Avoiding chaos, Kyle Ellwood was able to squeeze by the leaders as they battled for position on the track to take the lead and win the Legends feature on Saturday, May 4, at Riverhead Raceway (NY). A track PR race recap, written by Bob Finan, is below (Legends portion extracted for posting on LN).
Another winning driver in the right place at the right time Saturday was Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead resulting in his 20th career INEX Legend Race Car victory. Early on Joey Bruan, considered a young lion at 22 found himself racing for the lead of the 20-lap feature with 12-year-old Rodney Dowless Jr. While Braun and Dowless swapped the lead another youthful star made his way to third, Ben Morabito, 13. Bruan, the old man of the trio had the young adult drivers putting the heat on him for the win. Morabito would come to second and on lap 15 he and Braun were side by side for the lead entering the first corner. They both moved for the same piece of real estate and contact resulting with a dual spin and caution. The field relined, Dowless who was third behind the incident was back in the lead with Riely O’Keefe second with another torrid battle for the win shaping up. Again, the two contenders made slight contact on lap 17 forcing them to both layout of the gas, thus allowing Kyle Ellwood to drive through to the lead. With the two to go signal in the air, Ellwood driving the Millennium Limited Contracting was able to stay out front for the win sending notice he will be a force in the 2024 championship tussle. Defending champion Richie Davidowitz of East Moriches drove from deep in the field in his Freddie & Megan Kraft entry for second, third went to Riely O’Keefe of Manorville in the Crystal Clear Window Cleaning racer who corrected after his late race contact.
Legend Race Cars: 1. Kyle Ellwood 2. Richie Davidowitz 3. Riely O’Keefe 4. Josh Speas 5. Rodney Dowless Jr. 6. Anthony Marsh 7. Jason Castaldo 8. Kevin Nowak 9. Chris Sinatro 10. Christopher Coleman 11. Jim Sylvester 12. Ben Morabito 13. Ray Fitzgerald 14. Jayden Glennerster 15. Joey Braun 16. Nick Kocis 17. George Tomko Jr. 18. Charles Hodge III 19. Mike Van Houten Jr. 20. Pat Moore 21. Jeff Farruggia Jr. 22. Nick Morabito 23. Marc Godnick 24. Will Sipala 25. Michael Metcalf 26. Ed Stadtlander
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