By Shawn Brouse
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (September 17, 2021)Anthony Macri of nearby Dillsburg won the battle and Lance Dewease of Fayetteville won the war in the sprint car races at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night.
Just weeks after getting his long-awaited first career 410 sprint car win at the oval, Macri led from start to finish in a torrid event to pick up a $7,000 payday in the 39th running of the Jack Gunn Memorial sanctioned by the All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars Series.
And with a second place run in the Gunn Memorial, veteran Lance Dewease clinched his seventh career speedway track title, this time at the wheel of the Don Kreitz Jr.-owned No. 69K.
Macri started on the pole of the 30-lap Gunn Memorial with Chase Dietz to his outside but when the green flag fell only the first half lap could be scored before Matt Campbell flipped in the second turn and onto the backstretch.
The restart saw Macri take command on the cushion around the blistering fast half-mile with Dietz and fifth starter Dewease running in third.
The rear of the field came into play on the sixth lap as Macri hit the backmarkers at a dizzying pace.
This allowed Dietz to drive down a near straightaway advantage held by Macri to a margin of less than one corner before the final yellow flag of the race came out with nine laps in the book.
Brent Marks lined up behind Dewease for the restart and drove to his outside when green reappeared as the pair worked the first and second turns.
Marks pulled alongside Dewease as the pair raced toward the bridge but Dewease made his car wider and wider as the bridge came upon them with Marks backing out and settling into fourth.
Macri again entered the rear of the field at the halfway point carrying a near two-second lead.
By lap 19 the trio of Dietz, Dewease and Marks were all racing under a blanket for second, all within the space of one corner.
Dewease finally made a move for second with nine laps to go and Marks followed him a few laps later.
But Macri again had nearly a two second lead with five laps to go and as Marks battled Dewease for second all the way to the finish, they ended up 2.331 seconds behind Macri at the line.
“Track position was everything tonight,” Macri said.
“I knew starting on the front row, I had to get out front and make 30 clean laps. It got a little sketchy in lapped traffic at times. I knew I had to keep my pace up.”
By virtue of his win, Macri earned a guaranteed starting spot in Saturday night’s All Stars Dirt Classic at Lincoln Speedway.
For his part, Dewease reflected on what was his championship run.
“We’ve been pretty good all year,” Dewease said.
“We can pass race cars even on a track like this. It seems like it didn’t matter where we started, we’d get to the top three, top five.”
“It’s nice to get Donald (Kreitz) and Davey (Brown) a championship. I’m glad it’s over and we can worry about racing again.”
“The car’s been really good here the second half of the year. We can get up through there pretty good. Even on nights like tonight, this isn’t our type of racetrack and we got to second.”
Counting the Gunn Memorial, Dewease started a total of 17 main events at Williams Grove during the season to date and made it to the podium in 15 of the races including four wins, seven seconds and four third place finishes.
Dietz and 13th starter Danny Dietrich completed the top five.
Brian Brown, Zeb Wise, Dylan Cisney, Robbie Kendall and Cory Eliason rounded out the top 10.
Brown set fast time over the 40-car field with a lap of 16.572 seconds.
Chase Dietz, Aaron Reutzel, Robbie Kendall and Cory Eliason won the heat races. Devon Borden won the B-main.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Williams Grove Speedway | Friday, September 17, 2021:
Event: Jack Gunn Memorial | $7,000-to-win
Entries: 40
C&R Racing Hot Laps: Bill Balog | 16.961
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Brian Brown | 16.572
Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Chase Dietz
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Aaron Reutzel
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Robbie Kendall
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Cory Eliason
Kear’s Speed Shop Dash #1 Winner: Anthony Macri
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash #2 Winner: Chase Dietz
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Devon Borden
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Freddie Rahmer
FloRacing A-Main Winner: Anthony Macri (2)
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Zeb Wise (+9)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 19-Brent Marks, 16.729; 2. 11-Spencer Bayston, 16.852; 3. 18-Gio Scelzi, 17.024; 4. 39D-Chase Dietz, 17.033; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 17.041; 6. O7-Skylar Gee, 17.168; 7. 67-Justin Whittall, 17.191; 8. 11A-Austin Bishop, 17.241; 9. 5r-Tyler Ross, 17.309; 10. 23A-Chris Arnold, 17.870
Group (B)
1. 21-Brian Brown, 16.572; 2. 5-Ian Madsen, 16.924; 3. 1X-Chad Trout, 16.955; 4. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 16.978; 5. 10-Zeb Wise, 17.019; 6. 27-Devon Borden, 17.054; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 17.077; 8. 98-Jared Esh, 17.165; 9. 99M-Kyle Moody, 17.258; 10. 12D-Steven Downs, 17.782
Group (C)
1. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 16.722; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri, 16.739; 3. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 16.780; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich, 17.014; 5. 11T-TJ Stutts, 17.033; 6. 21c-Matt Campbell, 17.042; 7. 1W-Aaron Bollinger, 17.059; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 17.189; 9. 17-Steve Buckwalter, 17.242; 10. 4R-Doug Hammaker, 17.372
Group (D)
1. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.607; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 16.925; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 16.970; 4. 26-Cory Eliason, 16.982; 5. 13-Justin Peck, 17.055; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 17.077; 7. 44-Dylan Norris, 17.153; 8. 23-Pat Cannon, 17.212; 9. 49H-Bradley Howard, 17.213; 10. 4-Cap Henry, 17.637
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 39D-Chase Dietz [1]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [2]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 11-Spencer Bayston [3]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 6. O7-Skylar Gee [6]; 7. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 8. 11A-Austin Bishop [8]; 9. 23A-Chris Arnold [10]; 10. 5R-Tyler Ross [9]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 8-Aaron Reutzel [1]; 2. 1X-Chad Trout [2]; 3. 10-Zeb Wise [5]; 4. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 5. 5-Ian Madsen [3]; 6. 27-Devon Borden [6]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer [7]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [9]; 9. 98-Jared Esh [8]; 10. 12D-Steven Downs [10]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 55K-Robbie Kendall [2]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich [1]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri [3]; 4. 11T-TJ Stutts [5]; 5. 5C-Dylan Cisney [4]; 6. 21C-Matt Campbell [6]; 7. 17-Steve Buckwalter [9]; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [8]; 9. 1W-Aaron Bollinger [7]; 10. 4R-Doug Hammaker [10]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
1. 26-Cory Eliason [1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog [2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease [4]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [6]; 6. 13-Justin Peck [5]; 7. 44-Dylan Norris [7]; 8. 4-Cap Henry [10]; 9. 23-Pat Cannon [8]; 10. 49H-Bradley Howard [9]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri [2]; 2. 5C-Dylan Cisney [1]; 3. 69K-Lance Dewease [3]; 4. 55K-Robbie Kendall [4]; 5. 11-Spencer Bayston [5]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 39D-Chase Dietz [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 5. 8-Aaron Reutzel [3]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 27-Devon Borden [2]; 2. 21C-Matt Campbell [1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck [3]; 4. O7-Skylar Gee [4]; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer [5]; 6. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 7. 44-Dylan Norris [6]; 8. 17-Steve Buckwalter [8]; 9. 4-Cap Henry [12]; 10. 11A-Austin Bishop [10]; 11. 98-Jared Esh [14]; 12. 12D-Steven Downs [20]; 13. 4R-Doug Hammaker [19]; 14. 99M-Kyle Moody [11]; 15. 1W-Aaron Bollinger [13]; 16. 23A-Chris Arnold [16]; 17. 5R-Tyler Ross [18]; 18. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [9]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri [1]; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease [5]; 3. 19-Brent Marks [8]; 4. 39D-Chase Dietz [2]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich [13]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 7. 10-Zeb Wise [16]; 8. 5C-Dylan Cisney [3]; 9. 55K-Robbie Kendall [7]; 10. 26-Cory Eliason [6]; 11. 8-Aaron Reutzel [10]; 12. 24-Rico Abreu [15]; 13. 11-Spencer Bayston [9]; 14. 1X-Chad Trout [11]; 15. 17B-Bill Balog [12]; 16. 18-Gio Scelzi [14]; 17. 27-Devon Borden [21]; 18. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [20]; 19. 13-Justin Peck [23]; 20. 5-Ian Madsen [18]; 21. 11T-TJ Stutts [17]; 22. O7-Skylar Gee [24]; 23. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [19]; 24. 44-Dylan Norris [25]; 25. 21C-Matt Campbell [22] Lap Leaders: Anthony Macri (1-30)
2021 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
1. Screven Motor Speedway, Georgia (January 29, 2021): Donny Schatz
2. Screven Motor Speedway, Georgia (January 30, 2021): Aaron Reutzel
3. East Bay Raceway Park, Florida (February 2, 2021): Donny Schatz (2)
4. Volusia Speedway Park, Florida (February 3, 2021): Logan Schuchart
5. Volusia Speedway Park, Florida (February 4, 2021): Carson Macedo
6. Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (April 3, 2021): Justin Peck
7. Virginia Motor Speedway, Virginia (April 15, 2021): Tony Stewart
8. Williams Grove, Pennsylvania (April 16, 2021): Kyle Larson
9. Port Royal Speedway, Pennsylvania (April 17, 2021): Logan Wagner
10. Bedford Speedway, Pennsylvania (April 18, 2021): Anthony Macri
11. Sharon Speedway, Ohio (May 1, 2021): Justin Peck (2)
12. Tri-City Raceway Park, Pennsylvania (May 2, 2021): Sam Hafertepe Jr.
13. I-96 Speedway, Michigan (May 14, 2021): Tyler Courtney
14. Dirt Oval at Route 66, Illinois (May 15, 2021): Kyle Reinhardt
15. Circle City Raceway, Indiana (May 20, 2021): Tyler Courtney (2)
16. Circle City Raceway, Indiana (May 21, 2021): Tyler Courtney (3)
17. Gas City I-69 Speedway, Indiana (May 22, 2021): Cap Henry
18. Kokomo Speedway, Indiana (May 23, 2021): Zeb Wise
19. Port Royal Speedway, Pennsylvania (May 31, 2021): Lance Dewease
20. Fairbury Speedway, Illinois (June 3, 2021): Tyler Courtney (4)
21. Wilmot Raceway, Wisconsin (June 4, 2021): Tyler Courtney (5)
22. Plymouth Dirt Track, Wisconsin (June 5, 2021): Bill Balog
23. Angell Park Speedway, Wisconsin (June 6, 2021): Bill Balog (2)
24. SW Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (June 11, 2021): Ian Madsen
25. SW Fremont Speedway, Ohio (June 12, 2021): Cole Duncan
26. SW Wayne County Speedway, Ohio (June 14, 2021): Kyle Larson (2)
27. SW Sharon Speedway, Ohio (June 15, 2021): Danny Dietrich
28. SW Waynesfield Raceway Park, Ohio (June 16, 2021): Kyle Larson (3)
29. SW Muskingum County Speedway, Ohio (June 17, 2021): Justin Peck (3)
30. SW Portsmouth Raceway Park, Ohio (June 19, 2021): Paul McMahan
31. Stateline Speedway, New York (July 9, 2021): Hunter Schuerenberg
32. Sharon Speedway, Ohio (July 10, 2021): Spencer Bayston
33. Lake Ozark Speedway, Missouri (July 23, 2021): Cap Henry (2)
34. Lake Ozark Speedway, Missouri (July 24, 2021): Christopher Bell
35. Humboldt Speedway, Kansas (July 25, 2021): Tyler Courtney (6)
36. I-70 Motorsports Park, Missouri (July 27, 2021): Brian Brown
37. Mo. State Fair Speedway, Missouri (July 29, 2021): Tyler Courtney (7)
38. 34 Raceway, Iowa (July 30, 2021): Kerry Madsen
39. Knoxville Raceway, Iowa (July 31, 2021): Kerry Madsen (2)
40. I-96 Speedway, Michigan (August 20, 2021): Cory Eliason
41. Waynesfield Raceway Park, Ohio (August 21, 2021): Cole Duncan (2)
42. Grandview, Pennsylvania (August 26, 2021): Tyler Courtney (8)
43. Lincoln Speedway, Pennsylvania (August 28, 2021): Cory Eliason (2)
44. BAPS M. Speedway, Pennsylvania (August 29, 2021): Danny Dietrich (2)
45. Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (September 3, 2021): Zeb Wise (2)
46. Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (September 4, 2021): Spencer Bayston (2)
47. Port Royal Spdy, Pennsylvania (September 9, 2021): Brent Marks
48. Port Royal Spdy, Pennsylvania (September 10, 2021): Daryn Pittman
49. Port Royal Spdy, Pennsylvania (September 11, 2021): Logan Wagner (2)
50. Williams Grove, Pennsylvania (September 17, 2021): Anthony Macri (2)
2021 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (as of 9/17/21):
1. Tyler Courtney - 6192
2. Cory Eliason - 5932
3. Hunter Schuerenberg - 5754
4. Bill Balog - 5658
5. Zeb Wise - 5654
6. Cap Henry - 5582
7. Justin Peck - 5408
8. Kyle Reinhardt - 5014
9. Paul McMahan - 4308
10. Ian Madsen - 4212
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All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015.
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