Two weeks ago I received the best news of the summer - my tickets for the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals arrived in the mail.

The Chili Bowl is racing's answer to the Super Bowl.  Legendary promotors Emmet Hahn and Lanny Edwards have spent the last 21 years building the annual event into a spectacle.  Held each January in Tulsa, the Chili Bowl draws all sorts of drivers (known and unknown) including Tony Stewart, JJ Yeley, Kasey Kahne, Sammy Swindall, Brady Bacon, Josh Wise, Danny Lasoski,  and Tim McCreadie. 

Preliminary wins earn a driver's way into the Mains run on Saturday, with the Golden Driller trophy awarded at the end of the A Main Saturday night.  Last year, Tony Stewart won his second Golden Driller.

So, I'm excited to spend a week in Tulsa this January watching great drivers try to master an indoor 1/4 mile track. 

After all, by that point football will be over, and I'll be two months into racing withdrawal and the Daytona 500 will still be a month away.  Bring on the fumes!