ATTICA, Ohio — The “Madman” Kerry Madsen was perfect on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park, not only opening the annual “Attica Ambush” with a $6,000 payday, but leading all 35 circuits in the process.
Madsen easily secured his first Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions victory of the season.
Madsen, pilot of the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 sprint car, is now a 12-time All Star winner over the course of his illustrious open wheel career. He led two-time and defending All Star champion, Tyler Courtney, and recent Bryan Grove Racing hiree, Kyle Reinhardt, to the final checkers.
As noted, Madsen led every lap of Attica’s Ambush opener, securing the lead at the official start over Zeb Wise and Reinhardt. Despite maintaining a perfect track record from the point, the Australia, native did encounter some disturbances — most of which in the form of cautions, as well as a few run-ins with lapped traffic.
While Madsen maintained control, the battle for second was far from subtle with Wise, Courtney and Reinhardt each throwing their hats in the ring for a podium spot. Seemingly, Reinhardt was the ace to put the most pressure on Madsen, actually showing his nose and working for the lead with just over five remaining.
Unfortunately, Reinhardt ended his top spot tango on lap 30, nearly spinning to a spot in turn two while battling the Madman.
“It’s stressful being out front…you never know where you need to go or where you need to be,” Madsen said. “Just hats off to this entire team. To win at Attica, you have to have a really good race car, and that’s what we had here tonight. Happy to get it done for everyone at Vermeer Motorsports. A tip of the hat to all of our progress. Fast cars win races.”
Feature Results (35 Laps)
1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 3. 45-Kyle Reinhardt[4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 5. 09-Craig Mintz[13]; 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[10]; 7. 4-Chris Windom[7]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[11]; 9. 42-Sye Lynch[15]; 10. 23-Cale Thomas[21]; 11. 25-Chris Myers[16]; 12. 5-Byron Reed[8]; 13. 49X-Tim Shaffer[14]; 14. 88-Austin McCarl[6]; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[23]; 16. 7N-Darin Naida[18]; 17. 97-Zeth Sabo[25]; 18. 68G-Tyler Gunn[9]; 19. 50YR-JJ Hickle[5]; 20. 29-Carl Bowser[24]; 21. (DNF) 33W-Cap Henry[17]; 22. (DNF) 32-Bryce Lucius[19]; 23. (DNF) 15C-Chris Andrews[12]; 24. (DNF) 35-Stuart Brubaker[20]; 25. (DNF) 19-Paige Polyak[22]