#16 - Tom Bigelow (Winchester, IN)

2nd Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0

2005 Chili Bowl Results:

Friday: 5th in Heat 5; 4th in C Feature 1

Saturday: 7th in G Feature 1

After casting retirement aside for his first taste of Chili Bowl competition in 2005, the former USAC open-wheel ace returns for another dose of Chili Bowl action.

Bigelow ranks fifth on USAC's all-time win list, having piled up a total of 81 feature victories over the course of his career, including 52 Sprint wins and 23 Midget triumphs.  Bigelow claimed the 1978 USAC Sprint championship and the 1984 USAC Midget title.

Bigelow also started the Indianapolis 500 on nine straight occasions from 1974 to 1982, posting a best finish of sixth in 1977.

Bigelow teams with his nephew, Buddy Luebke, for his second Chili Bowl. 

Car Owner:  Bulldog Motorsports

Chassis:  Stealth

Engine:  Snyder

Sponsors: Rick's Pub & Grill, Simes Construction, SP Tools, Sportsman's Lounge

 Photo: Tom Bigelow in Sprint Car action atop Eldora's high banks in 1988 (Photo courtesy of Jim Fisher, www.fscpictorial.com)