For many it has been a long seven years since the last time road course championship weekend was in Las Vegas. This weekend, October 30th-November 1st, the 30th running of INEX Road Course World Finals will be contested at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with over 75 drivers representing eight nations, and 20 U.S. States.
International drivers will carry the flags from Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Italy, and Sweden, totaling 18 Legend Car entries. Additionally, this year’s Road Course World Finals features Bandoleros not just as a Sunday show, but as a official competing divisions for Outlaw and Bandit drivers chasing the first Bandolero Road Course National Championships.
The 2.3-mile course just on the outside of the NASCAR oval has hosted the season-ending international event five previous times, but it hasn’t hosted a Landen Lewis championship feature victory. Lewis has won five-straight Road Course World Finals titles, and while he isn’t in the running for the Pro Division championship, a sixth-straight victory will be in his sights.
The Pro Division is stacked with 23 Legend Car drivers set to lay it all on the line. At the top of the standins is Ben Morabito, who is the reigning two-time Young Lions Road Course National Champion. He enters with a perfect 1100-point season. With 23 cars set to take the green, the 18 and 21-point deficits by Trevor Krouse and Caleb Heady, respectively, are well within reach.
Over in the Masters Division, Shaun Buffington won’t have a walk in the park either. A perfect 1100-point season has been accumulated by the eight-time road course national champion, but Buffington has Michael Hinkle a mere 12-points behind, and Michael Sauer trails by 18. Sauer competed in the Silver State Road Course Series to kick off the 2026 campaign last December and January, but Buffington and Hinkle will be seeing the track for the first time.
The closest battle in points between first and second place is in the Young Lions Division, where Virginia’s Marcus Wolfe holds a six-point advantage over Maryland’s Peyton Worm. Both competed in Silver State this year, with Wolfe walking away with six victories, whereas Worm captured his victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the ROVAL™ and New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
With 18 Semi-Pros taking the green, Finn Buckley’s quest for his first INEX Road Course National title is nearly his. His 33-point lead over Reilly O’Connell will require a lot of luck on O’Connell’s part to overcome that margin. In the Bandits Division, Austin French and Malcolm Mancias will battle for the championship title, while in Outlaws, Chase Bohanon and Braxton Garcia will go head-to-head.
Just as in 2025, this year’s Road Course World Finals looks to deliver thrilling racing across each division. Last year in the Masters Division, Zeke Hanger dominated, winning from pole position by nearly nine seconds over Shaun Buffington. Despite finishing second, Buffington secured the national championship by three points.
Spencer Bradshaw controlled the Young Lions feature, surviving late cautions and incidents involving championship contenders Ben Morabito and Finn Buckley. Bradshaw claimed victory, while Morabito retained the national title by 15 points.
A chaotic Semi-Pro race saw Josh Dickens earn his second Road Course World Finals victory. Neal Dulin recovered from an early collision and lost lap to finish second, securing the national championship.
In Pro, Landen Lewis overcame intense battles and setbacks to capture his fourth consecutive Pro Division feature victory and fifth straight overall. Caleb Heady finished third, earning enough points to claim the national championship by three points over Jase Mongeon.
FULL EVENT SCHEDULE (updated 10/27/2026)
U.S. Legend Cars TV will carry all competition this weekend, starting on Saturday at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT with ProFabrication Qualifying, followed by heat races to set the starting lineups for the championship features. Sunday’s action will go green at 3pm ET/12pm PT with the first championship features to settle road course titles, and maybe take home some bragging rights back across the ocean.
See a complete list of previous Legend Car Road Course national champions, winners of the previous 29 editions of the Road Course World Finals, along with 2025 results by viewing the 2025 INEX Racing Series Yearbook.
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Landen Lewis – Chases his sixth-straight Road Course World Finals feature victory, and fifth-straight in the Pro Division
Ben Morabito – Seeks his third-straight Road Course national championship, the previous two coming in Young Lions.
Peyton Worm – Won the very first Legend Car race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL™ in January.
Shaun Buffington – Will go for his 10th INEX National Championship, earning eight previous road course titles and one asphalt.