Anthony Macri’s victory in the Bike Week Jamboree at Volusia Speedway Park underscored an early-season surge: he became the first driver with two World of Outlaws wins in 2026 and, after five races, sits two points shy of points leader David Gravel.

Macri took the lead on Lap 14 and held off a late charge from 19-year-old Ashton Torgerson to claim the win; Torgerson finished second, marking one of Shark Racing’s three top-five results in five starts. David Gravel finished third, recording his fourth consecutive podium, while Carson Macedo and Daryn Pittman finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Macri, who races for Dillsburg, Pennsylvania-based Macri Motorsports, came to Volusia off a strong Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals showing — the team collected third- and fourth-place finishes and earned a $20,000 victory in the DIRTcar Nationals finale to capture the Big Gator. The Volusia triumph also made Macri the 13th driver to score multiple victories at the track; he credited his crew and a pacing strategy devised with Joe Mooney, saying the team “gave me a badass car” and that they worked to let others “wear their equipment” before making a decisive move.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will return to Volusia Speedway Park for the Bike Week Jamboree on Sunday-Monday, March 1-2, pairing its sprint car race program with Florida’s Bike Week festivities and using the weekend to build fan engagement.

The series opened its campaign with three races at Volusia during the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals in early February and then took a scheduled three-week break. The March 1-2 visit will be the first stop back on the early-season schedule and will mark the start of the tour’s primary stretch; the series will have only three off weekends between that March trip and the season-ending World of Outlaws World Finals Nov. 4-7.

World of Outlaws staff will be active in local Bike Week events surrounding the Volusia weekend, including giveaways at Saturday’s DeLand Bike Rally. Driver Brock Zearfoss will display his car and trailer at Bike Week events and will sign autographs and pose for photos with fans. Across the season the tour plans more than 80 races at over 40 tracks spanning 22 U.S. states and one Canadian province.

Bobby Pierce won the World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston, Fla., earning his 43rd World of Outlaws Late Model career victory to pass Billy Moyer into fifth on the series’ all-time wins list. It was Pierce’s first WoO Late Model win of 2026 and his first Series victory since August 2025. The triumph came in the WoO Late Model Series’ debut at Hendry County.

Drake Troutman earned the pole and led the early laps before Pierce drove past him in a side-by-side move on lap 8 and built a margin of more than five seconds in the scheduled 40-lap feature.

A late-race incident saw Tyler Erb spin with five laps remaining, which brought out a caution and set up a restart. Pierce protected the cushion and held off Ethan Dotson for the win. Dotson finished second, Daulton Wilson third, Troutman fourth, and Nick Hoffman rounded out the top five. Dotson, Wilson, and Troutman each recorded season-best WoO finishes. The series is scheduled to return to Hendry County for the 60-lap Swamp Cabbage 100 finale.

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, 24, returned to form after a serious off‑season illness that began while he was training and competing in Australia. He suffered a severe parasitic infection that inflamed his appendix and small bowel, required hospitalization and caused pronounced lethargy, headaches, nausea and notable weight loss; the illness nearly required surgery. One report did not provide a specific diagnosis, while other accounts said the infection was likely contracted in Australia. Kofoid has since regained weight and fitness, easing concerns about lingering effects.

Recovered and racing for Roth Motorsports, the driver who joined Dennis and Teresa Roth’s team in mid‑2023 quickly showed speed at the season opener at Volusia Speedway Park: he won the half‑mile on the second night and charged from 21st to fourth in the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator, nearly capturing that win. Those early results left Kofoid tied with two‑time defending champion David Gravel atop the standings. His crew of Dylan Buswell, Nate Knotts and Gage Tyra has been part of that rebound.

Kofoid arrived in 2026 with strong recent form — he finished fourth in his rookie World of Outlaws campaign and was runner‑up in 2025 — and said his focus is on winning the Outlaws title and becoming the Roths’ first Outlaw champion. He acknowledged stiff competition from the likes of David Gravel, Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart and Sheldon Haudenschild as he heads into a March stretch that includes Volusia’s Bike Week Jamboree (March 1–2), Talladega Short Track (March 6) and Magnolia Motor Speedway (March 7).

Brandon Sheppard won the 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season opener at the Wieland Winter Nationals at All-Tech Raceway, charging from sixth to take the lead on lap 16 and never looking back. Sheppard said his team’s setup work and a precautionary motor change helped the effort, and he protected the bottom-to-middle groove to secure the victory. The win was his 36th career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory and his first series triumph since Aug. 15 at Batesville Motor Speedway, setting Sheppard and his team off to a strong start in the 2026 season.

Defending series champion Devin Moran moved into second on lap 30 and pressured Sheppard in the closing laps, finishing 0.544 seconds behind. Hudson O’Neal, the pole-sitter, slipped as far back as sixth before rallying to finish third, while Brandon Overton led the opening 15 laps before fading to fourth.

Carson Ferguson climbed from 19th to fifth and earned the Hoker Trucking Hard Charger recognition. Clay Harris struck the turn-two wall on lap 29 and was forced out of the race.

Mat Williamson captured his third Big Gator Championship at the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia, tying Larry Wight’s all-time record and giving him his third Big Gator title in four years.

Driving for Buzz Chew Racing, Williamson opened the four-race Nationals with a fourth-place finish, won the next two features, and closed the miniseries with two wins and four top-five results. He entered the final night with a 20-point cushion over challenger Alex Payne and needed only a 12th-place finish to clinch the title.

The team credited week-long reliability, including no DNFs, and an effective restart strategy amid volatile cautions, noting the emphasis on avoiding DNFs and major mechanical problems after losing a championship by three points in 2025 because of a flat tire. The Big Gator victory came three months after Williamson secured his third Super DIRTcar Series championship and gives Buzz Chew Racing momentum heading into the championship season opener, the Delaware Diamond at Georgetown Speedway on March 28. The team said it will undertake heavy preparation for the Billy Whittaker Cars 200 at Oswego from October 5–10 and plans to prioritize that event as a season objective.

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will make an inaugural stop at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston, Florida, for the first-ever Swamp Cabbage 100 on Feb. 20-21, 2026. It will be the first national Late Model race in Hendry County history at what is billed as the southernmost dirt track in the United States, extending the series’ Florida slate following the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park and representing a venue expansion for the series.

Practice for the two-day program is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, as teams use the session to prepare for back-to-back main events: a 40-lap feature on Friday paying $12,000 to the winner and a 60-lap main on Saturday with a $20,000 top prize. Hendry County Motorsports Park will also host 4.6 Ford Crown Vics both nights, and organizers characterize the weekend as a significant purse opportunity for Late Model competitors.

Many entrants arrive with limited experience on Hendry’s surface, and Tristan Chamberlain posted the fastest lap in a recent test and is cited as a dark-horse contender, while local rookie Eli Johnson will provide hometown interest. The stop also arrives with series storylines: Nick Hoffman comes to Hendry off a six-night Volusia stretch that produced three wins, five top-five finishes and a 3.1 average finish, a run that earned him his first Late Model Big Gator and a 27-point lead in the standings; Bobby Pierce remains Hoffman’s closest rival. The World of Outlaws and the Hendry County Tourism Development Council have partnered to create a week of entertainment around the event and to build a larger festival atmosphere for the inaugural weekend.

Larry Wight of Phoenix, N.Y., ended a six-year winless stretch at Volusia Speedway Park by winning the 50-lap Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals feature. Wight took the lead from Stewart Friesen on a Lap 26 restart and earned $7,500 for the victory, his fifth DIRTcar Nationals win and his first at Volusia since Feb. 14, 2020. The triumph was Wight’s 13th career Super DIRTcar Series victory, moving him past Frank Cozze into sole possession of 22nd on the series’ all-time wins list.

Wight said he reverted to a basic setup on his 2021 Bicknell chassis and credited an “old faithful” motor and a balanced car that let him run multiple lines before committing to the top and pulling away. Justin Stone led the opening laps until a mistake and subsequent cautions shuffled the running order, while pole-sitter Peter Britten fell back early.

Stewart Friesen finished second and Mat Williamson third. Williamson set a new Volusia track record with a 16.695-second lap and clinched his third Big Gator trophy in four years, which ties him with Wight for the most Big Gator trophies all-time. Matt Sheppard finished fourth and Felix Roy fifth.

Three split-field 20-lap main events at Volusia Speedway Park produced three different winners Wednesday during the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals: Michael Leach, Nick Hoffman and Tyler Erb. At the midpoint of the week, those results reset the leaderboard, kept the championship chase open and set up a high-stakes finish for the final three nights, which were set to be sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.

Leach started on the pole for his split-field feature, retook the lead from outside polesitter Ryan Gustin on lap two and, after a late restart with three laps remaining, pulled away to score the win. Daulton Wilson passed Gustin for second with two laps to go and closed the gap to Leach but ran out of time. It was Leach’s first Super Late Model victory at Volusia and his first Super Late Model win in his second full-time season after relocating from Montana to the Longhorn Chassis headquarters in North Carolina.

Hoffman converted his Wednesday Gator triumph into a World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature victory later in the week, completing back-to-back wins. Driving the NOS Energy Drink No. 9, he took the lead on the opening lap when Bilstein Pole winner Chris Madden slid up exiting Turn 2, survived two cautions and finished more than five seconds ahead of the field. Tim McCreadie recovered from 22nd to finish second, earning FOX Factory Hard Charger honors in his 500th World of Outlaws feature start; Bobby Pierce was third, Tyler Erb fourth and Madden fifth. Hoffman entered the night as the series points leader and left still atop the standings by eight points over McCreadie, while also assuming the Big Gator points lead by 21 markers after Cody Overton recorded a DNF. The World of Outlaws–sanctioned nights were slated to pay $12,000-to-win on Thursday and Friday and $20,000-to-win on Saturday, escalating the purses and competitive stakes for the finale.