Anthony Macri Scores Statement Win In Weikert Memorial Opener At Port Royal
Anthony Macri Scores Statement Win In Weikert Memorial Opener At Port Royal
Anthony Macri continued his Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions dominance at Port Royal Speedway during opening night of the Bob Weikert Memorial.
The “Concrete Kid” Anthony Macri certainly made it look easy on Saturday night at the Port Royal Speedway “Speed Palace” in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, cruising home by nearly ten seconds to score the Bob Weikert Memorial opener for $10,000. The Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory is the first of the season for the Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, native, the seventh Series triumph of his career at the Juniata County Fairgrounds. Impressive enough, Macri is now a 22-time winner lifetime at the Speed Palace, simultaneously increasing his 2023 victory tally to five; all five occurring at different race tracks.
Determined by redraw, Macri started fourth on the 29-lap grid, getting away third at the initial start before making the move to second on lap five. To no surprise, Macri’s move to second was accomplished against the wall in turns one and two, using the exact same real estate to secure the top spot from Mike Wagner on lap 11.
From that point forward, it was the “Macri Show” in the non-stop 29-lapper, driving off to the aforementioned ten second lead over Mike Wagner, Brent Marks, Lance Dewease, who was the evening’s Hard Charger in advancing 12 positions, and “The Pilot” Logan Wagner.
Winning Quote From Anthony Macri
“This thing was a pleasure to drive, that’s for sure, I’m kinda speechless right now. We were trying to strategize our plan for the A-Main…not sure whether to wait or to be aggressive. Mike [Wagner] was setting a solid pace and I couldn’t make up my mind on how to approach him. I kinda had to man up and start running the wall. From there, I felt like I kept getting faster and faster. It can definitely be challenging in determining where to run,” Macri added. “But you’re not going to pass cars racing in the same lane that they are.”
Hear From Anthony Macri In Port Royal Speedway Victory Lane
Tezos All Star Sprints At Port Royal Saturday Results
1. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 2. 55W-Mike Wagner[1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[8]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease[16]; 5. 1-Logan Wagner[10]; 6. 26-Zeb Wise[5]; 7. 45H-Jeff Halligan[12]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall[2]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 10. 12-Blane Heimbach; 11. 23-Devon Borden[6]; 12. 45-Tim Shaffer[7]; 13. 77K-Tyler Bear[9]; 14. 11-Cory Eliason[11]; 15. 29W-Danny Dietrich; 16. 5-Dylan Cisney[19]; 17. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[13]; 18. 33M-Gerard McIntyre Jr[20]; 19. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[18]; 20. 4-Chris Windom[17]; 21. 35-Austin Bishop[14]; 22. 47K-Kody Lehman; 23. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[15]; 24. 29-Sye Lynch; 25. 33W-Michael Walter; 26. 35S-Jason Shultz LAP LEADERS: Mike Wagner (1-10), Anthony Macri (11-29)
2023 Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions Points Standings
Tyler Courtney stretched his point lead over Chris Windom by 98 points. Hunter Schuerenberg moved into third in points, now 100 points back. Tim Shaffer and Scotty Thiel are fourth and fifth in points.
LAST RACE: Tezos All Stars At Williams Grove - May 26
NEXT UP: Tezos All Star Sprints at Port Royal Speedway - May 28
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