Chili Bowl
Tuesday…
 Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla.
(January 8, 2008) – The
anticipation has been mounting for weeks
now, if not months.
Now, it's finally here, the kickoff
of the 22nd Annual Dodge Chili
Bowl Nationals at the Tulsa Expo Raceway
in the QuikTrip Center.
After parking
everybody inside the building on Monday,
the engines fired to life with a practice
session at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
The field of 286 entries was
divided up into 24 practice groups, with
each group getting one session atop the ¼-mile
clay oval.
While no major
incidents took place during practice,
Texan George White was the week's first
flip victim when he got upside down in
turn three a dozen groups into the day.
Then in one of the final sessions,
Kevin Swindell flipped in turn two.
There was no major damage to either
machine.
Hot laps for
Tuesday night's Bass Pro Shops
Pre-Qualifying Event begin at 5:00 p.m.,
with Heat Races going green at 7:00 p.m.
Complete recap
and race notes will be available at www.chilibowl.com
following tonight's action.
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