Talk:World of Outlaws

Andy Hillenburg
The "outlaw" (Oklahoma) Andy Hillenburg and the "stock car" (Indiana) Andy Hillenburg are not the same. For years they were nicknamed by state -- Oklahoma Andy and Indiana Andy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.139.120.39 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. I wondered if they were the same or not. RoyalbroilTalk  Contrib 01:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Late Model Series Merger
I propose merging World of Outlaws Late Model Series into this article. As it stands, that article is just a stub and a list from 2007.Mustang6172 (talk) 22:29, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I Support. Since it's fairly non-controversial and this page doesn't get a ton of traffic, I'd say go ahead and do it. -Drdisque (talk) 00:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I Oppose. They are very different: one is an open wheel sprint car series, the other is a late model stock car tours. Both are major national series. They don't run at the same venue on the same night. The only thing that they have in common is their sanctioning body. They get categorized differently. They have different champions, which would make the annual lists of motorsport champions more difficult.  Royal broil  01:27, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point, but this article is meant to focus on the sanctioning body itself. There isn't that much to say about each series, so it would be easier to keep all the information in one article for the time being.Mustang6172 (talk) 03:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Similar names, but very different type of racing. Dincher (talk) 00:19, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Origin of the Name
I don't think the description of the origin of WoO is correct. According to my memory, USAC did have a national championship for sprints, or if not, certainly had regional ones. The reason for the inception of WoO (and the origin of the name) was that USAC would ban people from running races sanctioned by other groups. Non-USAC races were "outlaws". Ted Johnson put together a series of "outlaw" tracks, opened up the rules (there were differences between USAC, CRA, and WoO rules as well), and off he went to the races. Perhaps wings were involved as well ? USAC at the time did not allow wings, so the Outlaws were faster ? Which was a selling point for promoters and fans, which helped them get off the ground ... anyway, I am sure that the reaction against USAC was a much bigger part of the name and the series and the association than is described in this article. It's for someone else to document, though :) 203.160.86.78 (talk) 11:27, 26 December 2020 (UTC)