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World of Outlaws FENDT Jackson Nationals
Jackson Motorplex | Jackson, Minnesota
Friday, August 16, 2024
Race Recap  

MINNESOTA MASTERPIECE: Carson Macedo Leads Every Lap to Begin Jackson Nationals in Victory Lane

The Jason Johnson Racing driver equals the record for the most Jackson victories with his fourth

Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing continue to be nearly unstoppable at Jackson Motorplex.

Since teaming in 2021, Macedo and JJR have established themselves as the team to beat at the Minnesota oval. Heading into Friday’s FENDT Jackson Nationals race, Macedo hadn’t missed the top five in eight Jackson attempts behind the wheel of the No. 41. Two of those outings were wins, and another three were podiums.

All eyes were on them entering the evening, and they met the moment with ease.

Macedo started second in the 30-lapper and put on a clinic. He drove away from the field in the early portion of the race and sliced through traffic. A late restart served up a potential challenge from Sheldon Haudenschild, but Macedo stayed composed and moved by a couple lapped cars in the closing laps to punctuate a statement victory.

“Man, what a great job by this Albaugh, JJR 41 team,” Macedo said. “It was a great night overall. I feel like we were good in Qualifying and the Heat Race. The Dash I just didn’t really know that the top was that good. But I was able to get a really good start in the Feature and get back by Logan (Schuchart) and kind of take command of the race. Hats off to Philip Dietz. He did a great job. Adam Zimmerman and Robby McQuinn both did a great job working hard.”

The fourth World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car win of 2024 for Macedo is the 39th of his career. With his fourth overall Jackson checkered flag, it now stands alone as the track where he’s won most often with The Greatest Show on Dirt. It also equaled him with Logan Schuchart and Brad Sweet for the most victories at the facility.

It was Schuchart leading the field to green with Macedo alongside. The Lemoore, CA native used a strong start on the top to rocket around Schuchart in the first set of corners to lead the opening lap.

The first few laps saw Macedo waste no time in building his advantage over the Shark Racing No. 1S. The gap grew north of a second in only two laps as Macedo rolled around the 4/10 mile oval.

Macedo went unchallenged throughout the race’s opening half as he masterfully negotiated traffic. Schuchart and third-running Garet Williamson closed in a couple times but never could get close enough to make a move.

Just beyond the halfway point David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild worked around Williamson to claim the third and fourth positions.

The yellow lights flashed for the first and only time in the Feature with 10 laps remaining setting up a quick dash to the finish.

On the restart Macedo pulled ahead while Gravel peeked to Schuchart’s inside. The Hanover, PA native closed the door which left the top lane wide open for the fourth-running Haudenschild. He quickly ripped the cushion and cleared both Gravel and Schuchart by the time they reached the back straightaway.

Unlike early in the race, Macedo couldn’t manage to distance himself from the runner-up after Haudenschild had taken the spot. The NOS Energy Drink No. 17 stalked Macedo as the laps wound down. Traffic became a factor with only five laps remaining, and the gap shrank even more.

Carson Macedo driving the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 at Jackson Motorplex
Carson Macedo dominated on Friday and looks for his third straight Jackson Nationals title on Saturday (Trent Gower Photo)

But right when it looked like a final lap thriller might be brewing, Haudenschild tripped up in Turns 3 and 4 right as Macedo managed to put another lapper between himself and Haudenschild. That proved to be the winning move as Macedo drove away to a comfortable victory.

“I could feel that my pace was slowing down when we got to traffic,” Macedo explained. “A lot of guys were running the same lane as we are. I got held up big time once off of (Turn) 4 by a lapper. He kind of got sideways, and I knew I was in trouble. Then I fired it off into (Turn) 1 and cleared him. Then I took the white and got around that last lap well.”

Haudenschild brought the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing machine home second to record his best career Jackson finish. The Wooster, OH native was happy with the speed he had but left a little disappointed that he couldn’t make a move to get by Macedo in traffic.

“I just had a lane open and went around them,” Haudenschild said of the restart that got him to second. “I felt like I was pacing the 41 really nice there. I just didn’t capitalize in traffic. He did a good job. I think he got by two of them in (Turns) 3 and 4. Hats off to (Kyle) Ripper, Steve (Kinzer Dussel), and Luke (Vaughn). They’re working hard here to get this NOS Energy Drink 17 another win. We want to get to that double-digit win mark pretty bad this year, so to come this close hurts a little bit, but we’ll take it and move on to tomorrow.”

The final step of the podium was occupied by David Gravel. He and the Big Game Motorsports crew continue to show unflinching consistency with their 26th top three of the year. If the late restart had unfolded a little differently, the point leader might’ve had a real shot at stealing the win.

“I thought we had a really good race car there,” Gravel said. “The track was slightly top dominant, but the lapped traffic really made it exciting. You could run the bottom groove there. On that restart Logan chose to go high, and I just stayed low like Macedo. And he (Schuchart) just kind of ran defensive down there and bottled us both up and Sheldon got around us. I would’ve loved to have the opportunity to run second there and then in lapped traffic I thought Sheldon had an opportunity to win the race. But man, those lapped cars were not getting off the top, and it was kind of hard to pass them sometimes. I’m really, really happy with the car.”

Aaron Reutzel and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.

Emerson Axsom earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a run from 17th to 11th.

David Gravel claimed his ninth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 119th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Dusty Zomer, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Bill Balog. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Carson Macedo.

Logan Schuchart topped the Toyota Racing Dash.

Kelby Watt won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Michael “Buddy” Kofoid.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take on the $25,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start FENDT Jackson Nationals finale at Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex on Saturday, August 17. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[2]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 3. 2-David Gravel[3]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1]; 6. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[7]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen[13]; 9. 3-Tim Kaeding[11]; 10. 15-Donny Schatz[14]; 11. 27-Emerson Axsom[17]; 12. 10-Scott Bogucki[18]; 13. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[19]; 14. 5T-Ryan Timms[20]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[12]; 16. 17GP-Justin Henderson[10]; 17. 3J-Dusty Zomer[8]; 18. O9-Matt Juhl[15]; 19. 24T-Christopher Thram[24]; 20. 7S-Landon Crawley[16]; 21. 2KS-Kelby Watt[21]; 22. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[22]; 23. 44-Chris Martin[23]; 24. 83-Michael Kofoid[9]

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Results  
Feature Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
12+141Carson Macedo 300.00030Running150$12,000
25+317Sheldon Haudenschild 30-0.402Running146$8,000
3302David Gravel 30-1.702Running144$5,000
46+287Aaron Reutzel 30-1.864Running142$3,200
51-41SLogan Schuchart 30-2.339Running140$2,800
64-223Garet Williamson 30-3.567Running138$2,600
77017BBill Balog 30-3.755Running136$2,400
813+555Kerry Madsen 30-4.272Running134$2,300
911+23Tim Kaeding 30-4.816Running132$2,200
1014+415Donny Schatz 30-5.514Running130$2,000
1117+627Emerson Axsom 30-6.138Running128$1,800
1218+610Scott Bogucki 30-6.897Running126$1,600
1319+618Giovanni Scelzi 30-7.725Running124$1,400
1420+65TRyan Timms 30-8.210Running122$1,200
1512-33ZBrock Zearfoss 30-9.508Running120$1,200
1610-617GPJustin Henderson 30-11.414Running118$1,200
178-93JDusty Zomer 30-13.213Running116$1,200
1815-3O9Matt Juhl 29-1 LapsRunning114$1,200
1924+524TChristopher Thram 29-1 LapsRunning112$1,200
2016-47SLandon Crawley 29-1 LapsRunning110$1,200
212102KSKelby Watt 28-2 LapsRunning108$1,200
2222022KKaleb Johnson 28-2 LapsRunning106$1,200
2323044Chris Martin 28-2 LapsRunning104$1,200
249-1583Michael Kofoid 19-11 LapsRunning102$1,200
KSE Hard Charger: Emerson Axsom
Last Chance Showdown 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
12+12KSKelby Watt 00.000Running0$0
26+422KKaleb Johnson 0-2.142Running0$0
33044Chris Martin 0-2.863Running0$0
47+324TChristopher Thram 0-3.297Running0$0
58+370Kraig Kinser 0-4.240Running0$500
65-116Brooke Tatnell 0-5.151Running0$400
74-374NLuke Nellis 0-5.605Running0$350
813+564Andy Pake 0-6.652Running0$300
910+14WMatt Wasmund 0-8.977Running0$300
1012+210JJustin Jacobsma 0-11.094Running0$300
1114+317DRyan Bickett 0-9.453Running0$200
121-116Max Guilford 0244.102Running0$200
139-414HScott Winters 0233.751Running0$200
1411-3G5Gage Pulkrabek 0233.751Running0$200
Dash 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
14+31SLogan Schuchart 00.000Running0$0
21-141Carson Macedo 0-1.194Running0$0
36+32David Gravel 0-2.978Running0$0
42-223Garet Williamson 0-4.120Running0$0
53-217Sheldon Haudenschild 0-5.108Running0$0
67+187Aaron Reutzel 0-5.999Running0$0
75-217BBill Balog 0-6.582Running0$0
8803JDusty Zomer 0-7.284Running0$0
Heat 1 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
12+13JDusty Zomer 00.000Running
21-12David Gravel 0-0.627Running
33083Michael Kofoid 0-1.593Running
46+255Kerry Madsen 0-2.830Running
55027Emerson Axsom 0-3.597Running
68+244Chris Martin 0-4.519Running
77022KKaleb Johnson 0-4.966Running
89+14WMatt Wasmund 0-6.573Running
94-56Max Guilford 0188.142Running
Heat 2 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11041Carson Macedo 00.000Running
22087Aaron Reutzel 0-2.555Running
34+117GPJustin Henderson 0-4.861Running
43-115Donny Schatz 0-6.257Running
58+310Scott Bogucki 0-6.925Running
66074NLuke Nellis 0-8.887Running
75-224TChristopher Thram 0-9.668Running
87-1G5Gage Pulkrabek 0-9.946Running
99017DRyan Bickett 0-11.699Running
Heat 3 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11017Sheldon Haudenschild 00.000Running
2201SLogan Schuchart 0-2.190Running
35+23Tim Kaeding 0-3.881Running
440O9Matt Juhl 0-5.612Running
53-218Giovanni Scelzi 0-6.802Running
67+116Brooke Tatnell 0-8.384Running
76-170Kraig Kinser 0-9.859Running
88010JJustin Jacobsma 0-10.952Running
Heat 4 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11017BBill Balog 00.000Running
22023Garet Williamson 0-1.768Running
3303ZBrock Zearfoss 0-2.886Running
45+17SLandon Crawley 0-4.152Running
57+25TRyan Timms 0-5.185Running
64-22KSKelby Watt 0-5.981Running
78+114HScott Winters 0-7.063Running
86-264Andy Pake 0-7.497Running
Qualifying Flight 1 Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
152David Gravel Watertown, CT12.6570.000
22141Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA12.676-0.019
31617Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH12.709-0.052
4217BBill Balog North Pole, AK12.808-0.151
5233JDusty Zomer Brandon, SD12.851-0.194
6187Aaron Reutzel Clute, TX12.852-0.195
7331SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA12.860-0.203
82723Garet Williamson Columbia, MO12.862-0.205
92083Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA12.880-0.223
10815Donny Schatz Fargo, ND12.889-0.232
111518Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA12.932-0.275
12223ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA12.935-0.278
13106Max Guilford Auckland, NZ12.960-0.303
14317GPJustin Henderson Tea, SD12.980-0.323
1525O9Matt Juhl Tea, SD12.981-0.324
16282KSKelby Watt Adel, IA12.990-0.333
171827Emerson Axsom Franklin, IN12.994-0.337
182424TChristopher Thram Sanborn, MN13.004-0.347
19193Tim Kaeding San Jose, CA13.014-0.357
20327SLandon Crawley Benton, AR13.093-0.436
211355Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA13.095-0.438
221274NLuke Nellis Forest Lake, MN13.095-0.438
233470Kraig Kinser Bloomington, IN13.117-0.460
242964Andy Pake Felton, MN13.134-0.477
251722KKaleb Johnson Sioux Falls, SD13.172-0.515
266G5Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN13.203-0.546
27716Brooke Tatnell San Souci, NSW13.204-0.547
28145TRyan Timms Oklahoma City, OK13.219-0.562
291144Chris Martin Ankeny, IA13.245-0.588
30410Scott Bogucki Mclaren Vale, SA13.302-0.645
312610JJustin Jacobsma Hull, IA13.351-0.694
323114HScott Winters Butterfield, MN13.447-0.790
33304WMatt Wasmund Jackson, MN13.563-0.906
34917DRyan Bickett Ramona, SD13.601-0.944
Hot Laps Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
1331SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA13.1620.000
23470Kraig Kinser Bloomington, IN13.219-0.057
3327SLandon Crawley Benton, AR13.326-0.164
4223ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA13.339-0.177
5233JDusty Zomer Brandon, SD13.446-0.284
625O9Matt Juhl Tea, SD13.454-0.292
72723Garet Williamson Columbia, MO13.454-0.292
81617Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH13.467-0.305
92141Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA13.491-0.329
102964Andy Pake Felton, MN13.556-0.394
112083Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA13.576-0.414
122424TChristopher Thram Sanborn, MN13.602-0.440
133114HScott Winters Butterfield, MN13.655-0.493
14282KSKelby Watt Adel, IA13.716-0.554
15304WMatt Wasmund Jackson, MN13.726-0.564
161518Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA13.737-0.575
171722KKaleb Johnson Sioux Falls, SD13.843-0.681
18193Tim Kaeding San Jose, CA13.899-0.737
191355Kerry Madsen Knoxville, IA13.912-0.750
201827Emerson Axsom Franklin, IN13.949-0.787
212610JJustin Jacobsma Hull, IA13.976-0.814
22815Donny Schatz Fargo, ND14.100-0.938
2352David Gravel Watertown, CT14.115-0.953
24145TRyan Timms Oklahoma City, OK14.260-1.098
25106Max Guilford Auckland, NZ14.367-1.205
26217BBill Balog North Pole, AK14.464-1.302
271144Chris Martin Ankeny, IA14.635-1.473
28410Scott Bogucki Mclaren Vale, SA14.807-1.645
29317GPJustin Henderson Tea, SD14.906-1.744
301274NLuke Nellis Forest Lake, MN14.998-1.836
31716Brooke Tatnell San Souci, NSW15.159-1.997
326G5Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN15.732-2.570
33917DRyan Bickett Ramona, SD15.743-2.581
34187Aaron Reutzel Clute, TX0.00013.162
DIRTVision Highlights  
Event Info  

World of Outlaws FENDT Jackson Nationals
Friday, August 16th to Saturday, August 17th
Jackson Motorplex
78748 550th Avenue
Jackson, Minnesota 56143 

Event Description
Minnesota's Jackson Motorplex will host its annual crown jewel event, featuring the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, for the 46th year!

Series Racing
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series

To Win Amount
$12,000.00

Event Schedule

2 p.m. Pit Gate Opens
4 p.m. Grandstand Gate Opens
7 p.m. Hot Laps
-Racing to follow


*All times Central

Ticket Options  
Options And Prices

Adult Reserved: $50/ GA: $45

Kids Reserved (6-12): $30/ GA: $25

Adult Pit Pass: $50/ Kids Pit Pass (12 & Under): $30

Adult 3-Day Reserved: $100/ GA: $90

Kids 3-Day Reserved (6-12): $60/ GA: $50

Kids 5 & Under: Free



Family Section Location
Section C

Handicapped Seating Location
front rows of a sections

Pit Pass Price

Adult Pit Pass: $50

Kids Pit Pass (12 & Under): $30



Pit Age Requirement
There is not an age limit for the pit area at this event. Minors aged 17 and younger must submit a fully-executed minor “Parental Consent, Release and Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity Agreement/Minor's Assumption of Risk and Release and Waiver of Liability by.” These will be available at the Pit Ticket Windows.

Camping Cost
Varies

Frequently Asked Questions  
To Win Amount
$12,000.00

Stadium Seating
Seat cushions, stadium seats w/ armrests are allowed

Handicapped Seating
front rows of a sections

Pit Age Limit
There is not an age limit for the pit area at this event. Minors aged 17 and younger must submit a fully-executed minor “Parental Consent, Release and Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity Agreement/Minor's Assumption of Risk and Release and Waiver of Liability by.” These will be available at the Pit Ticket Windows.

Personal Coolers
No coolers allowed

ATMs
1

Alcohol Sales
Alcohol is available for purchase

Smoking Policy
No smoking in the grandstands. Smoking is permitted in designated area by beer stand.

Family Section
Section C

Camping Cost
Varies

Track Info  

Jackson Motorplex
78748 550th Avenue
Jackson, Minnesota 56143 

Track Phone
(507) 849-7100

Track Size
0.4

Closest Airport
Sioux Falls

Other Airport
Minneapolis

Track Map
Competitor Info  

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