When is “midget” not a derogatory term? At the Chili Bowl where more than 250 of the country’s best midget car drivers show up to earn the Golden Driller trophy and the prestige that goes along with it.
To defending champion Tony Stewart, the Chili Bowl is “one of the coolest races of the year.” He’s got a point. Kasey Kahne just calls it "exciting."
Yeah, Daytona’s great and the Coke 600 is OK, but the Chili Bowl is racing’s answer to football’s BCS Championship or the Super Bowl.
A mere 10,000 spectators is small in terms of capacity, but it’s an amazing four nights of racing. I have racing friends in Tulsa and hope they get tickets.
Among this year’s line up this week:
Wednesday night Danny Lasoski and Joey Saldana will take to the clay oval. Thursday night’s entrants include J.J. Yeley.
Friday night entries find some Sprint Cup heavy hitters (take that any way you want), in Kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler and Tony Stewart, the defending A-Main champion.
“Smoke Johnson” as he has entered in previous years, will be defending his Chili Bowl title, which he also won in 2002. That was a pretty good year for Smoke between the Winston Cup and the Chili Bowl.
If it has wheels and there’s at least one other racer, Tony’s there. He’ll race anything and be successful.
Leffler has been a winner at the Chili Bowl, not as a driver, but a crew member for Sammy Swindell in 1992. Now a four-time winner, Swindell will be back to try for a fifth. Jason is looking for his first as a driver. He's a three-time USAC Midget champ and has been chasing the Golden Driller for a number of years on the track.
You can catch Saturday’s final on pay-per-view or live streaming Friday night at www.nascar.com.
1 comment:
you might have entioned that its INSIDE! Ok maybe not, that would have been too accurate.
Post a Comment