Originally Posted on Foxsports.com on January 11, 2006.
The Chili Bowl started tonight. Sorry, it's not the last gasp of the BCS series. It's a midget race on an indoor clay track in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's only football connection is that promoters bill it as the Super Bowl of winter racing. Technically, it's billed as the Midget Nationals.
For those of you who missed the previous post about midget racing, a midget is a smaller open wheeled car with a wheelbase of 66-76 inches. The car weighs approximately 900 pounds (a Nascar Cup car is around 3400 lbs).
Over 250 entries were received to run the event. Why all the excitement about this event? Where else will you get to see the assembled talent of World Of Outlaw Champions (Steve Kinser, Danny Lasoski), Nascar gladiators (Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler, JJ Yeley), USAC competitors (Levi Jones, Dave Darland, Josh Wise, Jay Drake), and NHRA drivers (Cruz & Frank Pedregon).
The first three nights' racing (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) ultimately set the field for Saturday's finale. The top four drivers from each night automatically transfer into Saturday's 24 car finale. The remaining places are filled based on points accrued during the event.
In other words, if you don't run well, you go home.
Just think, the current Nascar Nextel Champion could race the current World of Outlaws Champion, and both could get beat by the 13 year old son of an IRL driver (Chad Boat and Billy Boat).
Wouldn't that alone be worth the price of admission?
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