The World of Outlaws sprint-car racing series recently returned to Southern California at the half-mile Perris Auto Speedway dirt oval in Riverside County. It was sold to Ace Noffsinger in 1979 and in 1980 his son, 19 year old Brad Noffsinger, drove it to his first California Racing Association, CRA, feature victory thus becoming the youngest driver to win a CRA Main Event since Troy Ruttman in 1947. This #92 Sprint Car was driven by Mike Shaw from 1977 and into the 1979 racing seasons. This car was previously on display at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville, Iowa. driving the #21 Woodland Laundry sponsored car out of Woodland, CA. That race was won by Jimmy Boyd of Calif. Their very first race was at the Devil's Bowl in Mesquite, Texas in March of 1978. This became the largest, most active, and best paying sprint car organization in the country. The organization was named the "World of Outlaws". In the late 1970's, a fellow by the name of Ted Johnson, formed an organization of traveling pros. Back in the 1960´s and long into the 1970´s, many of the top drivers would check out the racing papers for races that paid the most and traveled wherever they felt they stood the best chance to make some decent money.
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