March 29, 2025 (Winchester, Va)-The East Coast Legend Series returned to Winchester Speedway for the second-consecutive week, and a strong entry list of 49 cars prompted track and Series officials to conduct twin 20-lap feature events. When the checkers fell, defending Series champion, Colton Friese, claimed his second win of the season, and Logan Carbaugh ran strong to claim his first victory of the year. 

     Six heat races paired the drivers down into two equally matched fields. Mike Mohelski, on the strength of his heat race win, started on the pole for the first East Coast feature. Mohelski, who has been running exceptionally well this season, held off a hard-charging Friese for the first 10 laps of the feature. Friese was close behind with Ryan Walls in tow for third. Points leader, Jeremy Ott, was fourth followed by Rick Hartwig and Shaun Abney.

      At lap 11, Friese made the move by Mohelski to grab the top spot. Ott had moved to third, after starting fifth and began to battle Mohelski for the second position. Ott moved by Mohelski on lap 13 to grab second. Mohelski was in third followed by Walls and Lincoln Kearchner, who had made his way to fifth.

      Friese and Ott battled nose-to-tail and side-by-side for the remaining seven laps. At the line, Friese grabbed the narrow victory over Ott. Mohelski finished third. Walls’s good run netted a fourth-place effort, and Shaun Abney got by Kearchner to grab fifth at the line.

       Kearchner finished sixth and snagged the $100 bonus donated by Tony Dawson in memory of his son, Sean Dawson. Justin Cunningham and Stephen Wurtzer ran strong all night to finish seventh and eighth, respectively. Last year’s Rookie of the Year, Dalton Friese, grabbed the ninth spot and Hartwig held on to claim a top-10 finish,

     A jubilant Friese in Victory Lane said, “I could see him (Ott) poke his nose in there a few times. When you’re running against Jeremy Ott, ya gotta be consistent.”

     Feature two took to the track and Logan Carbaugh grabbed his win the old-fashioned way: He earned it! Carbaugh started seventh in the field and made great maneuvers throughout the race before grabbing the top spot.

     When the initial green flag fell, Travis McClellland, one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Series, held the lead. McClelland held off the hard charges of Jeremy Hahn for the top spot while  Logan Jones and Kirk Martin battled for third. Carbaugh had advanced to fifth by lap five.

     Carbaugh continued his nice advances as he grabbed fourth from Jones on lap eight and third from Martin by lap 10. On the 11th circuit, Carbaugh moved into second and set his sights on race-leader McClelland. Both battled side-by-side until Carbaugh took the top spot on the 12th lap.

     Carbaugh would pace the field for the remainder of the distance, even creating a slight distance from his machine back to second for the remaining three laps. Jones jostled McClelland for the runner-up spot on lap 16 and held on to finish second. McClelland took third. Scott Houdeshell ran consistently all evening to take fourth. Kelby Friese put in a strong effort to take fifth.

     Brian Rampmeyer claimed sixth and took the $100 bonus in honor of Sean Dawson donated by Shaun Abney and Door Works. Eric Hurst looked good taking seventh, and current Rookie points leader, Colby Miller, placed eighth. Ben Morrow and Bryan Wagaman had strong runs to come home ninth and 10th, respectively

     In Victory Lane, an emotional Carbaugh stood with Tony Dawson, father of the late Sean Dawson, whom Carbaugh considered a mentor in the early days of his career. Concerning the race, Carbaugh summed it up quite nicely by saying, “It was definitely the hardest one that I’ve won.”

      Heat winners earlier in the evening were Mohelski, Hahn, Colton Friese, McClelland, Walls and Kelby Friese. The Series, sponsored by David H. Martin Excavating, LLC, heads to Path Valley Speedway Saturday for its first visit of the season at the quarter-mile bull rink.

 

 Feature No. 1 results from drivers who competed in heats one, three and five: 1. Colton Friese, 2. Jeremy Ott, 3. Mike Mohelski, 4. Ryan Walls, 5. Shaun Abney, 6. Lincoln Kearchner, 7. Justin Cunningham, 8. Stephen Wurtzer, 9. Dalton Friese, 10. Rick Hartwig, 11. Seth Kearchner, 12. Scott Musselman, 13. Justin Wagaman, 14. Zac Smith, 15. Tyler Rampmeyer, 16. Hunter McElroy, 17. Jacob Burdette, 18. Ezra Burdette, 19. Brad Kelley, 20. Andrew Mowen, 21. Cameron See, 22. Ben Burnisky, 23. Brady Moats, 24. Tracy Linn, 25. Tyler Kaylor

 

Feature No. 2 results from drivers who competed in heats two, four and six: 1. Logan Carbaugh, 2. Logan Jones, 3. Travis McClelland, 4. Scott Houdeshell, 5. Kelby Friese, 6. Brian Rampmeyer, 7. Eric Hurst, 8. Colby Miller, 9. Ben Morrow, 10. Bryan Wagaman, 11. Moses Goetz, 12. Dustin Wiles, 13. Kayleigh Linn, 14. Kirk Martin, 15. Cameron Sutton, 16. Matt Grebe, 17. Dustin Burnisky, 18. Brad Friese, 19. Ryan Walls, Jr., 20. Jimmy Eicher, 21. Mike Grady, Jr., 22. Jeremy Hahn, 23. Devin Friese, 24. Bill Funk