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Chili Bowl Champion of Champions Race - Tuesday Night |
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Brad heads away on Sunday to Tulsa - Oklahoma to compete in the 26th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals. Brad will drive the Andi Bondio Midget as he did last year. These two guys have some unfinished business as they suffered engine issues. He will run in the Friday Night Qualifying session which is clearly the toughest night of the week.
We had some great news today with Brad being chosen to compete in the 'Champions of Champions' race which is on the Tuesday night. This is great opportunity to run the car, and very cool to be running alongside the competitors in this race. I have listed the competitors and you can see what I mean.
I will speak to the guys to get the latest news from Chili Bowl and post them here, however if you want to listen to the racing I suggest you click on the link below and sign on.
http://www.racinboysradio.com/schedule-detail.php/event/chili_bowl_2012.html
Heres the list of the Champions of Champions Entries:
1 Sammy Swindell (Germantown, TN)
Five Golden Drillers keeps Swindell entrenched in the VIROC field. Swindell has topped two of three previous VIROC events.
05 Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, MO)
With the VIROC field not yet filled, the 2011 ASCS Warrior Region and POWRi Midget champion lands a spot by way of his 2010 VIROC triumph. Loyet landed in the 2010 event on the strength of 21 Midget feature wins in 2009, the first to reach such a mark since Billy Boat posted 21 Midget wins in 1995.
05g Damion Gardner (Concord, CA)
“The Demon”, who flipped across the finish line in preliminary action last year, snared the Golden Driller in 2008.
11 Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK)
Hailing from nearby Broken Arrow, Bacon is tabbed as the Wilke-Pak rep in VIROC. Wilke-Pak took top Chili Bowl honors in 2003 with Tracy Hines at the wheel.
14 Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)
The reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion returns to the Chili Bowl for the first time since 2008. “Smoke” snared Golden Drillers in both 2002 and 2007.
21k Cory Kruseman (Ventura, OK)
Spearheading a four-car team that includes freestyle motocross star Brian Deegan, Kruseman claimed Chili Bowl glory in 2000 and 2004.
24 Tracy Hines (Wilkinson, IN)
T. Hines drove a Wilke-Pak entry to Chili Bowl victory lane in 2003.
39 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN)
Kevin pulled off something that neither his dad nor 1,154 other Chili Bowl competitors have been able to do; pull off back-to-back wins. Swindell tries for a three-peat after wins in the past two editions of the Chili Bowl.
39c Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, IN)
Clauson lands a spot after earning National Midget Driver of the Year honors in 2011. Clauson also claimed USAC’s National Driver’s Championship, which landed him a ride in the 2012 Indianapolis 500.
39i Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Olive Branch, MS)
Further evidence that the sticky quarter-mile circle of black gumbo clay in West Memphis known as “The Ditch” breeds good racers (reference Sammy Swindell above), Stenhouse, Jr., lands in VIRCO after capturing the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide championship.
47 Brad Mosen (Auckland, NZ)
Rookie of the Year in 2010, the KIWI gives VIROC some true “international” flavor. Mosen is the primary driver for Andy Bondio, who has claimed three Golden Drillers, one with Lealand McSpadden in 1991 and then Kruseman in 2000 and 2004.
67 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA)
The Tebow times Ten of dirt track racing, the 19-year-old seemingly walked on water over portions of 2011 with wins in winged sprint cars (World of Outlaws and ASCS National) along with all three USAC National divisions (Silver Crown, Sprint Cars and Midgets). Driving for past Chili Bowl winning owner Keith Kunz, a Belleville Nationals triumph and a sweep of all three open wheel portions of Eldora’s Four Crown Nationals were among his notable triumphs.
67z Joey Saldana (Brownsburg, IN)
The World of Outlaws ace lands a spot driving a Midget co-owned by Gary Zarounian, who owned the Midget driven to Chili Bowl victory lane in 1995 by Donnie Beechler.
71 Jason Leffler (Long Beach, CA)
The NASCAR Nationwide shoe captured his Golden Driller as the car owner for 2008 Chili Bowl winner Damion Gardner.
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25 and 40 Lapper - Western Springs |
With the International Series underway, we are seeing just how good some of these visitors are. The opening night which was the 25 lapper on Boxing Day had a huge crowd in. It was a shame that the track was as dry as it was. Ideally you have two lines good enough to run on at Feature time. Unfortunately the top had gone to the degree that if you ran there it was a long way around and the cars on the pole held their positions when trying to pass. Brad started 5th and finished 5th. he did try as did a couple of guys to run up the top and he actually slipped back 3 spots. He spent the rest of the race getting back to 5th.
The 40 Lapper produced one of those tracks that had everyone guessing. The thing was as dry as a chip, the only reason the top showed some promise was they continued to run around with the water truck through the meeting. Unfortunately you needed to be in one of the 'push trucks' to get up there. Again the guys finished where they started with the exception of Larsen who had spun early and went to the rear. He got upto 6th place and he wasn't going any further.
Brad's car had a number of bent bits we picked up throughout the night which didn't help, however the main issue was the right rear was going flat which does help.
We look forward to the 50 lapper on Thursday night and we all hope that we will see some passing in the Feature.
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NZ Midget Championships - Huntly |
NZ Midget Championships - Huntly
It was interesting to run the NZ Champs before Xmas, seemed like the first time ever for us, and it wasn't such a bad thing. I guess if you had won the thing earlier that year it might have been different.
Good to see so many Midget cars turn up, clearly there is a strong presence around the country with cars from as far south as Christchurch. Also good to see that there were no Internationals there. I know that if you have run the 3 shows before hand you can enter, and we seem to do it to the Australians all the time, however I believe this event should be restricted to locals only. I assure you that if the prize-money ever gets up there we will see heaps of them here. I think having them here for the International Series is great as the drivers and fans love the racing.
Huntly can be very proud of themselves, they put on a fantastic track both nights. These guys are a credit to themselves, we liked it so much we continue to support this track and will do again this weekend at the 40 lapper.
The deal was you had to do 4 million laps over 2 days and hope that you were in the lead when the last flag dropped. We did all we needed to on the Friday Qualifier putting Brad into the 16 that went straight through. Then Saturday night Brad again didn't put a foot wrong which had him start with Pickens and Hickman, all were within 1 point.
Brad made one mistake, and it was in a place where you don't get to have another go. I sat watching this Final unfold and said to myself that when these two get together they never both finish. Either MP or Brad don't make the line, and then over Brad goes. Anyway, it was a great weekend of racing and well done to MP, he deserves to have the #1 on his car.
We are all looking forward to the International Series, I believe we have the entire deal with the 88 car sorted, and we are now ready to have the 'walking do the talking' now.
We return to Huntly this weekend, and then its all on at home.
Have a great xmas.........................Greg. |
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Meeting #3 - Western Springs |
Western Springs Speedway - Meeting #3
This was to be the last run we had at home before the International Midget Series which is due to kick off late December.
We also have next weekend to focus on being the New Zealand Midget Championships at Huntly. Starting to wonder if
the officials think we like cleaning the car as we were to start on the back of the first heat for the third weekend in a row. Anyway Brad managed to slide all over the place just like everyone else, and by half way through the heat he managed to push forward. He won his second heat with ease and that had him start on Grid 5 for the Feature. He got away to a great start passing Williams and McClutcheon in the first turn. All indications suggested we were in for a great race until the 'Fuse' Gods decided that wasn't going to happen. With the 88 car parked on the infield, the rest of the race was good racing from everyone. Great to see Chris win his very first Feature, well done.
The points table continues to move around all over the place, and those guys finishing are climbing up the leader-board.
Next meeting is Huntly with qualifying Friday night.
| Car # |
Driver |
5th Nov |
19th Nov |
26th Nov |
7th Jan |
4th Feb |
11th Feb |
18th Feb |
3rd Mar |
Total |
| 7A |
Pickens |
37 |
15 |
26 |
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78 |
| 25A |
Buckley |
19 |
19 |
31 |
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69 |
| 9A |
Brunt |
15 |
31 |
19 |
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65 |
| 27A |
Williams |
17 |
37 |
9 |
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63 |
| 4A |
Gick |
31 |
10 |
22 |
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63 |
| 96A |
McClutcheon |
0 |
14 |
37 |
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51 |
| 81A |
Kendall |
22 |
22 |
0 |
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44 |
| 77A |
Insley |
26 |
16 |
0 |
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42 |
| 17A |
Wootten |
14 |
12 |
10 |
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36 |
| 99C |
Kerr |
13 |
5 |
17 |
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35 |
| 5A |
Mascovich |
16 |
11 |
0 |
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27 |
| 21A |
Worboys |
0 |
26 |
0 |
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26 |
| 88A |
Mosen |
0 |
17 |
0 |
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17 |
| 99A |
D Williams |
0 |
0 |
16 |
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16 |
| 12A |
Mullins |
0 |
0 |
15 |
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15 |
| 10A |
Green |
0 |
0 |
14 |
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14 |
| 9H |
McLeod |
0 |
13 |
0 |
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13 |
| 12K |
L Kendall |
0 |
0 |
13 |
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13 |
| 24C |
Donalson |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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12 |
| 41H |
McGough |
0 |
0 |
12 |
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12 |
| 42 |
Jones |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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11 |
| 85A |
J.Wade |
0 |
0 |
11 |
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11 |
| 67C |
Webb |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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10 |
| 76A |
D.Wade |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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9 |
| 95S |
Hickman |
0 |
9 |
0 |
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9 |
| 8H |
Hunnibell |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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8 |
| 67A |
Taylor |
0 |
0 |
8 |
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8 |
| 99A |
Warren |
0 |
7 |
0 |
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7 |
| 5H |
Cobb |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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6 |
| 3A |
Standring |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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NZ Midget Champs - Groups |
Huntly Speedway has posted the Groups for the NZ Midget Championships.
Group A Group B
5 H Alvin Cobb 3 NZ Shaun Insley
9 H Angus McLeod 11 H Blair Bertram
10 A Wayne Green 17 A Alistair Wootten
12 K Leyton Kendall 27 A Hayden Williams
42 S Greg Jones 41 H Ricky McGough
58 H Joe Malone 67 H Simon Styles
66 H Dave Harding 72 A Mike Driver
71 H Aaron Drever 95 S Duane Hickman
88 A Brad Mosen 99 A Darren Warren
91 A Shane O'Connor
Group C Group D
5 A Brock Maskovich 4 A Dave Gick
7 A Michael Pickens 9 C Nick Donaldson
8 H Peter Hunnibell 17 H Jarvis Tidd
19 A Michael Brunt 25 A Scott Buckley
21 A Carl Worboys 73 K Brian Edwards
26 S Anthony Bately 78 A Shannon Taylor
42 C Steve McCullum 79 H Nick James
67 A Harley Taylor 85 A Jared Wade
81 A Michael Kendall 99 C Dave Kerr
96 A Chris McCutcheon
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