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The Kyle Busch Invitational Benefiting the Bundle of Joy Fund

Welcome to the Legends Nation event coverage for the Kyle Busch Invitational Benefiting the Bundle of Joy Fund at Bowman Gray Stadium (NC) on Friday, August 21, 2026, which includes Legends and Bandoleros racing action. Note: Legends Nation does not live stream. Our LN Event Coverage consists of photos, video interviews, results links, and more.

LN Event Coverage of the Kyle Busch Invitational at Bowman Gray Stadium is dedicated to the life and memory of Kyle Busch, and to show support for the Samantha and Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy Fund.

The Samantha and Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy Fund is dedicated to advancing access to IVF care and coverage, increasing awareness and providing support so others don’t have to navigate infertility alone. More information at bundleofjoyfund.org

EVENT INFORMATION

From INEX Racing Series: In conjunction with Bowman Gray Stadium, INEX Racing Series and U.S. Legend Cars International is proud to announce the Kyle Busch Invitational on Friday, August 21. The special event will be for Legend Cars and Bandoleros, honoring the contributions Kyle Busch made to motor racing, with all event proceeds benefitting the Samantha and Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy Fund. click here for the full story

Note: this event features 51 Legend drivers and 18 Bandolero drivers on an invite only (from the criteria mentioned in above article).

SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 21, 2026

  • 10am: Pit Gates Open / Hauler Parking Begins (NO PERSONAL VEHICLES IN PITS)
  • 12pm: Registration Opens / Safety Tech Opens
  • 1pm: Group Driver Photo in Bowman Gray Infield
  • 1:30pm: Mandatory Drivers Meeting
  • 2pm: Group Practice Begins (Bandos-Legends, 2 Rounds)
  • 4pm: Qualifying Begins (Bandos-Legends, 4 Laps)
  • 5pm: Legend Car Heat Races Begin
  • To Follow: Legend Car B-Mains Begin
  • To Follow: Opening Ceremonies Begin
  • Fans Welcome
  • Introduction of Dignitaries
  • Special Guest Speech
  • Bandolero Driver Introductions
  • Legend Car Driver Introductions
  • Invocation
  • Color Guard Presentation
  • National Anthem
  • To Follow: Bandolero A-Main (20 Laps)
  • To Follow: Legend Car A-Main (30 Laps)

WATCH LIVE

Our friends at FloRacing (as well as the NASCAR Channel) will be free broadcasting this event. Make sure to watch live, then visit the Legends Nation socials for more content!

PHOTO GALLERY

All photos from this event will be on the LN Facebook page (click here).

LEGENDS FEATURE TOP-THREE FINISH INTERVIEWS

BANDOLERO FEATURE TOP-THREE FINISH INTERVIEWS

LEGENDS HEAT RACE AND B-MAIN WINNER INTERVIEWS

LEGENDS DRIVERS – PRE-RACE INTERVIEWS (ALL 51)

BANDOLERO DRIVERS – PRE-RACE INTERVIEWS (ALL 18)

BONUS VIDEOS

  • Interview with NASCAR Will! – video interview
  • Track dryers from Martinsville arrive! – video
  • On his birthday he shares with his twin bro Kaleb, we talked with Jacob Bradley about his recent Late Model racing – video interview
  • Flagman Nick “Bubbles” about flagging this event – video interview
  • Interview with the internet-famous Randy that yells! – video interview
  • Mike Joy at this event to support the Busch family and more – video interview
  • Brandin Wrisley talks about his son’s win and himself coming out of retirement to race – video interview
  • End of event video with LN Owner, Jason Stix Buckley – Video

RESULTS (as posted on My Race Pass)

LEGENDS FEATURE: 1. 35-Preston Wrisley[1]; 2. 5H-Josh Hicks[4]; 3. 15-Alex McCollum[2]; 4. 13-Joe Ryan Osborne[11]; 5. 12-Colton Hale[10]; 6. 18-Brexton Busch[5]; 7. 45-Colt Johnson[28]; 8. 87-Jacob Burns[16]; 9. 24-Joel Smith[12]; 10. 17-Ben Morabito[22]; 11. 9-Sterling Wrisley[14]; 12. 72-Nick Woodall[8]; 13. 7NY-Caleb Heady[21]; 14. 5-Brandin Wrisley[18]; 15. 7-Matt Haufe[23]; 16. 99-Spencer Bradshaw[3]; 17. 48-Parker Ives[6]; 18. 60-Dylan Faulkner[7]; 19. 32-Jensen Jorgensen[9]; 20. 22-Turner Brown[20]; 21. 5E-Eli Black[27]; 22. 8-Robby Faggart[13]; 23. 21M-Josh Mullins[19]; 24. 67-Cameron Bolin[15]; 25. 51T-Austin Thompson[17]; 26. 21-Mitch Wright[24]; 27. 87F-JC Fickenscher[26]; 28. 100-Brenden Ruzbarsky[25]

LEGENDS B FEATURE 1: 1. 7NY-Caleb Heady[9]; 2. 7-Matt Haufe[7]; 3. 100-Brenden Ruzbarsky[2]; 4. 5E-Eli Black[3]; 5. 55-Landon Thrasher[4]; 6. 775-Ryan Shattuck[13]; 7. 51-Junior Snow[5]; 8. 40-Ryan Zima[1]; 9. 81-Lee Jordan[10]; 10. 22H-Zeke Hanger[8]; 11. 66-Hoyt Demis[11]; 12. 13F-Chris Fleming[14]; 13. 38-Cameron White[6]; 14. (DNS) 3-Andrew Brown; 15. (DNS) 27-Ryan Macaintosh

LEGENDS B FEATURE 2: 1. 17-Ben Morabito[3]; 2. 21-Mitch Wright[1]; 3. 87F-JC Fickenscher[6]; 4. 45-Colt Johnson[2]; 5. 88-Mike Alcaro[11]; 6. 1-Burt Myers[8]; 7. 96-Jesse Bunnell[4]; 8. 71W-Adam Welch[12]; 9. 5S-Ricky Schlick[10]; 10. 25-Jeff Bolen[9]; 11. 69-John Holleman IV[5]; 12. 42-Alex Reling[13]; 13. 71-Aiden McConnaughey[7]; 14. (DNS) 93-Kevin Rollins

LEGENDS HEAT 1: 1. 35-Preston Wrisley[1]; 2. 48-Parker Ives[2]; 3. 13-Joe Ryan Osborne[3]; 4. 40-Ryan Zima[5]; 5. 17-Ben Morabito[6]; 6. 38-Cameron White[7]; 7. 5-Brandin Wrisley[4]; 8. 1-Burt Myers[8]; 9. 775-Ryan Shattuck[10]; 10. (DNS) 93-Kevin Rollins

LEGENDS HEAT 2: 1. 15-Alex McCollum[1]; 2. 24-Joel Smith[3]; 3. 87-Jacob Burns[4]; 4. 55-Landon Thrasher[6]; 5. 21-Mitch Wright[5]; 6. 87F-JC Fickenscher[7]; 7. 7NY-Caleb Heady[8]; 8. 42-Alex Reling[10]; 9. 66-Hoyt Demis[9]; 10. 12-Colton Hale[2]

LEGENDS HEAT 3: 1. 99-Spencer Bradshaw[1]; 2. 60-Dylan Faulkner[2]; 3. 8-Robby Faggart[3]; 4. 51T-Austin Thompson[4]; 5. 100-Brenden Ruzbarsky[5]; 6. 96-Jesse Bunnell[6]; 7. 25-Jeff Bolen[8]; 8. 88-Mike Alcaro[9]; 9. 22H-Zeke Hanger[7]; 10. 13F-Chris Fleming[10]

LEGENDS HEAT 4: 1. 5H-Josh Hicks[1]; 2. 72-Nick Woodall[2]; 3. 9-Sterling Wrisley[3]; 4. 21M-Josh Mullins[4]; 5. 45-Colt Johnson[5]; 6. 7-Matt Haufe[7]; 7. 51-Junior Snow[6]; 8. 81-Lee Jordan[8]; 9. 3-Andrew Brown[9]; 10. (DNS) 27-Ryan Macaintosh

LEGENDS HEAT 5: 1. 18-Brexton Busch[1]; 2. 32-Jensen Jorgensen[2]; 3. 67-Cameron Bolin[3]; 4. 22-Turner Brown[4]; 5. 5E-Eli Black[5]; 6. 71-Aiden McConnaughey[7]; 7. 69-John Holleman IV[6]; 8. 71W-Adam Welch[9]; 9. 5S-Ricky Schlick[8]

LEGENDS QUALIFYING: 1. 35-Preston Wrisley, 15.611[32]; 2. 15-Alex McCollum, 15.632[38]; 3. 99-Spencer Bradshaw, 15.677[14]; 4. 5H-Josh Hicks, 15.699[10]; 5. 18-Brexton Busch, 15.711[8]; 6. 48-Parker Ives, 15.711[11]; 7. 12-Colton Hale, 15.738[42]; 8. 60-Dylan Faulkner, 15.738[49]; 9. 72-Nick Woodall, 15.739[24]; 10. 32-Jensen Jorgensen, 15.753[2]; 11. 13-Joe Ryan Osborne, 15.776[47]; 12. 24-Joel Smith, 15.797[31]; 13. 8-Robby Faggart, 15.798[3]; 14. 9-Sterling Wrisley, 15.803[39]; 15. 67-Cameron Bolin, 15.808[37]; 16. 5-Brandin Wrisley, 15.827[34]; 17. 87-Jacob Burns, 15.831[6]; 18. 51T-Austin Thompson, 15.839[27]; 19. 21M-Josh Mullins, 15.842[1]; 20. 22-Turner Brown, 15.842[12]; 21. 40-Ryan Zima, 15.855[19]; 22. 21-Mitch Wright, 15.873[44]; 23. 100-Brenden Ruzbarsky, 15.876[45]; 24. 45-Colt Johnson, 15.891[46]; 25. 5E-Eli Black, 15.915[43]; 26. 17-Ben Morabito, 15.919[22]; 27. 55-Landon Thrasher, 15.928[20]; 28. 96-Jesse Bunnell, 15.947[4]; 29. 51-Junior Snow, 15.973[28]; 30. 69-John Holleman IV, 15.996[41]; 31. 38-Cameron White, 16.007[17]; 32. 87F-JC Fickenscher, 16.008[15]; 33. 22H-Zeke Hanger, 16.039[18]; 34. 7-Matt Haufe, 16.041[40]; 35. 71-Aiden McConnaughey, 16.054[33]; 36. 1-Burt Myers, 16.058[48]; 37. 7NY-Caleb Heady, 16.069[5]; 38. 25-Jeff Bolen, 16.106[21]; 39. 81-Lee Jordan, 16.110[16]; 40. 5S-Ricky Schlick, 16.157[30]; 41. 93-Kevin Rollins, 16.158[36]; 42. 66-Hoyt Demis, 16.169[7]; 43. 88-Mike Alcaro, 16.191[26]; 44. 3-Andrew Brown, 16.231[25]; 45. 71W-Adam Welch, 16.245[23]; 46. 775-Ryan Shattuck, 16.274[13]; 47. 42-Alex Reling, 16.276[9]; 48. 13F-Chris Fleming, 16.793[35]; 49. (DQ) 27-Ryan Macaintosh, 15.890[29]

BANDOLEROS: 1. 9-Carson Sherman[1]; 2. 29-Charlie Evans[2]; 3. 54-Jackson Jones[3]; 4. 1H-Lucas Harrison[8]; 5. 37-Carson Cauble[14]; 6. 40-Roo Reaves[10]; 7. 13-Lucas McFall[7]; 8. 24-Michael Thomas[5]; 9. 48-Jacob Hassey[15]; 10. 7T-Casen Tate[4]; 11. 21-Connor Sanders[12]; 12. 9B-Maverick Bradshaw[17]; 13. 4-Jordan Bauer[9]; 14. 24M-Mason Massey[11]; 15. 15-Alison Johnson[13]; 16. 111-Reese Shirley[16]; 17. 17-Tate Brewer[18]; 18. 7-Camden Powers[6]

BANDOLERO QUALIFYING: 1. 9-Carson Sherman, 16.683[3]; 2. 29-Charlie Evans, 17.005[17]; 3. 54-Jackson Jones, 17.027[13]; 4. 7T-Casen Tate, 17.027[4]; 5. 24-Michael Thomas, 17.033[10]; 6. 7-Camden Powers, 17.036[6]; 7. 13-Lucas McFall, 17.049[14]; 8. 1H-Lucas Harrison, 17.053[9]; 9. 4-Jordan Bauer, 17.066[18]; 10. 40-Roo Reaves, 17.094[15]; 11. 24M-Mason Massey, 17.122[16]; 12. 21-Connor Sanders, 17.125[5]; 13. 15-Alison Johnson, 17.157[1]; 14. 37-Carson Cauble, 17.168[7]; 15. 48-Jacob Hassey, 17.173[2]; 16. 111-Reese Shirley, 17.246[8]; 17. 9B-Maverick Bradshaw, 17.287[11]; 18. 17-Tate Brewer, 17.780[12]