What is the worlds only roda legal race car?

Question

Please answer correctly.

Answer 1

There are quite a few road legal racing style cars, and all of the World rally cars are legal cos they drive on public roads. But ya cant buy them, and Im guessing thats what you mean.

The only one you can buy at the moment, is the Maserati MC12 Corce, it was designed to be an out and out race car, not like a Ferrari which has the potential, but has been softened for road use. But the thing is still street leagl. (its not a bad looking motor either!)

Answer 2

There are hundreds of street-legal race cars:
Ford GT/Mustang (Saleen Mustangs)
Shelby
Lotus Elan, Esprit, and Elise
Ferrarri, Lambo, Mercedes/McLaren
Porsche 944/928/911 etc.
Chevy Corvette
Toyota/Lexus, Subaru, Honda/Acura, and my personal fave - Mazda RX-7 and RX-8

All of the above have been raced at LeMans. Some are also frequently on the World Rally Circuit, the ALMS, and the SCCA series(amatuers).

There's the NASCARs - Ford, Chevy, and Dodge

Almost every car manufacturer makes a street-legal racer. They wouldn't be in business very long if they didn't. Now, if you're asking if there's a car that races in a particular racing league and the one they race in the league is EXACTLY the same as the one you could buy from the dealer... then you need to post the question again with those details included.

Answer 3

The Ferrari Enzo has an only slightly-detuned factory racing engine.

The F40, F50 and--well, almost any Ferrari, actually (including the 80's 308's)--all have engines that were developed for circuit racing and slightly detuned to meet emissions standards.

The Ford GT40 and Shelby Cobras were street legal race cars; the GT features the famous engine that grabbed Ford 3 Le Mans victories in the muscle car days.

The Jaguar XK engines fitted to the XKSS (re-bodied D-type) and XKE (E-type) were circuit racing engines that were terrors in Europe AND on tracks over here in the states...as manifested by the records they're still breaking in vintage racing. And the XKSS, while there were only 16 made, were all U.S. street-legal.

Porsche's Carrera GT and GT3 feature the latest-generation F1 engine and factory racing suspension.

And of course we can't forget the McLaren F1.

Remember that it used to be common practice in car manufacturing to produce just enough of a car for street use to qualify its engine for series racing. The sales of the production models went to support the company's racing program. Jaguar, Austin-Healy, Renault, and many others stepped mostly away from this program. Ferrari and Porsche (among others) continue it to this day.

So there are many right answers to your quesiton. There is no "one and only" street-legal race car. So long as the car is pre-1974 or emissions-friendly and equipped with tread tires, it is street legal--even if it's really a race car.

There are hundreds of other examples I didn't list, BTW; it's just practically impossible to detail every street-approved race car out there.

Answer 4

That's a pretty loose definiton...lots of cars can be raced in sanctioned events and still be street legal. The SCCA and NASA have classes for cars whose modifications are either none or very little, and would still be registerable in all 50 staes here in the U.S. Since you posted this in Porsche, you could argue that the GT2 and GT3 are barely-legal race cars, and there are race events where these cars can be taken to the track and wrung out (the Porsche Club of America holds lots of these types of autocross races).

Answer 5

the chevrolet S 10, could be supped up for a a full blown race car and still be street legal

I have on myself

i use it for midnight runs at the desert in Glamis, to go get grosseries, and to work at Sand cars unlimited

Answer 6

All Grand Am Cup race cars can be licensed for the road.

Answer 7

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