MACON, Ill. – Jaret Duff has not been racing at Macon Speedway for very long, but his support group collectively has been for quite some time.
His family, the Huffmans and Butch Garner all have helped steer him in the right direction. Saturday night, Duff steered himself into the winner’s circle at Macon Speedway for the first time.
Nick Macklin was the first pole sitter for the 15-lap Archer’s Alley Street Stock feature, but was pushed off the track with trouble early on in the feature. By the next restart, Zach Clark and Matthew Yaden got the front row starting assignment, with Guy Taylor and Duff in the second row.
The green flag waved and Clark got the early lead. Charging strong off the inside was Rudy Zaragoza as he battled his way to the front of the order. Zaragoza would take the lead away from Clark at the halfway point and rode the bottom while Duff started to hook up at the top of the fifth-mile dirt oval.
Duff stuck to his top groove and would take the lead away from Zaragoza with three laps remaining. A caution flag came out as the two-to-go signal was flying and the race was halted. As the restart came, Duff powered his way ahead and finished ahead of the group for his first feature win.
In other action Saturday night at Macon Speedway, B.J. Deal topped the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds main event. In the Pro Modifieds class, Billy Knebel scored his fifth win of the year.
Bryan Stanfill collected the checkered flag in the USAC/IMRA Midget Series feature while Jake Little (pro late models) and Brady Reed (hornets) also collected the checkered flag.