#99 - Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK)

5th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 1

Chili Bowl Main Event Finishes:  7th (2008)

2008 Chili Bowl Results:

Thursday: 1st in Heat 5; 6th in Qualifier 3; 2nd in B Main 1; 13th in A Main

Saturday: 5th in B Main 1; 7th in A Main 

The 18-year-old Oklahoma racer enters this year's edition of the Chili Bowl coming off his second consecutive season of ranking among the top ten in both USAC Sprint Car and Midget points after finishing out the season fifth in the Midget ranks and ninth in Sprint Car standings.

A third-place finisher in Sprint Bandits TNT Midwest Swing points, Brady rejoined forces with former car owners Mike and Megan Eubanks, for whom Brady captured his first Midget win in 2005.  The pairing resulted in Brady's first Sprint Car win with a TNT triumph at Oklahoma City's State Fair Speedway on August 13, with two more victories coming over the next two nights at Creek County and Lakeside.

Back on the USAC trail in the Kahne entry, Brady notched his most lucrative payday to date with a $15,000 Midget score at Angell Park Speedway's Fireman's Nationals to close out a prosperous month of August.  A month later, on September 28, Brady added his first pavement win with a Sprint Car score at Winchester Speedway.

Also a runner-up finisher in Tri-City Speedway's Gold Crown Midget Nationals, Brady teams back up with the Eubanks' Tel-Star team as he vies to keep the Golden Driller within the Sooner State.

Car Owner:  Tel-Star Communications - Mike Eubanks

Chassis:  Triple X

Engine:  Esslinger

Sponsors:  Tel-Star Communications, DMI, Keizer Wheels, Triple X Chassis, Behlings

Photo:  Brady Bacon reeled off three consecutive Sprint Bandits TNT feature wins in August. (TWC Photo)