Over 80 West Coast Entries Hoping to Bring Coveted Golden Driller Trophy Home

Over 80 West Coast Entries Hoping to Bring Coveted Golden Driller Trophy Home

By Robert Haugh

With 261 entries, it’s no wonder that the 26^th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is the Super Bowl of Midget racing.

Attracting the best Midget racers from throughout the U.S. and beyond, as well as a myriad of racing stars from an array of series including three-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and reigning NASCAR Nationwide series champion Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., over 80 drivers and teams from the West Coast will be gunning at capturing the coveted Golden Driller trophy awarded on Saturday, January 14^th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

An array of West Coast Midget champions, feature winners, veterans, young guns and car owners, many representing the Bay Cities Racing Association, USAC-Western States Midgets, Washington Midget Racing Association, Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association, Northwest Wingless Tour and NOMA Midgets are entered.

With so many championships, feature wins and accolades amidst the field, we will start with recent West Coast Midget champions: 2011 USAC-Western States and VRA Midget champion Cory Kruseman of Ventura, CA (two-time Chili Bowl champion, 2004, 2000) aboard the Kruseman Motorsports #21k Lucas Oil Spike/Esslinger, 2009 BCRA champion and 2011 USAC-Western States Car owner champion David Prickett (Fresno, CA) piloting the Neverlift Motorsports #15p Manitowoc-Prickett’s Distributing-Crysalli-Fruitful Juice Spike/Van Dyne Chevy, 2011 BCRA Dirt Midget champion Shannon McQueen (Tehachapi, CA) in the McQueen Racing #7 Murf Dogg Racing-R.C. 4 Less-American Waste Control-Simpson Race Products-K&N Filters Spike/Esslinger, 2010 A-Main qualifier and 2010 King of the West Sprint Car champion Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) aboard the Keith Kunz Motorsports #67 Bullet/Speedway Toyota, 2007 BCRA champion Justin Grant (Ione, CA) chauffeuring Larry Gardner’s #35 Stealth/Frampton Gaerte, 7-time BCRA champion “Ageless Wonder” Floyd Alvis (San Carlos, CA) manning his Champion Automotive #18 Stealth/Wesmar, 2004 BCRA champion and multi-time feature winner Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, CA) wheeling Mark Bush’s #2T EF-65 Hand Cleaner Spike/Esslinger, former Chili Bowl winner and former USAC/CRA champion Damion Gardner (Concord, CA) in the Loyet Motorsports #05g Spike/Esslinger, 1999 BCRA champion Matt Streeter (Galt, CA) in his #14jr  S&S Automotive-T&T Trucking-ART Enterprises Spike/S&S, multiple-time Silver Crown and Sprint Car champion Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) aboard the #2 Keith Kunz Motorsports entry, multiple-time open wheel champion Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tuscon, AZ) in Danny Lendich’s #3nz Spike/Esslinger, former NWWT and NOMA Midget champion Time Pyle (Gresham, OR) in his #71p Spike/Brayton, USAC/CRA champion Mike Spencer (Temecula, CA) in the Proflyer Enterprises #51s Spike/Proflyer and USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car champion Richard VanderWeerd (Visalia, CA) in Mike Sala’s #19s Spike/Sala Chevy.

Neverlift Motorsports' 2012 Chili Bowl team

Multiple-time Chili Bowl car owner champion Andy Bondio (CA) fields two entries, with New Zealand’s Brad Mosen in the famed #47 Bondio/Barnes with a driver TBA in the #47x mount.

Joining the all-female McQueen Racing stable will be Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker aboard Shannon McQueen’s #7d Waurika Truck & Tire-Carter Custom Finishes-Starship Trucking-Simpson Race Products-Quantum Consulting Spike/Esslinger and Lindsay, Oklahoma’s Harli White (16-year-old Chili Bowl rookie) aboard McQueen’s #7w American Waste Control-Waurika Truck & Tire-Quantum Consulting-K&N Filters-Eibach Springs Spike/Esslinger.

Joining the Neverlift Motorsports team will be Lake Havasu City, Arizona’s Connor Kassik, the 2011 USAC-Western States Rookie-of-the-Year piloting the Neverlift Motorsports #15k Crysalli-Manitowoc-Fruitful Juice-Prickett’s Distributing TCR/Chevy and Fresno’s T.J. Smith aboard the #15s Neverlift Motorsports Crysalli-Manitowoc-Fruitful Juice-Prickett’s Distributing Spike/Van Dyne Chevy. Smith is coming off of a stellar Chili Bowl run in a McQueen racing mount in 2011, in which he advanced to B-Main 2.

Alvis’ 2012 Chili Bowl foray will see him team with San Carlos’ Bob Lawlor in Alvis’ #83x B.L. Transport-Champion Automotive-Lindsey Enterprises-F&D Welding Stealth/Gaerte. It will be Lawlor’s first Chili Bowl appearance.

Joining the potent Kruseman stable are Bixby, Oklahoma’s Tanner Berryhill in the #17k Kruseman Motorsports Spike/Esslinger, Omaha, Nebraska’s Brian Deegan in the #38k Kruseman Motorsports Spike/Esslinger and Torrance, CA’s P.J. Jones in the #98k Spike/Esslinger.

California entries include two-time A-main qualifier Shane Golobic (Fremont) aboard Doug Bock’s #26 Get Som Sports-Bicycles Inc. (Ft. Worth, TX)-Country Builders-Piners Welding Supply & Driveline Service Spike/Esslinger, multiple-time open wheel race winner Kody Swanson (Kingsburg) in Cliff Balckwell’s #27 Stealth/Yates Ford, Travis Berryhill (American Canyon) aboard the Manic Racing #11b Vallejo Coin Exchange-Red Line Oil-Racing 2 Cure-Fairfield Inn & Suites-Advance Racing Stealth/Fontana, two-time (2008, 2009) A-Main qualifier Josh Ford (Oxnard) in the Keith Ford #73 Spike/Bob Wirth, NASCAR veteran Jason Leffler (Long Beach) aboard the Keith Kunz Motorsports #71 Bullet/Speedway Toyota, Johnathon Henry (Stockton) aboard the Graundstadt Enterprises #88 Ellis/Fontana, Britton Bock (Angwin) in his #67x McNamara Electric-Mike Bock-Driveline Service of Santa Rosa-Pete’s Tractor Service Spike/Esslinger, Pete Davis (Pleasanton) in his #00 Hothead Engine Heaters Stealth/Esslinger, Sean Dodenhoff (Bakersfield) aboard his #9d Spike/Fontana, Texan Harris Brooks in Dodenhoff’s #9b EMC/Fontana, Rico Abreu (Rutherford) in the Keith Kunz Motorsports #67k Bullet/Speedway Toyota, Cole Peard (Quincy) in Gordon & Alisa Peard’s #58 F5 Twister, Darren Hagen (Riverside) in the #3 RFMS Racing Spike/Esslinger, 15-year-old Tyler Reddick (Corning) in the 2B Racing #2b Spike/Fontana, Brent Camarillo in Brian Camarillo’s #51 Spike/Ed Pink Chevy, Brian Camarillo in the Bill Camarillo #22 Spike/Fontana, Kyle Smith (Moorpark) in his #55 Spike/Chevy, Ronnie Gardner (Corona) in the #71s Keith Ford Spike/Esslinger, Danny Stratton (Riverside) aboard Steve and Dianna Hampton’s #77s Twister/Esslinger, Kevin Michonowicz (Lomita) in the #21jr Ron Bach Spike/Gaerte, Bobby Michonowicz in the #49jr Ron Bach Spike/Esslinger, Greg Bragg (Visalia) aboard Dave LaMott’s #0g HotHead Engine Heaters/Special Things Sheet Metal/Power Up Concrete Pumping Stealth/Esslinger, Oklahoma’s Ricky Wright aboard the #35w Douglas & Britton Bock Get Som Sports TCR/Esslinger, Robbie Whitchurch (Chico) in the Whitchurch & Son Trans. #82w Stealth/Mopar, Alex Schutte (Rohnert Park) aboard Calvin Martens’ #28 TCR/Mopar, Steve Stasa in his #22s TCR/Chevy V4, Jimmy Voitel in his #21v Ellis/Van Dyne, Matt Hummel (San Jose) aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing #9h Spike/Speedway Engines and Jace VanderWeerd (Visalia) in Ron Vanderweerd’s Spike/Stanton Mopar.

Arizona entries include Rick Shuman in Dave Burkhart’s #2az Cobra/Fontana, Mike Lapp aboard his #8 Stealth/Chevy II-Fontana, Terry Goodwin in Misty Goodwin’s #2g Spike/Fontana, Casey Shuman in Hans Lein’s #2h Spike/Esslinger, Chad Boat aboard Robbie & Gaye Allen’s #12b Spike/Esslinger, Bob Ream, Jr. aboard 2B Racing’s F5/Fontana, Josh Pelkey aboard Robbie & Gaye Allen’s #12jr Spike/Esslinger, Dalton Gabbard in the Arizona Heat Trucking #77d Ellis/Proflyer Ford, R.J. Johnson aboard Bobby Martin’s #51j Spike/Fontana and Mike Visser in Dave Burkhart’s #21az Eagle/Gaerte.

Colorado entries include Levi Roberts in the Steve Lewis-Nine Racing Spike/Esslinger, Clint Schubert in the George Schubert #44s Spike/Fontana, Mike Boesel in his #77b Stealth/Esslinger and Steve Newman in the #11xc MHL BRE/D3 Ford.

The lone Washington native entered is Gary Taylor aboard the Loyet Motorsports #05g Spike/Esslinger.

Enid, Oklahoma’s Kip Hughes will be aboard veteran Chili Bowl car owner Cliff Blackwell’s (Mountain View, CA) #27c Stealth/Gaerte, while Mike Sala has his #19w Stealth/Wirth Chevy entered with a driver TBA.

West Coast rookie Chili Bowl entrants include Ryan Bernal (Hollister, CA) aboard the Tom Ford #72 King Racing Products-A&A Precision Machine-Berry Pack-JFM/Bob Wirth, Jake Swanson (Anaheim, CA) aboard the Swanson Motorsports #05h Goodwine Glass-Lucas Oil-Crower Performance Stealth/Honda, Greg Edenholm (Malibu, CA) aboard Keith Ford’s #73f Spike/Bob Wirth, Rauma, Finland’s Markus Niemela in the #81 Steve Watt Stealth/Sala Chevy, Mike Lapp (Goodyear, AZ) aboard his #8 Stealth/ChevyII-Fontana, Oregon’s Vinny Villeggiante in his own #6y Spike/Gaerte, Cole Wood (Auburn, CA) aboard Matt Wood’s #17w Spike/Esslinger and Lindsay, Oklahoma’s Harli White in the Shannon McQueen #7w American Waste Control-Waurika Truck & Tire-Quantum Consulting-K&N Filters-Eibach Springs Spike/Esslinger.

Of the West Coast entries, Damion Gardner, Cory Kruseman, Shane Golobic, Jason Leffler and Thomas Meseraull made the A-Main in 2011. West Coast entries making the dual B-Mains last year included Bud Kaeding, Danny Stratton, Robby Josett and T.J. Smith. Washington native Gary Taylor also narrowly missed the A-main on Saturday.

Meseraull has competed in the last three A-Mains with a high of 16^th in 2009. Golobic has raced in the last two A-Mains with a high of 17^th in 2011. Damion “The Demon” Gardner, who won the Chili Bowl in 2008 is looking for his second podium finish in the A-Main after finishing 14^th in 2011, missing the A in 2010 and settling for 19^th in 2009.

After making the A-Main in 2008, Bobby Michonowicz will be hoping to make it back into the finale, after having two B-Main runs and a disappointing 2011 C-Main finish after transferring from the D.

Larson claimed tenth in the 2010 Chili Bowl.

We have tried to include every entry, whether owner, driver or team with West Coast ties in this report, however, we apologize for any errors or omissions from this article, as there are expected to be over 260 entries in the 26^th annual Chili Bowl. Please make this scribe aware of any such omissions.

The 2012 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals revs up on Tuesday, January 10 and concludes with Saturday’s feature races on January 14.

To view the entire entry list, visit www.chilibowl.com.

For detailed reports and updates on West Coast Chili Bowl entries, visit http://wowracingnews.blogspot.com

WEST COAST CHILI BOWL ENTRIES BY QUALIFYING NIGHTS

Car #            Driver                                    Hometown                                    Owner/Sponsors

TUESDAY QUALIFIERS

2h            Casey Shuman                        Rattlesnake Bend, AZ                        Hans Lein Spike/Esslinger

Lein Acres, Midstate Equipment, Blue River Ag

2T            Thomas Meseraull            San Jose, CA                                    Mark Bush Spike/Esslinger

EF-65 Hand Cleaner, markbushassociates.com

3            Darren Hagen                        Riverside, CA                                    RFMS Racing Spike/Esslinger

RFMS-Liberty Village, McGladrey & Pullen

3nz            Jerry Coons Jr                        Tucson, AZ                                    Danny Lendich Spike/Esslinger

Lucas Oil, Impact, Wendy's, Hoosier Tire

8b            Bob Ream Jr                        Glendale, AZ                                    2B Racing F5/Fontana

Gordon Beeding, Imagine Injection, Parker Hose Stores of Phoenix, Beal's Auto Body, Adirondack Chimney Sweep

9b            Harris Brooks                        Houston, TX                                    Sean Dodenhoff EMC/Fontana

American Commercial Capital, Torco Oil, Roy Brooks, S. Bakersfield Sports Injury & Wellness

9d            Sean Dodenhoff                        Bakersfield, CA                                    Sean Dodenhoff Spike/Fontana

Bakersfield Sports Injury & Wellness, Arnold Johansen, Steve Holloway Painting, Torco Oil, Rocket Sports & Entertainment Network

11xc            Steve Newman                        Steamboat Springs, CO                        MHL BRE/D3 Ford

F&M Machine, Whale's Tail,  Side Line Sports Bar

15n            T.J. Smith            Fresno, CA                        Neverlift Motorsports Spike/Van Dyne Chevy

Crysalli, Manitowoc, Fruitful Juice, Prickett's Dist., David Prickett

18            Floyd Alvis            San Carlos, CA                                                Floyd Alvis Stealth/Westmar

Champion Automotive

27            Kody Swanson            Kingsburg, CA                                    Clifton Blackwell Stealth/Yates Ford

35            Justin Grant            Ione, CA                                    Larry Gardner Stealth / Frampton-Gaerte

CB Fabrication, Ancient Element Massage Therapy, Ultra-Shield Seats, Hinchman Race Suits

38k            Brian Deegan            Omaha, NE                                    Kruseman Motorsports Spike/Esslinger

Lucas Oil

49jr            Bobby Michnowicz            Lomita, CA                        Ron Bach Spike/Esslinger

Ron Bach Const., T-Shirts by Timeless, Fabozzi Metal Works, Doug's Auto Body, Drake

51J            R.J. Johnson                        Phoenix, AZ                        Bobby Martin Spike/Fontana

Weiler Farms, Fontana Engines, Pecon Builders, G.T. Trucking, BG Chemicals

55            Kyle Smith            Moorpark, CA                                    Kyle Smith Spike/Chevy

Agromin, Open Range Petroleum, Waste Management, Roy's Towing, Unicor

67            Kyle Larson            Elk Grove, CA            Keith Kunz Motorsports Bullet/Speedway Toyota/TRD-Toyota

Advanced Racing, Kwik Change, IWX, Hoosier

67x            Britton Bock            Angwin, CA                        Britton Bock Spike/Esslinger

McNamara Electric, Mike Bock Driveline Service of Santa Rosa, Pete's Tractor Service

73F            Greg Edenholm            Malibu, CA                        Keith Ford Spike/Bob Wirth

King Racing Products, A&A Precision Machine, Berry Pack, JFM, Pacific Coast Maint.

77d            Dalton Gabbard                        Peoria, AZ             Arizona Heat Trucking Ellis/Proflyer Ford

Arizona Heat Trucking, BG Products, Grand Canyon Harley, Carquest, J&J Gabbard

88h            Johnathon Henry                        Stockton, CA                        Graunstadt Enterprises Ellis/Fontana

WEDNSDAY QUALIFIERS

2b            Tyler Reddick                        Corning, CA                                    2B Racing Beast/Fontana

Champion Oil, Integra Shocks, Benic Enterprises

05t            Gary Taylor                        Snohomish, WA                                    Loyet Motorsports Spike/Esslinger

Vacuworx International, Loyet Landscape Maintenance Inc., Meramec Heights Collision Center, Butler Built Professional Seat Systems, Beaver Stripes & Graphics

7w            Harli White                        Lindsay, OK                                    Shannon McQueen Spike/Esslinger

American Waste Control, Waurika Truck & Tire, Quantum Consulting, K&N Filters, Eibach Springs

8            Mike Lapp                        Goodyear, AZ                               Mike Lapp Stealth/Chevy 2-Fontana

8v            Jace VanderWeerd            Visalia, CA                        Ron VanderWeerd Spike/Stanton Mopar VanderWeerd Construction, Battery Worx

9h            Matt Hummel                        San Jose, CA            Kasey Kahne Racing Spike/Speedway Engines

Factory Kahne, Ollie's Bargain Outlet, ASE, Sage Fruit

12jr            Josh Pelkey            Peoria, AZ                                    Robbie & Gaye Allen Spike/Esslinger

ABC Body Shop, NAPA Martin Seniour, Electromotive, Total Seal Rings

14jr            Matt Streeter            Galt, CA                                    Matt Streeter Spike/S&S Automotive

S&S Automotive, T&T Trucking, ART Enterprises

15p            David Prickett            Fresno, CA                        Neverlift Motorsports Spike/Van Dyne Chevy

Crysalli, Manitowoc, Fruitful Juice, Prickett's Dist., David Prickett

21jr            Kevin Michnowicz            Lomita, CA                        Ron Bach Spike/Gaerte

Ron Bach Const., T-Shirts by Timeless, Fabozzi Metal Works, Doug's Auto Body

21v            Jimmy Voitel            Covina, CA                                    Jimmy Voitel Ellis/Van Dyne Chevy

So-Cal Performance, Arts & Letters Signs, KAR Construction, E&R Glass, Tony Maro Auto Body

35w            Rick Wright Jr            Ponca City, OK                                    Douglas & Britton Bock TCR/Esslinger

Get Som Sports

47x            TBA                                                                        Andy Bondio Bondio/Barnes

Barnes Oil Pumps, Advanced Suspension, Kenny's Components, Brown & Miller

51            Brent Camarillo            Camarillo, CA                                    Bill Camarillo Spike/Ed Pink Chevy

Agromin, UniCor, Roy's Towing, Waste Management, Open Range

51s            Mike Spencer            Temecula, CA                                    Proflyer Enterprises Spike/Proflyer

Pecon Builders, Proflyer Racing Engines, Weiler Farms

           

58            Cole Peard            Quincy, CA                                    Gordon & Alisa Peard F5 Twister

Peard Trucking, Yeley Racing

71            Jason Leffler            Long Beach, CA            Keith Kunz Motorsports Bullet/Speedway Toyota

Great Clips, ASE, TRD-Toyota, IWX, Advanced Racing

73            Josh Ford            Oxnard, CA                        Keith Ford Spike/Bob Wirth

King Racing Products, A&A Precision Machine, Berry Pack, JFM, Pacific Coast Maint.

77s            Danny Stratton            Riverside, CA                        Steve and Dianna Hampton Twister/Esslinger

Hampton's Kustom Works, Twister Chassis, Fasco, Penske Shocks, Esslinger

82w            Robbie Whitchurch            Chico, CA            Whitchurch & Son Trans. Stealth/Mopar

 Whitchurch & Son Trans., Cycleland, Fauver Race Engines

83x            Bob Lawlor            San Carlos, CA                                    Floyd Alvis Stealth/Gaerte

B.L. Transport, Champion Automotive, Lindsey Enterprises, F&D Welding

86e            Chris Ennis            San Diego, CA                                    Calvin Martens TCR/Esslinger

Woodworks Unlimited, Ryno Mfg, Awesome Raceware, Hooker Harness, Spy Optics

88w            Dustin Weland                        Parker, CO                        Erich Weland Beast/Scat V4

Boesel Ent., Bad Company, Threaded Ink Media

THURSDAY QUALIFIERS

00             Pete Davis                        Pleasanton, CA                                    Pete Davis Stealth/Esslinger

Hot Head Header, Hot Products Engineering Design Co.

1J            J.J. Yeley                        Phoenix, AZ                                  Triple Crown Racing F5 Twister/Toyota

Ohsweken Speedway, Rockwell Security, Hoosier

2az            Rick Shuman                        Gilbert, AZ                                    Dave Burkhart Cobra/Fontana

Kaiser Alexco Aluminum, Ultimate Imports, Beadle Bug Patrol, Die Cast Cars Now

2g            Terry Goodwin                        Laveen, AZ                                    Misty Goodwin Spike/Fontana

American Building Science Services, Combs Construction

05g            Damion Gardner                        Concord, CA                                    Loyet Motorsports Spike/Esslinger

Vacuworx International, Loyet Landscape Maintenance Inc., Meramec Heights Collision Center, Butler Built Professional Seat Systems, Beaver Stripes & Graphics

7d            Michelle Decker                        Guthrie, OK                                    Shannon McQueen Spike/Esslinger

Waurika Truck & Tire, Carter Custom Finishes, Starrship Trucking, Simpson Race Products, Quantum Consulting

11b            Travis Berryhill                        American Canyon, CA                        Manic Racing Stealth/Fontana

Vallejo Coin Exchange, Redline Oil, Racing 2 Cure, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Advance Racing

12b            Chad Boat                        Phoenix, AZ                        Robbie & Gaye Allen Spike/Esslinger

ABC Body Shop, NAPA Martin Seniour, Billy Boat Exhaust, Electromotive

15k            Conner Kassik                        Lake Havasu, AZ                                    Neverlift Motorsports TCR/Chevy

Crysalli, Manitowoc, Fruitful Juice, Prickett's Dist., David Prickett

17k            Tanner Berryhill                        Bixby, OK                         Kruseman Motorsports Spike/Esslinger

Lucas Oil, Americash Advance, Schoenfeld

19s            Richard VanderWeerd            Visalia, CA                        Mike Sala Spike/Sala Chevy

VanderWeerd Construction, Battery Worx, Weldway Construction

22            Brian Camarillo            Camarillo, CA                                    Bill Camarillo Spike/Fontana

Agromin, Unicor, Roy's Towing, Waste Management, Open Range

26            Shane Golobic            Fremont, CA                                    Douglas Bock/Spike / Esslinger

Get Som Sports, Bicycles Inc. (Ft. Worth, TX), Country Builders, Piners Welding Supply & Driveline Service

27c            Kip Hughes            Enid, OK                        Clifton Blackwell Stealth/Gaerte Chevrolet blackwellmotorsports.com, Pat McVicker Oilfield Services, Cowboy Pumping Unit Sales & Repair, MAC Tools-Danny Stratton, Nick's Pumping Inc.

44s            Clint Schubert            Calhan, CO                                    George Schubert Spike/Fontana

Schubert's Sod, Dale's Paint, Cooper Head Road, Carquest

49x            Brad Sweet            Grass Valley, CA                        Kasey Kahne Racing Spike/Speedway Engines

Sage Fruit, Great Clips

67k            Rico Abreu            Rutherford, CA            Keith Kunz Motorsports Bullet/Speedway Toyota

Abreu Vineyards, Stadelhofer Construction, TRD-Toyota, Kwik Change

71p            Tim Pyle            Gresham, OR            Warren Pyle - Tim Pyle Spike/Brayton Chevrolet

Pacific Power Products, Perkins Pacific

72            Ryan Bernal            Hollister, CA                        Tom Ford JFM/Bob Wirth

King Racing Products, A&A Precision Machine, Berry Pack, JFM, Pacific Coast Maint.

98k            P.J. Jones                        Torrance, CA             Kruseman Motorsports Spike/Esslinger

American Racing Wheels, Araid by PJ, BMRS

FRIDAY QUALIFIERS

0g             Greg Bragg                        Visalia, CA                                    Dave Lamott Stealth/Honda

Hot Head Headers, Special Things Sheet Metal, Power Up Concrete

2            Bud Kaeding                        Campbell, CA                        Buster & Ziggy Ent. Bullet/Esslinger

05h            Jake Swanson                        Anaheim, CA                                     Swanson Motorsports Stealth/Honda Goodwine Glass, Lucas Oil, Crower Performance, PHB Indy, Orange County Tank Testing

6y            Vinny Villeggiante            Gresham, OR                                    Vinny Villeggiante  Spike/Gaerte

Pyle Family, Sam Villeggiante, Villeggiante Concrete

7            Shannon McQueen            Bakersfield, CA                                    Shannon McQueen Spike/Esslinger

Murf Dogg Racing, R.C. 4 Less, American Waste Control, Simpson Race Products, K&N Filters

9            Levi Roberts                        Broomfield, CO            Steve Lewis - Nine Racing Spike/Esslinger

Majestic Metals, Performance Racing, K&N, Earle's, Eibach

17w            Cole Wood            Auburn, CA                                                Matt Wood Spike/Esslinger

Elk Grove Ford, Spike Chassis, Keiser Wheels, Quick Lane

19w            TBA                                                                                    Mike Sala Stealth/Wirth Chevy

21az            Mike Visser            Cottonwood, AZ                                    Dave Burkhart Eagle/Gaerte

Kaiser Alexco Aluminum, Black Hills Auto Electric, Ultimate Imports, Beadle Bug Patrol, Die Cast Cars Now

21k            Cory Kruseman                        Ventura, CA                        Kruseman Motorsports Spike/Esslinger

Lucas Oil

22s            Steve Stasa            West Hills, CA                                    Steve Stasa TCR/Chevy V4

Eurick Law Center, Stasa Motorsports, SBR Motorsports

27b            TBA                                                                        Clifton Blackwell Stealth/Gaerte Chevrolet

28            Alex Schutte            Rohnert Park, CA                                    Calvin Martens TCR/Mopar

Woodworks Unlimited, Ryno Mfg, Jim's Towing, Aircraft Electrical Components, Ontario West

39c            Bryan Clauson            Noblesville, IN                                    CTR-BCI-Curb Spike/Esslinger

NOS Energy Drink, Curb Records, Keizer Wheels

39k            Kyle Edwards            Fountain Valley, CA            Gordon Edwards Ellis Van Dyne Engineering Safehouse Security, MPD Racing, Fulkerson Fabricating

47            Brad Mosen            Auckland, NZ (New Zealand)            Andy Bondio Bondio/Barnes

Barnes Oil Pumps, Advanced Suspension, Kenny's Components, Brown & Miller

71s            Ronnie Gardner            Corona, CA                        Keith Ford Spike/Esslinger

Everhart Construction, Esslinger, Reedy Electronics, JFM

77b            Mike Boesel            Bennett, CO                        Mike Boesel Stealth/Esslinger

Boesel Enterprises Inc., Jordan Carstar Auto Body, Lost Creek Farms, High Plains Diner, Strasburg NAPA

81            Markus Niemela Rauma, LS (Finland)            Steve Watt Stealth/Sala Chevy

Polly Gallimore, Lost Reality, Rock Star, SWE, Maxwell Industries

All 261 Chili Bowl entrants will compete on Saturday, January 14 in the finale of the 5-day event. Visit www.chilibowl.com for more information on the 26th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.