PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Port Royal Speedway played host to the third night of competition for Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek following a trio of rainouts so far in the series.
With drivers from all over the country turning out for competition on Wednesday night, Anthony Macri led all 30 laps to claim the $10,000 payday.
Kyle Larson and Macri shared the front row of the 30-lap event. The two would jostle for position over the opening circuit, but Macri would come out with the advantage.
The caution flag waved for the first time in the main event as Devin Adams, who was running in the seventh position, spun.
Over the next 16 laps, Macri led the field through traffic with Larson following behind at a one second distance throughout.
The second caution flag of the night would come out in surprising fashion with 12 laps remaining as second place running Larson would spin on his own in turn two sending him to the tail end of the lead lap, which was the 13th running position at the time.
With Larson now further back in the field, Justin Whittall and Ryan Smith inherited the final two podium positions.
As the field powered back to life, Macri would continue to lead over the next five laps before Brock Zearfoss would end up upside down in turn four bringing out the red flag.
On the ensuing restart, Larson chargeed off the top side of the racetrack to get by both Danny Dietrich and Ryan Smith to get up to fourth before the caution flag would wave for Dietrich, who ran out of fuel.
The next was pivotal for Larson as he would get by two more cars to return to the runner-up spot with four laps remaining and challenging Macri for the lead for the first time since the opening lap.
The caution flag waved again, however, as multiple cars would come to a stop on the racetrack due to running out of fuel.
With that caution flag waving, the track would utilize an open red flag stop to allow teams to refuel their cars as they neared 55 total laps on the track between green flag laps and laps ran under caution.
Under open red flag conditions, teams are allowed to refuel their cars and “Crewmembers may work on cars only with tools that can be carried by hand. There will be no tire or gear changes performed on the track unless informed differently at the driver’s meeting.”
After the stop, Macri powered around The Speed Palace, holding off Larson, for the $10,000 win.
Larson finished second with Dietz third.
“I don’t know who was looking after us there, but somebody was,” joked Macri in victory lane. “These guys give me a good car to drive and it’s just up to me to not screw it up.”
In United Racing Club 360 competition, Dietz stole the show as he led 22 of the 25 laps for the $2,000 win.
PA Speedweek will continue to Hagerstown Speedway on Thursday July 3.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 3. 23-Chase Dietz[5]; 4. 69K-Ryan Smith[6]; 5. 55-Logan Wagner[9]; 6. 2-AJ Flick[17]; 7. 12D-Lance Dewease[4]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich[13]; 9. 11-TJ Stutts[14]; 10. 67-Justin Whittall[3]; 11. 66-Ryan Newton[18]; 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[11]; 13. 75-Cameron Smith[16]; 14. 77-Michael Walter[12]; 15. 51-Freddie Rahmer[23]; 16. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[21]; 17. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[10]; 18. 95H-Kody Hartlaub[15]; 19. 5K-Jake Karklin[24]; 20. 8E-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 21. 35-Austin Bishop[19]; 22. 55W-Mike Wagner[20]; 23. 45-Jeff Halligan[22]; 24. 99-Devin Adams[8]
