CNS Kicks Off Triple Header With INEX Summer Nationals

Alexandra Purcell
1 day ago
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August 14, 2025 - Dacono, CO

Colorado National Speedway spurred a rare triple-header weekend into action on Thursday, August 14^th, 2025. The INEX Summer Nationals fired off with some thrilling Bandolero and Legends action, heating up the asphalt for an unforgettable three-day marathon.

If you missed out on watching the action live, don’t worry! Keep reading to get the rundown.

INEX LEGENDS

Fast Dash – 17 Laps

After a rough start that saw several race cars spinning and a brief caution to address a wreck, the No. 32 of Cody Milan and the No. 09 of Chase VanHouten showed the way to the green flag. Milan sliced into the lead, outrunning a battle between VanHouten and the No. 9 of Kaden Bradshaw duking it out for second. Enter the No. 78C of Colton Crocker, who swung into the top four several laps in. Bradshaw surrendered his grip on second as Crocker and the No. 17M of Taylor Mayhew closed the gap. Crocker drew a bead on VanHouten and began eating into his lead before diving past him. Bradshaw, now out of the lead, gave up second to Mayhew, who lit after Crocker – but the lap count was too short to make anything of his run, and it would be Crocker across the line first.

A Dash – 15 Laps

The No. 14S of Austin Steinke surged to an early lead, outpacing the tight battle for second place between the No. 99 of Peyton Bradshaw and the No. 42 of Steven Bazen. Their battle was quickly decided as Bradshaw muscled past Bazen. He was then faced with tracking down Steinke for the top spot, leading a single-file string of race cars from the front of the field to the back. Bradshaw cut the distance to just two car-lengths, sinking his claws into Steinke on the last lap, but Steinke put on a hell of a show and kept Bradshaw behind him. Steinke, Bradshaw, Bazen, and the No. 97 of Billy Blevins secured transfer spots for a shot at the Feature.

B Dash – 15 Laps

The No. 21X of Corey Pearson set a fast pace early, leaving the No. 21L of Madilyn Lange in the rearview as the No. 17 of Jeremy Krueger thought about going three-wide, but backed out last second. The field strung out in a single-lane parade as the No. 13P of David Price held down fourth place – and, therefore, the final transfer position. A single-car incident slowed the field under caution, putting Pearson and Krueger on the front row as Lange dropped like a rock through the standings. Pearson lost his grip on the lead as Krueger launched past, attempting a crossover move that fell short. While Krueger ran off with the win, Lange and Pearson battled nose-to-nose right down to the line with Pearson barely out front, followed by Price in the fourth transfer position.

Feature – 30 Laps

Sounding rather like a horde of angry hornets, a whopping 36 Legends shot under the flag stand, taking the green flag for their first 30-lap Feature of the three-day show. Crocker immediately inserted himself into the lead, followed by Mayhew as Milan commanded third place. While the top three cars broke away, the pack raced side-by-side from sixth on back, each jostling for position and a shot at the $1,000 prize. Just four laps in, that massive field proved a challenge for the leaders, allowing Bradshaw the shot he needed to pick off Milan. While they had to slow to navigate the minefield of lapped traffic, Mayhew and Crocker took off, laying down some distance while simultaneously keeping each other at bay. Lapped traffic didn’t let up, and just 10 laps in, created an obstacle course in motion for the leaders. Through it all, Mayhew paced Crocker, while the No. 12C of Colton Hale valiantly held his position over the No. 51R of Brenden Ruzbarsky. Hale chipped at Milan’s hold on fourth, at least until Ruzbarsky found some grip and fired back, making short work of Hale as he settled in and took aim at Milan instead.

Ruzbarsky kept at Milan and eventually passed him, leaving him to the mercy of VanHouten as the last car in the top five. Up front, while Crocker’s race car was fast enough to keep the lead, he had to make a split-second decision to dodge a lapped car and almost lost it. However, he held it together and managed to extend his lead while he was at it, coming back around to the line to win a clean, flag-to-flag race.

Quick Time: No. 32, Cody Milan 18.560

Fast Dash: No. 78C, Colton Crocker

A Dash: No. 14S, Austin Steinke

B Dash: No. 17, Jeremy Krueger

Feature: No. 78C, Colton Crocker

Puzzle Effect Bandoleros

Outlaw Dash – 12 Laps

A clean start turned the lead over to the No. 60 of Liam Hammond, but disaster struck on Lap 2 as a multicar incident resulted in the No. 61 of Lillian Tuttle going up and over. She was able to exit her race car under her own power and was quickly attended by track personnel. Once the racing surface was clear, Hammond reassumed control followed by the No. 95J of Jaxon Muhler, unable to shake Muhler as the field built momentum. However, Muhler fell victim to the No. 2 of Dutch Vanderwal, who settled right into Hammond’s tracks and began reeling him in. Vanderwal tried every lane he could find to gain an advantage on Muhler, finally finding speed on the inside and launching into first place. Vanderwal never looked back, rounding the small half-course to win.

Outlaw Feature – 10 Laps

The field wasted no time in going three- and four-wide; Muhler filtered out into first place, leading a four-car breakaway with the No. 89 of Javon Barnard in second and Vanderwal completing the top three. Muhler commanded the lead over Barnard, who had his hands full of Vanderwal – eventually giving up the position as Vanderwal settled into second. Muhler was able to lay down an excellent lead, untouchable right down to the checkered flag.

Bandit Dash – 10 Laps

The No. 23M of Izaak Mead and the No. 07 of Madison Stanley led the field to green. The field strung out as the No. 28 of Chandler Gasser moved past the No. 44 of Emersyn Weitzel for third while dodging a slower car. Stanley caught Mead for the lead as both worked around slow traffic. That allowed Mead to place a lapped car between himself and Stanley. Mead continued to show patience in traffic before stretching out a small gap by Lap 8 and maintaining control to the checkered flag, with Gasser holding third over Weitzel in traffic.

Bandit Feature – 10 Laps

The No. 26 of Dale Bain and Weitzel shared the front row, but not for long; Weitzel shot out front as two race cars spun and kept going. Not to be denied, Mead sliced through lapped traffic to take the lead on Lap 1, demoting both front-row starters and quickly laying down a big lead. Stanley took over second place, pulling out every trick in the book to reel in Mead, but to no avail – Mead was untouchable, leading right down to the finish line to take a decisive victory.

Outlaw Dash: No. 2, Dutch Vanderwal

Outlaw Feature: No. 95, Jaxon Muhler

Bandit Dash: No. 23, Izaak Mead

Bandit Feature: No. 23, Izaak Mead

We here at CNS are always looking for the next green flag, and we didn’t have to wait long – we rolled right into Night 2 of the INEX/CARS takeover. Check out the results HERE!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Legends - 30 Laps