US Legend Cars was launched by
Charlotte Motor Speedway officials seeking a cheaper alternative to
stock car racing. The target was a racing car low in purchasing price and in maintenance. The first car was unveiled in April 1992 by Charlotte Motor Speedway president
Humpy Wheeler and former racer
Elliott Forbes-Robinson. The first legends racing cars body styles were based on the stock car modified divisions from the 1930s and 1940s. Wheeler and Forbes-Robinson based the legends cars on a Dwarf cars racing division based in
Arizona. As Wheeler was the Charlotte Motor Speedway president and
Speedway Motorsports president the new company developing the cars was introduced as a subsidiary to Speedway Motorsports. For 1993 a Legends racing series on road courses was introduced in the United Kingdom. For 1998 a new car was introduced, the
Bandolero model. The car was fitted with a 570cc
Briggs & Stratton Vanguard Model 35 engine. In 2011 a new car was launched, the Dirt Modified. The car is similar to a regular Legends racing car. However a slightly different body and adjusted
Bilstein shocks make it handle more like a
midget car.
Ray Evernham helped develop the new racing car. The first track to run the dirt car series was East Lincoln Speedway in
Stanley, North Carolina. The legend
car engine was updated from a Yamaha 1250 to a Yamaha FZ-09 in the spring of 2018. ==Models==