RACER's Robin Miller speaks with Thursday night's Chili Bowl A-Main winner Chris Bell.RACER Video: Robin Miller at the Chili Bowl with Chris Dyson

Chris Bell put on a clinic but Jerry Coons Jr. and Shane Cottle put on a show Thursday night during the third round of preliminaries for Saturday night's 30th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl.Starting on the pole in his Keith Kunz-prepared Toyota-powered Bullet, Bell led all 30 laps and cruised...

Jerry Coons Jr. has been a USAC champion twice and one of the most accomplished drivers in midgets, sprints and dirt cars the past decade. But he's never won the Chili Bowl and Thursday night he took the first big step in trying to add that to his resume. Starting...