Thursday, December 20, 2007

2008 Chili Bowl by the numbers.*

Chassis:
37 makes represented.

93-Spike
68-Stealth
16-Bullet
13-F5/Twister
10-Ellis
9-Beast
8-TCR
6-Maxim, Buzzard
5-FSC
4-Edmunds
3-DRC
2-Bondio, Predator, Stewart, Zero, Hawk, Gamester
1-JFM, Zilla, Pro Flyer, Phanton, Stinger, ITI Performance, Ryno, Barnstormer, Beaberbuilt, Triple X

Motors:
53-builders represented.

73-Esslinger Ford
47-Chevy (Various builders)
40-Fontana
37-Mopar (Various builders)
8-Pontiacs (Various builders)
4-Toyotas

Home states:

27 States represented, 3 countries.

59-California
31-Indiana
30-Illinois 30
27-Oklahoma
16-Missouri
12-Arizona
11-Texas
9-Wisconsin
8-Pennsylvania
7-Colorado and Kansas
6-Ohio
4-Nebraska
3-New York, New Jersey, Washington, Arkansas, Iowa
2-Tennessee, North Carolina, Canada
1-Virginia, Georgia, North Dakota, Minnesota, West Virginia, Wyoming, Mississippi, Australia.

Former Winners
11-Total number of Chili Bowl championships in the field.
6-Former winners

Chili Bowl Championships
4-Sammy Swindell
2-Tony Stewart, Cory Kruseman
1-Tracy Hines, Tim McCreadie, Johnny Heydenreich

Feature Races on Saturday
4-1987
21-2007

Worn out Oval Operations Writers
1

Trips to Cloud 9

0-What's Cloud 9?
*As of 12/20/07. Some motor, chassis info not available. If the numbers don’t jive, remember I’m not a mathematician.