HARRISBURG, N.C. (November 25, 2025) On August 8^th, 2025, the fabrication team at U.S. Legend Cars International completed Legend Car number LC008140. At first glance there isn’t anything particularly significant about the number 8140, but in this case the significance is that that particular Legend Car was the 10,000^th chassis produced by U.S. Legend Cars International. It’s quite fitting that the 10,000^th chassis is a Legend Car, since the first car produced by USLCI in April 1992, then known as 600 Racing, was a Legend Car.

Thirty-year veteran of USLCI, Craig Bruce, leads the Fabrication Department and reflected on the milestone achieved by the men and women who have produced every chassis that has been shipped out to racers across the globe.

“When you sit down and think about it, it’s pretty wild to know that we’ve hit that number,” said Bruce. “Ten thousand chassis! That almost doesn’t seem real to me.”

Why the delay in announcing this milestone? Built as a 2.0 Legend Car (assembled only as a chassis, body, and engine), the car sat for a week or so on the USLCI manufacturing floor in Harrisburg, North Carolina before being loaded on a truck bound for USLCI’s Las Vegas dealership. From there it sat a few more weeks before a buyer was found. And because of scheduling, it was only picked up by the customer on November 6.

For the question everyone will ask, who has the 10,000^th chassis? Kaylee Decker.

Decker is a third-generation racer from Washington State, who has been racing since she was seven years old in quarter midgets. She has been racing Legend Cars for three years and races often at Evergreen Speedway, where her grandfather, Joe, and father, Joe Jr., raced before her. She also competes at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval and South Sound Speedway in Washington, and ventured out of state to Stateline Speedway in Idaho and Mission Valley Super Oval in Montana this season.

“I plan on racing the 10,000^th chassis with 860 Motorsports at some tracks back east,” Decker shared.  “We then plan to be at the Chilly Willy in Tucson, Arizona this upcoming January. Along with running all our tracks in the Northwest and going for the championship at Evergreen Speedway.”

After the 10,000^th chassis is completed by 860 Motorsports, it will be adorned with Decker’s traditional family number of 68, with her green and chrome as the paint scheme. Decker hopes 2026 concludes with a trip to South Carolina and Dillon Motor Speedway for the Legend Car Asphalt Championship Nationals next November.

“Racing has been a passion of mine since I began eight years ago,” Decker added. “I was thrilled to be provided with the opportunity to pilot this car. It's an honor to be backed by people that want to see my program grow. I'm looking forward to taking many checkered flags in the 10,000th chassis.”

Vice President of Racing Operations & Manufacturing, G.E. Chapman, commended the fabrication crew for a job well done.

“I have to hand it to those guys back in the shop. The unspoken goal at the beginning of 2025 was to hit 10,000 by the end of the year,” said Chapman. “Not only did they meet that target, but they knocked it out of the park. And don’t forget, they also had several clip repair jobs sprinkled throughout the year. It’s been an absolute great job by the entire crew.”

Bruce has been around to bear witness to nearly 9,000 of the total chassis produced by USLCI. From the Legend Car, then the Bandolero, followed by the Thunder Roadster and the experimental Dirt Modified Legend, he has been a part of the assembly of many of the Legends and Bandos, if not all, that are still on the track today.

The current crew in the fabrication shop is a mixture of seasoned veterans, and fresh faces that have been added to the roster in 2025. It is a team effort to hand produce each Legend Car and Bandolero, with no automation, and Bruce could not be prouder of his crew’s accomplishments this year.

“It’s a team effort, and I’m proud of every single one of them for their hard work and dedication,” he said. “They show up every day to help keep race car drivers behind the wheel.

“I know I won’t be in this building when they hit 20,000, but selfishly, I take pride in knowing I was here for the 10,000^th.”