Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby East

Congratulations to Bobby and the former Courtney Kirts, who were married Saturday among family and friends in Brownsburg, Indiana. The couple are shown above during their first dance before escaping for a week-long honeymoon in Maui. As soon as they return, Bobby heads down to East Bay Raceway in Tampa, Florida for some USAC Sprint Car racing on dirt. Best wishes to the happy couple for a long life full of love and happiness - and lots of checkered flags!

Bobby East Opens 2010 with Chili Bowl A-main Appearance

Brownsburg, Ind. (January 18, 2010) – Bobby East officially kicked off his 2010 racing season by taking home the 17th position in Saturday’s 50-lap championship A-main in the 24th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at Tulsa Expo Raceway inside the QwikTrip Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

East scored a fifth position finish in Tuesday’s preliminary feature, giving him the third starting position in Saturday’s second B-main. East snared a transfer position into the A-main and was on pace to score a solid finish among the top ten – or better – before an incident with defending race winner Sammy Swindell left East’s Klatt Enterprises No. 4 Ford Racing/ClubSport/Beast Chassis Esslinger-powered Beast with front end damage. East persevered on track to cross the line 17th, leaving Tulsa with pride in knowing he and his team were among the elite to make the A-main but disappointed with the feature result.

“The A-main at the Chili Bowl might be the hardest race in the country to qualify for,” East said. “There are over 260 cars entered and only 24 make the feature on Saturday night. Just making the A-main is a huge accomplishment, especially with the quality of the drivers and teams that are entered. So on one hand we’re proud of what we did. But we’re still disappointed to finish 17th. We thought we had a good car and a chance to get up and run in the top five. Unfortunately we got caught up in someone else’s accident and it knocked the front end out of the car. It was a handful the last few laps but we stayed out and got the best finish we could.”

East will open his chase for both the USAC Silver Crown and Midget championships at the “Copper on Dirt” at USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona on February 19 and 20.

Bobby East Finishes Fifth in Tuesday Chili Bowl Prelim Feature

Tulsa, Okla. (January 13, 2010) – Bobby East survived a frustrating start to his evening but recovered to claim the checkered flag in a qualifying race before moving on to a fifth-place finish in Tuesday night’s 25-lap qualifying feature for the 2010 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at Tulsa Expo Raceway.

East finished a disappointing fifth in the sixth of the eight heat races which forced him into a qualifying race to make the A-main. East and the Klatt Enterprises No. 4 Ford Racing/ClubSport/Beast Chassis Esslinger/Ford-powered Beast made short work of the field in the fourth qualifier, guaranteeing him a starting position in the feature.

Once in the main event, East stayed out of trouble and near the front of the 24-car field, crossing the line in fifth position at the end.

“It was a frustrating start to the night, but we recovered at the end and won our qualifier and had a solid race in the feature,” East said. “We have a really good spot for Saturday. We’ll start third in our B-main, and with the competition being what it is that’s an excellent place to be. We’re going to head to the track the rest of the week to see what happens and see what we can learn. The track always tends to change from race to race, night to night. With all the racing there this week we need all the info we can get to help get us into victory lane on Saturday night. We’re pretty happy with how the car ran on Tuesday and we think we have a great shot on Saturday.”

Sixty-three cars participated in Tuesday night’s program, the opening night of the 24th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. As of Monday night, there has been a record 265 entries from 28 states, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

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