DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. NASCAR launches its new season with rivals attempting to dethrone Team Penske after two years atop the Cup Series while a off-track battle over revenue sharing threatens to overshadow the competition.
Arkansan Clint Woolbright entered the 38th annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa with a car that, owner Josh Hawkins said, had no fuel because a volunteer forgot to add it.
Eight Arkansans are among the more than 375 drivers competing this week at the 38th annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at Tulsa Expo Raceway, alongside racers from across the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, a list that includes NASCAR stars Kyle Larson and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
It was 173 years ago that John Babsone Lane Soule coined the phrase “Go West Young Man” in the Terre Haute Express. Dirt track, open-wheel race car drivers from the left coast pay no heed to his sage advice when the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals beckon every January.
World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, will continue its support of the iconic Chili Bowl Nationals indoor Midget races in Tulsa, Oklahom.