It was the summer of 1980 and the late, great Larry Rice and I were walking into Whitewater Speedway to get ready for hot laps in the USAC midget show. We were stopped by two fellows and a cameraman and asked to make some comments on that night’s race. One...

Cannon McIntosh started on the pole, lost the lead, got it back and then held off USAC star Tyler Courtney to capture Monday night's A Main and kick off the 34th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl.Driving for Keith Kunz's high-powered team, McIntosh led the opening four laps before Aaron Reutzel...

There's a trend developing at the 32nd annual Chili Bowl. Young bad asses driving a Keith Kunz Spike/Toyota show their heels to the competition. For the third consecutive evening this was the A Main scenario as Christopher Bell joined Kyle Larson and Rico Abreu in this growing club.Starting from the...

Kyle Larson has done everything but win the Chili Bowl during the past few years and Tuesday night he once again got off to a flying start on the path he hopes will end up with the Golden Driller Trophy.Starting second in the 25-lap A Main in his Toyota-powered Spike...

Chad Boat, who was scheduled to make his Indy Lights debut at Iowa for Belardi Auto Racing, has not been medically cleared to race after suffering injuries in a USAC midget race on July 2."To say I'm disappointed doesn't begin to describe how I'm feeling right now, but I trust...

all pics: Boyd Adams In the year since Christopher Bell began racing full-time in USAC, he's won a lot of races and opened a lot of eyes. And Thursday night here in the preliminaries for the 25th annual Chili Bowl the teenager added to his growing reputation. Starting on the...

Dave Darland set one record and tied another Thursday night at Perris Speedway. At 47, he became oldest winner of the Turkey Night Grand Prix and joined Mel Kenyon and the late Stan Fox as the only drivers to have won the classic USAC midget race on pavement and dirt.?It...