The Headline(s)
The nation’s winningest sprint car driver came from 19th to win a marathon Tuscarora 50 and $60,000 Saturday night (Sept. 10) at Port Royal Speedway.
How it Happened
2022 Tuscarora 50 (All-Star Circuit of Champions)
Where: Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pa. (streamed on Flo Racing)
Winner’s Purse: $60,000
It all came down to a battle between the nation’s two winningest 410 sprint car drivers and number one stayed number one. Anthony Macri, who started 19th after a rocky heat race Saturday, held off Brent Marks after blowing by Port Royal regular Logan Wagner on a restart with 10 laps to go to win the Tuscarora 50, the richest win of his career and 20th feature win in 2022.
🏁 @AnthonyMacri7 passed @LoganWagner_1 with nine laps to go to win the Tuscarora 50 at @PortRoyalSpdway! @tezos | @ASCoC
📺 https://t.co/673VRZCj88 pic.twitter.com/NL0fh8MJP3
— FloRacing (@FloRacing) September 11, 2022
Macri, who said he was acting like “a little girl in the lounge” after a rough start to the night that saw him damage his racecar after tangling with Brian Brown in a heat race, said that the trouble was a motivating factor to charge to the race win, especially after seeing his pit crew wrench to repair his machine for the feature.
The 50-lap race, led entirely by Pennsylvania Posse drivers, saw Danny Dietrich lead the opening 20-lap segment before a competition caution flew to allow teams to add fuel and make adjustments. On the ensuing restart, track regular and defending Tuscarora 50 winner Wagner got a stellar jump and through persistent pressure forced a Dietrich mistake to take the lead on lap 27.
That battle was interrupted on lap 30 for possibly the scariest accident sprint car racing has seen this year. An ugly crash that involved Dylan Cisney and Freddie Rahmer got even more dangerous after the dust settled when Cisney’s fuel cell ignited, forcing the driver to literally jump from his machine only to have several other competitors slapping him to ensure no alcohol fire was burning him.
@PortRoyalSpdway @dannydietrich @LoganWagner_1 @selfmaderacing @ZemcoRacing @DylanCisney Danny Dietrich and Logan Wagner jump from there cars to aid Dylan Cisney in this fiery crash at the Tuscarora 50 ALL DRIVERS ARE OK …. AWESOME JOB Logan and Danny @madmatt410 @MillerLM24 pic.twitter.com/eu2CrWVWXn
— Wtloosejr (@wtloosejr) September 11, 2022
The incident resulted in an extended red flag to clean up the fuel spill and…
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