Dave wasn't his first one. He ran one 2 years ago. But it was the first time he had sat in a midget since then. But yes it was an impressive run in thursday nights B with an ailing injection and loosing the brakes 2 laps from the finish missing the transfer by 3? spots (had it covered until then) that got him into Saturdays F feature. His car was scattered on the shop floor just 6 weeks ago and other than being fired for the first time for about 10 minutes in 20 degree weather just a few days before leaving for Tulsa it had a few bugs we had to work on. In Saturdays F a dang AN fitting broke @ the power steering pump 2 laps in soaking his legs with hot power steering fluid.He toughed it out but told me he was ready to quit a few laps from the checker. Any body who doesn't know I'd challenge Mike Tyson to drive a midget for 20 laps with a broke power steering. Not sure how the fitting broke but that's racing. Best thing of all is car went back in the trailer with out a scratch one. And I guarantee ya that's a huge accomplishment @ the Chili Bowl.I'm still smiling from it all. I understand its supposed to be televised on ABC or CBS some time in February. And yeah it's The Swindell/Swindell show But That dang Larson kid proved once again that he is the real deal.
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Congrats to Howard's God Son, Pet Palazzolo!!!! His first time out at the Chili Bowl, not a bad finish considering there was 260+ of the best Midget cars and drivers in the entire world there competing!!!!!

F Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 8K-Blake Hahn[9]; 2. 7S-Hunter Schuerenberg[1]; 3. 2B-Tyler Reddick[2]; 4. 1W-Paul White[5]; 5. 06-Mario Clouser[16]; 6. 11J-Travis Berryhill[13]; 7. 24E-Cody Darrah[14]; 8. 21X-Kurt Mayhew[3]; 9. 7DA-Dakoda Armstrong[10]; 10. 70-Peter Palazzolo[6]; 11. 32A-Garrett Aitken[8]; 12. 84-Joey Fabozzi[12]; 13. 0-Glenn Styres[15]; 14. 56X-Mark Chisholm[7]; 15. 6-Aaron Pierce[11]; DNS 17R-Kyle Steffens

Finishing 10th in the F is a very good outing for a first timer!!!!! (The features start at "J", BTW) That's not a bunch of nobody's that he was racing against, either!!!!

Oh yeah, Kevin Swindell won the "A" Feature again, that's 4 in a row for him (phenomenal record!) and 9 wins between him and his Dad, Sammy!!!!!!