Mopar heats up the 19th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals

Team Mopar has made quite a splash in the 2005 O'Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, as both Wednesday and Thursday night's preliminary action has seen at least one Mopar driver on the podium.

Danny "The Dude" Lasoski battled from 12th position to finish third on Wednesday night, while Tracy Hines and Tony Stewart brought their machines across the line in first and third respectively on Thursday. With the stage set for a Friday night showdown, Mopar will have 10 drivers looking to follow suit.

Lasoski, Hines and Stewart are all locked in to Saturday night's A-main finale, strongly representing Team Mopar. All three drivers are also eligible for the Mopar Bonus Challenge, which will pay an extra $10,000 to the driver who can win the A-main utilizing Mopar power. Kasey Kahne, Tyler Walker, Dave Darland and Friday night's other Team Mopar members will look to add their names to the list of eligible drivers tonight.

For news and final results from the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, log on to moparspeed.com or chilibowl.com.