From the first time you strap into a Legend Car or Bandolero, you become a part of a fraternity of racers that stretches over 30 years. Beginning with the idea for an affordable race car by the late O. Bruton Smith and former Charlotte Motor Speedway General Manager Humpy Wheeler, famed road course champion Elliott Forbes-Robinson helped develop the very first Legend Car. It was a 5/8-scale version of the NASCAR modifides made famous by NASCAR legends Fireball Roberts, Curtis Turner, Buck Baker, Speedy Thompson, and Banjo Matthews. Within a few short years, Legend Cars were all across the United States and growing in popularity around the world. The Bandolero was introduced in 1997, serving as the perfect trainer car for the larger Legend Car, with an Italian-sports car feel.
Today, both are equally used for driver development and for hobby racing. Future NASCAR champions would work their way through Bandoleros and Legend Cars, including Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric, and Ben Rhodes. Several more have won national INEX Racing Series events like Joey Logano, Jordan Anderson, Reed Sorenson, and Daniel Hemric. Thousands more drivers and families have made countless memories at hundreds of race tracks across the globe.
Manufacturered in Harrisburg, North Carolina, every Legend Car and Bandolero is assembled identically and to the highest safety standards. With a dealer network stretching across the world in over 30 countries, they are here to help you with your every need for your car.
Racing at historic venues like Charlotte Motor Speedway, Brands Hatch, and Fuji Speedway, U.S. Legend Cars International has a global reach as the world's largest manufacturer of race cars. No matter your age, there is a always a spot for your in a field of other racing enthusiasts with the desire to have fun and make life long memories.