page_title: Legends car racing
section_title: UK
hierarchical_section_title: Legends car racing / Legends car racing around the world / UK
caption_attribution_description: The penultimate corner of Croft Circuit
context_page_description: Legends car racing is a style of auto racing designed primarily to promote exciting racing and to keep costs down. The race car bodyshells are 5/8-scale replicas of American automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s, powered by a Yamaha XJ1250, FJ1200, or starting in 2018, FZ09 engine. The worldwide sanctioning body for legends car racing is INEX.
  Legends cars are a "spec" series, meaning all cars are mechanically identical, with the exception of three styles of car available with 10 types of body styles.
context_section_description: Running since the late 1990s, Legends Racing UK visits tracks all over the country, and ran a 15-round championship, all brought to the UK by legendary music promoter Phil Cooper.
  Three races are held – two heats and a final – at a round of the championship, with the heats lasting between 7 and 12 laps depending on the circuit, with the final a few laps longer.  The grid for race one is drawn by lots, with the reverse for heat two, and in the final the grid is formed by the reverse of the drivers points in the previous two races – meaning the most successful driver will start near the back.  In each race however, all rookies start at the back of the grid.
  In 2018 Team 247, a race team set up by engineering firm 24hr Solutions, with rookie driver Phil Turner (Hertfordshire), entered the competition in support of Help for Heroes. With racing and 'event dates' across the country, the Team 247 brand was built on the Legends racing platform.
  Historically, legends racers from the UK have performed well at the world finals, winning Semi-pro (Glenn Burtenshaw), Pro (John Jon Higgins) and Masters divisions (Peter Morton).
caption: Legends Racing UK at Croft Circuit
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