#67s - Steve Kinser (Bloomington, IN)

7th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 4

Best Chili Bowl Finish: 2nd (1990)

2005 Chili Bowl Results:

Friday: 1st in Heat 3; 11th in A Feature

Saturday: 20th in B Feature 1

The famed number "11" Sprint Car just keeps winning races.  Steve Kinser racked up another 26 feature wins (including six prelim wins) in 2005 en route to an unprecedented 20th World of Outlaws Sprint Car championship...Eighty-nine feature starts netted 66 top-fives and 82 top-tens...Among his '05 triumphs was his sixth Kings Royal, 10th Eagle Nationals and 12th Gold Cup...Kinser extended his career WoO win total to 533 feature wins...A Chili Bowl runner-up in 1990 and third-place finisher in both '91 and '94, Kinser will try to add a Chili Bowl triumph to his list of accomplishments this January.

Car Owner:  Keith Kunz Motorsports

Chassis:  Bullet

Engine:  Fontana

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Photo:  Eldora Speedway track owner Tony Stewart presents Steve Kinser with the $50,000 check for winning the King's Royal.  (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Rhoades)