What is Legends Racing UK?

Legends Racing UK is a style motorsport where its primary targets are to keep costs down and to promote exciting racing up and down the field. Using 5/8 replicas of the 1930’s Ford Coupe which were powered by motorbike engines, they was initially manufactured by Dwarf Car Company in America when Charlotte Motor Speedway was looking for cars of low cost and maintenance time. While the coupe concept was not completely inline with what they were looking for, with some slight modifications making them resemble the cars that competed in the 1930’s and 1940’s which had been modified, it kept many of the same qualities that the Dwarf Car Company initially used. This type of transformation would then be later transferred to other American Manufacturers such as Dodge and Chevrolet.

It wouldn’t be long before the series migrated over the UK with the Legends Racing UK Championship starting to be held in the late 1990’s visiting tracks all across the country. The car style has not changed at all since it was initially introduced with the series using a Yamaha 1200cc/1250cc motorbike engine. While all three manufacturers with the eight different style of bodies are available, most drivers stick with the original 1934 Ford Coupe and the remaining few use the Ford Sedan variant.

The series format in Legends Racing UK is two heats and a final. All drivers will compete in all three events but where you start is different to most series. Your heat one starting position is determined by a ballot draw where each driver will take a randomly given a ball with a number and colour on it. The grid for the first heat is then reversed for the second heat meaning the drivers who start at the front for the first heat, for the second heat they will start from the back.

By the end of the two heats all the drivers’ points totals will be tallied up from the two heats which will determine the grid for the final. The drivers with the most points scored from the heat will then be starting from the back and the drivers with the least would be starting from the front in a reverse grid race making the action more frantic as the top drivers would have to fight their way through in a slightly elongated race compared to the heats. 

At the end of the weekend, the driver with the most points will then be declared the winner of the overall race meeting. Everything scored in the heats and the finals counts towards the championship.

Another major difference to most series is that the car that scores the points not the driver. In cases where a car is driven by multiple drivers across the season to make the costs even lower, the car is then counted in the driver’s championship. For example, the 2024 season had car number 44 have multiple drivers race for it that season, so instead of the drivers finishing lower down the order for not having competed in all the races like some drivers are able to, their points combine under the car, so they finished 10th place in the standings.

At the end of the year the top drivers from each class would then be invited to a world finals where the top drivers from each division would fight it out to crown overall champions. The series is an exciting and fun filled championship where there is always lots of action in such small cars. The 2025 season starts on the 29th and 30th of March at Donighton Park as a support series to the GT Cup where one of Britain’s most thrilling motorsports will commence once again.