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SAMMY SWINDELL TAKES TULSA’S THIRD

SAMMY SWINDELL TAKES TULSA’S THIRD...

1/14/1989
By Don Hubbard TULSA, Okla. (January 14, 1989) – A crowd of over 3,000 fans were on hand to see Sprint Car star Sammy Swindell start outside pole in the brand new Jack Runyon/Jack Rentals sponsored Pontiac powered Challenger midget and lead flag-to-flag to win the Third Annual “Original Chili Bowl Midget Nationals” at Tulsa’s Expo Square indoor quarter-mile dirt track. Before the twenty-one car field hit the starting line for the start of the 35-lap feature, several...more
SCOTT HATTON WINS SECOND ANNUAL OR

SCOTT HATTON WINS SECOND ANNUAL OR...

1/8/1988
by Don Hubbard TULSA, Okla. (January 9, 1988) - Twenty-four year old Scott Hatton showed the veterans the way around the tight indoor quarter-mile oval at Tulsa's Expo Square Saturday night as he won the "Second Annual Original Chili Bowl Midget Nationals". Hatton paced himself on the inside groove behind Friday night's preliminary winner Danny Frye, Jr., Mike Gregg and Gene Gennetten for the first fifteen laps. On the sixteenth circuit, Hatton moved up a half a...more
Vogler Tops First Chili Bowl Natio

Vogler Tops First Chili Bowl Natio...

1/11/1987
TULSA, Okla. (January 11, 1987) - Rich Vogler was not on hand for the Friday night preliminary won by Gene Gennetten, but he didn't let his thirteenth starting position jinx him as he won the "Original Chili Bowl" Indoor Midget Nationals on the tight quarter mile dirt track at Expo Square on the Tulsa Fairgrounds. Vogler put the Babe's Showgirls Autocraft #74 in sixth position by the seventh lap. Vogler rode the cushion and used spins by Doug Wolfgang and Sammy...more
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