#51h - Joe Roe (Pleasant Prairie, WI)

3rd Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0

Last Chili Bowl Appearance:  2002 (9th in Feature) 

The nine-time Interstate Racing Association (IRA) sprint car champion ranked third in '05 IRA points, scoring a pair of wins along the way at Iowa's Echo Valley Speedway on May 28 and Wisconsin's Powercom Park on July 16...Tries for his first Chili Bowl main event as he teams with top midgeteer Mike Hess.

Car Owner:  Hess Racing Ent.

Chassis:  Buzzard

Engine:  Esslinger

Sponsors:  Sherman Dairy Queen, Callahan Motorsports, Fatt-Fro Motorsports, Ultra Shield, Casey Racing Engines, Super Shox

Photo:  Joe Roe in IRA victory lane at Powercom Park.  (Photo courtesy of Mike Spitz)