, Ty Dillon, and Harrison Burton. The late Ricky Hendrick, son of multi-time championship owner Rick Hendrick, raced in the series.
“You learned the nuts and bolts of how to race people,” said Logano, who commuted from Atlanta with his family to run the mid-week races. “I had a lot of fun racing against guys like David Ragan before we ever got to Cup. We had a blast. My dad and I came up here and tried to figure out how to race with people. In some cases, you learned how to fight each other. It was pretty rough because of the bumping and banging in Legend Cars. It was a great place to learn how to race.
“I miss racing Legend cars,” he said recently, before the 2023 Summer Shootout season opened. “I remember coming out when I was 10 years old. I had a big enough lead in one race that I was watching myself on the jumbotron. I overdrove the next corner and messed up trying to watch myself. Those were good times for sure; a lot of good memories came out of it. I’ve always said that when I have kids—which will be years down the road—I’m going to put them down the same path I went through.
“As time goes on and you see so many drivers come in and compete at a high level, a lot of that is a testament to those Bandoleros and Legend cars,” said Hemric. . “You came here to race to put your name on the map. I was a part of it in some way, shape or form from the time I was 10 years old to about two years ago.“I gained experience every summer out there, racing against the best. As time goes on, you see so many drivers come in and compete at a high level.