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Gerdau Presents the 2nd Leg of the World of Outlaws Northern Tour
River Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, North Dakota
Friday, August 23, 2024
Race Recap  

FOR ELOY: Carson Macedo Tops River Cities Thriller for 40th Career Victory

The Jason Johnson Racing driver holds on to win on the night the World of Outlaws honored Eloy Gutierrez

There looked to be no stopping Carson Macedo on Friday night at River Cities Speedway.

The Californian lined up sixth for the 40-lap finale with a stacked five names ahead in the lineup, but it didn’t matter. None of them would get in Macedo’s way on his charge toward Victory Lane.

Macedo moved the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 wherever he wanted to march forward. After starting on row three, he snatched the lead from Michael “Buddy” Kofoid on Lap 19. A fierce battle ensued for the next few laps before Macedo secured the spot. He then picked his way through heavy traffic and survived Kofoid’s final surge to grab the win.

An emotional celebration followed as the evening was all about honoring Eloy Gutierrez who passed away on Monday. Gutierrez helped implement the use of electronic timing and scoring, evolving Sprint Car racing to a new level. He dedicated many years of his life to the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. But most importantly, he was one of the kindest humans to ever grace the racing community. Gutierrez treated everyone he met with kindness and as a friend.

“I just want to give a huge shoutout to Eloy,” Macedo said. “We miss him very much. It just sucks not having him here. He was a guy that was a friend to you no matter who you were. You felt like Eloy was your best friend because he made it a point to make you feel that way every time you saw him. I know we’re going to miss him very much.”

Macedo’s win bumped his career tally up to 40 with The Greatest Show on Dirt. He became the 21st driver in Series history to reach the milestone. The victory was his second at River Cities, making him the eighth with at least a pair of checkered flags at the Fargo, ND bullring. River Cities also became the 10th track where he’s won at least twice with the World of Outlaws.

Macedo might’ve made the drive to the front look easy, but it by no means was a simple cruise to the lead on the exciting quarter mile that is River Cities Speedway.

When the green flag dropped on the 40-lapper, it was second starting Kofoid getting the jump on the pole sitter Haudenschild to lead the first lap. Kofoid established command in the early going as the Roth Motorsports No. 83 pulled ahead of the field.

It didn’t take long for Macedo to begin charging, and right before the halfway point of the race he grabbed second when Haudenschild got tripped up on the cushion in Turns 1 and 2. Right after Macedo secured the spot the yellow flag flew for the first time.

The caution set up a pivotal restart as Kofoid opted for the bottom and gave Macedo the top for the double-file formation. Macedo took advantage by ripping by Kofoid in Turns 1 and 2 when the green flag brought the action back to life.

Kofoid fought back a few laps later as he got a strong run down the back straightaway and slid Macedo into Turn 3. Then during the next lap Macedo returned the favor as he pulled off a Turn 3 slider to regain the lead.

Carson Macedo races ahead of Buddy Kofoid at River Cities Speedway
Carson Macedo narrowly held off Buddy Kofoid for the River Cities win (Trent Gower Photo)

The laps clicked away quickly in the second half of the race. Kofoid and Haudenschild gave it everything they had in their hopes to catch Macedo, but it simply wasn’t enough. Both closed in on the final lap, but Macedo held on comfortably on his way to his fifth World of Outlaws victory of the season.

“I started to kind of second guess what I was doing there at the end,” Macedo admitted. “I started to kind of second guess what I was doing there at the end. I was starting to get a little free up top in (Turns) 3 and 4, but if I got my wing back a little bit, I’d get tight other places. I kind of found a happy medium there and moved around just enough. I could see him (Kofoid) exiting to my inside off of (Turn) 4 a little bit, so I tried the bottom. It was really slick on entry, but it was really center off, so I could see where he was using that and making up a little bit of ground. It was slick up top in (Turns) 3 and 4 as well.”

Buddy Kofoid settled for runner-up after leading 19 laps. It gave the Penngrove, CA native 13 podiums for the year with the World of Outlaws. After how the restart unfolded, Kofoid found himself second guessing his choice to take the bottom groove on the racetrack.

“I knew I obviously took the lead on the top on the initial start,” Kofoid said. “But it had been almost 20 laps since to where I figured the middle had kind of slicked up just enough to where I could take off on the bottom. But I just needed to be on the outside on the restart. Carson and the 41 guys did a good job. To be honest I felt like I could still pace them in their dirty air. There were times I felt like I was faster. Everyone is just hauling ass here. They did a good job. I just made a mistake, and it cost me.”

Rounding out the top three in the Stenhouse Jr.-Marshall Racing No. 17 was Sheldon Haudenschild. The hunger continues to grow for a River Cities victory for the team NOS Energy Drink driver as he looks for his first win at the quarter mile.

“We kind of got going there towards the end,” Haudenschild explained. “We were just kind of hanging on there at the beginning and tried to burn some fuel off and just get rolling. (Kyle) Ripper and the boys did a great job all night. I rolled the bottom good there the last two laps or so and kind of got my nose and really threaded the needle with the one lapper. I really wanted to get a win for Eloy, but we’ve got tomorrow and we’ll keep fighting.”

Giovanni Scelzi and Donny Schatz completed the top five.

Tim Estenson earned the KSE Racing Hard Charger with a 24th to 16th drive.

Sheldon Haudenschild claimed his sixth Simpson Quick Time of 2024 and the 35th of his career in Sea Foam Qualifying.

NOS Energy Drink Heats One, Three, and Four belonged to Sheldon Haudenschild, Bill Balog, and Buddy Kofoid. Milton Hershey School Heat Two went to Logan Schuchart.

The Toyota Racing Dash was won by Sheldon Haudenschild.

Scott Bogucki topped the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Justin Henderson.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars make their only appearance at West Fargo, ND’s Red River Valley Speedway on Saturday, August 24. 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 (40 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 2. 83-Michael Kofoid[2]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[1]; 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[3]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[11]; 6. 2-David Gravel[7]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[8]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 11. 64-Andy Pake[13]; 12. 13-Mark Dobmeier[10]; 13. 6-Max Guilford[19]; 14. 7S-Landon Crawley[16]; 15. 70-Kraig Kinser[22]; 16. 14T-Tim Estenson[24]; 17. 24T-Christopher Thram[15]; 18. 17GP-Justin Henderson[12]; 19. 17Z-Zach Omdahl[18]; 20. 8-Jack Croaker[14]; 21. 10-Scott Bogucki[21]; 22. 11M-Brendan Mullen[17]; 23. 26-Blake Egeland[20]; 24. O-Nick Omdahl[23]

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

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Results  
Feature Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
16+541Carson Macedo 400.00021Running150$12,000
22083Michael Kofoid 40-0.21519Running146$8,000
31-217Sheldon Haudenschild 40-0.937Running144$5,000
43-118Giovanni Scelzi 40-2.057Running142$3,200
511+615Donny Schatz 40-2.258Running140$2,800
67+12David Gravel 40-2.992Running138$2,600
74-31SLogan Schuchart 40-4.135Running136$2,400
88023Garet Williamson 40-5.414Running134$2,300
9903ZBrock Zearfoss 40-5.537Running132$2,200
105-517BBill Balog 40-6.408Running130$2,000
1113+264Andy Pake 40-7.410Running128$1,800
1210-213Mark Dobmeier 40-7.510Running126$1,600
1319+66Max Guilford 39-1 LapsRunning124$1,400
1416+27SLandon Crawley 39-1 LapsRunning122$1,200
1522+770Kraig Kinser 39-1 LapsRunning120$1,200
1624+814TTim Estenson 39-1 LapsRunning118$1,200
1715-224TChristopher Thram 38-2 LapsRunning116$1,200
1812-617GPJustin Henderson 37-3 LapsRunning114$1,200
1918-117ZZach Omdahl 37-3 LapsRunning112$1,200
2014-68Jack Croaker 35-5 LapsRunning110$1,200
2121010Scott Bogucki 32-8 LapsDNF108$1,200
2217-511MBrendan Mullen 17-23 LapsDNF106$1,200
2320-326Blake Egeland 9-31 LapsDNF104$1,200
2423-1ONick Omdahl 0-40 LapsDNS102$1,200
KSE Hard Charger: Tim Estenson
Last Chance Showdown 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
11010Scott Bogucki 120.00012Running0$0
23+170Kraig Kinser 12-2.728Running0$0
310+7ONick Omdahl 12-4.834Running0$0
45+114TTim Estenson 12-6.317Running0$0
56+1G5Gage Pulkrabek 12-7.144Running90$500
611+514Tom Egeland 12-8.992Running90$400
77052Adam Sobolik 12-9.459Running90$350
812+491Reed Allex 12-11.143Running90$300
98-127Weston Olson 7-5 LapsDNF90$300
109-110TAlex Truscinski 6-6 LapsDNF90$300
112-98HJade Hastings 0-12 LapsDNS90$200
124-84Colton Young 0-12 LapsDNS90$200
Dash 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
11017Sheldon Haudenschild 80.0008Running0$0
22083Michael Kofoid 8-0.495Running0$0
34+118Giovanni Scelzi 8-1.478Running0$0
45+11SLogan Schuchart 8-2.709Running0$0
53-217BBill Balog 8-4.540Running0$0
67+141Carson Macedo 8-5.171Running0$0
76-12David Gravel 8-6.116Running0$0
88023Garet Williamson 8-7.923Running0$0
Heat 1 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11017Sheldon Haudenschild 100.00010Running
23+141Carson Macedo 10-1.988Running
32-13ZBrock Zearfoss 10-3.651Running
46+264Andy Pake 10-4.367Running
57+211MBrendan Mullen 10-5.238Running
65-170Kraig Kinser 10-7.740Running
78+152Adam Sobolik 9-1 LapsRunning
84-410Scott Bogucki 0-10 LapsDNS
Heat 2 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
12+11SLogan Schuchart 100.00010Running
21-12David Gravel 10-0.944Running
33013Mark Dobmeier 10-4.013Running
47+38Jack Croaker 10-7.501Running
56+117ZZach Omdahl 10-16.648Running
68+24Colton Young 9-1 LapsRunning
74-38HJade Hastings 0-10 LapsDNS
85-3ONick Omdahl 0-10 LapsDNS
Heat 3 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11017BBill Balog 100.00010Running
22018Giovanni Scelzi 10-0.795Running
33015Donny Schatz 10-1.981Running
45+124TChristopher Thram 10-3.233Running
54-16Max Guilford 10-4.655Running
66014TTim Estenson 10-5.610Running
77027Weston Olson 10-6.813Running
88014Tom Egeland 10-11.576Running
Heat 4 Results
Pos.Start+/-#DriverLaps CompletedBehindLaps LedStatus
11083Michael Kofoid 00.000Running
24+223Garet Williamson 0-3.652Running
32-117GPJustin Henderson 0-8.914Running
43-17SLandon Crawley 0-9.596Running
56+126Blake Egeland 0-15.686Running
65-1G5Gage Pulkrabek 0-3.067Running
77010TAlex Truscinski 0-6.901Running
88091Reed Allex 0-8.455Running
Qualifying Flight 1 Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
11617Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH10.0870.000
2102David Gravel Watertown, CT10.112-0.025
3517BBill Balog North Pole, AK10.187-0.100
41983Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA10.204-0.117
533ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA10.206-0.119
6111SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA10.227-0.140
72118Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA10.241-0.154
8217GPJustin Henderson Tea, SD10.247-0.160
93141Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA10.267-0.180
101313Mark Dobmeier Grand Forks, ND10.329-0.242
112615Donny Schatz Fargo, ND10.349-0.262
12187SLandon Crawley Benton, AR10.357-0.270
132710Scott Bogucki Mclaren Vale, SA10.379-0.292
14148HJade Hastings Grand Forks, ND10.395-0.308
1576Max Guilford Auckland, NZ10.421-0.334
162823Garet Williamson Columbia, MO10.433-0.346
17670Kraig Kinser Bloomington, IN10.451-0.364
1825ONick Omdahl East Grand Forks, MN10.452-0.365
192924TChristopher Thram Sanborn, MN10.481-0.394
2022G5Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN10.487-0.400
213264Andy Pake Felton, MN10.488-0.401
22117ZZach Omdahl East Grand Forks, MN10.502-0.415
232014TTim Estenson Fargo, ND10.516-0.429
241526Blake Egeland Climax, MN10.556-0.469
252311MBrendan Mullen Grand Forks, ND10.621-0.534
2648Jack Croaker East Grand Forks, MN10.690-0.603
271727Weston Olson Warren, MN10.766-0.679
28810TAlex Truscinski Greenbush, MN10.902-0.815
292452Adam Sobolik Grand Forks, ND11.137-1.050
30304Colton Young Devils Lake, ND11.173-1.086
31914Tom Egeland Climax, MN11.245-1.158
321291Reed Allex St. Cloud, MN11.292-1.205
Hot Laps Results
POSStartCarDriverHometownTimeDifference
13141Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA10.0820.000
21617Sheldon Haudenschild Wooster, OH10.148-0.066
31983Michael Kofoid Penngrove, CA10.255-0.173
42118Giovanni Scelzi Fresno, CA10.281-0.199
5187SLandon Crawley Benton, AR10.290-0.208
62710Scott Bogucki Mclaren Vale, SA10.304-0.222
72615Donny Schatz Fargo, ND10.333-0.251
8102David Gravel Watertown, CT10.467-0.385
922G5Gage Pulkrabek East Grand Forks, MN10.504-0.422
10111SLogan Schuchart Hanover, PA10.508-0.426
112014TTim Estenson Fargo, ND10.510-0.428
121313Mark Dobmeier Grand Forks, ND10.537-0.455
132311MBrendan Mullen Grand Forks, ND10.546-0.464
142924TChristopher Thram Sanborn, MN10.550-0.468
152823Garet Williamson Columbia, MO10.560-0.478
161526Blake Egeland Climax, MN10.604-0.522
1725ONick Omdahl East Grand Forks, MN10.647-0.565
183264Andy Pake Felton, MN10.738-0.656
1933ZBrock Zearfoss Jonestown, PA10.775-0.693
20148HJade Hastings Grand Forks, ND10.942-0.860
212452Adam Sobolik Grand Forks, ND11.048-0.966
22517BBill Balog North Pole, AK11.051-0.969
23810TAlex Truscinski Greenbush, MN11.070-0.988
241727Weston Olson Warren, MN11.116-1.034
25304Colton Young Devils Lake, ND11.201-1.119
26670Kraig Kinser Bloomington, IN11.488-1.406
27217GPJustin Henderson Tea, SD11.561-1.479
2876Max Guilford Auckland, NZ11.569-1.487
29914Tom Egeland Climax, MN11.570-1.488
30117ZZach Omdahl East Grand Forks, MN11.664-1.582
311291Reed Allex St. Cloud, MN11.792-1.710
3248Jack Croaker East Grand Forks, MN11.976-1.894
DIRTVision Highlights  
Event Info  

Gerdau Presents the 2nd Leg of the World of Outlaws Northern Tour

Friday, August 23, 2024

River Cities Speedway

2300 Gateway Dr

Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58203

Event Description
The World of Outlaws return north for a second time to battle around this popular Grand Forks bullring.
Series Racing
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
To Win Amount
$12,000.00

Event Schedule

2PM Pit Gates open
4PM Grandstand Gates open
6:30PM Hot Laps/Qualifying
7:30PM Opening Ceremonies

*All times Central

Ticket Options  
Options And Prices
Adult Pit Combo $52 (Pit pass and reserved seat-if purchased in advance online)
Child Pit Combo (Ages 12-under): $28
Adult Reserved: $49
Child Reserved: $25
Adult General Admission: $45
Child (0-12) General Admission: $25
Race Day Adult Pit Pass $50
Race Day Child Pit Pass $35

Anyone under the age of 17 MUST have a parent (Mother or Father) or legal guardian complete the release form at the pit gate.


TICKET INFO
Grandstand Type
Select rows in main grandstand have seat back
Reserved Seating
Yes
Family Section Location
no
Handicapped Seating Location
Bottom row of main covered grandstands
Pit Pass Price
Adult: $50
Child (12 & Under): $35
Pit Age Requirement
NO age restriction for pits. 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent/ guardian with signed Minor Waiver.
Pit Gate Location
East side of the track
Parking Cost
Free
Handicapped Parking Location
Front gate
Camping Availability
electric hookup, onsite
Camping Cost

$20 with water; Contact track for reservations

Frequently Asked Questions  
To Win Amount
$12,000.00
Reserved Seating
Yes
Type of Grandstand
Select rows in main grandstand have seat back
Handicapped Seating
Bottom row of main covered grandstands
Handicapped Parking
Front gate
Pit Age Limit
NO age restriction for pits. 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent/ guardian with signed Minor Waiver.
Pit Gate Location
East side of the track
Personal Coolers
No coolers allowed
ATMs
1
Alcohol Sales
Alcohol is sold on site, including beer and malt beverages.
Smoking Policy
No smoking in grandstands. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.
Family Section
no
Parking Cost
Free
Camping Availability
electric hookup, onsite
Camping Cost

$20 with water; Contact track for reservations

Track Info  

River Cities Speedway

2300 Gateway Dr

Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58203

Track Phone
(701) 780-0999
Track Size
0.25
Closest Airport
Grand Forks Int'l
Other Airport
Fargo
Pit Gate Location
East side of the track
Track Map
Competitor Info  

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