The month of May will open with a second helping of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
With the motorsport community still on lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus shutdown, the most prestigious open-wheel dirt Midget race will go digital thanks to iRacing at 7 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.
Among the list of drivers slated for Wednesday’s virtual showdown, 15 have made it into the real-life 55-lap main event for the coveted Golden Driller trophy, with two having outright won it.
Spearheading the entry list is three-time winner and current NASCAR Cup Series contender Christopher Bell. The other winner is four-time (and consecutive) champion Kevin Swindell. Bell had won three consecutive main events from 2017-2019 until his streak was snapped by Kyle Larson in January.
Swindell and Bell each have seven A-Feature starts to their credit.
Among the remaining 13 A-Feature starters, none has as many appearances as J.J. Yeley, nor have any come through Saturday’s fabled Alphabet like the former USAC Triple Crown champion. Eight times an A-Feature starter, Yeley has made it to the podium twice in his career, including the 2004 run to the main event after starting his night in the F-Feature.
Justin Allgaier, Justin Grant and Tyler Courtney have each made the feature on four occasions, with Blake Hahn, Brady Bacon and Logan Seavey sitting at three starts each. Buddy Kofoid, Cannon McIntosh, Chase Briscoe, David Gravel, Dillon Welch and Jake Neuman each claim a single A-Feature green flag.
“This is shaping up to be a pretty neat deal,” stated Chili Bowl co-founder Emmett Hahn of the virtual Chili Bowl. “When they came out and scanned the track a few years ago, the Chili Bowl was one of the most requested tracks and now to see this deal go from live on Saturday night for real to live in iRacing on FS1—it’s bigger than I could have ever imagined.”
The idea can be traced to Bell, who wanted to replicate his favorite race on iRacing prior to the resumption of real-life NASCAR competition on May 17 at Darlington Raceway.
Hahn immediately gave his blessing.
“Everyone at iRacing has been great about working with us, plus working with Christopher to make sure it’s as true as we can get with some of these drivers involved,” Hahn said. “There’s a lot of names on that list that I’ve watched race the Chili Bowl, so this deal here should be a lot of fun to watch.”
Subject to change, the entry list includes:
Anton Hernandez – Arlington, TX (USAC)
Blake Hahn – Sapulpa, OK (ASCS)**
Bobby Labonte – Corpus Christi, TX (NASCAR Xfinity)
Brady Bacon – Broken Arrow, OK (USAC)**
Buddy Kofoid – Penngrove, CA (NARC)**
Cannon McIntosh – Bixby, OK (POWRi)**
Chase Briscoe – Mitchell, IN (NASCAR Xfinity)**
Chase Cabre – Tampa, FL (NASCAR K&N)
Christopher Bell – Norman, OK (NASCAR)**
Clinton Boyles – Greenwood, MO (POWRi)
Cruz Pedregon – Torrance, CA (NHRA)
Daison Pursley – Locust Grove, OK (NOW600)
David Gravel – Watertown, CT (WOO)**
Dillon Welch – Carmel, IN (USAC/MRN)**
J.J. Yeley – Phoenix, AZ (NASCAR)**
Jake Neuman – New Berlin, IL (POWRi)**
Justin Allgaier – Spaulding, IL (NASCAR Xfinity)**
Justin Grant – Ione, CA (USAC)**
Kenny Wallace – St. Louis, MO (NASCAR)
Kevin Swindell – Germantown, TN (WOO)**
Kevin Thomas, Jr. – Cullman, AL (USAC)
Landon Cassill – Cedar Rapids, IA (NASCAR Xfinity)
Logan Seavey – Sutter, CA (USAC)**
Parker Klingerman – Stamford, CT (NASCAR/NBCSN)
Robert Dalby – Anaheim, CA (USAC)
Ron Capps – San Luis Obispo, CA (NHRA)
Santino Ferrucci – Woodbury, CT (INDY)
Scott Speed – Manteca, CA (RALLYCROSS)
Tony Gualda, Jr. – Modesto, CA (NARC)
Tony Kanaan - Salvador, Bahia, BRA (INDY)
Tyler Courtney – Indianapolis, IN (USAC)**
Will Power – Toowoomba, AUST. (INDY)
Zeb Wise – Angola, IN (ASCoC)
*Indicates number of Chili Bowl A-Feature Starts
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