Pass the Chili My Way, Baby!

Hey, Mama always said, "Don't cry over spilled chili," right? Something like that anyway. Well, if you're like Spring and I, and can't make it to Tulsa for the biggest event of the winter, that doesn't mean you can't experience the excitement just like everyone else.

We just got this press release today from the folks at Racin' Boys, (Racin' Boys and Girls Gone Racin' hmmmm) letting us know that they will be doing a live broadcast right from the Tulsa Expo. So next week, instead of sitting around wondering which briefcase holds the million dollar prize, or who will get to hear the Donald's famous farewell, fire up the computer and log onto the internet to get all of the Chili Bowl information you can stand.

Many thanks to Bryan Gapinski at Racin' Boys for this report:

Chili Bowl Broadcast Times Set

TULSA, Okla. -- Fans unable to attend the sold-out 21st annual O'Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at the Tulsa Expo Raceway on January 9-13, can hear all the action via the internet. The event can be heard only on the internet at www.racinboys.com . It’s the second straight year RacinBoys.com will provide the live audio webcast of the country’s premier indoor racing event.

Fan1st.com will be the title sponsor for the broadcast. Fan1st.com allows ordinary fans to become a part of the sponsorship of a car by putting their name in the logo that goes on the car at the track. In 2007, Dave Blaney will be driving the Fan1st.com car in the NASCAR Busch Series.

The RacinBoys, Scott Traylor and Kirk Elliott, are co-hosts of a popular Saturday morning Midwest regional motorsports show called "Track Talk with The RacinBoys" on the countries Largest all Sports Radio station the 50,000-watt Sports Radio 810 WHB in Kansas City, Mo.

The Racinboys will be again joined by Bryan Gapinski, well-known open wheel racing announcer. Gapinski has been involved in previous broadcasts of the Chili Bowl, in the area of television, simulcast, radio/webcast and video. Gapinski is also the media director for the Badger Midget Series and founder of the National Midget Driver of the Year.Veteran sprint car announcer Scottie Cook has been added to the broadcast team for 2007, and will head up the Saturday afternoon ‘alphabet soup’ feature coverage. More than 35 hours of action concludes with the 50-lap championship feature on Saturday night, January 13. More pit and trackside interviews are planned as well as Saturday pre-race ceremonies.

The evenings broadcasts will start on Tuesday at 6:30 pm CST (local-Tulsa time), Wednesday-Friday Jan. 10-12 at 5:30 pm CST. The broadcast of action on Saturday will tentatively begin at 12:00pm CST. Stay tuned to www.racinboys.com for any updates.

The broadcast team will be joined by three lucky fans Dan Anders (Wednesday), Melissa Lazzaro (Thursday) and Bill Morrow (Friday). The trio were the highest bidders to receive a fan package and the opportunity to announce a heat race during the evenings events, that was recently held on eBay. Rod End Supply also recently signed on as a broadcast sponsor.