Logan Wagner’s taken up some of the finest driving opportunities Central Pennsylvania has to offer over his decade-long Sprint Car career.

From Zemco Racing’s legendary No. 1z to Don Kreitz’s acclaimed No. 69k, the Harrisonville, Pa., driver’s fulfilled what many would call bucket-list endeavors.

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This year, the five-time Port Royal Speedway track champion is joining forces with someone he’s long wanted to call a teammate: His father, Mike. Two months after he declared himself as a free agent upon his departure of Kreitz Racing, the 34-year-old Wagner is officially teaming up with his 59-year-old father to form the two-car Wagner Motorsports operation for 2025.

The Wagners will debut the father-son team, with Logan aboard the No. 55 and Mike aboard the No. 55w, on March 8’s opening day at Port Royal Speedway.

“I’ve drove for some amazing teams and also appreciate the opportunities since my split (from the Kreitz-owned No. 69k), but to get back to my roots and truly find what is important in racing and life — like surrounding myself with friends and family — is at the top of the list,” the younger Wagner told FloRacing on Thursday. “This feels like the most natural progression of my racing career. Historically, from the beginning, racing was built on family operations. That’s why this feels so special.

“The support from our great sponsors and knowledge my father has gained over his 40-year career is so important to making this racing team successful.”

Logan Wagner's No. 55 Wagner Motorsports paint scheme for the 2025 season. (Heater Design Studio)

Wagner envisions his schedule being very similar to that of years past, a schedule that’ll end up around 25-30 races and revolve around Port Royal and the half-mile’s marquee events. 

In total, 410 Sprint Cars have 27 events this year on the Port Royal schedule. Wagner may even enter the pair of 410 shows at Path Valley Speedway Park in July 6’s PA Speedweek finale and Sept. 28’s Kubota High Limit Racing event.

The PA Speedweek event July 3 at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway is a possibility as well.

“We’ll see how the year is going, but we’re primarily focused on winning big money at Port Royal,” said Wagner, the former winner of the Bob Weikert Memorial and Tuscarora 50, now both High Limit-sanctioned events, whose 22 career 410 Port Royal wins is 15th all-time at the track. “That’s what we’re looking for.”

Since 2019, the younger Wagner has banked more than $400,000 in earnings across 189 starts, with most of those races being at Port Royal. In 2021, he outdueled Hall of Fame driver Lance Dewease for the $54,000 top Tuscarora 50 prize and last year captured the Greg Hodnett Classic at Port Royal worth $10,000 as part of PA Speedweek.

WATCH: Highlights from the 2021 Tuscarora 50 won by Logan Wagner at Port Royal Speedway.

But aside from the money, Wagner wants to first and foremost enjoy racing alongside his father, who’s also the reigning Port Royal track champion.

“It’s getting back to having fun and not feeling commitment, and just enjoying racing again is how I feel,” said Wagner, who started his Sprint Car career racing 305s out of his father’s shop in 2007 but has never raced with him as a teammate in the 410 ranks.

Wagner, a full-time aircraft pilot who can only take on so much with his racing schedule, said he had a few driving offers around Central PA, like successful car owner Mike Heffner extending an offer to race one of his Sprint Cars.

But what compelled Wagner to team up with his father is the idea of combining his financial backers with his father’s assets. His father, with the help of Mac Magee Motorsports, has stepped up his program in recent years, purchasing multiple relatively new Maxim Chassis while maintaining a rotation of fresh HP Engines.

Up until 2020, Mike Wagner primarily had employed used tires on his race cars as well, so it's only been until recently he could afford new tires on a weekly basis.

"With my sponsors, I've been a lot more fortunate than I've ever been my whole life," the elder Wagner said. "I have new motors, new cars, new tires. For 35 years, I didn't have that."

Mike Wagner's No. 55w Wagner Motorsports paint scheme for the 2025 season. (Heater Design Studio)

Wagner’s bringing Saner Brothers, LD2 Catering and BBQ, and G&P Distributors to his father’s team, which also welcomes Coleman Farms owned by Ron and LuAnn Coleman to their list of marketing partners.

“We feel we can certainly put together a really competitive team,” the younger Wagner said. “To have the opportunity to run for him just seems like the most natural progression in my racing career.

“We have support from great sponsors and knowledge gained from my father the last 40 years," he added. "That’s why I think we’ll be successful. It’s more so getting back to my roots and truly finding what’s important in racing and in life. When you have an opportunity to run with dad, I think it’s important you take it. It should be fun.”

Last year, Wagner started 28 features for the Kreitz Racing, up from his 17 features in 2023, the year he left Zemco Racing that July to race for Kreitz where he eventually won five times in 35 races aboard the No. 69k. The elder Wagner logged 24 races last year and likely will scale that number back this year as he approaches his 60th birthday in August.

"I may run a bunch or I may some, I'm not sure. I know we're going to run more than a little," the elder Wagner said. "We maybe won't run every race up there. I just have to see how things go and feel things out. ... If we get down on cars or if I get busy, Logan will be the first priority. But if we can get enough stuff in place and have enough cars, it won't be as hard. I'm just excited about him coming on board."

Editor's note: Corrects sponsor Coleman Farms (owned by Ron and LuAnn Coleman) from Coltman Farms.