ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. Anthony Macri earned a hard-fought victory in Saturday nights Weldon Sterner Memorial at Lincoln Speedway.

Macri bested a stout field and walking away with the $10,069 payday after an intense 33-lap feature filled with high-speed drama, three-wide racing and lapped traffic.

Matt Campbell and Cameron Smith led the field to the green, with Campbell gaining the early advantage exiting turn two. Smith kept pace, while Macri, Danny Dietrich, and Cale Thomas rounded out the early top five. By lap 5, Campbell had built a 1.7-second lead as the leaders neared the tail of the field. He caught lapped traffic on lap 6, allowing Smith to close the gap.

The races first caution came on lap 8 for a spinning Derek Hauck in turn two, setting up a pivotal restart. Campbell stumbled at the drop of the green, opening the door for Macri and Smith, who went three-wide off turn four. Macri moved into second, with Campbell narrowly holding the lead.

As the race neared the halfway point, lapped traffic once again came into play. Macri reeled in Campbell in heavy traffic, but Campbell masterfully picked his way through the back markers to maintain the lead. Dietrich took advantage of the congestion to get by Smith for third.

A caution on lap 19 for Brady Bacon and Darin Naida bunched the field back together, with Macri clipping Naida as he slipped by. On the restart, Macri threw a massive slider in turn three, but Campbell held strong at the line. Macri would not be denied, however, and made the pass for the lead on the following lap.

The race was slowed again on lap 21 for a spinning Aaron Bollinger, who had been running seventh. The restart saw Smith and Chase Dietz battling hard for fourth, with Dietz reclaiming the spot on lap 23. Another yellow on lap 25 for a 360 spin by Bollinger cooled a fierce four-car battle for sixth involving Thomas, Chad Trout, Troy Wagaman, and Freddie Rahmer.

On the restart, Dietrich surged past Campbell for second, while Dietz challenged for third but couldnt make it stick. Dietrich quickly closed in on Macri in the final five laps, with lapped traffic looming just ahead. With two laps to go, the red flag flew for a flip by Cale Thomas in turn four, setting up a dramatic two-lap dash to the finish.

Macri held strong on the restart and went on to score the Weldon Sterner Memorial win his second consecutive victory in the prestigious event. Danny Dietrich crossed the line second and Matt Campbell held on to third. Chase Dietz was fourth and Cameron Smith completed the top five.

Dylan Norris has shown speed behind the wheel of Brad McClellands 358 sprint car, and on Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway, that speed led to a dominant feature win earning the team a whopping $2,169 payday.

The finish:

Feature (33 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[3]; 3. X-Matt Campbell[1]; 4. 23-Chase Dietz[8]; 5. 75-Cameron Smith[2]; 6. 1X-Chad Trout[7]; 7. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[13]; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer[16]; 9. 5R-Tyler Ross[17]; 10. 95-Kody Hartlaub[5]; 11. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[10]; 12. 11P-TJ Stutts[20]; 13. 41-Logan Rumsey[12]; 14. 99M-Kyle Moody[19]; 15. 20-Brady Bacon[18]; 16. 5E-Aaron Bollinger[9]; 17. 69-JJ Loss[24]; 18. 91-Preston Lattomus[23]; 19. 6-Cole Knopp[21]; 20. (DNF) 1A-Cale Thomas[6]; 21. (DNF) 88-Brandon Rahmer[14]; 22. (DNF) 7N-Darin Naida[15]; 23. (DNF) 39-Derek Hauck[22]; 24. (DNF) 69K-Ryan Smith[11]