PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Spring weather can always prove to be tricky in Pennsylvania when it comes to running a dirt race. A 45-minute weather delay didn’t stop Anthony Macri and Rick Eckert from finding their way to victory land at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday.
In the Weikert’s Livestock A-main event, Brock Zearfoss and Kelby Watt led the field to green in the 25-lap race.
Zearfoss would lead the opening two laps before Danny Dietrich would slow to a stop on the front stretch to bring out the race’s first caution.
On the ensuing restart, Watt attempted a sliding pass for the lead on Zearfoss, cutting right in front of the Eichelberger No. 8 machine, but Zearfoss was able to steer his ride back to the inside and regain the lead.
With 16 laps to go, Zearfoss faced a brief scare when Austin Bishop spun around in turns three and four in front of Zearfoss with the leader squeaking by in a near miss.
Following the restart Anthony Macri, after starting in the seventh spot, would pass by Watt and Steve Buckwalter to get to the runner-up spot and start to track down Zearfoss.
An accident in turn one involving Doug Hammaker, Mike Wagner and Austin Bishop would bring out the race’s only red flag of the night and allowed teams to make minor adjustments to their ride under open red flag conditions.
When the race returned to green with nine laps remaining, Macri would duck to the inside of Zearfoss and slide in front to take the lead away.
The race’s final caution flag came out with two laps remaining as Watt slowed to a stop on the backstretch ending his night and setting up for a green-white-checkered finish.
Zearfoss would pull to the inside of Macri in turn one in an attempt for the lead, but Macri stayed glued to the top side of the racetrack to get back by and would hold on for the $6,000 payday.
Zearfoss would hold on for second and Chase Dietz would round out the top three.
Super Late Model
In Penske Racing Shocks super late model competition, Rick Eckert would start on the pole and lead all 25 laps to pick up the opening day win.
He would face challenges from Gregg Satterlee in the midway portion of the race, but a caution flag would reset the field, allowing clean air to Eckert and aided him to a $4,000 victory.
Port Royal Speedway will be back in action on March 29 with Weikert’s Livestock 410 sprint cars, Penske Racing Shocks super late models and Zimmerman Truck Repair limited late models.
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