SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing crew are heating up.
The No. 41 team didn’t quite perform up to their high standards over the first few months of the season. Sure, they were consistent, but Macedo and company are used to visiting victory lane often. Over the last few weeks, they’ve done exactly that.
Heading into Sunday’s Ted Johnson Memorial Race at Angell Park Speedway, they’d won twice in the last five races – Jacksonville Speedway on May 21 and River Cities Speedway on May 29. An impressive drive Sunday made it three out of the last six with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars.
Macedo lined up on the third row and worked his way forward on a tricky surface. It took him only five laps to climb to the runner-up spot. Then the game of cat and mouse was on as he chased polesitter Garet Williamson.
Macedo closed in several times as they navigated traffic but couldn’t quite seal the deal. Finally, the door opened on a Lap-29 restart.
The Lemoore, Calif., native timed it perfectly and threw a slide job that cleared, and Williamson couldn’t counter. That proved to be the winning move as Macedo motored away to the checkered flag.
“A huge thank you and hats off to Philip Dietz, Robby McQuinn, and Adam Zimmerman, they did a great job,” Macedo said. “We made a lot of adjustments all night long. I felt like every time I came in, I had a lot of feedback. Obviously, Phil made a lot of changes, and Adam and Robby worked their tails off doing it. Just a big thank you to them. The track changed a lot. I was super nervous at the beginning of the race before it started. I thought it was going to blow all the way off, and there wasn’t going to be much left. But there was just enough meat where I could kind of connect the grip and make a lot of speed in this Albaugh 41 car.”
Macedo’s fourth win of the year is the 62nd of his career with The Greatest Show on Dirt. Sunday might’ve been his first sprint car score at Angell Park, but he did also top a POWRi Midget race there in 2016. Macedo made it three different winners in three World of Outlaws races at Angell Park, joining Donny Schatz (2016) and Sheldon Haudenschild (2025). And the most important number is 70, which is the gap between he and championship leader David Gravel atop the standings. Entering the weekend, Macedo trailed by 114 markers.
Sheldon Haudenschild finished second in the KCP Racing/NOS Energy Drink No. 18. He’s now reeled off six top fives in the last seven races including a trio of podiums.
Bill Balog made his home state fans proud with a third-place run to notch his second podium visit of the season.
Logan Schuchart and Michael “Buddy” Kofoid completed the top five.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 2. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]; 6. 2-David Gravel[8]; 7. 17-Spencer Bayston[6]; 8. 51-Ashton Torgerson[4]; 9. 27-Emerson Axsom[15]; 10. 85J-Logan Julien[17]; 11. 7S-Chris Windom[13]; 12. (DNF) 23-Garet Williamson[1]; 13. (DNF) 2C-Cole Macedo[11]; 14. (DNF) 92-Zach Daum[18]; 15. (DNF) 25-Danny Schlafer[19]; 16. (DNF) 19-Joel Myers Jr[20]; 17. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell[22]; 18. (DNF) 10V-Matt VanderVere[24]; 19. (DNF) 1K-Kelby Watt[10]; 20. (DNF) 51B-Joe B Miller[16]; 21. (DNF) 16C-Skylar Gee[21]; 22. (DNF) 87A-Austin Hartmann[23]; 23. (DNF) 47-Todd King[25]; 24. (DNF) 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[14]; 25. (DNF) 15-Donny Schatz[12]
