Four years ago on June 24, the sprint car community lost one of its most valued racers in Jason Johnson.
On June 24, 2022, though, the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 again found its way to victory lane, this time piloted by one Carson Macedo.
“I think I had a co-pilot there,” Macedo said on DirtVision. “Four years ago, today, we lost Jason Johnson. It’s pretty incredible to win on that day. He was a pretty incredible human being to start this incredible race team with such good people. It’s quite a deal. The fact that now, Phillip Dietz and Brooke are carrying on that legacy with the World of Outlaws tour with incredible sponsors like we have is pretty special.”
The win is Macedo’s sixth of the season and brings his team to 12 points from the lead in the World of Outlaws standings.
The No. 41 driver started fifth on the night and had to first take down David Gravel in a battle for position early on.
That was until Brad Sweet flipped his No. 49 car and brought out a caution with 25 laps to go, leaving Macedo in third.
Brad Sweet looked to want to have a conversation with Rico Abreu. He got back to the car to get to the work area. pic.twitter.com/v14j9DDzDD
— Always Race Day (@AlwaysRaceDay) June 25, 2022
Macedo reset and started his chase to the front. He got passed Riley Goodno, a Knoxville regular that started the race from the pole, when Goodno went to the low line to try an upset pass on Brian Brown.
After that, it was a chase for Jason.
“I didn’t know if I was good enough in the early stages of the race, but some things went my way,” Macedo said. “Once I got behind Brown, I actually started hustling extremely hard — driving probably past what was comfortable. I started getting tighter, but was able to calm down and throw a slider and get by him for the win here.”
The series returns to the track for a show-up points event Saturday, being the finale of the Huset’s High Bank Nationals. World of Outlaws points and results can be seen below, and the lineups for the $100,000-to-win qualifying races will be posted later tonight.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Results
Huset’s High Bank Nationals Night 2
Fri., June 24, 2022
1. Carson Macedo
2. Brian Brown
3. Riley Goodno
4. Spencer Bayston
5. David Gravel
6. Logan Schuchart
7. Sheldon Haudenschild
8. Donny Schatz
9. Gio Scelzi
10. Brock Zearfoss
11. Brad Sweet
12. James McFadden
13. Buddy Kofoid
14. Jacob Allen
15. Hunter Schuerenberg
16. Austin McCarl
17. Sam Hafertepe Jr.
18. Brooke Tatnell
19. Marcus Dumesny
20. Matt Juhl
21. Robbie Price
22. Paig Polyak
23. Rico Abreu
24. Parker Price-Miller
25. Carson Macedo
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series points standings
As of Fri. June 24, 2022 – Huset’s Speedway
1. Brad Sweet 4266
2. Carson Macedo -12
3. Sheldon Haudenschild -24
4. David Gravel -46
5. Logan Schuchart -54
