[Hawker]

Originally Posted by Seadog Didn't Kruseman try some type of ski instead of a wheel on the LF one year on a Bondio car at the CB and they outlawed it?

It was never raced...

[lilrim]

Originally Posted by racephoto1 This board proves one thing for sure, Sammy gets in the competitions head, which is half the battle.The more you concentrate on him, the less you concentrate on yourself.

Did anyone notice yesterday during practice on Sammy's car the Dash-4Stainless Braded line going from the Steering Wheel to the fuel tank....

Is NITRO legal at the chili bowl... Or is that one thing they do band...? If not nitro what is it.. Maybe the Promotors think the old man doesn't have it anymore and they supplied him with a PUSH TO PASS button courtsey of the IRL?

[ImissAscot]

Originally Posted by never lift Sammy's car is deffinatly not legal to race in any division of midget racing. His car is a special lightweight spike and the motor he and Kevin have are too big to run during the season.

Originally Posted by DMS11 No way Chuck! I heard you made Sammy a carbon fiber chassis painted to look like chromoly. 340 hp give me a break. I hear its a 440 HP Esslinger disguised to look like their spec engine. Horsepower is a HUGE advantage at the chili bowl. I figured yours knew that. Posted via Mobile Device

Sammy's motor is the same one he has been running ! Why mess with what work's ? The motor that Kevin took to Tulsa is the same Esslinger EST with the EFI that Brandon Wealti, Cory Kruseman, and Danny Stratton are running this week at the Chili Bowl

[Hawker]

Originally Posted by Charles Nungester Why ban the Synergy motor? Make it standard 12000 bucks. Word I got was they had to tone it down just to run in the QTC

Here is another engine I've been watching for a number of years now. It is based off the Suzuki Hayabusa engine. It's quite impressive... http://www.h1v8.com/ 170cu - 400hp @ 10,000 rpm (with stock cams) - 245 ft-lbs torque @ 7500 rpm - 200 lbs.

There is also a turbo version that puts out nearly 500hp!

IMO, it's engines such as these that could make midget racing affordable again.

[VaDirt]

Word has it that Sammy and Kevin have an inside track to some future USAF fighter technology, and a possile source from Area 51. That's why he has to hide everything, that's some top secret technology he's got there

[Todd Kimmel]

Chris (racephoto1) is right. He's got everyone beat before he hits the track. Maybe the line and gas tank are to throw you off... Your looking at that stuff and not the real answers
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[addictedtodirt]

Whatever the majic, he still has to man up. Sammy knows how to get it done
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[joemizzou]

http://www.midgetmadness.com/forums/...showtopic=7454

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 20, 2005) – Recent photos of Andy Bondio’s latest creation for the upcoming 20th Annual O’ Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at Tulsa Expo Raceway have circulated quickly around the World Wide Web, in the process causing quite a stir among the racing community.

The photos depict Bondio’s No. 47x entry, which is to be piloted by 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Rookie of the Year candidate J.J. Yeley, equipped with the most unorthodox of setups. While Cory Kruseman’s Bondio-entry sported a unique motorcycle tire and wheel on the left front in the 2005 edition of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, the innovative Bondio has taken it a step further this time.

The circulated photo, taken after a recent practice session with Kruseman at the wheel, features a ski-like device on the left front corner of the Midget racing machine rather than the standard wheel and tire assembly.

The left front ski drew the attention of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals technical committee as well, to the extent that key members made the trek to the West Coast to further investigate the controversial contraption.

Upon further review, the technical committee determined that the ski in place upon the left front of Bondio’s Midget was in fact of the water-skiing variety, and have thus declared it illegal for the 2006 running of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals as well as future editions of the event.

“The Chili Bowl is a winter-time event, and had the ski been a snow-ski, then perhaps we could have let it go,” quipped Chili Bowl Midget Nationals co-promoter Emmett Hahn. “But since it was a water ski, we had to say ‘no-go’ on that one. Both of Andy’s cars, and all the others, will have four wheels and tires as they chase that coveted Golden Driller trophy on January 11-14, 2006.”

And with the ruling made, Bondio is most assuredly back to the drawing board, hard at work as he seeks a fourth Chili Bowl Midget Nationals victory as a car owner, with previous wins coming with the legendary Lealand McSpadden in 1991 and Kruseman in 2000 and 2004. Bondio enters the 2006 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals with the formidable one-two punch of Kruseman and Yeley, best known in Chili Bowl lore for his historic climbs through Saturday’s alphabet soup features.

[jim goerge]

The only reason I said anything bout sammy"s cars weight was I was thinking bout guys who run midgets for real that they need a chilli car and a legal car, Thats just crazy haveing to have couple of cars like that

[lilrim]

Looks like the 440HP motor. 600LB car, 40 gallon tank, and The stainless Braded line worked last night in the RoC!!!