#8 - Wally Pankratz (Orange, CA)

5th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0

2005 Chili Bowl Results:

Thursday: 1st in Heat 4; 11th in A Feature

Saturday: DNS B Feature 1

The West Coast veteran made a trip through the Midwest in ’05 where he topped the opening night of the Kansas Klassic Midget event at Dodge City Raceway Park on July 22...Pankratz puts the wraps on a successful racing career with the 2006 edition of the Chili Bowl...Pankratz has been close to making Saturday’s main event but hasn’t broken through that barrier yet.

Car Owner:  Wally Pankratz

Chassis:  Edmunds

Engine:  Fontana

Sponsors:  Sta-Rite, HASA, Trench Shoring

Photo: Wally Pankratz at the 2004 edition of the O'Reilly Chili Bowl Nationals.  (Photo courtesy of Frank's Photos)