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Chad's #63 Legend Car up on a dolly in the Midlife Classic Cars shop in Greensboro, NC during race prep

What Nobody Tells You About Owning a Legend Car

Everybody films the racing. Nobody films the week before it. I'm back in my 90-degree Greensboro warehouse with no AC, prepping the #63 Legend Car for Charlotte — rebuilding a car dolly, hammering a bent bumper, chasing a dead transponder, and de-glazing brake pads I'm still not sure I'm doing right.

by Chad Byrumon August 19, 2026
I Finally Felt Fast in My Legend Car — The Trail Braking Breakthrough at Charlotte

I Finally Felt Fast in My Legend Car — The Trail Braking Breakthrough at Charlotte

I didn't sleep, it was 90 degrees, and I came in near the back — but for the first time my Legend Car finally felt fast. Here's the trail braking breakthrough that changed my whole race at the Cook Out Summer Shootout.

by Chad Byrumon July 05, 2026
Door-to-Door at Charlotte: My Legend Car Round 2 at the Cook Out Summer Shootout

Door-to-Door at Charlotte: My Legend Car Round 2 at the Cook Out Summer Shootout

Round 2 of the Cook Out Summer Shootout at Charlotte was about getting better, not getting positions. My corner entry is still fighting me, I finally made it clean through Turn 1, and I spent half a lap racing a buddy stuck in second gear. Come ride along.

by Chad Byrumon July 01, 2026
Season Opener! Legend Car Racing Under the Charlotte Lights

Season Opener! Legend Car Racing Under the Charlotte Lights

Round one of the Cook Out Summer Shootout at Charlotte did not go my way. I tell on myself about the worst qualifying I've ever run, the genius race plan that was really just "don't crash," and what I've got to fix before next time. Come ride along.

by Chad Byrumon June 22, 2026
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