13)
I-70 Motorsports Park, MO (July 29): Tyler Courtney (+10)
Knoxville Raceway, IA (July 30): Justin Henderson (+10)
Outlaw, NY (August 19): Paulie Colagiovanni (+7)
Utica-Rome, NY (August 20): Jordan Thomas (+7)
Bloomsburg, PA (August 24): Bill Balog (+7)
Bridgeport, NJ (August 25): Lance Dewease (+11)
Williams Grove, PA F1 (August 26): Zeb Wise (+7)
Williams Grove, PA F2 (August 26): Kyle Reinhardt (+7)
Lincoln Speedway, PA (August 27): Chase Dietz (+11)
Bedford Speedway, PA (August 28): Cap Henry (+6)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 2): Cap Henry (+11)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 3): Dale Blaney (+7)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 8): Rico Abreu (+10)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 9): Justin Whittall (+16)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 10): Anthony Macri (+18)
2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (as of September 9):
Tyler Courtney – 6110
Justin Peck – 5992
Cap Henry – 5732
Hunter Schuerenberg – 5624
Bill Balog – 5596
Zeb Wise – 5590
Chris Windom – 5322
Kyle Reinhardt – 5212
Parker Price-Miller – 4378
Cory Eliason – 4064
