Carson Macedo and Jason Johnson Racing will remain with the World of Outlaws in 2024.
It’s a big pickup for World of Outlaws given the 13 full-time teams that have already signed-up to compete in the inaugural High Limit Racing national championship this season.
Macedo and JJR joins committed full-timers with the Outlaws that includes two-time championship runner-up David Gravel, 10-time champion Donny Schatz, rookie of the year Gio Scelzi, series most popular driver Sheldon Haudenschild and million-dollar man Logan Schuchart.
The commitment gives World of Outlaws much needed depth with the defections of Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne, Spencer Bayston and Jacob Allen to High Limit. That’s in addition to commitments from notable non-affiliated drivers like Rico Abreu and Brent Marks too.
To both the driver and team, nothing has been more important than winning a World of Outlaws championship someday at that drove their decision.
“I know it’s been my dream since day one. I’ve always wanted to be a World of Outlaws champion,” Macedo said in a World of Outlaws press release. “For the longest time, it’s been the ultimate place in the sport, and I think it still is. There’s just a lot of history there, and it’s the reason we’re so excited about going Outlaw racing.”
This will be the sixth consecutive season that Macedo has raced on the Outlaws tour and fourth since taking over the seat founded by ‘The Ragin Cajun.’ Macedo previously drove for Kyle Larson Racing.
Macedo led the championship standings at various points last year but a rash of crashes eliminated them from contention in the second half.
“There were some ups and downs, obviously, but ultimately I was happy with how we ended up considering all the stuff that happened,” Macedo said of last season. “My wreck at Knoxville was unfortunate. We were leading the points at that point, and I felt like we had a lot of momentum on our side. That kind of knocked me back. It took me a little while to recover. I had another wreck in Skagit where I fractured my vertebrae but kept racing. I feel like there were a lot of trials and tribulations on my part as a driver. I kind of felt really bad for my team because unfortunately they were having to deal with me being not 100%. All in all, though, it was still nothing to hang our hat about.”
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