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Legends
Cars
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Legends
Cars are 5/8 scale racers based on pre-war Ford, Chevy and
Dodge bodies. Eight body styles are produced.
WHEELBASE 73.00"
OVERALL
WIDTH 60.00"
OVERALL
LENGTH 10' 6"
HEIGHT
46"
ENGINE
Yamaha 1250cc (sealed)
HORSEPOWER
122 HP
COMPRESSION
10:1 Max
WEIGHT
1,325 lbs. including driver
TYRES
Legends edition control tyre
WHEELS
Width: 7" Diameter: 13"
SUSPENSION
Coil Over With Bilstein Shocks
FRAME
Full Tubeframe With Integral Rollcage
HARNESS
FIA approved Five-Point
In
1992, the officials at Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte
Motor Speedway) began noticing a need for affordable racecars
that requires little maintenance time and cost.
It
was then in April of 1992 that the first Legends Car was
unveiled at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Track President
and
General Manager Humpy Wheeler and Elliott Forbes-Robinson,
famed road racing champion, designed these 5/8-scale fiberglass
full-fendered versions of NASCAR modifieds driven by drivers
such as Fireball Roberts, Buck Baker, Curtis Turner, Speedy
Thompson and Banjo Matthews.
Drivers
can being classified into four different divisions. The
Pro Division is for the experienced drivers. The Masters
Division features drivers 40 years and older. The Semi-Pro
Division is the novice class, featuring the drivers that
are new to the sport or have been inactive in other forms
of racing for a while. Then there is the Young Lions Division
which is designated for the drivers between the ages of
12 and 16.
The
Legends Cars are produced by 600 Racing, Inc. in Harrisburg,
North Carolina. Currently they are the largest mass producer
of racecars in the world.
There
are now Legends Cars series all over the world including
the British Championship this runs 15 round and a world
championship challenge competitors have the chance to travel
to an San Fransisco to race.
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