# 410 Winged Sprint Car

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/410-winged-sprint-car/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car
- Discipline: oval-racing
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06

The 410 winged sprint car is dirt racing's apex predator: 900+ methanol horsepower in a 700 kg open-wheeler with a roof-mounted wing, the machinery of the World of Outlaws and the Knoxville Nationals — America's most visceral discipline.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 410 ci (6.7 L) aluminium methanol V8 |
| Power | 900+ hp |
| Weight | ~700 kg with driver (minimum era) |
| Gearbox | None — direct drive, in/out box |
| Chassis | Chromoly tube frame (Maxim/Triple X/J&J) |
| Suspension | Torsion bars, roof wing |
| Years | 1978–present (Outlaws era) |
| Class | 410 winged sprint (WoO, All Stars, Posse) |

## History

Sprint car racing's premier division standardized on the 410 cubic-inch (6.7-litre) methanol V8 through the World of Outlaws' rise from 1978: purpose-built aluminium engines (no production block pretence survives) making 900+ hp, direct drive with no gearbox or clutch beyond an in-out box, torsion-bar suspension, and the top wing whose downforce and crash-energy absorption define the modern era.

The discipline's institutions are American racing bedrock: the Outlaws' national tour, Pennsylvania Posse's regional wars, the Knoxville Nationals as the sport's Super Bowl, and a ladder (360s, non-wing USAC) feeding it. Champions from Steve Kinser's twenty titles to today's stars operate in a professional economy where engine leases and nightly purses sustain full-time teams.

The market is refreshingly explicit: rollers (chassis packages from Maxim, Triple X, J&J lineages) trade separately from engines (builder-fresh 410s command engine-alone prices exceeding complete club cars elsewhere), and the whole economy assumes crash-and-rebuild cycles as operating rhythm. Buyers enter through regional 410 scenes where equipment cycles down from touring teams weekly.

## Palmarès

World of Outlaws championships since 1978 (Kinser's 20 titles the monument, Schatz's ten the modern era's); Knoxville Nationals crowns — dirt racing's richest prize; All Star Circuit and Posse regional dynasties — the continuous record of America's premier open-wheel dirt division.

## What to check before you buy

Buy chassis and engine as separate decisions: roller provenance (builder, crash history — frames are consumables with paper trails through the tight-knit builder network) versus engine program (fresh-from-builder 410s with dyno sheets and hour counts; leases common at touring level). Verify current-year rules compliance (wing, bumper, safety updates cycle annually), torsion-bar and rear-end condition, and the spares inventory that makes a package raceable — wheels, gears, wings multiply. Regional 410 paddocks are the honest marketplace; touring-team clearouts the classic value window.

## Did you know

- 410s make 900+ hp with no flywheel, starter or clutch — push-started projectiles whose throttle response drivers describe as 'electric, but angrier'.
- Steve Kinser's 20 Outlaws titles may be American motorsport's least breakable record — dirt's equivalent of DiMaggio's streak.
- Top wings double as crash structures: the modern wing's energy absorption in flips is credited with the discipline's survivability revolution.

## Related entries

- 360 Sprint Car — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/360-sprint-car/
- Top Fuel Dragster — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/top-fuel-dragster/
- NASCAR Xfinity Car — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/nascar-xfinity-car/
- Legend Car (INEX) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/legend-car/