Editor’s Note: This week, one of racing’s premier events, the Chili Bowl, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s an event that’s a must for any race fan’s bucket list. Who better than Bump Drafts’ own original race fan, John “Dawg” Chapman to tell us more?
Before we get started, I am proud to announce our own Patrick Reynolds, a former NASCAR mechanic most recently with Mike Wallace’s Germain Racing team has landed a once a week gig at WSIC radio, Tuesdays at 11 am. Go check him out by clicking here….wsicweb.com.
OK, Dawg, it’s all yours now. Try and keep ‘er off the wall…
Tulsa has always been a great racing town. Some of my fondest racing memories are centered on the old fairgrounds. Starting Tuesday Jan.12 at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds Quick Trip Center, it will be the center of the Midget Racing universe. In addition to the racing, the Expo Hall will be crammed full of anything, and everything even remotely racing related.
The action Tuesday night will kick off with the 20 lap Race of Champions. Tony Stewart will be missing this year, due to his racing in Australia, but Kasey Kane will be on hand- along with five time feature winner Sammy Swendell, and 14 others, forming probably the strongest field that will be on track prior to Saturday night’s “A” Main.
After the Race of Champions, the field is split, and the qualifying races begin. This year’s field consists of 252 entries. To see the complete entry list as well as the Race of Champions starting lineup, go to www.chilibowl.com.
The qualifying races continue Wednesday through Friday, with a complete racing card, consisting of “heat races,” and “mains.”
The “A” Main winners from Tuesday through Friday night will win an entry into Saturdays “A” Main.The Action will kick off at noon on Saturday with an alphabet soup of 20 mains leading up to the “A” Main, with cars not previously qualified fighting for transfer spots to the next higher main.
The only thing that even remotely comes close to this would be the Knoxville Nationals. If you have tickets, lucky you. There might be some day tickets available for the preliminary days, but the tickets for Saturday have been sold out for months. The “A” Main, as well as some highlights, will be shown delayed on SPEED. For those wishing to keep up on all the action, as it happens, the race will have a live audio broadcast on www.Racinboys.com. This is available by subscription for $4.99. Simply go to their website to subscribe. They will feature 30 hours of live coverage. They have a good mix of knowledgeable broadcasters to call the action, and action’s not something the Chili Bowl is short on.
I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to this. Just the thing to cure my winter blahs.
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