#05s - Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ)

6th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 3

Chili Bowl Main Event Finishes:  24th (2005), 13th (2007), 11th (2009)

2009 Chili Bowl Results:

Tuesday: 1st in Heat 4; 1st in Qualifier 3; 4th in A Main

Saturday: 1st in B Main 2; 11th in A Main

A Sprint Bandits TNT podium finisher in the $10,000-to-win Ron Shuman Classic at Kansas City's Lakeside Speedway, Casey picked off five wins over the course of the 2009 season including a pair at Illinois' Vermilion County Speedway with single scores at Indiana's Lincoln Park Speedway and Twin Cities Raceway Park and an MSCS win at Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, IL.

After a season that netted 23 top-fives and 42 top-tens, Casey guns for a fourth Chili Bowl championship main event start after a career-best 11th place run last January.  Casey takes the wheel of one of the five Loyet Motorsports entries for the 2010 edition. 

Car Owner:  Loyet Motorsports

Chassis:  Spike

Engine:  Esslinger

Sponsors:  Beaver Stripes & Custom Graphics, Bell Helmets, Butler Built Motorsports Equipment, Conroy Pneu Control, Esslinger Engineering

Photo: Casey Shuman in Sprint Bandits TNT action at Oklahoma City's State Fair Speedway.  (TWC Photo)