#5* - Gary Taylor (Sapulpa, OK)

7th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0

2008 Chili Bowl Results:

Friday: 2nd in Heat 3; 3rd in Qualifier 2; 9th in A Main

Saturday: 8th in B Main 1

Calling Oklahoma home now by way of Washington after a stint in Colorado, the 2007 SMRS Midget champ shifted focus to the Sprint Car ranks in 2008.  And the former ASCS Rocky Mountain Region champ responded with a top-ten ranking in ASCS National points and a ranking of sixth in ASCS Sooner Region points despite missing several events on both circuits.

Gary snared his first career ASCS National Tour feature win during the opening leg of ASCS Speedweek at 67 Texarkana Speedway on July 11 and then added his second win a week later at Oklahoma City's State Fair Speedway.  Gary also posted four wins in ASCS Sooner Region action, with SMRS Midget triumphs at Wichita's 81 Speedway and Odessa's I-70 Speedway running his season victory total to eight.

Missing the cut by three or fewer positions at the Chili Bowl on three different occasions, Gary tries to put Triple X into the Chili Bowl championship main event for the first time in January.

Car Owner:  Tel-Star Communications / Mike Eubanks

Chassis: Triple X

Engine:  Hawk Australia

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

Photo:  Gary Taylor and the Tel-Star crew in victory lane at Texarkana 67 Speedway after he captured his first career ASCS National Tour victory. (TWC Photo)