ATTICA, Ohio — Cole Macedo has struggled the last six events at Attica Raceway Park, managing a pair of seventh place finishes as his best performances.
His crew chief, Steven Linder, went to work and it paid off with a dominant performance on Friday night as Macedo grabbed his second victory of the season at the third-mile track, and his eighth overall aboard the Ray Brooks Racing No. 18.
The victory, coupled with mechanical woes for Trey Jacobs put Macedo back into the point lead for the Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprints at Attica and gave him a huge cushion in the battle for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series.
“Here lately at Attica I haven’t had the most confidence in myself and in my car. Me and Steven actually got into a little bit last week…just hot tempers…just couldn’t get going here. But man he did his homework this week and made this thing really nice. These guys were in my way out there he had it so good. Really easy to drive like that when your car is really nice so thanks to him for getting us better and regaining that point lead and putting on a show. What a year….I can’t thank Ray Brooks enough. He and his family are here tonight. He gives us the equipment that it takes to win races,” said Macedo.
D.J. Foos finished second, while Travis Philo, Byron Reed and Craig Mintz rounded out the top five.
Devin Shiels has put together a phenomenal 2022 season in the Dirt Nerds Podcast/Propane.com UMP Late Models. The track’s 2017, 2020 and 2021 late model champion led the second half of the feature to score his third win of the year at Attica. It is his 13th career victory at the track placing him sixth on the all-time division win list.
Paul Weaver dominated the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint A-main, leading all 25 laps for his third win of the season. It’s the five-time division champion’s 67th career victory in the 305 sprints and 70th total wins at the track. Weaver has six total wins in 2022, also recording three at Fremont Speedway.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18-Cole Macedo[6] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[4] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[13] ; 4. 5-Byron Reed[1] ; 5. 09-Craig Mintz[10] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[3] ; 7. 2X-Stuart Brubaker[11] ; 8. 99-Skyler Gee[9] ; 9. 29-Zeth Sabo[5] ; 10. 9-Ricky Peterson[14] ; 11. 68G-Tyler Gunn[19] ; 12. 19P-Paige Polyak[15] ; 13. 7N-Darin Naida[12] ; 14. 28M-Conner Morrell[17] ; 15. 33W-Caleb Griffith[2] ; 16. 28-Tim Shaffer[7] ; 17. 4*-Tyler Street[18] ; 18. 3J-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 19. 09+-Brian Smith[16] ; 20. 70-Henry Malcuit[20]