Carson Macedo had a score to settle with the Knoxville Raceway. Back on June 10th, when the World of Outlaws held their show at Knoxville, Macedo was carried out in an ambulance to Knoxville Hospital and Clinics suffering from burns after he crashed and his car caught on fire in the aftermath. Fast forward to Thursday night on night two of the 62nd Nos Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals and Macedo exercised all the demons by winning the preliminary A-Main as heard live on KNIA. Anthony Macri would grab the lead from his pole starting spot and lead the first 16 laps, dealing with red and yellow flags. But on a restart, Macedo slid Macri and took the lead. Macedo had to deal with a couple of late red flags, but eventually pulled away. He said in victory lane, it was great to get a win on the track and nearly injured him severely just two months ago.
Macedo: “To win here at Knoxville Raceway and to have that wreck. I hadn’t had a wreck that bad before and Beaver Dam was agony, and to come back here and win is pretty incredible.”
While Macedo was leaving everyone behind in the waning laps, Macri, Kyle Larson, and Spencer Bayston were all trying to get on the podium with Larson and Bayston winning that battle going 2nd and 3rd respectively. After two nights of racing, the top 16 drivers are now locked into the Saturday night A-Main and on the pole is 2021 Nationals Winner and current NASCAR Star Kyle Larson with Rico Abreu, who charged from 21st to 5th in last night’s A-Main. The 2nd row will be Donny Schatz and Logan Schuchart. Drivers 17th-26th are locked into the first five rows of the B-Main on Saturday. Anyone 27th and lower must come back tonight to requalify during Hard Knox Night. Listen to all the action with Live TrackSide at 5:00 and Race Nights live at 7:00 on the DeYarman Automotive Radio Racing Network on KNIA.
A main (started), 26 Laps, NT: 1. Carson Macedo (4); 2. Kyle Larson (5); 3. Spencer Bayston (10); 4. Anthony Macri (1); 5. Rico Abreu (21); 6. Austin McCarl (11); 7. Logan Schuchart (7); 8. Dusty Zomer (3); 9. Buddy Kofoid (22); 10. Brock Zearfoss (13); 11. Brian Brown (9); 12. Garet Williamson (2); 13. Shane Stewart (23); 14. Colby Copeland (15); 15. Ian Madsen (6); 16. Lachlan McHugh (17); 17. Ayrton Gennetten (16); 18. Kalib Henry (20); 19. Zach Hampton (19); 20. Jamie Veal (14); 21. Brad Sweet (8); 22. Cory Eliason (12); 23. Daryn Pittman (24); 24. Kevin Thomas Jr. (18). Lap Leaders: Macri 1-15, Ca. Macedo 16-25. Hard-charger: Abreu.
A main Cars
1 57 Kyle Larson 482
2 24 Rico Abreu 480
3 15 Donny Schatz 479
4 1S Logan Schuchart 479
5 41 Carson Macedo 474
6 39 Hunter Schuerenberg 462
7 55 Kerry Madsen 459
8 83JR Buddy Kofoid 459
9 18 Gio Scelzi 458
10 14 Corey Day 458
11 4 Ian Madsen 455
12 3J Dusty Zomer 453
13 5 Spencer Bayston 451
14 2KS Chase Randall 449
15 7BC Anthony Macri 449
16 49 Brad Sweet 449
B main cars
17 13 Justin Peck 449
18 83 James McFadden 447
19 9 Kasey Kahne 446
20 88 Austin McCarl 443
21 21 Brian Brown 439
22 71 Shane Stewart 439
23 6G Garet Williamson 438
24 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 437
25 7W Dustin Selvage 435
26 17 Sheldon Haudenschild 434
“Drivers for Hard Knox Night”
27 42 Sye Lynch 434
28 5X Daryn Pittman 432
29 52 Blake Hahn 429
30 3Z Brock Zearfoss 429
31 4W Jamie Ball 416
32 7TW Brandon Wimmer 415
33 17B Bill Balog 414
34 10L Scott Bogucki 414
35 16A Colby Copeland 412
36 19 Brent Marks 412
37 18T Tanner Holmes 411
38 12X Ayrton Gennetten 410
39 21H Brady Bacon 408
40 4CW Chris Windom 408
41 17AU Jamie Veal 404
42 11 Cory Eliason 404
43 21T Cole Macedo 403
44 2 David Gravel 403
45 25 Lachlan McHugh 401
46 1X Jake Bubak 401
47 22 Riley Goodno 399
48 1 Justin Henderson 394
49 35 Zach Hampton 394
50 101 Kalib Henry 392
51 4J Kevin Thomas Jr. 392
52 39M Justin Sanders 392
53 3P Sawyer Phillips 391
54 7S Robbie Price 382
55 83T Tanner Carrick 382
56 26 Zeb Wise 381
57 1M Don Droud Jr. 380
58 27 Carson McCarl 380
59 50YR JJ Hickle 379
60 3 Tim Kaeding 378
61 2K Lynton Jeffrey 377
62 9P Parker Price-Miller 373
63 16 Brooke Tatnell 370
64 5T Ryan Timms 367
65 17W Shane Golobic 367
66 20 AJ Moeller 364
67 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 361
68 22K Kaleb Johnson 358
69 49X Tim Shaffer 357
70 24T Christopher Thram 350
71 1K Kelby Watt 345
72 1C Brenham Crouch 344
73 55T McKenna Haase 340
74 1A Chase Dietz 340
75 11N Harli White 339
76 20G Noah Gass 335
77 8 Aaron Reutzel 333
78 44P Skylar Prochaska 332
79 65 Jordan Goldesberry 328
80 91 Kyle Reinhardt 327
81 95 Matt Covington 315
82 70 Kraig Kinser 315
83 6B Clint Garner 310
84 5C Dylan Cisney 306
85 6 Bill Rose 302
86 17X Terry McCarl 300
87 18R Ryan Roberts 300
88 24H Kade Higday 294
89 35B Austin Bishop 291
90 4K2W Matt Wasmund 286
91 56 Joe Simbro 273
92 13JT Mark Dobmeier 272
93 45 Rusty Hickman 271
94 44 Chris Martin 270
95 G5 Gage Pulkrabek 270
96 2M Davey Heskin 269
97 2KK Kevin Ingle 267
98 121 RJ Johnson 265
99 6X Frank Rodgers III 263
100 15JR Cole Mincer 255
101 37 Ayden Gatewood 238
102 W19 Trent Pigdon 236
103 9H Landon Hansen 235
104 105 Cody Ihlen 223
105 78 Bill Wagner 220
106 10V Cap Henry 209