Tony Stewart Racing Chili Bowl Schedule
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With 285 entries in this years Chili Bowl, the racing is spread out over 5 days/nights. Here’s the breakdown on the TSR tean from the Chili Bowl site.
Wednesday:
#20J - Levi Jones (Olney, IL)
4th Chili Bowl Appearance
Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0
2007 Chili Bowl Results:
Wednesday: 3rd in Heat 3; 7th in Qualifier 3; 1st in B Main 2; 14th in A Main
Saturday: 18th in B Main 2
After kicking off his 2007 season with a $10,000 score in Sprint Bandits TNT action at East Bay, Levi posted four wins and 24 top-tens in 34 starts en route to his second USAC Sprint Car championship in the past three years. Levi also posted a pair of wins in weekly Indiana action to run his Sprint Car win total to seven in 2007.
Levi also ranked seventh in USAC Midget points, posting his first career Midget win with a triumph at Wisconsin’s Sheboygan County Fair Park on September 7.
Levi was also the runner-up at the 2007 Belleville Midget Nationals. He is shooting for his first start in the Saturday night championship main event at the Chili Bowl.
Thursday:
#21 - Tracy Hines (Newcastle, IN)
12th Chili Bowl Appearance
Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 9
Chili Bowl Main Event Finishes: 17th (1997), 11th (1998), 8th (1999), 5th (2000), 22nd (2002), 9th (2004), 1st (2005), 7th (2006), 10th (2007)
2007 Chili Bowl Results:
Thursday: 3rd in Heat 7; 1st in Qualifier 4; 5th in A Main
Saturday: 2nd in B Main 2; 10th in A Main
The two-time USAC champion (Silver Crown in 2000 and Sprint Cars in 2002) enters the 2008 Chili Bowl with aspirations of becoming just the fifth multi-time winner after capturing the Golden Driller trophy in 2005.
The open wheel ace circled NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck ranks from 2003 to 2005, all the while mixing in a full slate of open wheel action.
Tracy posted a USAC Silver Crown win at Homestead in March before his 2007 season was cut short by injuries sustained in a dirt bike accident at the end of April. Tracy returned for several starts in November and will be ready to contend at the Chili Bowl.
Friday:
#20R - Josh Richards (Shinnston, WV)
3rd Chili Bowl Appearance
Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0
2007 Chili Bowl Results:
Friday: 6th in Heat 1; 4th in Last Chance Race 2
Saturday: 10th in G Main 1
The 19-year-old raced to a sixth place finish in World of Outlaws Late Model points in his third season on the circuit after snaring Rookie of the Year honors in 2005. Josh posted four WoO wins along the way, also collecting another pair of wins to run his season win total to six in his 70 overall starts with 27 top-fives and 43 top-tens. Josh also made his ARCA/Remax series debut in 2007, posting a top-five finish.
Friday:
#20 - Smoke Johnson aka Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)
12th Chili Bowl Appearance
Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 9
Chili Bowl Main Event Finishes: 13th (1993), 8th (1994), 11th (1995), 20th (1998), 1st (2002), 3rd (2003), 4th (2004), 23rd (2005), 1st (2007)
2007 Chili Bowl Results:
Friday: 1st in Heat 3; 4th in Qualifier 2; 2nd in A Main
Saturday: 1st in A Main
The two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup champion likes to return to his dirt-tracking, open-wheel roots as often as possible, and the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals fits the bill perfectly.
“Smoke Johnson”, as he’s known around the Bowl after once entering the event under the moniker, does a lot more than just enjoy all the Chili Bowl festivities. He comes to Tulsa each January intent on winning, which is exactly what he did in 2007 to snare his second Golden Driller trophy after taking top Bowl honors for the first time in 2002.
The 1995 USAC Triple Crown champion (titles in Sprint Cars, Midgets and Silver Crown) has finished among the top ten on five different occasions at the Chili Bowl.
Also a past IRL champion, Tony’s 2007 season netted a final finish of sixth in NASCAR Nextel Cup points with his three victories running his career Cup win total to 32.
For the second year in a row, Tony comes to the Chili Bowl fielding his own team of Chevrolet-powered cars, with teammates including USAC Sprint Car champion Levi Jones, Late Model ace Josh Richards and 2005 Chili Bowl champion Tracy Hines.
Visit RacinBoys.com to listen to the race broadcasts each evening. Saturday nights races will be on HBO Pay per view.
This will come in handy. With 285 entries I’ve been getting a headache trying to figure out who is scheduled for qualifying on what day. Thanks for taking care of the hard work!
Glad you find it helpful. That’s why I do this. I figured if I had problems finding the information, other people did too.