Legends car racing is a style of race car, designed primarily to promote exciting racing and to keep costs down. The bodyshells are 5/8-scale replicas of American automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s, powered by a Yamaha motorcycle engine. The sanctioning body for Legends car racing is called INEX. INEX stands for inexpensive racing. Legends Cars are a one design series, meaning all cars are mechanically identical, with the exception of 3 styles of car (Standard coupe, 34 Coupe, and Sedan) available with 10 types of body styles. (New cars are currently offered with only 7 body styles, however many used cars exist with the "older" styles). In 1992, Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway) officials noticed a need for lower cost racing cars with little maintenance time and cost. They found such a car existed, in the guise of the motorcycle-engined Dwarf Car, a 5/8-scale, steel-bodied & fenderless '35 Ford coupe, which was being manufactured by the Dwarf Car Company in Phoenix, AZ. The first Legend car was unveiled in April 1992 at Lowe's by track President and General Manager Humpy Wheeler and road racer Elliott Forbes-Robinson. Legends Cars are produced by US Legend Cars International. (Formerly 600 Racing, Inc.) in Harrisburg, North Carolina. They are the largest mass producer of race cars in the world. On January 22, 2010, it was announced that US Legend Cars International would host a Million Dollar purse race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, on July 15–17, 2010. 301 Legends Cars were on hand for the Inaugural "Legends Million" event. The event was televised live on Speed Channel with Daniel Hemeric of Kannapolis, NC, taking home the top prize of $250,000.The event was hosted again at Charlotte Motor Speedway under the name of The Legends Big Money 100 on August 1–2, 2011. The winner was Kyle Plott of Marietta, Georgia. He held off NASCAR driver David Ragan, a past Legends and Bandolero champion, to win the 100 lap race.The 3rd annual Big Money 100 was once again hosted at Charlotte Motor Speedway on July 4 weekend of 2012. Tyler Green won the 100 lap feature.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Legends Car Racing
Legends car racing is a style of race car, designed primarily to promote exciting racing and to keep costs down. The bodyshells are 5/8-scale replicas of American automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s, powered by a Yamaha motorcycle engine. The sanctioning body for Legends car racing is called INEX. INEX stands for inexpensive racing. Legends Cars are a one design series, meaning all cars are mechanically identical, with the exception of 3 styles of car (Standard coupe, 34 Coupe, and Sedan) available with 10 types of body styles. (New cars are currently offered with only 7 body styles, however many used cars exist with the "older" styles). In 1992, Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway) officials noticed a need for lower cost racing cars with little maintenance time and cost. They found such a car existed, in the guise of the motorcycle-engined Dwarf Car, a 5/8-scale, steel-bodied & fenderless '35 Ford coupe, which was being manufactured by the Dwarf Car Company in Phoenix, AZ. The first Legend car was unveiled in April 1992 at Lowe's by track President and General Manager Humpy Wheeler and road racer Elliott Forbes-Robinson. Legends Cars are produced by US Legend Cars International. (Formerly 600 Racing, Inc.) in Harrisburg, North Carolina. They are the largest mass producer of race cars in the world. On January 22, 2010, it was announced that US Legend Cars International would host a Million Dollar purse race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, on July 15–17, 2010. 301 Legends Cars were on hand for the Inaugural "Legends Million" event. The event was televised live on Speed Channel with Daniel Hemeric of Kannapolis, NC, taking home the top prize of $250,000.The event was hosted again at Charlotte Motor Speedway under the name of The Legends Big Money 100 on August 1–2, 2011. The winner was Kyle Plott of Marietta, Georgia. He held off NASCAR driver David Ragan, a past Legends and Bandolero champion, to win the 100 lap race.The 3rd annual Big Money 100 was once again hosted at Charlotte Motor Speedway on July 4 weekend of 2012. Tyler Green won the 100 lap feature.
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