Tyler Courtney was crowned All Star champion Saturday at Fremont (Frank Smith Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
FREMONT, Ohio (October 9, 2021) - For the first time in his career, Lemoore, California’s Cole Macedo is a FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 main event winner, doing so in thrilling fashion during Fremont Speedway’s annual Jim & Joanne Ford Classic on Saturday, October 9. Scoring a $10,000 payday in the process, Macedo secured his place in the All Star history books on lap 27, sneaking by race-long leader, Cap Henry, before opening up to a near-two-second advantage. Heavy lapped traffic mixed in with a late race bobble gave Henry one last chance to capitalize, but Macedo held strong, actually splitting a pair of lappers late to keep the Lane Racing No. 4 at bay.
Henry held on to finish second after leading the first 26 laps, followed by Buch Motorsports’ Justin Peck, “Hunter Percent” Hunter Schuerenberg, and Rudeen Racing’s Cory Eliason.
“This is the most fun I’ve had all year. Just out there hanging it out and whoever runs hard is going to win. That was a lot of fun…I’m worn out,” said Macedo beside his Fremont Auto Parts, Gill Construction, ML Graphics, Grant Decker Construction, Linder’s Speed Equipment, CK Mechanical, Diversified Builders backed No. 18 sprint car. “That last lap, I was holding on with everything I could. It just shows how good this team is. Steven, Mike, Cody, Kasey, Braden…all the guys have been working their asses off this year and it’s paying off. Huge thanks to Ray Brooks…he’s one of the best car owners I’ve ever driven for. It’s been a trying year but all these guys have been pushing and I’ve been getting better and making less mistakes. I feel like that whole feature I didn’t make too many mistakes. If you want to get to the next level you have to minimize those.”
“It was a fun race other than not winning,” Cap Henry said in Fremont Speedway victory lane. “The car was pretty good and I was just kind of trying to pace it…they were just better there the last half. I’m proud of my team. It’s been a long year but we made it. I think we will try the All Star deal again and see what we can do.”
Cole Macedo won the battle in Fremont, Ohio, but “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney won the war, clinching a first-ever FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 title in his first-ever try. The Indianapolis, Indiana-native and pilot of the Clauson Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink Turbo, zMAX Micro-Lubricant, No. 7BC sprint car scored a $65,000 championship payday for his efforts, simultaneously earning the Series' Rookie of the Year award.
Courtney’s championship campaign consisted of eight victories, as well as 37 top-ten finishes in 48 point-earning events, each being the most of any All Star Circuit of Champions competitor. With the overall championship purse awarded to the team and not the driver, Clauson Marshall Racing’s final margin of victory in the title chase was 218 markers, officially clinching the title before the Jim & Joanne Ford Classic even commenced.
Buch Motorsports with primary wheelman Justin Peck finished second in the 2021 All Star standings, followed by Sam McGhee Motorsports and primary driver Parker Price-Miller, Rudeen Racing with primary driver Cory Eliason, and Vermeer Motorsports with Hunter Schuerenberg.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Fremont Speedway | Saturday, October 9, 2021:
Event: Jim & Joanne Ford Classic | $10,000-to-win
Entries: 48
C&R Racing Hot Laps: DJ Foos | 13.255
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Justin Peck | 12.954
Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Phil Gressman
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Henry Malcuit
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Cap Henry
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: DJ Foos
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Greg Wilson
Kear’s Speed Shop Dash #1 Winner: Hunter Schuerenberg
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash #2 Winner: Cap Henry
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Jordan Ryan
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Cody Bova
FloRacing A-Main Winner: Cole Macedo
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Max Stambaugh (+13)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 26-Cory Eliason, 13.020; 2. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 13.075; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.145; 4. 7c-Phil Gressman, 13.229; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.236; 6. 28-Tim Shaffer, 13.282; 7. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.411; 8. 14-Chad Kemenah, 13.444; 9. 55v-CJ Leary, 13.496; 10. 4T-Josh Turner, 13.865
Group (B)
1. 18-Cole Macedo, 13.028; 2. 20B-Cody Bova, 13.258; 3. 70M-Henry Malcuit, 13.268; 4. 4Z-Zane DeVault, 13.421; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.439; 6. O7-Skylar Gee, 13.455; 7. 73af-Scotty Thiel, 13.457; 8. 4M-TJ Michael, 13.740; 9. 88N-Frank Neill, 13.839; 10. 75-Jerry Dahms, 14.607
Group (C)
1. 73-Justin Peck, 12.954; 2. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.064; 3. 11-Parker Price Miller, 13.234; 4. 4-Cap Henry, 13.317; 5. 5s-Max Stambaugh, 13.527; 6. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.611; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.672; 8. O9A-Justin Adams, 13.720; 9. 3-Jac Haudenschild, 13.754; 10. 23-Chris Andrews, 13.908
Group (D)
1. 10-Zeb Wise, 13.070; 2. 33W-Caleb Griffith, 13.119; 3. 16-DJ Foos, 13.120; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.168; 5. 5-Paul McMahan, 13.201; 6. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.234; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.452; 8. 71h-Ryan Ruhl, 13.541; 9. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 13.781
Group (E)
1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.130; 2. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.377; 3. 97-Greg Wilson, 13.497; 4. 2L-Landon Lalonde, 13.558; 5. 12c-Kyle Capodice, 13.574; 6. 12-Corbin Gurley, 13.747; 7. 2-Ricky Peterson, 13.816; 8. 28M-Conner Morrell, 13.847; 9. 6J-Jonah Aumend, 14.100
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 7C-Phil Gressman [1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [5]; 5. 28-Tim Shaffer [6]; 6. O9-Craig Mintz [7]; 7. 25R-Jordan Ryan [3]; 8. 55V-CJ Leary [9]; 9. 14-Chad Kemenah [8]; 10. 4T-Josh Turner [10]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 70M-Henry Malcuit [2]; 2. 18-Cole Macedo [4]; 3. O7-Skylar Gee [6]; 4. 4Z-Zane DeVault [1]; 5. 20B-Cody Bova [3]; 6. 73AF-Scotty Thiel [7]; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [5]; 8. 88N-Frank Neill [9]; 9. 4M-TJ Michael [8]; 10. 75-Jerry Dahms [10]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 4-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 11-Parker Price Miller [2]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel [3]; 4. 73-Justin Peck [4]; 5. 5S-Max Stambaugh [5]; 6. 22B-Ryan Broughton [6]; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron [7]; 8. 3-Jac Haudenschild [9]; 9. O9A-Justin Adams [8]; 10. 23-Chris Andrews [10]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 16-DJ Foos [2]; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs [1]; 3. 10-Zeb Wise [4]; 4. 5-Paul McMahan [5]; 5. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker [7]; 7. 71H-Ryan Ruhl [8]; 8. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [9]; 9. 33W-Caleb Griffith [3]
Heat #5 - Group (E) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 97-Greg Wilson [2]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo [3]; 4. 12C-Kyle Capodice [5]; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson [7]; 6. 2L-Landon Lalonde [1]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell [8]; 8. 12-Corbin Gurley [6]; 9. 6J-Jonah Aumend [9]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [2]; 2. 18-Cole Macedo [6]; 3. 73-Justin Peck [3]; 4. 70M-Henry Malcuit [1]; 5. 7C-Phil Gressman [4]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [5]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 4-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 97-Greg Wilson [3]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel [4]; 4. 16-DJ Foos [2]; 5. 26-Cory Eliason [5]; 6. 10-Zeb Wise [6]
C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer
1. 55V-CJ Leary [1]; 2. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [4]; 3. 12-Corbin Gurley [2]; 4. O9A-Justin Adams [7]; 5. 4M-TJ Michael [8]; 6. 88N-Frank Neill [5]; 7. 6J-Jonah Aumend [9]; 8. 4T-Josh Turner [10]; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms [12]; 10. 23-Chris Andrews [11]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 25R-Jordan Ryan [1]; 2. 22-Cole Duncan [3]; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith [2]; 4. 5S-Max Stambaugh [6]; 5. 20B-Cody Bova [4]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker [9]; 7. 28-Tim Shaffer [5]; 8. 55V-CJ Leary [17]; 9. 2L-Landon Lalonde [11]; 10. 22M-Dan McCarron [15]; 11. 71H-Ryan Ruhl [14]; 12. 28M-Conner Morrell [16]; 13. O9-Craig Mintz [8]; 14. 9Z-Duane Zablocki [13]; 15. 2-Ricky Peterson [7]; 16. 22B-Ryan Broughton [12]; 17. 73AF-Scotty Thiel [10]
A-Main (40 Laps)
1. 18-Cole Macedo [3]; 2. 4-Cap Henry [2]; 3. 73-Justin Peck [5]; 4. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [1]; 5. 26-Cory Eliason [10]; 6. 97-Greg Wilson [4]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog [18]; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [11]; 9. 5T-Travis Philo [15]; 10. 16-DJ Foos [8]; 11. 5S-Max Stambaugh [24]; 12. 10-Zeb Wise [12]; 13. 11-Parker Price Miller [14]; 14. 33W-Caleb Griffith [23]; 15. O7-Skylar Gee [16]; 16. 1-Nate Dussel [6]; 17. 12C-Kyle Capodice [20]; 18. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [25]; 19. 4Z-Zane DeVault [19]; 20. 25R-Jordan Ryan [21]; 21. 5-Paul McMahan [17]; 22. 7C-Phil Gressman [9]; 23. 3J-Trey Jacobs [13]; 24. 22-Cole Duncan [22]; 25. 70M-Henry Malcuit [7]
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 Spdwy, Pennsylvania (September 9, 2021): Brent Marks
48. Port Royal Spdwy, Pennsylvania (September 10, 2021): Daryn Pittman
49. Port Royal Spdwy, Pennsylvania (September 11, 2021): Logan Wagner (2)
50. Williams Grove, Pennsylvania (September 17, 2021): Anthony Macri (2)
51. Lincoln Speedway, Pennsylvania (September 18, 2021): Justin Peck (4)
52. Eldora Speedway, Ohio (September 25, 2021): Rico Abreu
53. Fremont Speedway, Ohio (October 9, 2021): Cole Macedo
2021 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (FINAL):
1. Tyler Courtney - 6554
2. Cory Eliason - 6278
3. Hunter Schuerenberg - 6134
4. Zeb Wise - 6064
5. Bill Balog - 6060
6. Cap Henry - 5960
7. Justin Peck - 5824
8. Kyle Reinhardt - 5353
9. Ian Madsen - 4430
10. Paul McMahan - 4416
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