HARRISBURG, N.C. (August 11, 2026) The entry list for the Kyle Busch Invitational benefitting the Bundle of Joy Fund is set! Brexton Busch will lead 50 other Legend Cars and 18 Bandoleros into Winston-Salem. Drivers from across the United States, and two Canadians, will chase a very special victory on Friday, August 21. Busch, a four-time INEX event champion in 2025 driving his Bandolero in the Bandits Division, as well as the 2025 INEX Bandolero Bandits National Champion, moved to Legend Cars full-time ahead of the 2026 season, will have a healthy field of Legend Car and Bandolero National Champions in the pits alongside him.
A total of 23 INEX National Championships will be represented by 16 different drivers. Ben Morabito, the 2026 Summer Shootout Pro Division Champion, is one of the most decorated drivers in attendance, being a three-time INEX National Champion all in the Young Lions Division. Fresh off a fourth-straight Thursday Thunder Pro Division title, Jensen Jorgensen leads a small contingent of drivers from Georgia to Winston-Salem. He has a total of five Thursday Thunder championships, and is a two-time INEX Bandolero Outlaws National Champion. Other Georgia drivers are Josh Hicks, Nick Woodall, Connor Sanders, and Carson Sherman. Sherman, is fresh off a dominating summer in his no. 9 Bandolero, capturing both the Thursday Thunder and Summer Shootout Outlaws titles last month.
Bowman Gray locals Burt Myers, Chris Fleming and John Holleman, will represent The Madhouse among with 51 Legend Cars competing to reach the A-Main. Holleman is no stranger to USLCI and INEX, as he previously won the 2010 Bandolero Outlaws National Championship, and owns a Summer Shootout title from 2013, also in the Outlaws Division. Myers is an 11-time champion at The Stadium, and Fleming is a multi-time "Show Stopper" winner.
Cameron Bolin heads in with quite the resume, including the 2021 INEX Semi-Pro Asphalt and the 2017 INEX Bandolero Outlaws National Championships. Road Course national championships are represented by Caleb Heady, Neal Dulin, Devin O'Connell, Ryan Shattuck, and Morabito. While there are no Legend Car Dirt National Champions will be represented, Alex McCollum, Billy Workman, Joe Ryan Osborne, Josh Hicks, and Ryan Zima have all won Legend Car Dirt Championship Nationals Feature Championships, with Zima winning three Young Lions titles from 2022-2024.
Bandoleros will have one former national champion in the field, Alison Johnson. She captured the 2023 INEX Bandolero Championship Nationals Outlaws Feature victory, propelling her to the 2023 INEX Bandolero Outlaws National Championship, becoming the first female to win a unified Bandolero national championship. The field will be full of plenty of competitors looking to add their name to the list of champions this fall, including Sherman, Jackson Jones, Lucas McFall and Carson Cauble in Outlaws, with Camden Powers, Casen Tate, Charlie Evans Lucas Harrison, Maverick Bradshaw, Roo Reaves and more representing the Bandits Division.
Streaming coverage of the event will begin at 4pm ET on FloSports with qualifying, which will be followed by Legend Car Heat Races and Legend Car B-Mains before the start of the Bandolero and Legend Car main events. Tickets can be purchased on Bowman Gray Stadium's event page, with grandstand gates opening at 2pm.
All 18 Bandoleros will make the main Bandolero feature, while 20 Legend Cars will lock-in to the Legend Car A-Main based off qualifying and heat race results, while the remaining 31 cars will be split up between two B-Mains, with four drivers each transfering into the A-Main for a total of 28 Legend Cars taking the green!
LEGEND CARS
Adam Welch
Aiden McConnaughy
Austin Thompson
Ben Morabito
Billy Workman
Brandin Wrisley
Brenden Ruzbarsky
Burt Myers
Brexton Busch
Caleb Heady
Cameron Bolin
Cameron White
Carson Haislip
Case James
Chris Fleming
Colt Johnson
Colton Hale
Devin O'Connell
Dylan Faulkner
Eli Black
Hoyt Demis
Jacob Burns
JC Fickenscher
Jeff Bolen
Jensen Jorgensen
Jesse Bunnell
Joe Ryan Osborne
Joel Smith
John Holleman
Josh Hicks
Josh Mullins
Kevin Rollins
Landon Thrasher
Lee Jordan
Matt Haufe
Mike Alcaro
Mitch Wright
Neal Dulin
Nick Woodall
Preston Wrisley
Reagan Parent
Ricky Schlick
Robby Faggart
Ryan Mackintosh
Ryan Shattuck
Ryan Zima
Spencer Bradshaw
Sterling Wrisley
Turner Brown
Zeke Hanger
BANDOLEROS
Alison Johnson
Camden Powers
Carson Cauble
Carson Sherman
Casen Tate
Charlie Evans
Connor Sanders
Jackson Jones
Jacob Hassey
Jordan Bauer
Lucas Harrison
Mason Massey
Maverick Bradshaw
Michael Thomas
Reese Shirley
Roo Reaves
Tate Brewer