Macedo gets redemption with AFCS 410 Fremont victory; Weaver earns 60th win;

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio – Just 24 hours earlier Cole Macedo was headed to another 410 sprint car victory. But, a malfunctioning mag box cost him the win on the last corner of the last lap. Macedo scored some payback Saturday, June 5 at Fremont Speedway, leading all 30 laps of the feature for his second victory of the year at “The Track That Action Built” on Vision Quest/NAPA of Northern Ohio Night.

The victory, coupled with a second place showing at Attica Raceway Park on Friday, has Macedo, from Lemoore, California, leading the points at Attica and pretty close if not leading the points at Fremont Speedway and now with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products 410 Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group.

“I was pretty down and out last night. Leading that whole thing and a mag box taking us out of the race. I’m really glad we could come back tonight and overcome what we did last night and win. This #23s side board (on the wing) for Frankie Kerr...the last time that car won was here at Fremont. Glad we could keep that going. My guys have been doing a great job lately. It’s all the hard work that Steven and Mike (Linder) put in during the week and Cody, Sam…all the guys…it’s just a team effort. When you prepare race cars like the Linders do and put all that hard work into it I don’t see how you can’t have success. I’m lucky to be behind the wheel. Mike and Steven get the car so good every night that I can really work on myself. I feel like I’m not running it as hard as I did in the past this year. I’ve slowed myself down and probably run only 80-90 percent most of the race. My car’s good enough if I see a nose I can key it up to 110,” said Macedo of his Fremont Auto Parts, Grant Decker Construction, Linder’s Speed Equipment, Gill Construction, CK Mechanical, ML Graphics, Diversified Builders backed #18.

Three time and defending Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 track champion Paul Weaver survived a late race caution and led all 25 laps of the A-main to score his first Fremont win of the year. It is Weaver’s 60th career victory at the track, placing him in a tie for fourth on the all-time win list with Mark Keegan and John Ivy. It was Weaver’s fifth overall victory of 2021 as he owns four at Attica.

The victory also pads Weaver’s lead in the NAPA of Bryan 305 ASCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales.

“I haven’t raced every time at Fremont this year. Tying Mark Keegan who is a legend and John Ivy who just had a birthday today and is still younger than me is pretty neat,” said Weaver beside his B&B Drain Service, Hampshire Racing Engines, M&L Excavating, Adkins Motorsports, Weaver Performance backed machine.

Ryan Broughton and Macedo brought the field to green for the 30-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints A-main. Following a caution on the start, when the green flew so did Macedo as DJ Foos drove into second with Broughton, Landon LaLonde, Craig Mintz and Brian Smith in tow.

Macedo caught the back of the pack by lap nine and Foos began eating into his nearly two second lead. Third running LaLonde spun on lap 11 to put Foos, a two-time Fremont winner, on Macedo’s rear bumper. Once again though Macedo drove away on the restart but another caution a lap later stopped his momentum.

Once the green flew Macedo pulled away to a two second lead with 10 laps to go over Foos, Mintz, and a charging Byron Reed. Macedo was able to pick his way through traffic and took the checkers over Foos, Mintz, Reed and Broughton.

Weaver jumped right into the lead at the drop of the green for the 25-lap 305 A-main over Seth Schneider, Matt Foos, Larry Kingseed Jr. and Jamie Miller. Only a couple of cautions early kept the field close. When the green flew on lap seven, Weaver pulled away from Schneider as Kingseed battled with Miller and Foos for third.

Only a caution with three laps remaining kept the field close but Weaver was too strong on the restart and drove away for the win over Schneide3r, Foos, Alvin Roepke and Brandon Moore.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 12 as night #2 of Ohio Sprint Speedweek featuring the FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobil 1. The 305 sprints will also be in competition on Kistler Engines and Kistler Racing Products Night.

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Fremont Speedway

Saturday, June 5, 2021

410 Sprints – JF Construction

Qualifying

1.18-Cole Macedo, 13.026; 2.2L-Landon Lalonde, 13.109; 3.16-DJ Foos, 13.118; 4.12-Kyle Capodice, 13.120; 5.5-Byron Reed, 13.137; 6.09-Craig Mintz, 13.138; 7.23-Chris Andrews, 13.196; 8.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.242; 9.11N-Harli White, 13.248; 10.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.264; 11.27W-Tyler Gunn, 13.392; 12.2+-Brian Smith, 13.398; 13.1-Nate Dussel, 13.469; 14.7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.607; 15.14-Chad Wilson, 13.769; 16.29-Zeth Sabo, 13.854; 17.75-Jerry Dahms, 14.855; 18.27s-John Ivy, 99.999;

Crown Battery Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)

1. 11N-Harli White[1] ; 2. 18-Cole Macedo[4] ; 3. 23-Chris Andrews[2] ; 4. 27W-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[6]

Terry Henricks Ford Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)

1. 09-Craig Mintz[2] ; 2. 2+-Brian Smith[1] ; 3. 2L-Landon Lalonde[4] ; 4. 16-DJ Foos[3] ; 5. 27s-John Ivy[6] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[5]

Liuna Local 574 Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)

1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 22B-Ryan Broughton[2] ; 3. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 4. 29-Zeth Sabo[5] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[6]

Engler Machine and Tool A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)

1. 18-Cole Macedo[2] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[3] ; 3. 09-Craig Mintz[5] ; 4. 5-Byron Reed[10] ; 5. 22B-Ryan Broughton[1] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[7] ; 7. 11N-Harli White[6] ; 8. 12-Kyle Capodice[13] ; 9. 1-Nate Dussel[8] ; 10. 27W-Tyler Gunn[11] ; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15] ; 12. 29-Zeth Sabo[12] ; 13. 23-Chris Andrews[9] ; 14. 2L-Landon Lalonde[4] ; 15. 27s-John Ivy[14] ; 16. 75-Jerry Dahms[17] ; 17. 14-Chad Wilson[16]

Jack's All Out Hard Charger: 5-Byron Reed +6

The Juice Garden Hard Luck Award Landon LaLonde

14th Mattress by Appointment Bonus Landon LaLonde

305 Sprints –JF Construction

Qualifying

1. 26-Jamie Miller, 13.931; 2.61-Tyler Shullick, 13.956; 3.12F-Matt Foos, 14.021; 4.36-Seth Schneider, 14.078; 5.11G-Luke Griffith, 14.126; 6. 5-Kody Brewer, 14.127; 7.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 14.174; 8.9R-Logan Riehl, 14.276; 9. 3V-Chris Verda, 14.294; 10.20i-Kelsey Ivy, 14.327; 11.1W-Paul Weaver, 14.362; 12.32-Bryce Lucius, 14.405; 13.28-Shawn Valenti, 14.481; 14.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.486; 15.19R-Steve Rando, 14.491; 16.99-Alvin Roepke, 14.501; 17.Z10-Brandon Moore, 14.534; 18.3X-Brandon Riehl, 14.566; 19.6-Jimmie Ward, 14.743; 20.6F-Kyle Farmer, 14.743; 21.X-Mike Keegan, 14.817; 22.5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 14.831; 23.51-Garrett Craine, 15.330; 23.18X-Bobby Distel, 15.501;

Crown Battery Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps)

1. 61-Tyler Shullick[3] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 12F-Matt Foos[2] ; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[5] ; 5. 3V-Chris Verda[6] ; 6. 3X-Brandon Riehl[7] ; 7. 6-Jimmie Ward[8] ; 8. 11G-Luke Griffith[1]

Kear's Speed Shop Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps)

1. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[3] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[5] ; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 4. 20i-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1] ; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti[7] ; 7. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[8] ; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]

Rohr Total Lawn Care Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps)

1. Z10-Brandon Moore[1] ; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 4. X-Mike Keegan[6] ; 5. 9R-Logan Riehl[4] ; 6. 18X-Bobby Distel[8] ; 7. 6F-Kyle Farmer[5] ; 8. 51-Garrett Craine[7]

Fremont Fence A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)

1. 1W-Paul Weaver[2] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 3. 12F-Matt Foos[5] ; 4. 99-Alvin Roepke[8] ; 5. Z10-Brandon Moore[7] ; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[9] ; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti[17] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[4] ; 9. 61-Tyler Shullick[6] ; 10. X-Mike Keegan[12] ; 11. 3V-Chris Verda[13] ; 12. 9R-Logan Riehl[15] ; 13. 11G-Luke Griffith[22] ; 14. 5-Kody Brewer[10] ; 15. 3X-Brandon Riehl[16] ; 16. 32-Bryce Lucius[23] ; 17. 26-Jamie Miller[3] ; 18. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[20] ; 19. 18X-Bobby Distel[18] ; 20. 6-Jimmie Ward[19] ; 21. 20i-Kelsey Ivy[11] ; 22. 6F-Kyle Farmer[21] ; 23. X15-Kasey Ziebold[14] ; 24. 51-Garrett Craine[24]

Jack's All Out Hard Charger: 28-Shawn Valenti +10

The Juice Garden Hard Luck Award Jamie Miller