#05 - Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, MO)

5th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0

2007 Chili Bowl Results:

Friday: 4th in Heat 2; 7th in Qualifier 4; 9th in B Main 2

Saturday: 1st in E Main 2; 6th in D Main 2

The 20-year-old reeled off five feature wins en route to the 2007 O'Reilly POWRi Midget championship.  Three of the triumphs came at Belle Clair Speedway in Belleville, IL, including the Arnold Knepper and Charlene Meents Memorial events, with other triumphs at Morgan County and Lee County.  Brad also finished second in the Midget portion of Eldora Speedway's Four Crown Nationals.  Competing at the Chili Bowl Nationals since 16 years of age, Loyet missed the 2006 feature by just a half dozen positions.

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:  Brad Loyet in O'Reilly POWRi Midget victory lane at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, IL, on August 8. (TWC Photo)