Carson Macedo Shines in his New Egypt Debut with World of Outlaws
Photo by Tyler
NEW EGYPT, N.J.—Carson Macedo had never seen New Egypt Speedway until Friday night.
Could one of the sport’s most uniquely shaped dirt tracks puzzle and slow one of the best Sprint Car drivers in the country? Nope.
Macedo looked like he had years of experience as he hit the New Jersey oval for the first time aboard the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. The Lemoore, CA native lined up outside the front row for the 30-lap Feature and snuck around Logan Schuchart on the top to pace the opening circuit.
That wound up being the winning move as Macedo never relinquished the lead. A motivated Schuchart, who was trying to win the first race following his grandfather Bobby Allen’s passing earlier this week, stayed close behind for nearly the duration of the main event. The Shark Racing pilot even looked underneath Macedo on a few occasions, but no run was enough. Macedo held him off and took the checkered flag in his first ever night at New Egypt.
“Hats off to JJR, they did a great job,” Macedo said. “Traffic was tough. I knew the start was going to be critical, and I kind of just sent it up there as hard as I could up top, and it worked out. I stuck and was able to get around Logan. I knew that he was all over me in traffic. I could hear him, and I saw him the one time getting into Turn 3. There just wasn’t really a lot I could do.
“I just wanted to make sure I kept my momentum up, kept my speed up and didn’t let anybody beat me down into (Turn) 3, and it worked out. I was a little nervous there at the end because the rubber was laying down there in (Turns) 3 and 4 on the bottom. It was really clean down there and grippy. In (Turns) 1 and 2, I felt like I was better higher. The higher I would run, the more speed I would have off the corner. Hats off to JJR. Philip Dietz did an incredible job all night, made great adjustments. Adam Zimmerman and Robby McQuinn worked their tails off.”
Macedo and the JJR crew are up to 11 Series victories in 2025. Friday marked the 58th of Macedo’s career with the World of Outlaws, equaling him with one of his heroes and fellow Californian, Jason Meyers, for 16th all-time. Macedo becomes the sixth different driver through 10 visits to top a race with The Greatest Show on Dirt at New Egypt.
The runner-up spot went to Logan Schuchart. He wanted more than anything in the world to take the team his “pappy” built to Victory Lane. The Hanover, PA native might’ve not gotten the win, but his finish was still a worthy way to honor “Scruffy.” The Shark team was one many doubted would even make it through their first year with the World of Outlaws in 2014. But led by Bobby Allen, they not only made it, but they kept going. Now, here Schuchart and the Shark Racing team are 11 years later, carrying on Allen’s legacy by racing with the best in the nation and running up front.
“That guy was my hero,” said a choked up Schuchart of his grandfather. “I wanted to get out here and do that for him. But to come here and be on the podium after my mind is in all kinds of places is good. I talked to him plenty of times this week. I asked for his guidance because I knew my mindset wouldn’t be at 100-percent. He loved this thing and built a legacy for Jacob (Allen) and I to continue it while he’s gone. I could feel him. I know he’s there.”
David Gravel brought the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 home third. His Series-leading podium total is up to 36 as consistency carries the Watertown, CT toward a second consecutive World of Outlaws title.
“It was just kind of track position there,” Gravel said. “I’m just glad we passed some cars in the Dash. When you’ve got the best six cars up front, it’s hard to pass guys. Carson won the start, and that kind of won the race. Lapped traffic got somewhat interesting there, and I feel like I had a couple shots at Logan. (Turns) 1 and 2 was just starting to get interesting, and I kind of felt the bottom there come in and then Logan kind of took my line.”
Buddy Kofoid and Sheldon Haudenschild completed the top five.
Hunter Schuerenberg took the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 from 21st to sixth to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.
David Gravel grabbed his third consecutive Simpson Quick Time and his 22nd of the year in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.
Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Carson Macedo (Real American Beer Heat Two), and Cole Macedo (WIX Filters Heat Three).
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Logan Schuchart.
Schuchart also topped the Toyota Dash.
Garet Williamson won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Bill Balog.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars battle the Pennsylvania Posse one last time in 2025 at Abbottstown, PA’s Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 11. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS
NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 3. 2-David Gravel[3]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[21]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[14]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[4]; 9. 67-Justin Whittall[13]; 10. 18-Cory Eliason[16]; 11. 35-Buddy Schweibinz[12]; 12. 17N-Dylan Norris[20]; 13. 6-Zach Hampton[18]; 14. 23-Garet Williamson[19]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz[23]; 16. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 17. 7S-Chris Windom[11]; 18. 5-Tyler Ross[15]; 19. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 20. 91-Preston Lattomus[24]; 21. 15S-Kerry Madsen[8]; 22. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[17]; 23. OOK-Kyle Spence[22]; 24. 69K-Ryan Smith[9]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 23-Garet Williamson[2]; 2. 17N-Dylan Norris[1]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 4. OOK-Kyle Spence[4]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 6. 91-Preston Lattomus[6]; 7. 85-Ricky DiEva[5]; 8. 7-Aidan Borden[8]; 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[9]; 10. 28M-Conner Morrell[10]
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 3. 2-David Gravel[6]; 4. 2C-Cole Macedo[4]; 5. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 5. 67-Justin Whittall[5]; 6. 18-Cory Eliason[8]; 7. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[9]; 8. 91-Preston Lattomus[7]; 9. 17N-Dylan Norris[6]; 10. 28M-Conner Morrell[10]
Real American Beer Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[3]; 3. 15S-Kerry Madsen[2]; 4. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee[4]; 6. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[8]; 7. OOK-Kyle Spence[9]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 9. 23-Garet Williamson[6]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Cole Macedo[1]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 3. 69K-Ryan Smith[5]; 4. 35-Buddy Schweibinz[3]; 5. 5-Tyler Ross[4]; 6. 6-Zach Hampton[6]; 7. 85-Ricky DiEva[8]; 8. 7-Aidan Borden[9]; 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[7]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.925[17]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:14.132[5]; 3. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:14.167[4]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:14.206[1]; 5. 15S-Kerry Madsen, 00:14.248[6]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:14.300[28]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:14.311[27]; 8. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:14.354[21]; 9. 35-Buddy Schweibinz, 00:14.376[18]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.409[9]; 11. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:14.441[11]; 12. 5-Tyler Ross, 00:14.446[3]; 13. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:14.458[23]; 14. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:14.510[8]; 15. 69K-Ryan Smith, 00:14.536[25]; 16. 17N-Dylan Norris, 00:14.626[26]; 17. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:14.670[22]; 18. 6-Zach Hampton, 00:14.677[24]; 19. 91-Preston Lattomus, 00:14.713[20]; 20. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:14.718[7]; 21. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:14.723[2]; 22. 18-Cory Eliason, 00:14.746[19]; 23. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr, 00:14.789[10]; 24. 85-Ricky DiEva, 00:14.874[14]; 25. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:14.892[15]; 26. OOK-Kyle Spence, 00:14.950[12]; 27. 7-Aidan Borden, 00:15.334[13]; 28. 28M-Conner Morrell, 01:00.000[16]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: October 10, 2025
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 2 David Gravel Watertown, CT 8520 62 15 52 60
2 83 Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA 8372 -148 62 11 40 54
3 41 Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA 8234 -286 62 11 34 48
4 1S Logan Schuchart Hanover, PA 8140 -380 60 2 31 48
5 17 Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH 7946 -574 62 3 26 40
6 15 Donny Schatz Fargo, ND 7704 -816 61 0 9 32
7 17B Bill Balog North Pole, AK 7592 -928 60 3 15 33
8 23 Garet Williamson Columbia, MO 7388 -1132 59 0 6 23
9 7S Chris Windom Canton, IL 7304 -1216 54 0 4 21
10 2C Cole Macedo Lemoore, CA 7234 -1286 53 0 4 18
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BRUNO IS BUENO AT NEW EGYPT’S FALL CLASSIC
By: Kurt Bettler
NEW EGYPT, N.J. -- Christian Bruno from Deptford, New Jersey has always loved the big, sweeping half-miles. In fact, he stunned everyone back in April, snookering Briggs Danner from 11th to win the Port Royal season opener. That victory immediately put the No. 17B Bentley Truck Repair machine on the radar of every USAC East Coast competitor.
Surprisingly, Bruno hadn’t visited victory lane since that early-season triumph despite multiple top-five finishes. But on Friday night, in front of a nearly sold out crowd at New Jesery’s New Egypt Speedway, Bruno and his crew had the car dialed in and ready to shine.
Twenty-two Innovative Machining Technology Wingless Sprints shared the pits with the World of Outlaws, creating an electric atmosphere. Heat race victories went to Chris Allen Jr., Ed Aikin, and Kenny Miller III.
The redraw mixed things up, putting two hungry drivers — Joe Kata and Mick D’Agostino — on the front row, each searching for their first USAC East Coast win.
When the green flag dropped, it was third-starting Bruno who rocketed to the front. He set sail early while Aikin, starting fifth, clawed his way past D’Agostino and Kata into the runner-up spot.
A lap five yellow slowed the field when Cherry, Shepsis, Haggenbottom, and Mallet tangled in turn four. On the restart, eighth-starting Kenny Miller III quickly became a factor, slicing his way toward the top four.
As the laps clicked away, Bruno was long gone, building a comfortable lead as Aikin, Kata, and Miller waged a fierce battle behind him. Further back, Ronald Helmick found speed on the bottom and began charging toward the front.
Then, a late yellow with five to go bunched the field and changed everything. Helmick’s steady climb landed him inside the top five, while Miller forged his way to third, setting up a thrilling dash to the finish.
When the checkered flag waved, there was no doubt. Christian Bruno was back in victory lane, dominating the Fall Classic at New Egypt and reminding everyone that the No. 17B team knows how to win on the big stage.
USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2025 – New Egypt Speedway – New Egypt, New Jersey
BDB GRAPHICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen) (1), 2. Alex Bright (#20 Hummer) (4), 3. Brendan Hires (#2 Hires) (5), 4. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick) (6), 5. Mark Bitner (#15 Bitner) (7), 6. Joey Crilly (#22J Crilly) (2), 7. Dirk Rimrott (#27 Rimrott) (3), 8. Lee Kauffman (#96 Kauffman) (8). NT
E. SCHNEIDER & SONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin) (2), 2. Patrick Chilmonik (#1 Chilmonik) (4), 3. Joe Kata (#10 Kata) (3), 4. Mike Haggenbottom (#51 Kelly) (1), 5. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (#83 Buckwalter) (6), 6. Dan Malley (#9 Malley) (5), 7. Greg Shepsis (#75 Shepsis) (7). NT
BOULEVARD TRUCK REPAIR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller), (4), 2. Christian Bruno (#17 Bruno) (5), 3. Mick D'Agostino (#91 D’Agostino) (6), 4. Blaine Emery (#68 Emery) (7), 5. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry) (1), 6. Heidi Hedin (#3H Hedin) (3), 7. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki) (2). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Christian Bruno (3), 2. Ed Aikin (5), 3. Kenny Miller III (8), 4. Ronald Helmick (10), 5. Joe Kata (1), 6. Mick D'Agostino (2), 7. Mark Bitner (13), 8. Bruce Buckwalter Jr (14), 9. Brendan Hires (7), 10. Blaine Emery (12), 11. Joey Crilly (16), 12. Heidi Hedin (18), 13. Patrick Chilmonik (6), 14. Dan Malley (17), 15. Mike Haggenbottom (11), 16. Jason Cherry (15), 17. Dirk Rimrott (19), 18. Lee Kauffman (21), 19. Greg Shepsis (20), 20. Chris Allen Jr. (4), 21. Alex Bright (9), 22. Steven Drevicki (22). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Christian Bruno.
USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS POINTS: 1-Steven Drevicki-819, 2-Ed Aikin-738, 3-Kenny Miller III-592, 4-Chris Allen Jr.-579, 5-Ronald Helmick-544, 6-Bobby Butler-530, 7-Christian Bruno-477, 8-Jason Cherry-474, 9-Bruce Buckwalter Jr.-417, 10-Mike Haggenbottom-393.
NEXT USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: November 1, 2025 – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey
CONTINGENCY AWARDS:
JPA Racing Products Hard Luck: Blaine Emery
Bitner Automotive Fast Time: Steven Drevicki
C & C Landscaping Hard Charger: Kenny Miller III (7th to 1st)
Hoosier Tire Poker Chip: Chris Allen Jr.
Strange Engineering Torsion Bars Winner: Ed Aikin
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