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Alex McCollum Remains Undefeated!
Claims Fourth win at Winchester
Series Heads to BAPS Saturday
Alex McCollum (center) in Victory Lane at Winchester (photo by Kevin Chapman/wrtspeedwerx)
July 19, 2025 (Winchester, VA)-North Carolina’s Alex McCollum claimed Victory in Saturday’s East Coast Legend Series race at Winchester VA Speedway! By virtue of his win, this makes Alex 4-for-4 at Winchester Speedway in 2025, thus making him 4-for-4 in East Coast action…..UNDEFEATED! He has a perfect batting record!
Thirty-one (31) teams entered the night’s event. Thirty cars took the green flag for the 20-lap feature. Ryan Walls and Kelby Friese lined up on the front row with McCollum and Eric Hurst on the second row. Those drivers had picked up heat race wins earlier in the evening.
When the green flag dropped, Walls grabbed the early lead followed by Friese in second and McCollum in third. This threesome continued in this order as Eric Hurst rode fourth, Tyler Kaylor in fifth as they were being chased down by Logan Carbaugh, who had started 12th. By lap eight, Walls maintained the advantage followed by Friese, McCollum, Carbaugh, Hurst and Camden Watkins, who had moved into sixth.
A lap-nine caution would bunch up the field. On the ensuing restart, McCollum made the move by Walls to grab the lead. Walls held second and Carbaugh had moved nicely through the field to hold third. Friese was in fourth, Watkins in fifth and Mike Mohelski had assumed the sixth position.
On lap 11, Walls suffered a mechanical failure which necessitated a caution when his No. 39 car came to a stop in turn 4. When the race restarted, Logan Jones made a move inside Mohelski to move into fifth. This brought the running order to McCollum, Carbaugh, Friese, Watkins and Jones in the top-five.
McCollum continued to pace the field until a lap-16 caution. On the restart, Carbaugh made a couple moves to the inside of McCollum in a bid for the lead. Carbaugh’s bid was denied, however, as McCollum continued to lead the way to claim Victory. Carbaugh finished a very nice second. Friese maintained a strong run to take third followed by Logan Jones in fourth. Watkins, from North Carolina, rounded out the top-five,
Mohelski claimed sixth and captured the $100 bonus in honor of Sean Dawson. Jeremy Hahn finished seventh followed by Justin Cunningham in eighth. Shaun Abney claimed ninth and Hurst finished 10th.
The Series returns to action Saturday, July 26 at BAPS Motor Speedway. The Series thanks title sponsor David H. Martin Excavating, Inc. Additionally, special thanks to Rita’s Italian Ice and Frozen Custard, Fairfield Auto Service, NAPA Auto Parts Taneytown and Charles Dawson “Tony” for their valuable contributions to the Series.
Winchester full field rundown: 1. Alex McCollum, 2. Logan Carbaugh, 3. Kelby Friese, 4. Logan Jones, 5. Camden Watkins, 6. Mike Mohelski, 7. Jeremy Hahn, 8. Justin Cunningham, 9. Shaun Abney, 10. Eric Hurst, 11. Rick Hulson, 12. Rick Hartwig, 13. Scott Spidle, 14. Wayne Dutterer, Jr., 15. Connor Tracy, 16. Kayleigh Linn, 17. Mason Tracy, 18. Matt Grebe, 19. Isaac Kelley, 20. Hunter McElroy, 21. Dustin Burnisky, 22. Ryan Walls, Jr., 23. Bill Funk, 24. Brad Kelley, 25. Cameron See, 26. Tyler Kaylor, 27. Ben Morrow, 28. Nathanael Kelley, 29. Ryan Walls, 30. Zach Smith DNS: Scott Musselman
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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.