KING ANTHONY XLIII: Anthony Macri Makes History with Second Straight Eldora Kings Royal Crown

World of Outlaws ^ | July 19, 2026 | Alex Nieten

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

The Posse-Posse chants rocked the Eldora Speedway stands on Saturday night.

The huge crowd had just seen history made after a thrilling conclusion to the 43rd running of the Kings Royal. Anthony Macri wore the crown for the second year in a row, but the path to the throne proved to be much more difficult in 2026.

The Dillsburg, PA native led the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series field to green for the 40-lapper and paced the opening dozen circuits. But it was Garet Williamson surging to the front on Lap 13 in the Fischer Motorsports No. 23. Williamson was a rocket out front as he wasted no time pulling away from the field. Behind him, the war began for second as 10th-starting Rico Abreu was on the move in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 14 and took the spot, but Macri got it back with seven laps to go and set his sights on Williamson.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: king; kingsroyal; worldofoutlaws

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 14-Rico Abreu[10]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 4. 14M-Corey Day[9]; 5. 23-Garet Williamson[4]; 6. 83-Michael Kofoid[17]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[15]; 8. 18-Sheldon Haudenschild[16]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[3]; 10. 13-Tanner Holmes[14]; 11. 2-David Gravel[20]; 12. 27-Emerson Axsom[12]; 13. 55-Kerry Madsen[5]; 14. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz[7]; 16. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[24]; 17. 2C-Cole Macedo[21]; 18. 21-Brian Brown[13]; 19. 51-Ashton Torgerson[18]; 20. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 21. 17-Spencer Bayston[22]; 22. 87-Aaron Reutzel[23]; 23. 101-Kalib Henry[11]; 24. 23D-Chase Dietz[19]

[gopno1]

Garet Williamson is one of my son’s closest friends. They went all the way through school together and his Dad is a good friend of mine. I see Garet quite a bit when he’s back in the area. He’s absolutely one of the nicest, most humble guys you’ll ever meet. We were heartbroken at that late caution. It’s going to be awesome when he finally wins one.

Then I got subjected to that AWFUL Silver Dollar Nationals freight train race. Yuck.

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

A dirt car event is akin to a golf tournament. “Field” conditions (re - the dirt, moisture, et al similar to golf how moist the turf is) determine the winner.