page_title: Modified stock car racing
section_title: Legends car racing
hierarchical_section_title: Modified stock car racing / Scale cars / Legends car racing
caption_attribution_description: Dwarf cars, a type of modified racecar, racing at Saratoga Raceway.
context_page_description: Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II, this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars in pursuit of higher speeds, hence the name.
  There are many sanctioning bodies for modifieds, each specifying different body styles and engine sizes.
context_section_description: US Legend Cars International of Charlotte, North Carolina created the Legends series (while they were named 600 Motorsports) as a way of getting more and younger people into racing with affordable cars. The cars were designed to be 5/8-scale 1930s and 1940s coupes and sedans cars raced in the past in the NASCAR Modified Tour.  They all feature a tube chassis, and spec 1250 cc Yamaha Motorcycle engines.
caption: Dwarf cars in 2008
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