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2026 Winter Heat Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway

2026 Winter Heat Series - LN Event Coverage

Welcome to the Legends Nation event coverage of the 2026 Winter Heat Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway (NC), which takes place in January through March, 2026, for Legends and Bandoleros (dates altered due to weather). Note: Legends Nation does not live stream. Our LN Event Coverage consists of photos, video interviews, results links, and more.

BONUS! Legends Nation will post interviews with the 2025 champions within this coverage from the INEX Racing Series banquet, which takes place on Friday, January 16.

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INFORMATION

SCHEDULE

Original full detailed six-round schedule by INEX is located here (click here). UPDATE ON 1/17/26: Due to time constraints and weather issues, below is the current schedule known as of 1/17/26, issued by INEX.

  • Practice: 01/16/26 (Friday)
  • Round 1: 01/17/26 (Saturday)
  • Round 2 – 6?: March 13 – 15

PHOTO GALLERY

All photos from this event can be found on the Legends Nation Facebook page in the gallery by clicking here.

PRE-EVENT VIDEO COVERAGE

  • Joe Ryan Osborne discusses ROVAL test (with lap video) – click here
  • Dillon Thomas LN Laps: one lap in-car around the ROVAL – click here

ROUND 1 WINNER INTERVIEWS

FEATURED AND ADDITIONAL VIDEO INTERVIEWS

  • Daniel Hemric discusses his racing career, Legends, the Roval, and if he will race a Legend Car again – Facebook Video
  • A clip of Legends racing on the ROVAL at the back chicane – Facebook Video
  • Cillian Tennant gives his impressions on driving a Legend Car on the ROVAL – Facebook Video
  • Shaun Buffington talks about his first laps on the ROVAL – Facebook Video
  • Sam Butler discusses racing on the ROVAL and being back on a road course – Facebook Video
  • Luke Baldwin decided to race the ROVAL in a Legend Car. He tells us why – Facebook Video
  • Chris Lilly on getting used to the ROVAL – Facebook Video
  • Ryan Zima broke a shifter, but still got some time in practice on the ROVAL Friday – Facebook Video
  • Landen Lewis tested on the ROVAL last year. He tells us what he is feeling this year – Facebook Video
  • Ryan Carlson talked to us about his ROVAL thoughts after Friday’s practice – Facebook Video
  • Finn Buckley has international road course experience. He gave his opinion on Friday about the ROVAL – Facebook Video
  • Trayc Walker Scott discusses his racing career in Legends and beyond – Facebook Video
  • LN Owner Jason Stix Buckley gives his raw-emotion opinion of Legends on the ROVAL – Facebook Video
  • Monon Rahman, Engineer at Joe Gibbs Racing, discusses his career and getting into a Legend Car – Facebook Video
  • Kaleb from RHR Midwest discusses their 2026 season, servicing the community – Facebook Video
  • Rob Hall from Andrews Motorsports on their past, present, and future in the industry – Facebook Video
  • LN Feature: Kirk Hanson talks Legends racing, other racing, and real estate – Facebook Video

BONUS! BANQUET CHAMPION SPEECH VIDEOS

  • Brexton Busch – 2025 Bandolero Bandits National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Landon Thrasher – 2025 Bandolero Outlaws National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Ben Morabito – 2025 Legends Young Lions Asphalt and Road Course National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Colton Miller – 2025 Legends Young Lions Dirt National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Bill Plemons – 2025 Legends Golden Masters Asphalt National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Kevin Rollins – 2025 Legends Masters Asphalt National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Shaun Buffington – 2025 Legends Masters Road Course National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Neal Dulin – 2025 Legends Semi-Pro Road Course National Champion – Facebook Video
  • Ty Olson – 2025 Legends Semi-Pro Dirt National Champion – coming soon
  • Josh Lowe – 2025 Legends Semi-Pro Asphalt National Champion – coming soon
  • Caleb Heady – 2025 Legends Pro Road Course National Champion – coming soon
  • Preston Martin – 2025 Legends Pro Dirt National Champion – coming soon
  • Joel Smith – 2025 Legends Pro Asphalt National Champion – coming soon

Note: Some drivers did not attend the banquet, which is the reason their speech interview was not included.

ROUND 1 RACE RESULTS

NOTE: Results are as posted either by INEX Racing Series or on My Race Pass. We will periodically adjust as they do. If you see inaccruate results here versus what they post, please contact us.

BEGINNER BANDOLEROS: 1. 66P-Parker Phillips[4]; 2. 77-Ava Paez[1]; 3. 82-Chandler Stanley[10]; 4. 5-Colton Sherman[3]; 5. 7-Daxx Halpin[9]; 6. 99-Ella Logan[7]; 7. 4-Carson McKee[13]; 8. 1-Max Rogers[5]; 9. 37-Isaiah Benton[11]; 10. 26-Ava Boyd[2]; 11. 16-Michael Stiene[6]; 12. 18-Isabella Chriscoe[14]; 13. 73-Ryder Stewart[8]; 14. 44-Mallory Gobble[15]; 15. (DNS) 10-Mikey Speeney; 16. (DNS) 20-Leo Zipadelli

BANDOLERO BANDITS: 1. 46-Paxton Smith[1]; 2. 66-Kip Knaus[2]; 3. 9-Maverick Bradshaw[3]; 4. 16T-Tayton Monroe[7]; 5. 28-Malcolm Mancias[4]; 6. 99-Carter Clapp[9]; 7. 16-Lincoln Baucom[5]; 8. 23-Michael Scronce[8]; 9. 20-Leo Zipadelli[10]; 10. (DNF) 8-Jakob Peterson[6]; 11. (DNS) 5-Carter Koch

BANDOLERO OUTLAWS: 1. 5-Carter Koch[1]; 2. 13-Lucas McFall[2]; 3. 13M-Patrick Motykiewicz[4]; 4. 9-Carson Sherman[3]; 5. 48-Jacob Hassey[5]; 6. 28-Joshua Shine[6]; 7. 15-Jedrek Sindler[8]; 8. 37-Carson Cauble[9]; 9. 24-Michael Thomas[12]; 10. 5C-Corbin Cannon[14]; 11. 4-Jordan Bauer[11]; 12. 57-Ellie Hodge[15]; 13. 4K-Kevin Stiene[10]; 14. 21-Reid Halpin[7]; 15. 73-Jagger Williams[13]

LEGENDS CHARGERS: 1. 38-Penelope Carlisle[1]; 2. 8-Landon McGowan[3]; 3. 9H-James Hebert[2]; 4. 16-Matthew Garland[5]; 5. 8M-Bristol Monroe[6]; 6. 3X-Keatin Lyons[4]

LEGENDS YOUNG LIONS: 1. 2W-Peyton Worm[1]; 2. 11-Marcus Wolfe[3]; 3. 19-Theo Salomao[4]; 4. 34-Keaton Harbison[5]; 5. 48-Parker Ives[2]; 6. 117-Nathan Williams[7]; 7. 77C-Case James[11]; 8. 25-Lucas Thek[10]; 9. 100-Kaedin Ridenhour[9]; 10. 77-Jackson Fooks[8]; 11. 97-Brandon Sieracki[6]; 12. T2-Camden Truett[12]; 13. 50-Emerson Laine[14]; 14. 15-Rhylee Hutchins[13]; 15. 45-Rylan Speight[17]; 16. 5E-Eli Black[15]; 17. 04-James Monolo[18]; 18. 5-Tryson Pinion[20]; 19. 18-Knox Bryant[19]; 20. (DNS) 006-Landon Barefoot

LEGENDS SEMI-PRO: 1. 16-Finn Buckley[1]; 2. 2B-Aiden McConnaughey[2]; 3. 81-Hunter Jordan[3]; 4. 6-Brandon Lopez[4]; 5. 26-Gerardo Peralta[8]; 6. 19-Maddox Hooper[6]; 7. 8-William Sipala[11]; 8. 33-Clayton Bohanon[14]; 9. 29X-Javier Soto[13]; 10. 86-Anthony Bello[15]; 11. 14-David Sullivan IV[19]; 12. 34-Trent Dillard[9]; 13. 3NJ-Nathan Divone[35]; 14. 11-Thomas Harris[12]; 15. 42-Benjamin Rogers[16]; 16. 10-David Markham[17]; 17. 21-Steven Partin[29]; 18. 27-Justin Laduke[23]; 19. 25R-Taylor Reimer[20]; 20. 18-Zach Lopez[24]; 21. 17-Brayden Griffis[33]; 22. 94-Jhett Johnson[34]; 23. 76-Cillian Tennant[26]; 24. 15-Alison Johnson[27]; 25. 44-Monon Rahman[22]; 26. 77-Jacob Gibbs[28]; 27. 33S-Graham Smith[32]; 28. 398-Willem Tomkees[31]; 29. 1-Joey Lobue[5]; 30. 9-Kaden Bradshaw[10]; 31. 4-Titan Mauldin[21]; 32. 99-Ryan Carlson[30]; 33. (DNF) 25-Nate Morris[7]; 34. (DNF) 09-Chase VanHouten[25]; 35. (DNF) 28M-Oliver Missner[18]

LEGENDS PRO: 1. 17-Ben Morabito[1]; 2. 7NY-Caleb Heady[3]; 3. 99L-Landen Lewis[2]; 4. 79-Neal Dulin[4]; 5. 72A-Arto Ojaranta[12]; 6. 4-Ryan Zima[6]; 7. 27W-Daniel Wilk[5]; 8. 97-Daniel Silvestri[25]; 9. 16-Nate Tretow[11]; 10. 97K-Isaac Kitzmiller[9]; 11. 23-Trayc Walker Scott[17]; 12. 34-Devin O’Connell[10]; 13. 27-Chris Lilly[14]; 14. 7-Luke Baldwin[16]; 15. 95J-Jack Walker[19]; 16. 88-Aiden King[15]; 17. 51-Alex Reling[21]; 18. 31-Lincoln Kearchner[22]; 19. 1-Cole Robie[8]; 20. 73-Zach Honaker[23]; 21. 99-Spencer Bradshaw[7]; 22. 72-Luke Yarbrough[20]; 23. 87-Danny Chisholm[13]; 24. 08-Nicholas Sowa[24]; 25. (DNS) 81-Sam Butler

LEGENDS MASTERS: 1. 53-Kevin Nowak[2]; 2. 30K-Seth Kearchner[3]; 3. 35-Colin Volpe[5]; 4. 9-Kris East[4]; 5. 24-Rodney Dowless[6]; 6. 18MA-Derek Mongeon[7]; 7. 711-Daniel Ridenhour[12]; 8. 25-Jeff Bolen[11]; 9. 4-Chris Zima[13]; 10. 02J-Salvador Jimenez[8]; 11. 68-Dean Bonessi[9]; 12. 31-Giles Martin[14]; 13. 2X-Eric Mentnech[16]; 14. 23S-Shaun Buffington[1]; 15. 95-Ryan Cooper[15]; 16. 63-Chad Byrum[17]; 17. 3-Andrew Brown[10]

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