I first saw this car at Knoxville Nationals probably in the mid 80's. Over time, I saw it a few more times. It looked like there was potential, but the special engineered wing never materialized sucess that I always hoped for the Texas native. I remember talking to him way back and he was a person with vision, but I lost track of him.

Tommy Johnson and his Wild Thing Sprint Car was how he was described by the media. This was Tommy's own design that he came with as he is a aero engineer and believe or not it did work. The car actually won a heat race at the Knoxville Nationals. He won several features at his home track Devils Bowl.