A season’s worth of hard work and patience culminates with a three-day clash at Dillon Motor Speedway for the 35th INEX Legend Car Asphalt Championship Nationals, November 12th-14th.
It will be the first time the South Carolina oval hosts the season-ending Legend Car asphalt championship event, and the 14th track overall. Located in Dillon, South Carolina, the track originally opened in 1966 as a dirt track before being paved in 2006 by current owner Ron Barfield. This weekend, the 4/10-mile oval with 14 degrees of banking is where 142 drivers will help settle the 2026 INEX Legend Car Asphalt National Championships.
Tennessee’s Kevin Rollins seeks his third-straight Masters National Championship, and will want a little more clearance than a single point, as his 2024 and 2025 titles have been won by a combined total of two points. His perfect 1900-point season is looking better than in years past. In 2024 he entered the championship weekend with a 12-point cushion and in 2025 he was nine points back. This weekend, he has a 24-point advantage over both Minnesota’s Art Hahn and South Carolina’s Jeff Bolen. Not invincible, but certainly more breathing room.
The Pro Division has two 2026 heavyweights in the title hunt. The perennial competitor, Georgia’s Jensen Jorgensen will enter Dillon with 1888 points, just six over New York’s Ben Morabito, who is fresh off securing a Pro Road Course National Championship in Las Vegas two weeks ago. Jorgensen looks to earn his first national title since his 2014 Bandolero Outlaws championship in his 10th season as a Pro, compared to Morabito who is in his first year in the Pro Division.
The top six in Semi-Pro points are all in the hunt for the national title with varying degrees of difficult to achieve the championship. Florida’s Cameron White and Minnesota’s Ayrton Brockhouse each hold 1900 points and lead Georgia’s Bryce Sanders by 15 points. Trailing 21 points are Wisconsin’s Cael Slater and Georgia’s Carson Youngblood, and Tennessee’s Dylan Faulkner is back 27 points. With 44 entries, the path to the Semi-Pro championship will not be a walk in the park for any of these drivers, and ProFabrication Qualifying will be an essential part of their weekend at Dillon.
With an almost identical championship picture to the Semi-Pros, the Young Lions Division features six drivers within 24 points of the championship. Leaders Landon Thrasher of Tennessee and Cole Dasenbrock from Washington State, hold 1900 points to their names. Sitting 15 points behind is Colt Johnson, representing Texas. Virginia’s Jackson Fooks and North Carolina’s Case James are 21 points behind, and Maryland’s Peyton Worm is 24 points back in sixth. And like the Semi-Pros, 35 entries for the Young Lions means it’s no weekend at the track for the youngest Legend Car drivers.
Chargers will also be present through all three-days of on-track activity, with a total 16 entries slated to compete on the banks of Dillon.
2027 LEGEND CAR ASPHALT CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONALS SCHEDULE
One year ago, dramatic finishes and championship battles across all four championship divisions at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Ben Morabito captured the Young Lions Championship Feature and provisional national title after championship rivals Brody Rhodes and Taylor Mayhew suffered mechanical setbacks. His older brother, Nick Morabito, followed with a Semi-Pro feature victory, while runner-up Josh Lowe secured the provisional national championship following a thrilling one-lap shootout.
In Masters, David Mayhew battled Scott Anderson throughout the race before emerging victorious. Meanwhile, defending national champion Kevin Rollins overcame an early incident to finish fifth, provisionally retaining his title by just one point over Bill Plemons Jr.
Brenden Ruzbarsky dominated the Pro feature, leading 33 laps to victory, while Joel Smith and Jensen Jorgensen tied at 1949 points. Smith’s fifth-place finish earned him the tiebreaker and provisional Pro Asphalt National Championship.
On-track action begins on Thursday with practice for all five Legend Car divisions. ProFabrication Qualifying, Heat Races, and the Bassett Fastest Qualifier Challenge will occupy the Friday slate of action. Saturday’s Legend Car Championship Features will mark the official conclusion of the 2026 INEX Racing Series season, and will include a Bandolero feature on top of the Legend Car features. U.S. Legend Cars TV will carry the streaming coverage on Friday beginning at 12:30pm ET/9:30am PT and on Saturday at 1:45pm ET/10:45am PT.
See a complete list of previous Legend Car Asphalt national champions, winners of the previous 34 editions of the Legend Car Asphalt Championship Nationals, along with 2025 results by viewing the 2025 INEX Racing Series Yearbook.
