![]() ![]() He also brought power steering to West Coast short track racing in about 1976. ![]() He was also an innovator as he brought the first American sprint car to Australia to race in ’72. He raced USAC Champ dirt car events at the long-gone Sacramento Fairgrounds dirt mile in the late ’60s. He was one of the original competitors on the World of Outlaw circuit in the late 1970s and ’80 and battled for championships on the NARC (Northern Auto Racing Club) series in California. With a glimmer in his eye, Johnny remembers his racing prime when he competed with the best of the best in open-wheel racing. On occasion Brenda helps trigger a memory for her husband with a question or keyword. Both in their 70s and retired, the married couple happily remembers key moments of Johnny’s career. The hall of fame racer on the “good old days” and enjoying life Interview + Photos: Saroyan Humphreyįeature | Johnny and Brenda Anderson are sitting at the kitchen table in their comfortable, well-appointed Carmichael, California, home talking about the good old days-the decades when Johnny was driving open-wheel race cars and stock cars, winning races and championships at tracks across California and the United States.
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