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With the biggest race of the season just two weeks away, Alexander Rossi posted his best showing of the year.
The Nevada City native drove to a seventh place finish Saturday at the GMR Grand Prix held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, marking his third top-10 finish through five races this year.
Rossi qualified 14th and was able to weave his No. 27 AutoNation Honda all the way to seventh, earning some much needed points and momentum heading into the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30.
Alexander Rossi walks to his pit box during practice for the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday.
By Kyle Hutchinson
Photo Credit: Double J Photo
MACON, ILLINOIS One week later than originally scheduled, Macon Speedway is set to open the doors on a new season for the 76
th time, this coming Saturday, April 17th. The fastest 1/5-mile dirt track in the world will have an action-packed evening, featuring six different classes of race cars plus CEFCU Kids Club, Spectator Drags, concession specials, and a $1,000 to win Pro Mod race.
The DIRTcar Pro Mods will be competing in their biggest event of the year, running for a $1,000 top prize. The division had a big race at Lincoln Speedway last weekend, which ran extremely clean and saw Macon Speedway regular, Kevin Crowder, claim the win.
By Kyle Hutchinson
Photo Credit: Joe Putnam / Lincoln Speedway Press Release
LINCOLN After an outstanding season opener last Friday night, Lincoln Speedway is set to do it once again this Friday, April 16 as five divisions are ready to go. Headlining the evening will be the 305 Sprint Cars and Midwest Big Ten Pro Late Models.
The Winged 305 Sprint Cars will be racing for the first of three appearances this season at the semi banked dirt ¼-mile oval. In the three appearances last season, the drivers put on exciting shows with Weldon, IL’s Garrett Duff, Lincoln, IL’s Max Pozsgai, and Greenwood, IN’s Bradley Galedrige claiming the wins. Jeff Wilke, Tyler Duff, Ben Wagoner, and Jeff Tuxhorn are others who had strong runs one year ago.
Maintaining momentum that saw him capture his second consecutive Xtreme DIRTcar Series points title a week ago at Modoc Raceway, Madden bested polesitter Jonathan Davenport on the initial start and never looked back, proving adept in lapped traffic during a feature event slowed by only two yellows and that ended with a more than 40-lap green-flag run. Though both Davenport and Mike Marlar each got to within a bumper of Madden in the closing laps, neither mounted a serious challenge for the win.
The highest finishing WoO LM regular in Saturday night’s feature was Brandon Sheppard in a distant eighth place.