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Double-Header Weekend: Fri: Linda's Speedway; Sat. Lincoln Speedway!!
Logan Jones Wins Two IN A ROW
April 18, 2026 (Spring Run, PA)-Logan Jones led the East Coast Legend Series race flag-to-flag to grab his second-consecutive Victory of the season, Saturday, at Path Valley Speedway. This win came just one week after Jones grabbed his career-first David H. Martin Excavating, Inc. East Coast victory at BAPS Motor Speedway, April 11.
The win did not come easy for Jones, however, as he was forced to contend with a very eager Hunter McElroy, who is thirsting for his career-first win, as well. McElroy kept Jones’s advantage slim at times, but he was unable to get by the Jones No. 5J machine. McElroy would settle for second.
Tyler Rampmeyer, who has looked strong all year, finished a very impressive third. The “O Show” Owen Wagaman continued his great rookie season with a strong fourth-place effort after starting on the pole. Former Series champion, Jeremy Ott, finished fifth. Ott was forced to make it into the feature from the B-Main after his car did not clear tech following his heat race.
Dalton Friese ran solid to take sixth. Scott Houdeshell claimed seventh with Kirk Martin in eighth. Rick Hartwig crossed the stripe in ninth, and former Series champion, Bill Diehl, rounded out the top-10.
Houdeshell, Wagaman, Jones and Rampmeyer won the heats earlier in the evening. Ott claimed the B-Main. Thirty-three (33) cars/drivers entered the event.
The race was marred by an horrific crash involving Kelby Friese on lap 16. Friese’s No. 21 machine flipped several times on the back stretch after making contact with another car. Friese has indicated that he received a compression fracture of the T12 vertebrae and is expected to miss approximately 10 weeks of action.
The Series thanks David H. Martin, Rita’s Italian Ice and Frozen Custard, Fairfield Auto Service, NAPA Auto Parts Taneytown and Dr. Zach Crouse, DVM for all their support of East Coast action at Path Valley. The Series returns to action this coming weekend with a double-header beginning at Linda’s Speedway on Friday followed by action at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday.
Finishing Order: 1. Logan Jones, 2. Hunter McElroy, 3. Tyler Rampmeyer, 4. Owen Wagaman, 5. Jeremy Ott, 6. Dalton Friese, 7. Scott Houdeshell, 8. Kirk Martin, 9. Rick Hartwig, 10. Bill Diehl, 11. Moses Goetz, 12. Eric Moats, 13. Cameron Sutton, 14. Mason Tracy, 15. Dave Benner, 16. Shjon Dove, 17. Ben Morrow, 18. Donald Stoudt, 19. Scott Musselman, 20. KJ Massey, 21. Ryan Walls, Jr., 22. Justin Wagaman, 23. Kelby Friese, 24. Connor Tracy
Did Not Qualify: Matt Grebe, Brad Kelley, Brock Doyle, Matt Parks, Devin Smith, William Crook, Blake Nalley, Jimmy Eicher and Jayden Powell
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2026 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 2026, 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 2026, 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, or blue, 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.