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I will be
adding several new pictures today, and the final batch on
Monday. I'll post them in a latest first format rather than
adding new pages. In doing it that way, just before the IndyCar
test at PIR on the 24th, we can close out the entire page. So if
there are pictures that you wish to keep, download them before
then.
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This is the Bondio car with the
outlawed Ski Boot, seen at the Chili Bowl this week, there is a
cardboard cutout of Kasey Kahne in the car. In Dec. this picture
began to appear on the internet and it wasn't long before
"The Boot" got the boot. The story of that can be
found way down the page here,
but even more interesting is tonight's (Saturday Feature
Lineups and the results from Friday night.)
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Here are two pictures of JJ Yeley
in the Bondio #47 in Thursday night Chili Bowl action. While
they managed to "lose" the boot, it's been replaced
with a light weight, skinny left front tire.
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Here are a couple of pictures of
the #47 front end after it was "adjusted" Friday
night, in the picture below, JJ Yeley is seen talking to Tony
Stewart after flipping the car.
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Jay Drake being interviewed in the
Winner's Circle Friday night.
aXe said it got "hot and
heavy" at the Chili Bowl last night..
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Dennis and I share a love for the
VW powered Midget, and this is the only one at the Chili Bowl
this year. I happen to feel the $30,000 plus Midget engine is
overkill, running up the price of what I feel is some of the
most exciting and "honest" racing in America, Midgets
on dirt. I can't think of any form of racing where who drives
the car and how it is driven can make so much of a difference.
The VW's cost 30% of what engines go for today, and that era
probably had racing that was every bit as exciting, and even
more grass roots entries. This from Dennis:
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Well here is the only Volkswagen entry I found here. Finding
this is a plus for me, because the owner also owns
one of the Benson cars we built back about 1968 or 69. What
a find for me. The
owner/driver Bill Eslick, runs tonight, so we will see if
that bug can still cut it?" Den
Note: Dennis has yet to
report on how the car did last night, perhaps this will
serve as a reminder to him. I'm sure he's like a kid in a
candy store in Tulsa, he may go on for days, but we'll
eventually get the whole story. MN
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Tony Stewart is shown with his crew working
on the car on Wednesday. Stewart would suffer a "wild flip in Hot
Laps, and didn't race last night.
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One of six Miller Racing entries. Originally
aXe thought The Dude was in one of the Miller Car's, but he has since sent
me an E-mail stating Danny is driving his own Midget. Here's the link
to the "results"
page. According to aXe, the track was dry and dusty last night,
finishing 2nd was Steve Kinser and Jerry Coons finished 3rd. Having been
at the Chili Bowl in the past, they'll get a handle on the track
conditions and get a better feel for how much watering the surface
requires.
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The top picture above shows Lasoski in
Victory Circle. The one below shows Danny's car as a blur in the upper
left hand corner as he checks out on the field Wednesday evening on a dry
and dusty track.
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Here's one of the many and varied engine
combinations usually seen at the Chili Bowl, this is Dave and Bruce
Thurston's V-4.
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Chad Boat in the #30 car.
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Aaron Fike's Ford.
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aXe is calling this "Tony Stewart's Bar
and Lounge," the rig is inside the Chili Bowl building, a facility so
big that this is one of the many rigs in the building, plus pit stalls
that can accommodate over 200 cars and still have room left for the
1/5th-mile track!
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"It's a family affair," this 2006
Chili Bowl, the top photo shows, the lower one is of Ann Swindell and her
son Kevin.
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Jason Leffler's ride
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Another way to cut a Chevy V8 in half, this
one resulting in another V-4.
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Here's one of the Kunz Mopar engines.
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"Tim's Sim's," two 8-lap races for
$5 bucks, looks like fun to me.
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I don't know how aXe feels, but I liked them
better when they looked like this. MN
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aXe was very impressed with
this kid Wednesday night, his name is Brady Bacon, and aXe described him,
the 5th place finisher in the "main" as "#a very young
skinny kid in the #99," and suggested "I look up his name."
Today aXe must have found him.
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I'd like to thank aXe for
the great pictures and effort, watch for more tomorrow afternoon.
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All O/IRR photos from Chili
Bowl 2006 by Dennis Sylvia
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