Veteran NHRA Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon will be racing in the 22nd Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals this week. This will be Cruz's fourth run in a Midget car at the Chili Bowl.
Cruz will field an All-Star racing team for the 2008 midget race. In addition to the 2002 NHRA Funny Car Champion, sprint car legend Sammy Swindell, NASCAR driver Josh Wise, and World of Outlaws driver Shane Stewart will be driving for the Cruz Pededregon Racing team.
Sammy Swindell is a three time World of Outlaws champion and former NASCAR truck driver. Josh Wise in an accomplished driver earning the 2005 National Midget championship and 2006 USAC National Sprint Car Series championship. Oklahoma sprint car racer Shane Stewart was the 2007 Knoxville 360 Nationals winner and currently races for Roth Motorsports in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws sprint car series.
The Chili Bowl will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 8th through the 12th.