#17 - Chris Windom (Canton, IL)

3rd Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 1

Chili Bowl Main Event Finishes:  7th (2007)

2007 Chili Bowl Results:

Thursday: 2nd in Heat 9; 2nd in Qualifier 4; 12th in A Main

Saturday: 6th in B Main 1; 7th in A Main

A busy slate of Sprint Car and Midget racing action found the 16-year-old in victory lane on a handful of occasions in 2007.  After Lawrenceburg and Gas City Sprint Car wins, Chris picked off a $4,000 Sprint Bandits TNT score at Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK, on August 15 and then added a $5,000 MSCS triumph at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN, on September 2 before picking off another Lawrenceburg win in October.  Overall, Chris recorded 17 top-fives and 30 top-tens in 60 Sprint Car feature starts, ranking fourth in overall Sprint Bandits TNT points.

Seventeen by Chili Bowl time, Chris finished among the top ten in eight of 22 Midget starts in 2007, including a 23rd to seventh charge at the Chili Bowl and a tenth-place run at the Belleville Midget Nationals.

Car Owner:  Keith Kunz Motorsports

Chassis:  Bullet

Engine:  Esslinger

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Photo:  Chris Windom in O'Reilly Sprint Bandits TNT victory lane at Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK.  (TWC Photo)