Chet Fillip

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Fillip (right) racing against Al Unser Jr. in 1984 1984IndyCarsPoconoAlUnserJr7ChetFillipCar38.jpg
Fillip (right) racing against Al Unser Jr. in 1984
Fillip at the 1985 Indianapolis 500 ChetFillipIndy500.JPG
Fillip at the 1985 Indianapolis 500

Chet Fillip (born April 4, 1957), is an American former racing driver best known for driving in the CART series. Fillip raced stock cars and a modified during his teens and early twenties at Arena Park Raceway in Lubbock, Texas. His father Marvin Fillip also raced at this track. Chet raced in the CART series in the 1982-1985 seasons, with nine career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 in 1982 and 1983 (the Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC at the time, meaning that it is not counted among his CART starts). His best CART finish was in 10th position in 1985 at Milwaukee. At the end of the 1985 season, he switched to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, where he continued racing through 1987, making 24 starts with a best finish of 12th. After NASCAR, Fillip raced several years in USAC sprint cars, with eight victories including the prestigious Little 500 in 1999.

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2006 saw the formation of a new racing series, the Premier Racing Association (PRA). The PRA used former pavement racing cars of the USAC Silver Crown Series which had switched to a different type of car more suitable for faster, larger tracks a mile or more in length. Fillip won the first championship of this series driving a car of his own design and manufacture. Though he won no races he finished no lower than sixth in any event while always running near the front. After at least 28 years driving everything from sports cars to Indy cars to stock cars, he won his first series championship.

With the reinstatement of the "classic" Silver Crown cars to all races on the schedule, Fillip now[ when? ] participates full-time in that series and won the race prior to the IndyCar Series event at Richmond International Raceway on June 28, 2008 at the age of 51.

Fillip lives in Avon, Indiana. [1]

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

CART PPG Indy Car World Series

CART PPG Indy Car World Series results
YearTeamChassisEngine12345678910111213141516Pos.PtsRef
1982 Circle Bar Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX ATL MIL CLE MCH MIL POC RIV ROA MCH PHX
15
44th1 [2]
1983 Circle Bar Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8 t ATL
19
MCH
18
CPL LAG PHX NC0 [3]
Eagle CB1 INDY
33
MIL CLE MCH ROA POC RIV MDO
1984 Circle Bar Racing VDS Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8 t LBH PHX INDY
DNQ
MIL POR MEA CLE MCH
31
ROA POC
15
MDO
DNQ
SAN MCH
17
PHX LAG CPL NC0 [4]
1985 Circle Bar Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX V8 t LBH INDY
DNQ
MIL
10
POR MEA CLE
18
MCH
17
ROA POC MDO SAN MCH LAG PHX MIA 37th3 [5]
Indianapolis 500
YearChassisEngineStartFinishTeam
1982 Wildcat Cosworth 2924 Circle Bar Racing
1983 Wildcat Cosworth 3233 Circle Bar Racing
1984 VDS Penske Cosworth DNQ Circle Bar Racing
1985 Lola Cosworth DNQ Circle Bar Racing

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829NWCCPtsRef
1985 Circle Bar Racing 31 Ford DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL
25
RSD 81st88 [6]
1986 81 DAY
DNQ
RCH CAR ATL
36
BRI
22
DAR NWS
23
MAR TAL
23
DOV CLT
37
RSD POC
20
MCH
26
DAY
40
POC
12
TAL
28
GLN
22
MCH
15
BRI
25
DAR
35
RCH DOV
23
MAR NWS
21
CLT
38
CAR ATL RSD 32nd1433 [7]
1987 Fillip Racing DAY
39
CAR
24
RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL
41
CLT
DNQ
DOV POC DAY
21
POC 44th480 [8]
Arrington Racing 67 Ford RSD
21
MCH TAL
20
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR RSD ATL
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1986 Circle Bar Racing Ford DNQ
1987 Fillip Racing Ford 2639

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