(By Greg Engle CupScene.com Editor,NASCAR Examiner)
Posted: Wednesday,December 28th, 2011
Tony Stewart Racing announced this week that the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion will lead a ‘Team of Champions’ at the 2012 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals which begin on January 10.
First held in 1987, the indoor event held in Tulsa Oklahoma features midget races over the course of several days culminating in the A-Main ‘Chili Bowl’ named for one of the original sponsors of the event.
Stewart will lead a team that includes 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 2011 United States Auto Club (USAC) National Drivers champion Bryan Clauson, and 2011 POWRi Rookie of the Year Jake Blackhurst.
The trip isn’t the first for Stewart. In fact for Stewart who rose through the Midget ranks early in his career, the event marks a homecoming of sorts. Stewart has won the event twice, in 2002 and 2007. This year’s trip however comes after a three year hiatus and Stewart is of course excited to head back. MORE>>>
2011 Series Champion Tony Stewart poses with his trophy at the House of Blues Foundation Room inside Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week on November 29, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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