Carson Macedo and the Jason Johnson Racing team arrived at Eagle Raceway with a Ford engine tucked under the hood, ready to do battle in the High Limit series. One should not grow overly excited, however, and assume this marks the dawn of a permanent arrangement. At least not yet.
The tale of that midweek evening at Eagle Raceway centered, early on, around Macedo piloting a Ford powerplant for the first time since Paul Kistler assumed control of the program. In a conversation with Always Race Day, Macedo reported that the team visited the dyno the previous day and came away with encouraging numbers. He made clear, too, that these engines differ from the Shaver units the outfit had run while associated with Tony Stewart Racing.
Judged by the night’s overall results, the effort produced a solid beginning. Macedo turned in a consistent performance: he qualified fourth in his group, claimed his heat race by a comfortable 2.6 seconds, advanced a position in the dash, and contested the front of the field for most of the thirty-lap main event before settling for fourth. That outcome deserves respect. One wonders whether he might have finished higher had he not collected the wall early in the feature. Still, the Ford remains an unproven commodity, and no sweeping transformation appears imminent.
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Testing the engine in a Tuesday High Limit race made eminent sense, since no points were at stake. A World of Outlaws event would require different consideration—perhaps only when the team has slipped out of title contention, and certainly not at present. This outing carried the clear character of research and development.
Crew chief Philip Dietz will doubtless offer perceptive feedback, and engine builder Paul Kistler will set about refining the package further. The Ford program, therefore, retains its pulse.
A few additional observations from the evening deserve mention. Cory Day can appear at virtually any race—High Limit or World of Outlaws, on nearly any track, Port Royal perhaps excepted—and still emerge victorious. Having started only four races this season, he dominated the field on Tuesday night and added another triumph to an already impressive ledger.
Tanner Thorson finished outside the top ten in High Limit competition for the first time over the weekend, yet he rebounded strongly with a third-place run. When paired with Aaron Reutzel’s sixteenth-place finish, that result stretched Thorson’s points advantage to fifty-four in the standings.
Gio Scelzi drove to fifth on Tuesday and quietly slipped past Rico Abreu. He now sits third in the points, fifty-nine markers behind the leader.
As for the broadcast itself, the affair suffered from a main event riddled with crashes and cautions. The chaos pushed the show beyond its allotted time slot and prompted an abrupt departure without a proper victory lane interview, at least on FS1. Such disruptions form an inherent hazard in sprint car racing. One can only hope the drivers tidy their conduct before the May event at Grand View.
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