Exciting. Thrilling. Chaotic. Just a few words to describe Sunday’s Legend Car action at Dominion Raceway during the 29th running of the INEX Road Course World Finals. There was no shortage of intense racing with championship battles that came down to the wire.

The Masters Division feature was the tamest out of the four championship features. Zeke Hanger has the speed all weekend, which included the ProFABrication Fastest Qualifier Award and the victory in Saturday’s heat race. Leading the field to green and down the long frontstretch, Hanger sailed off into the lead through Turn 1 and never looked back. Four-time Masters Road Course World Finals winner, Shaun Buffington, briefly lost second place to Darren Gallant, but found his way back around before the field moved through Turn 4.

The battle of the race was the battle for third. Australia’s Robert Hogan moved into third on Lap 2 with Gallant keeping the pressure up. Hogan moved away just so and Michael Hinkle reeled Gallant towards his front bumper. On Lap 6, Hinkle passed Gallant for fourth, while up at the front, Buffington was pulling away from Hogan, but also losing ground to Hanger. Hinkle prevailed against Hogan, taking third in Turn 7, while Hanger crossed the line by nearly nine second ahead of Buffington.

Despite the second-place finish, it is enough to place Buffington as the provisional 2025 INEX Masters Road Course Champion by three points over Hanger. The 2025 INEX points season concludes on October 5 and national points will not be official until November 14.

Calm and steady was the name of the game for the first eight laps of the 10-Lap Young Lions Championship Feature. Spencer Bradshaw scooted out to a healthy lead over Matteo Papis and Ben Morabito, until it was erased by a small, yet massive incident.

To the delight of Bradshaw, Papis and Morabito had a spirited battle for second, but it all came crashing down, literally, on Lap 9. The two knocked wheels through Dominion Raceway’s second corner. Morabito was on the outside as Papis looked to pass, but the contact sent Morabito straight into the tire barriers and busting his radiator. Just moments before, finishing either second or third was a realistic possibility, as was the national championship. But now that he was out of the race, the points lead dropped significantly. Race control deemed Papis was a part of the caution and sent him to the rear. That moved Finn Buckley into third, and just one position away from a national title.

All Morabito could do was watch and see what would unfold. Just as fortunes changed for Morabito and Buckley, the quickly changed yet again. Contact between Colton Hale and Buckley’s cars entering Turn 2 during the Lap 9 restart sent Buckley and Lucas Palacio around. The two refired and continued, but Buckley’s hopes were dashed.

At the front of the field, Keaton Harbison was keeping Bradshaw honest. The wick was turned up on the final lap by Bradshaw, who found a comfortable separation between himself and Harbison’s nose. Meanwhile behind them, Papis had found his way back up to the front. With the checkered flags out, Bradshaw added the Young Lions Championship Feature victory to his weekend accolades, which included the ProFABrication Fastest Qualifier Award and a heat race victory. Harbison originally crossed the line in second, but issues in post-race technical inspection removed him from the top five and Hale was penalized post-race for his part in the contact that occurred in Turn 2 during the restart.

Officially following Bradshaw were Papis, Nathan Williams, Rodney Dowless Jr., and Kaedin Ridenhour. In the pits, it may not have been the race Morabito wanted, but he leaves Dominion Raceway the provisional 2025 INEX Young Lions Road Course National Champion by 15 points over Buckley.

From start to finish, the Semi-Pro Championship Feature was the most chaotic. The chaos started on Lap 2 when co-Semi-Pro Championship points leader, Neal Dulin, collided with Robin Sario down through the tunnel and into Turn 12. Dulin lost a lap after repairs to his Legend Car and rejoined the field, that was led by Trayc Walker Scott after he successfully gained the lead during the initial start of the race from Josh Dickens.

The resulting restart saw Nick Morabito, the other co-Semi-Pro Championship points leader, push Dickens to the lead. Walker Scott immediately passed Morabito for second, putting him back to third ahead of Trent Dillard. As they ran, Morabito held the championship title. Clicking away laps, Dickens extended his lead tenth by tenth, corner by corner, pulling away from Walker Scott’s black and orange Legend Car.

On Lap 6, Cash LeCroy made several moves, passing both Dillard and then Morabito to take third with Reilly O’Connell also passing Dillard. Meanwhile, Neal Dulin, one lap down, was one of the fastest cars on track and swiftly making his way towards the front in an effort to possibly unlap himself. As things began to settle down, two cars locked bumpers and went into the Turn 1 tire barriers, necessitating a caution. While unfortunate for two cars involved, it was a gift for Dulin, who had made his way up to the fifth-place car. Race control awarded him his lap back and the position, meaning he would restart the race from sixth.

Down into Turn 1 during the restart on Lap 9 with two laps to go, Morabito pushed LeCroy past Dickens, but LeCroy, Morabito and Walker Scott all had issues through the corner. LeCroy recovered enough to retain second behind Dickens and Dulin moved to third. Most importantly, he was ahead of Morabito.

Dickens took the white flag, and O’Connell and Preston Wrisley both passed Dulin, moving him back to fifth. The day’s most spectacular incident occurred into Turn 11 as Wrisley’s and O’Connell’s wheels touched, sending O’Connell’s Legend Car flipping into the grass with parts and pieces flying off his car as the wreck dissipated energy. He climbed out of the car and walked to the ambulance all under his own power.

The race would have a single lap dash to the finish with a single file restart as the feature had reached the time limit. LeCroy slid wide in Turn 2, handing second-place to Dulin. The speed his Legend Car had wasn’t enough to catch Dickens, who earned his second Road Course World Finals, with the first coming at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the Young Lions Division in 2022. Dulin’s wild second-place triumph earned him the provisional title of 2025 INEX Semi-Pro Road Course National Champion. Kaden Bradshaw, Wrisley, and Australia’s Askr Sendall rounded out the top five.

The best was last with the Pro Division. And it was a battle for the lead that went to the very end.

One of the three national championship contenders, Caleb Heady, snatched the lead from Finland’s Arto Ojaranta in the opening corner. It was short lived as Will Lambros took the lead in Turn 2, bringing Ojaranta with him. That moved Heady back to third and in the sights of four-time Road Course World Finals winner, Landen Lewis, who too, would pass Heady into Turn 7.

On Lap 2, Ojaranta took the lead from Lambros into Turn 11 with help from Lewis. They were nose to nose to nose with Tyler Read and Heady in fourth in fifth just a few car lengths behind. Lewis grabbed second from Lambros one lap later and now the top five could be thrown under a blanket. It was at this time that an issue was developing on Ojaranta’s car. Smoke begin to appear, and it wasn’t clear if it was a tire rub or something worse. Sadly for Ojaranta, it was mechanical and two laps later pitted, retiring his car.

Read took the lead from Lewis on Lap 5, and one lap later things got really exciting for those two. In a strange moment, Lewis’ front bumper became attached to Read’s rear bumper, nearly spinning Lewis out through Turn 3. He recovered, only losing second to Lambros, but staying ahead of Heady.

By Lap 7, Lewis and Lambros had worked to get back to Read. Entering Turn 11, Lambros looked low on Read but stumbled only sending Read back to third as Lewis took the lead. But the fight wasn’t over yet. With two laps remaining, Lewis missed Turn 7 allowing Lambros by on his inside and fell all the way back to fourth. Moments later, Heady and Lewis were passing Read for second and third, respectively.

A brilliant series of moves led Lewis to help Heady pass Lambros down the frontstretch just after the white flag, then to pass Heady into Turn 1. Heady went wide in the same turn, opening the door for Lambros to grab second. But that was all that was to happen. Lewis drove away to victory, his fourth straight Pro Division championship feature victory at Road Course World Finals, and his fifth overall straight. Lambros settled for second, Heady third, Read fifth, and Jase Mongeon finished fifth.

Heady entered the day three points behind Mongeon and Devin O’Connell in the Pro Division points championship. The well-earned third-place fight earned him six more points than Mongeon, giving him a three-point advantage and the provisional title of 2025 INEX Pro Road Course Champion. For O’Connell, he was marred back in traffic and finished eighth.

The day wrapped up with Rylan Speight besting James Monolo for the Bandolero feature win on Dominion’s three-quarter-mile short circuit.

Only two INEX Championship Nationals remain in 2025. Legend Car Dirt Nationals returns to North Dakota, October 9-11, at Nodak Speedway who will host the event for the first time in its 29th running. The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosts the 34th Legend Car Asphalt Nationals, October 23-25. Replays of the 2025 INEX Road Course World Finals, as well as Dirt and Asphalt Nationals, can be viewed on U.S. Legend Cars TV. Full results for Sunday's events can be viewed on MyRacePass.

RESULTS

PRO DIVISION

Championship Feature (10 Laps): 1. 99-Landen Lewis[5]; 2. 77-Will Lambros[4]; 3. 7NY-Caleb Heady[2]; 4. 6-Tyler Read[3]; 5. 19MA-Jase Mongeon[6]; 6. 17W-Lachlan Ward[13]; 7. 15-Trevor Krouse[8]; 8. 43-Devin O'Connell[14]; 9. 27-Chris Lilly[10]; 10. 95J-Jack Walker[7]; 11. 17-Dino Lambros[9]; 12. 54-Heather Hadley[12]; 13. 51-Brenden Ruzbarsky[11]; 14. 21-Arto Ojaranta[1]

SEMI-PRO DIVISION

Championship Feature (10 Laps): 1. 22-Josh Dickens[1]; 2. 79-Neal Dulin[9]; 3. 9-Kaden Bradshaw[10]; 4. 35-Preston Wrisley[14]; 5. 55-Askr Sendall[20]; 6. 99-Connor Yonchuk[22]; 7. 71-Nick Morabito[5]; 8. 28M-Oliver Missner[4]; 9. 44-Oliver Dibble[24]; 10. 80-Paityn Feyen[8]; 11. 62-Joey Lobue[16]; 12. E22-Alfred Alvarez Del Castillo[17]; 13. 93-Devin Kelly[3]; 14. 85-Jake Kelley[21]; 15. 23-Trayc Walker Scott[2]; 16. 72-Jordan Hernandez[7]; 17. 14-David Sullivan IV[19]; 18. 27-Cash Lecroy[12]; 19. 34-Reilly O'Connell[11]; 20. 28-Petr Theriault[18]; 21. 25-Nate Morris[23]; 22. 34-Trent Dillard[6]; 23. 19-Maddox Hooper[13]; 24. 71S-Robin Sario[15]

MASTERS DIVISION

Championship Feature (10 Laps): 1. 64-Ezekiel Hanger[1]; 2. 23S-Shaun Buffington[2]; 3. 37-Michael Hinkle[5]; 4. 46-Robert Hogan[6]; 5. 05-Darren Gallant[3]; 6. 1-Robert Gayton[9]; 7. 22-Nathan Predo Lord[4]; 8. 4-Bryan Waller[7]; 9. 84-Michael Sauer[8]

YOUNG LIONS DIVISION

Championship Feature (10 Laps): 1. 99-Spencer Bradshaw[1]; 2. 19-Matteo Papis[2]; 3. 117-Nathan Williams[6]; 4. 8D-Rodney Dowless Jr[12]; 5. 100-Kaedin Ridenhour[7]; 6. 53-Owen Ledoux[11]; 7. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[10]; 8. 16-Finn Buckley[4]; 9. 12-Colton Hale[5]; 10. 20-Lucas Palacio[8]; 11. 17-Ben Morabito[3]; 12. (DNS) 8M-Landon McGowan; 13. (DQ) 34-Keaton Harbison[9]

BANDOLEROS

A Feature (10 Laps): 1. 45-Rylan Speight; 2. 04-James Monolo; 3. 48-Jacob Hassey; 4. 5-Corbin Cannon