World of Outlaws
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| Sport | Sprint car racing |
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| Jurisdiction |
 United States Canada
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| Abbreviation | WoO |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Regional affiliation | United States |
| Headquarters | Concord, North Carolina |
| President | Brian Carter |
| Official website | |
| www |
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| Category | Sprint car racing |
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| Country |
United States Canada
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| Inaugural season | 1978 |
| Drivers | 393 (2013) |
| Tire suppliers | Continental AG |
| Drivers' champion |
Donny Schatz
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| Teams' champion | Tony Stewart Racing |
| Official website | www |
The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning a national tour of sprint cars called the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. It later purchased a national tour of late model called the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. These dirt track racing series are owned and operated by World Racing Group. Both the Late Model series and the Sprint Car series are currently sponsored by Stanley Black & Decker's Craftsman brand as the title sponsor of the World of Outlaws.
The body sanctions a national tour of high power to weight, custom fabricated sprint cars called the World of Outlaws. The race cars feature large adjustable wings on the top and large rear tires that transfer their power to the dirt tracks they race on. The series travels primarily the United States, but has sanctioned races in Canada, Mexico and Australia.
The series was founded in 1978 by Ted Johnson, a former midget racer from Madison, Wisconsin. At the time sprint car racing in the United States lacked a true national series. Johnson organized the World of Outlaws sanctioning body and established a national schedule, a set of rules and a points system to crown a champion of his series. Today, the 2016 season will feature 91 races at 54 different tracks in 25 states and one Canadian province. Select events are broadcast on Dirt Vision, an online subscription based streaming service, while other select races are broadcast nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
A World of Outlaws Sprint Car is a purpose-built open-wheel race car that must weigh at least 1,400 pounds with the driver in the car. The 410-cubic inch engine is fueled by VP Racing Fuels methanol. The cars produce over 900 horsepower and transfer it to the ground through Continental Tire, the series' specification tire . The World of Outlaws and Continental Tire will designate the legal compound types, as each circuit differs in which type of compound works for a circuit. The series' cars have a large top wing with sideboards that face opposite direction to help produce a great amount of downforce to plant the car on the track and help the car turn and maximize grip, both in the corners and on the straightaways. All racecars must weigh a minimum of 1400 pounds with a driver fully prepared to compete in the car throughout an entire event. The cars also have smaller nose wings.
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