MACON, Ill. — With two weeks off—one scheduled and one rainout—Macon Speedway returned with seven divisions of racing and perfect weather conditions.
The track was said to be tacky by Guy Taylor, the night’s Pro Modified feature winner.
Taylor started front row outside with Maxx Emerson, who was gunning for the division sweep. Emerson took fast qualifying honors and won his heat race; he only needed the feature to complete the night.
Taylor got ahead and took off and nobody could catch up to him. The racing behind him was filled with excitement as Matt Milner, Emerson, Dalton Ewing and Zach Taylor all raced their hardest to improve their top-five positions.
Bobby Beiler was the top racer in the Street Stock class. Without front row outside starter Brad Peters, Beiler moved up to the front row and stayed just ahead of Rudy Zaragoza for the finish.
A scary moment took place midway through the race when a racecar was pulling into the infield ahead of the pack and led to Hammond, Illinois driver Carson Reed rolling over onto his side. The car would be rolled back onto its tires but the night would be over before the final lap.
Braden Johnson took care of his car to claim the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Model 20-lap feature.
With Johnson working with the lead, Rockett Bennett started to come to life behind him as he overtook Ryan Miller for the second place spot and finished there.
The Midwest Throwback Sprint Car Series made its first appearance at the track and had racers from Illinois and Indiana racing vintage-style non-winged sprints. Scott Plew led all eight laps of his heat race and then all 20 laps of the feature. He was more excited over the fact that it was his son’s first time to watch him race and he did it in style by winning and leading the entire night.
The Kid Modz was back for the first time since May 20th and saw a new winner in Hudson Dick.
The third visit by the High School Racing Association saw a new high in attendance with four drivers and the victory lane visit was by the newest Macon Speedway participant. Zach Ziegler outlasted Jackson Martindale, Garet Martz and Austin Adams to claim the 12-lap win.
The HART Winged Micro Sprint Series presented by Bailey Chassis saw a full field of 20 cars compete in the 20-lap feature.
From the drop of the green flag, the race was pretty much over as Jeremy Camp beat out Chad Elliott to lead past the group. Chad Baldwin had a unique roll for the night as he appeared to flip the winged Micro Sprint around but his wing never rolled on the ground. His car landed right back on all four tires.