JACKSON, Minn. — Carson Macedo brought out the broom and spanked everyone with it in Minnesota this weekend.
It began with topping Friday’s World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series visit to Ogilvie Raceway. Then the scene shifted to another Minnesota track, Jackson Motorplex, on Saturday for the World of Outlaws presented by Fendt.
The result was the same. Macedo took the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 and parked in victory lane.
The only difference was Saturday’s score came in dominant fashion. Macedo faced a battle with Bill Balog on Friday at Ogilvie, but there was no battle to be found at Jackson. Balog lined up alongside the Lemoore, Calif., driver on the front row for the 30-lap finale, and Macedo rocketed ahead right off the bat.
Logan Schuchart mounted a late charge and looked to challenge Macedo in traffic, but he never could piece together a run to offer a serious attempt at the top spot. Macedo held on for a weekend sweep in the “Gopher State.”
“The pace was really fast. You’re not wide open but nearly,” Macedo explained. “I feel like you get wide open and you spin a little more. Our race car is incredible here. JJR and Philip Dietz, he’s just incredible to work with. He’s a hell of a mechanic, and he’s really got the state of Minnesota figured out. I think he’s got most places figured out but especially here. I feel like we’re just always exceptionally good here. Robby McQuinn and Adam Zimmerman are working really hard. It takes that team effort to make this all happen.”
The victory was the ninth of 2025 for Macedo and the JJR crew. It was the 56th overall of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt and a milestone 50th since joining forces with the “Ragin’ Cajun’s” team in 2021. For JJR, it was their 80th overall World of Outlaws win.
It was a record-extending sixth score at Jackson as he strengthened his status as the winningest driver in series history at the four-tenths-mile. He’s now topped four of the last five World of Outlaws visits to Jackson.
The runner-up spot belonged to Logan Schuchart and the Shark Racing team as they made an encouraging return to the podium.
Saturday’s second marked the Hanover, Pa., native’s first top three since his May 24 win at Attica Raceway Park. Schuchart had no complaints for his No. 1s and came away satisfied with the outcome.
“I feel like that’s what we used to be able to do here really well is in both corners, especially into (Turn) 3, I could really carry a lot of momentum and drive it to the center of the corner really hard,” Schuchart said. “I’m really happy with our car. We were taking off very well. Props to Kyle Pruitt and Michael Newman for working hard on that. I heard Carson saying starts were key here, and we were getting good starts.”
Third place belonged to the polesitter Bill Balog. It marked the “North Pole Nightmare’s” best Jackson result in World of Outlaws competition and sixth podium of the 2025 campaign.
“It’s always good to be on the frontstretch,” Balog said. “I only lost two spots tonight, I guess. Congrats to Carson and Logan. That was fun. I think I just barely spun the tires on there on the start, and he was just next to me enough to get the lead there, and that was pretty much it. I just have to thank everybody that helps us out.”
Buddy Kofoid and David Gravel completed the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[6]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 5. 2-David Gravel[5]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[10]; 7. 18-Emerson Axsom[4]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[9]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson[7]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 11. 10-Ryan Timms[18]; 12. 28M-Conner Morrell[11]; 13. 13-Mark Dobmeier[17]; 14. 45X-Landon Crawley[14]; 15. 15S-Kerry Madsen[13]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee[22]; 17. 16-Riley Goodno[19]; 18. 6-Zach Hampton[16]; 19. 35-Skylar Prochaska[23]; 20. 2KS-Jack Anderson[20]; 21. 33-Scott Broty[21]; 22. 9-Dominic Dobesh[24]; 23. 7S-Chris Windom[12]; 24. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[15]
