FORT WORTH, Texas — With the 30-lap feature offering three different leaders and four lead changes, a packed house of fans witnessed an old-fashioned “Lone Star State” duel between second-row starters Tyler Courtney and Anthony Macri Saturday night at The Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway.
In the end, Macri grabbed the victory as the Kubota High Limit Racing season resumed.
It started with Jacob Allen and Brent Marks leading the field to the green flag. Allen controlled the opening seven circuits and then “Sunshine” came on the attack as lapped traffic held up Allen.
Courtney’s Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 7bc went to the point on lap nine and steadily controlled the pace until Dillsburg, Pa., native Macri stormed to life on the final restarts.
Macri slid by and led lap 22, then Courtney took him back on lap 23, only for Macri to again drive by on lap 24 as the duo swapped the lead lap-after-lap and brought the crowd to its feet with the win on the line.
The No 39m held on for the remaining six laps and banked a $12,000 victory at the Texas Motor Speedway — earning a cowboy hat for his fourth win of the year, making Macri the winningest 410 sprint car driver in the country this season.
Macri is the fourth winner through five Kubota High Limit Racing events.
Courtney earned his fourth consecutive top-two finish as the CMR group extends their early-season lead over Brad Sweet in the chase for the Kubota High Limit Racing championship.
Sweet finished third, with Allen and James McFadden completing the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen[1]; 5. 83-James McFadden[7]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[9]; 8. 26-Zeb Wise[6]; 9. 14-Corey Day[16]; 10. 8-Cory Eliason[11]; 11. 9-Kasey Kahne[12]; 12. 1-Brenham Crouch[14]; 13. 5-Spencer Bayston[15]; 14. 57-Kyle Larson[10]; 15. 25-Kerry Madsen[21]; 16. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[19]; 17. 88-Tanner Thorson[18]; 18. 9P-Parker Price Miller[24]; 19. (DNF) 42-Sye Lynch[17]; 20. (DNF) 73-Hunter Schuerenberg[20]; 21. (DNF) 13-Justin Peck[13]; 22. (DNF) 21-Brian Brown[8]; 23. (DNF) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[23]; 24. (DNF) 55-Chris Windom[22].
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