Chili Bowl, Jan 11 &12, 2006 2006 January 13
The last two nights I’ve spent at the first two (of three) preliminary nights of the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, OK. As usually, the racing was great. The heat races on Thursday were a little better then Wednesday, while the features went the other way with Wednesday nights feature being the better one.
Billy Pauch, Jr. almost made the A-main on Wednesday night but he and Tony Elliot got together on the last lap while they were running second and third in the B-main. Being a fan of both drivers it was upsetting to see them lose the transfer spots but I think it was just a racing incident. Steve Kinser won the A-main with fellow NST driver Danny Lasoski second, followed by Jerry Coons, Jr. and Tim McCreadie who passed Brady Bacon on the last turn of the last lap to take the fourth and final transfer spot to Saturday’s A-main.
As I mentioned the heat races on Thursday night were a little better then Wednesday. I say this because there was more passing and more drivers coming from the back to the front. The feature however didn’t offer much in the way of passing. This was mostly because of two factors. First, the fast way around the track was the high groove so no one was able to pass using the low groove. The second reason was after a crash on the initial starts, the race went all the way to the checkered with no yellows. The highlight for me of this night was Steve Buckwalter finishing 4′th in the A-main to transfer directly into Saturdays A-main.
My racing viewing stats for 2006 so far are:
Races: 1 & 2
Tracks: 1 (0 new)
States: 1 (0 new)