MACON, Ill. — Two weeks ago, racers and officials did all they could to beat the rain at Macon Speedway and get in the complete racing program.
This past Saturday night, it wasn’t exactly “déjà vu all over again” but it certainly seemed that way.
The racing program started earlier than usual in the effort to beat the forthcoming rain, and it almost worked. The rains and wind became too much to bear for the dirt track, so officials called the night’s racing action with four laps complete during the BIllingsleyRewards.com Modifieds feature — the next-to-last feature race of the evening.
Jeremy Nichols was in the lead early when a spinout led to a crushing accident on the backstretch. The rains came and the event was ended. The BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds feature will be completed next Saturday, while the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models will also run their make-up feature.
For the features that were completed, Dalton Ewing mastered the one-fifth-mile once again in the pro modified class. Billy Mason dedicated his Hornet feature win to Becky Hisson who passed away and was buried earlier in the day. Kraig Hughes from Ottawa took the 12-car Vintage Racing of Illinois feature race and Aiden Purdue dominated the 17-car field in the PureMax HART Series Presented by EMi and Bailey Chassis.
Pro Modified Feature Results
1. 27-Dalton Ewing[Decatur, IL]; 2. 4T-Guy Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 3. Z24-Zach Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 4. 42-Chad Ziegler[Oakwood, IL]; 5. 22-Darrell Dick[Monticello, IL]; 6. 1-Chris Erwin[Bement, IL]; 7. X-Gage Lee[Decatur, IL]; 8. (DNF) 360-John Seets III[Brighton, IL]; 9. (DNF) 78-Maxx Emerson[Taylorville, IL]; 10. (DNF) 7B-Brian Burns[Bethany, IL]