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Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who raced at Irwindale Speedway during the Turkey Night Grand Prix on Thanksgiving, is the latest driver to enter the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla.
Stenhouse will drive a car for Keith Kunz Motorsports in the 22nd annual Chili Bowl, which starts Tuesday and culminates Jan. 12 at the Tulsa Expo Center.
Stenhouse, who raced for Tony Stewart Racing last year in a number of USAC events, will be racing against his old boss in the Chili Bowl. Stewart is one of a number of NASCAR and NHRA drivers who have entered the Chili Bowl.
Kasey Kahne, J.J. Yeley, Gary Scelzi and Cruz Pedregon are among the drivers from NASCAR and the NHRA entered in the Chili Bowl.
"The best drivers are there." Stenhouse said. "A lot of great drivers have won the Chili Bowl and to be included in that select group would be cool. I'm really looking forward to racing against my former boss, Tony, along with all the other champions, race winners and top drivers. When you have that many top drivers competing for just 24 spots, fans are going to see some of the best racing around."
Stenhouse, who finished 13th in the A main of the Chili Bowl last year, will be in the Esslinger-powered No. 97 car for Kunz.
"We ran decent there last year," said Stenhouse from his home in Olive Branch, Miss. "Keith Kunz has given me a fast racecar this year with lots of horsepower under the hood so I'm excited. To run this race is really special. I think it truly is the 'Superbowl' of racing. It's the one place that drivers from all Sprint and Midget Series along with drivers from NASCAR and sometimes drag racing come together for some good old fashioned dirt racing."
Stenhouse will be driving for Roush Fenway Racing in the ARCA ReMax Series in 2008. His first race for Roush is at Daytona International Speedway next month.

It looks like Cruz Pedregon won't be the only drag racer in the Chili Bowl in January.
Gary Scelzi, an NHRA Funny Car driver for Don Schumacher Racing, will be racing in the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla., one of the biggest races for USAC Midget drivers. He has been testing at Ventura Raceway at Cory Kruseman's racing school in preparation for the race.
He will be racing his own car, backed by Jeg's and K&N Filters. It is a car that 17-year-old Michael Faccinto drives in USAC races.
"I've been to Cory Kruseman's school a couple of times, and I've raced in the Super 600cc Mini Sprint class in a couple of races at Plaza Park in Visalia, Calif.," Scelzi said in an interview released by his drag racing team. "When I test at Plaza Park, I test with my son Dominic, who drives the 600cc Restricted Mini Sprint at events there. In fact, we just had the track rented a couple of weekends in a row. We took the wings off both cars and he and I went at it. We absolutely had a ball."
The race will be on Jan. 12 and will be televised on HBO pay-per-view.