Anthony Macri takes Big Gator after fending off Gravel
Photo by Tyler Carr
BARBERVILLE, Fla.—The Pennsylvania Posse travels well these days thanks in large part to Anthony Macri.
The “Concrete King’s” latest conquering? The state of Florida with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.
The Dillsburg, PA native and his Macri Motorsports crew made the trip south to the “Sunshine State” for Volusia Speedway Park’s Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. Macri opened the three nights of racing with strong finishes of third and fourth, but he saved his best for last.
Saturday brought the finale with $20,000 and Big Gator bragging rights on the line. Macri lined up fourth for the main event, putting him in the best position for the reptilian trophy as the two competitors ahead of him in points entering the night started 21st (Buddy Kofoid) and 12th (Carson Macedo).
But Macri wasn’t banking on them staying behind. He got to work right away and blasted around Brian Brown for the lead on the seventh circuit. That looked as if it may be all she wrote as Macri quickly built a lead, but defending Series champion David Gravel wasn’t about to make things easy.
Gravel muscled his way into second and trimmed away at Macri’s advantage, and the opening arrived as the white flag waved. Macri struggled to clear a lapper down the front straightaway, and Gravel took advantage by throwing a slide job in Turn 1. But Macri refused to flinch as he got the car squared up for a diamond line to build momentum down the back straightaway under both Gravel and the traffic. He found the run he needed, and it was enough to squeeze ahead into Turn 3 and hold off the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 to bank the $20,000 and bag the Big Gator.
“I just saw how those guys were able to diamond the corner off late in the race and make a lot of speed,” Macri said. “Once I almost got into Chase (Dietz) there, I knew he was breathing down my neck, and I knew he was going to make a move to win the race. I just pulled that one out of my butt. I was able to diamond the corner off and get a really good run down the backstretch, and I was either putting it between Chase and the inside wall, or I was trashing this thing trying.
“This is badass. I’m in a little bit of a predicament because I told these guys if I won the Big Gator this week, I was calling it a season already,” Macri added with a smile.
The eighth World of Outlaws victory of Macri’s career equals him with Jimmy Sills and fellow Pennsylvanian Cody Darrah on the all-time win list. It’s his second triumph off the Pennsylvania porch with The Greatest Show on Dirt with the first being last year’s Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway. He became the ninth different winner of the Big Gator.
David Gravel, Carson Macedo, Buddy Kofoid, and Brian Brown completed the top five.
RACE NOTES:
Logan Schuchart clocked the Race Ready Hottest Lap of the Night.
Schuchart kept the speed in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying by laying down his 40th career Simpson Race Products Quick Time.
Heat Races belonged to David Gravel (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Chase Dietz (DIRTVision Heat Two), Logan Schuchart (WIX Filters Heat Three), and Anthony Macri (TheGreatestStoreonDirt.com Heat Four).
The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Brian Brown.
Brown also topped the Toyota Dash.
Buddy Kofoid won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.
Kofoid also wheeled from 21st to fourth to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.
The Tub O’ Towels Seventh Place Finisher was Logan Schuchart.
Anthony Macri ripped a 13.574 to also claim the ACME Trading Company Fastest Lap.
A ninth-place result was enough to give Kasey Jedrzejek the Five Star Bodies Rookie of the Race.
The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Emerson Axsom.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take a few weeks off before returning to Barberville, FL’s Volusia Speedway Park on Sunday-Monday, March 1-2 for the Bike Week Jamboree. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
Where can you get tickets to see the World of Outlaws in 2026? Click to see the full schedule.
Where can you watch every World of Outlaws race? Live on DIRTVision.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CARS RESULTS (41 entries)
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[12]; 4. 83-Michael Kofoid[21]; 5. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[9]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 9. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[19]; 11. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 12. 71-Parker Price Miller[20]; 13. 9-Daison Pursley[14]; 14. 17-Spencer Bayston[25]; 15. 7S-Chris Windom[26]; 16. 2C-Cole Macedo[27]; 17. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[22]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog[11]; 19. 13-Tanner Holmes[10]; 20. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[28]; 21. 16C-Scotty Thiel[24]; 22. 23D-Chase Dietz[8]; 23. 28M-Conner Morrell[16]; 24. (DNF) 88-Austin McCarl[23]; 25. (DNF) 17GP-Hank Davis[18]; 26. (DNF) 27-Emerson Axsom[13]; 27. (DNF) 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[17]; 28. (DNF) 5-Brenham Crouch[15]
MicroLite Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 88-Austin McCarl[3]; 4. 16C-Scotty Thiel[4]; 5. 17-Spencer Bayston[6]; 6. 26-Justin Peck[13]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 8. 10-Ryan Timms[7]; 9. 4-Cameron Martin[8]; 10. 51-Scott Bogucki[9]; 11. 44-Chris Martin[16]; 12. 7S-Chris Windom[10]; 13. 0D-Danny Sams III[20]; 14. 32-Bryce Lucius[11]; 15. (DNF) 2C-Cole Macedo[12]; 16. (DNF) G5-Gage Pulkrabek[17]; 17. (DNF) 11-TJ Stutts[18]; 18. (DNF) 15K-Creed Kemenah[21]; 19. (DNS) 1A-Ashton Torgerson; 20. (DNS) 48-Danny Dietrich; 21. (DNS) 15T-Ryan Turner
Toyota Dash (6 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 3. 2-David Gravel[5]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]; 5. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[6]; 6. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[7]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 8. 23D-Chase Dietz[8]
NOS Energy Drink Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel[1]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 3. 23-Garet Williamson[3]; 4. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[5]; 6. 88-Austin McCarl[7]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[6]; 8. 51-Scott Bogucki[8]; 9. 26-Justin Peck[9]; 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[10]; 11. 15K-Creed Kemenah[11]
DIRTVision Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23D-Chase Dietz[1]; 2. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 5-Brenham Crouch[4]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[8]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[5]; 7. 10-Ryan Timms[6]; 8. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]; 9. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[9]; 10. 15T-Ryan Turner[10]
WIX Filters Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 2. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[3]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[8]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[5]; 7. 17-Spencer Bayston[9]; 8. 7S-Chris Windom[6]; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich[7]; 10. 11-TJ Stutts[10]
The Greatest Show on Dirt Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown[3]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[5]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell[2]; 5. 71-Parker Price Miller[4]; 6. 16C-Scotty Thiel[6]; 7. 4-Cameron Martin[8]; 8. 2C-Cole Macedo[9]; 9. 44-Chris Martin[7]; 10. 0D-Danny Sams III[10]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Flight A (2 Laps): 1. 2-David Gravel, 00:13.056[12]; 2. 23D-Chase Dietz, 00:13.220[15]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.220[20]; 4. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:13.253[18]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson, 00:13.265[10]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.268[21]; 7. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.273[11]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.279[19]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:13.280[16]; 10. 83-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.293[17]; 11. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.346[5]; 12. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:13.378[9]; 13. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:13.415[3]; 14. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:13.451[2]; 15. 51-Scott Bogucki, 00:13.471[4]; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:13.536[6]; 17. 26-Justin Peck, 00:13.571[14]; 18. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 00:13.739[7]; 19. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:13.807[13]; 20. 15T-Ryan Turner, 00:13.865[8]; 21. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:14.031[1]
Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying Flight B (2 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:13.035[16]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.045[10]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes, 00:13.056[12]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.083[1]; 5. 9-Daison Pursley, 00:13.098[19]; 6. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.103[7]; 7. 6-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.121[2]; 8. 71-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.152[20]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.200[6]; 10. 41-Carson Macedo, 00:13.244[13]; 11. 7S-Chris Windom, 00:13.246[14]; 12. 16C-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.247[9]; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:13.248[5]; 14. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.250[18]; 15. 17GP-Hank Davis, 00:13.339[11]; 16. 4-Cameron Martin, 00:13.355[15]; 17. 17-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.359[8]; 18. 2C-Cole Macedo, 00:13.476[4]; 19. 11-TJ Stutts, 00:13.598[17]; 20. 0D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.652[3]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS STANDINGS
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 83 Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA 240 2 1 2 2
2 2 David Gravel Watertown, CT 236 -4 2 0 1 1
3 41 Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA 234 -6 2 0 2 2
4 39M Anthony Macri Dillsburg, PA 232 -8 2 0 2 2
5 1S Logan Schuchart Hanover, PA 230 -10 2 0 1 2
6 15 Donny Schatz Fargo, ND 228 -12 2 0 1 2
7 23 Garet Williamson Columbia, MO 226 -14 2 0 0 2
8 26 Justin Peck Monrovia, IN 224 -16 1 0 0 1
9 2C Cole Macedo Lemoore, CA 222 -18 2 0 0 1
10 17 Spencer Bayston Lebanon, IN 220 -20 2 1 1 2
11 71 Parker Price Miller Kokomo, IN 218 -22 1 0 0 0
12 17B Bill Balog North Pole, AK 216 -24 2 0 0 0
13 7BC Tyler Courtney Indianapolis, IN 214 -26 2 0 0 0
14 10 Ryan Timms Oklahoma City, OK 212 -28 2 0 0 1
15 18 Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH 210 -30 2 0 0 0
16 8 Brock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA 208 -32 2 0 0 0
17 5 Brenham Crouch Lubbock, TX 206 -34 1 0 0 0
18 7S Chris Windom Canton, IL 204 -36 2 0 0 0
19 16C Scotty Thiel Sheboygan, WI 202 -38 1 0 0 0
20 88 Austin McCarl Altoona, IA 200 -40 2 0 0 0
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