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Alex McCollum Wins Path Valley Summer Slam!!!
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Sept. 20, 2025 (Spring Run, PA)-The ninth-annual Summer Slam is in the books, and it proved to be one of the best East Coast Legend Series races of the year!
The Dr. Zach Crouse Legends Summer Slam/Bryant Hornbaker Memorial Saturday at Path Valley Speedway didn’t disappoint as fans packed the stands and lined the fences to watch three drivers battle side-by-side and nose-to-tail before North Carolina’s Alex McCollum claimed the Victory, the top prize of $1,800 and his seventh win of the season!
Thirty-five (35) East Coast drivers signed in, vying for the coveted 24 starting spots, for the 30-lap A-Main. When the green flag dropped on the feature, defending Series champion, Colton Friese, grabbed the early lead for the first five circuits.
Friese was challenged by Scott Houdeshell who took the top spot on lap six. Houdeshell held it until Friese reclaimed it on lap nine, but then lost it a lap later on the 10th circuit when McCollum grabbed the point.
From that point forward, the fans in attendance were delighted by some of the best East Coast action of the season.
McCollum, in his No. 0 car, held the spot, but Friese and Tanner Jones, who had moved into third, began a battle for the ages. These three drivers pulled slide jobs and maneuvers that most wouldn’t think could be possible, yet all raced very cleanly in a ferocious battle for the top spot.
The final 20 laps of the feature, this trio changed lanes, passed each other, and made race fans ponder who would win. It was anyone’s guess. For most of the competition, one could have thrown a blanket over the top-three as they ran side-by-side at points throughout the race. All the while, Houdeshell and Jeremy Ott battled for fourth and remained within striking distance of the top three.
On lap 27, McCollum eked out a slight advantage over his competitors to claim the biggest payday of the season at the checkered flag. Jones finished less than half a second behind in second. Friese took third. Ott claimed fourth and Houdeshell rounded out the top-five.
Kelby Friese ran strong to take sixth. Dalton Friese finished seventh and Travis McClelland crossed the strip in eighth. Impressively, Tyler Rampmeyer and Camden Watkins, maneuvered through the field from the 22nd and 23rd starting positions to finish ninth and 10th, respectively. Rampmeyer was awarded the Hard Charger Award.
Earlier in the evening, time trials determined the heat race line-ups. Heat winners ($50 to win each heat) were McCollum, Friese, Jones and Houdeshell. Logan Jones won the B-Main.
The David H. Martin Excavating East Coast Legend Series gives a special thanks to Dr. Zach Crouse, promoter of Path Valley Speedway; Amy Hornbaker and Mark Hornbaker for the added sponsorship to the Path Valley purse. Additionally, the Series thanks Rita’s Italian Ice and Frozen Custard, Fairfield Auto Service and NAPA Auto Parts Taneytown for its support of Series racing at Path Valley.
Full Field Rundown: 1. Alex McCollum, 2. Tanner Jones, 3. Colton Friese, 4. Jeremy Ott, 5. Scott Houdeshell, 6. Kelby Friese, 7. Dalton Friese, 8. Travis McClelland, 9. Tyler Rampmeyer, 10. Camden Watkins, 11. Mike Kelley, 12. Scott Musselman, 13. Eric Hurst, 14. Richie Dobson, 15. Logan Jones, 16. Justin Wagaman, 17. Hunter McElroy, 18. Rick Hartwig, 19. Dave Benner, 20. Scott Montgomery, 21. Logan Carbaugh (Hard Luck Award), 22. Donald Stoudt, 23. Bill Funk (entered as first alternate) DNS: Colby Miller and Tyler Kaylor
Did Not Qualify: Moses Goetz, Tracy Linn, Matt Grebe, Brad Kelley, Ryan Walls, Jr., Brock Doyle, Jeremy Hahn, Ben Morrow, Mike Racine and Owen Wagaman
2025 East Coast Legend and INEX MEMBERSHIPS
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2025 East Coast Legend Series Rules Updates
1. Drivers who do not qualify or start a feature will now receive 40 show-up points. Again in in 2025, feature winners receive an additional 10 points. Feature Winners will now receive 110 points. The difference in points between first and second is now 13 points. The point difference between 24th and those who do not qualify/start a feature is now 19 points. This does not alter how INEX points are awarded. In a case where show-up points are awarded, this point differential will not be applicable
2. In 2025, The East Coast Legend Series will continue the Rookie Rule (with changes). For a Rookie's first FIVE events, he/she will be required to start at the rear of heat races ONLY. After the driver's respective heat race, the driver will then start in either the A/B Main in the qualified spot from the heat race. If the event has time trials/hot lap time trials, Rookies will start in the qualified position posted from time trials. Rookies will be required to have their rear bumpers, and new for 2025 their front bumpers, painted or taped yellow from bumper tab to bumper tab or rear horn to rear horn, and the bumpers must remain yellow for the duration of the season. Rookie drivers are those with NO prior Legends experience or less than FIVE Legends events as a driver. After the completion of a Rookie's first FIVE events, the driver will not be required to adhere to the Rookie Rule UNLESS the Series race director feels it's warranted based on performance shown by driver.
3. In 2025, a driver will be allowed to miss/drop TWO races. For example, if a driver does not attend two races, it will not count against him/her. If a driver attends all the races, then he/she will be allowed to drop their two worst finishes. If a driver does not attend one race, then that race will not count against said driver, and the driver will then be allowed to drop his/her worst finish for another race until the race tally reaches two. This miss/drop procedure will be in effect through the August 30 event at Winchester Speedway. Following that event, drivers will have their misses/drops calculated, and the remainder of the points season will be run "heads up" points and no misses/drops will be allowed. If a driver chooses to run a Legends event outside of the East Coast Series on the same night that the East Coast Series has a race, then that driver will not be allowed to use that date as a miss/drop. If an event is canceled, the miss/drop procedure does not apply.
4. Regarding the event at Action Track USA. The winner receives 110 points. All other drivers attending that event will receive 100 show-up points regardless of finishing position. Drivers who do not attend the Action Track event will be allowed to drop that race, provided that they have not already extinguished his/her two MISS races prior to the event. Hagerstown Speedway events will no longer be show-up points. Those events are regular East Coast points races.