#05L - Danny Lasoski (Higginsville, MO)

17th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 14

Chili Bowl Main Event Finishes:  6th (1990), 5th (1992), 8th (1993), 8th (1995), 11th (1996), 2nd (1997), 18th (1998), 21st (1999), 2nd (2001), 7th (2002), 22nd (2003), 2nd (2004), 11th (2005), 21st (2006)

2007 Chili Bowl Results:

Wednesday: 2nd in Heat 4; 1st in Qualifier 4; 10th in A Main

Saturday: 16th in B Main 2

The 2001 World of Outlaws and 2006 National Sprint Tour champion joins forces with the Loyet Motorsports team for the 22nd Annual Chili Bowl Nationals after finishing third in 2007 World of Outlaws Sprint Car points.  "The Dude" reeled off seven WoO wins in 2007 to go along with a pair of Winged Outlaw Warriors triumphs, then added a tenth win for the season with a November 24 score at Springfield (MO) Raceway.  Second only to Sammy Swindell in career Chili Bowl championship main event starts (making the grid in 14 of 16 attempts), the three-time event runner-up sets his sights on the Golden Driller a year after being absent from the Chili Bowl finale lineup for the first time since 2000.

Car Owner:  Loyet Motorsports

Chassis:  Spike

Engine:  Esslinger Ford

Sponsors:  Loyet Landscape Maintenance Inc., Spike Chassis Inc., Esslinger Engineering, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Meramec Heights Collision Center

Photo:  "The Dude" picked up his tenth overall feature win of 2007 with a triumph at Springfield (MO) Raceway on November 24. (TWC Photo)