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Ringers Racers at Chili Bowl

DRIVERS LOOKING FOR HOT CHILI IN COLD  WEATHER 
Numerous Ringers Racers Heading to Chili  Bowl 

Moorpark,  Calif. -  (January 5, 2006) Since 1987, Lanny  Edwards, Emmett 
Hahn and crew put on the annual January midget race known as the  Chili Bowl at 
Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Okla.  In 2005, the largest car count in Chili  
Bowl history was recorded�€�2006 looks to be no different as the car count tops  
the previous year�€™s and a slew of Ringers racers from all forms of motorsports  
look to tame the quarter-mile clay oval inside the Expo  Center. 
NHRA Top Fuel dragster driver Morgan Lucas looks to make his first Chili  
Bowl driving the Kuhn Motorsports No. 15k entry.  Lucas, 22, brought home a fifth 
place in  the Top Fuel championship in 2005, while his first career win still 
eludes  him. 
Fellow NHRA straightliner Cruz Pedregon raced his first Chili Bowl in  2005 
as driver and car owner.  This  year, Pedregon will again race, but he is 
fielding a second car for All-Star  Circuit of Champions champion Chad Kemenah.  
While Cruz�€™s brother, Frank, pilots Mike  Sala owned No. 79 entry. 
2005 MARA midget champion Donnie Lehmann returns to Tulsa with his infamous 
five-car team based out of  Springfield, Ill.  This year, Team Lehmann drivers 
include, Lehmann himself; Daniel Adler,  Missouri  sprint car and midget 
racer; World of Outlaws (sprint car) Mean 15 member,  Justin Henderson; NASCAR 
Busch Series driver, Damon Lusk and Joe Walker from the  Thunder Valley Sprint 
Series. 
Former midget stars turned NASCAR drivers Tracy Hines, Jason Leffler and  
J.J. Yeley return to their roots at Chili Bowl.  Hines is the reigning Chili Bowl 
 champion. 
Other Ringers racers on the entry list include late model, midget and  sprint 
car drivers, Justin Allgaier (ARCA, NASCAR Craftsman Trucks, midgets,  late 
models), Chad Deselle (midgets), World of Outlaws Late Model Champion Steve  
Francis, Bud Kaeding (USAC), Keith Kunz Motorsports (USAC), Tim McCreadie (dirt  
late models), Josh Richards (dirt late models), Casey Shuman (USAC), Darren  
Stewart (sprint cars), Jeep Van Wormer (dirt late models) and Brandon Waelti  
(midgets). 
With the overwhelming response of entries, 268 to date, the  20th annual 
Chili Bowl Midget Nationals has three nights of  qualifying, January 11-13, with 
the finale on Saturday, January 14.  For more information, check out 
_www.chilibowl.com_ (http://www.chilibowl.com/) . 
Ringers Gloves, Official Gloves of  NHRA and title sponsor for the Ringers 
Gloves Pro Bike Battle, is a full-line  manufacturer of high-end, task specific 
gloves, SFI 3.3/1, 3.3/10 racing gloves,  UnderX protective undergarments and 
rdigs pit boots. 
Keep up with your favorite Ringers  racers in �€˜06 by logging onto 
_www.ringersgloves.com_ (http://www.ringersgloves.com/)  for photos and  highlights!

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