MACON, Ill. – Rudy Zaragoza scored an unlikely victory in street stock competition on Saturday night at Macon Speedway.
Zaragoza started 11th in the 15-lap Archer’s Alley Street Stock feature. Zaragoza, who struggled throughout the day, only got faster as the laps clicked off.
With the white flag waving, an accident happened in the fourth turn to slow the momentum that Terry Reed was taking all the way to the winner’s circle. When the restart came, Reed found himself only a bumper’s length ahead of Zaragoza, who had raced his way to second.
As the cars restarted and Reed chose to stay on top, Zaragoza ran the bottom and came up on top of Reed out of the fourth turn and crossed the line ahead of Reed to steal the win away.
In other action, Dakota Ewing passed Blake Damery on the fifth lap of the 20-lap Decatur Building Trade Pro Late Model feature to run away and win the race. Rodney Standerfer won the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds event.
Tim Hancock Sr. stayed ahead of Billy Knebel to take the Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modified feature. Dennis Vandermeersch made quick work of the Sportsman field during the 15-lap event to take the win.
Paul Day was lightning quick and sprinted away from the field in the Micro Sprints Presented by Bailey Chassis. Lastly, Erik Vanapeldoorn raced in his wife’s Hornet to victory.