Anthony Macri defeated Chase Dietz in a battle of the 2026 sprint car speedweek at Williams Grove on Friday night and Macri ended up scoring the 38th annual Mitch Smith Memorial and the $20,000 it offered to the winner. Macri entered the night as the speedweek point leader and left it with an extended lead over Dietz.

Macri and Dietz shared the front row for the start of the 30-lap Smith Memorial. Macri was able to take the lead ahead of Dietz when action began and was already coming up on the tail by lap seven. Traffic was heavy for the leaders as they tried to pick their way through the field and by lap 12, Dietz was challenging Macri.

The final 10 laps of the race saw Dietz hound Macri all the way to the finish, at times racing just one car length behind him when the pair would cross the start-finish line.

At the line, Dietz would end up settling for second by a margin of .041 seconds, giving the fourth win of the speedweek to Macri, tying him with Dietz in the win category. It was his second career win of the prestigious Mitch Smith Memorial and the 16th of his career at the speedway.

Logan Schuchart was third followed by ninth-starter Brent Marks and 12th-starter James McFadden.

There will be no racing at Williams Grove Speedway on July 10 as the track takes a summer break.

In other action at Hidden Valley Speedway, Clearfield’s Rich Howell came out on top in the street stock feature Saturday night for the Chester D. Bailey Jr. Memorial Race, picking up his first win of the season.

Repeat winners included Billy Eash in the super late models, BJ Hudson of Clearfield in the semi lates, Todd English of Clearfield in the small block modifieds and Rob Williams of Williamsport in the four cylinders.

Coming up this weekend is the Mid-Season Points championships with double points in all five divisions. Also on tap before the racing there will be a race car show at the Clearfield Subway from 1 to 4 p.m.

The Hidden Valley Speedway money for the super late models is up to $200 for the winner Friday and $300 for next Saturday, while the four cylinder bonus is $400 for Friday and $500 on Saturday. Any driver who can win at both tracks on consecutive nights will win the bonus. It must be the same driver and car.

PA SPEEDWEEK ROUNDUP

Lincoln Speedway hosted the Steve Smith Tribute race on Monday, June 29. Chase Dietz came out on top with the $50,119 winner’s share. Grandview Speedway was up next with Anthony Macri taking the Thunder On The Hill win. PA Speed Week moved to Port Royal Speedway last Wednesday with Dietz back in victory lane. Hagerstown Speedway in Maryland was up next last Thursday and Macri came away as the winner.

PA Speed Week was back at Williams Grove Speedway last Friday with Anthony Macri winning over Chase Dietz by .041 seconds. The final two nights of PA Speed Week at Port Royal Speedway and Selinsgrove Speedway were rained out. Macri was the 2026 PA Speed Week champion, making it his fourth in a row. Chase Dietz finished second. Macri had four wins and Dietz had four as 82 drivers collected points at the eight races run.