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Interesting first timer, never thought id see a "Nightmare" at the Chili Bowl

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That is definitely a different marketing strategy.

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Makes sense to me. He just opened up that market again. I know late model people that didn't watch the Chili Bowl before McCreadie, and now add more in, and it'll grow even more.

Anybody remember a few years back when Joey Saldana ran Woodwards car and it had CART, and Ford/Cosworth on it?

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Sounds like a good idea to me. I like the idea of versatile drivers much more then the closed mindedness of ______-racing is the only form of racing mentality! The only thing the internet has created is a sense of self importance by way of ignorance. Jimmy Owens seems to be a pretty good guy. Glad someone has the sense to cross promote and hopefully make some new fans for late models and midgets.

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The Chili Bowl has turned into a celebrity Bowl.:7:

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they still have to race their way in though.

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Jimmy Owens is a RACER. I've been a fan of his since I first watched him in a UMP modified. By the way, he's a good guy.

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Owens is a heck of a racer, not like some one is sticking Danica or Dale Jr in a car. I'm all for the late model, modified, winged guys etc. racing. Not like it's 20 cars showing up for 20 spots, you only make the A-main at Chili Bowl by EARNING it.

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It cracks me up how some people only seem to come on here to
***** or belittle racers they don't like. If Jimmy owens is in the
A-Main at the Chili Bowl on Saturday night he will have earned it.
If your favorite driver doesn't make it then tough s#*t, either he
just wasn't good enough or wasn't lucky enough but don't bad mouth
Owens for getting a shot in the Chili Bowl.

Owens will do just fine out there. He probably (odds are) won't make the A but it's one more quality shoe getting the chance to roll the dice a little bit. That's about all it is really. I'm glad to hear he's going.
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Never seen Jimmy Owens race but it's good to hear that he will be there, I don't care if he is a Late Model racer. It'd be cool if Shannon Babb was there. Been several LM racers there in the past; Bloomquist, Bart Hartman, Jeep Van Wormer, Josh Richards, Rick Eckert. Don't think we'll see Richards there anymore since Smoke dropped his midget program.

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It'd be fun to watch him run the alphabit into the A. Sammy is usually really fun to watch in doing that.

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This may be a dumb question, but is that front bumper on that very fine looking car legal to run on small bull ring tracks or the chili bowl? Looks like a great way to pull a nice hook and run on the guy in front of you.

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Wouldnt see why it wouldnt be. Build like that for strength.

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Actually, its not as easy as you assume. The pretzel bumper was originally designed for that purpose. However, its not a deep enough of "v" to hook the guy in front of you. But you can take a normal front bumper and give the guy in front of you a big tap and the bumper will fold into a nice "hook-n-run" front bumper.

Like Dalton stated, its for strength. We discovered this after the original customer brought it back and said it wasn't deep enough. But the bumper only had a few small dents in it after several "love taps" in a sprint car. Its the perfect front bumper for the racer who's tired of replacing front bumpers on small bullring tracks.

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Celebrity Bowl????

That's just a ignorant statement. :7:

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I LOVE IT... this will be a fun to watch ,better pull them straps tight this isnt a dirt box !!:31:

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"Celebrity Bowl????

That's just a ignorant statement."

It has been a celebrity bowl since Day One. The first celebrity was Rich Vogler. Maybe he even had a deal to guarantee his appearance so people would come?

Do you not think Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell, Levi Jones, Jason Leffler, Kenny Schrader are celebrities?