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.
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]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
CART PPG Indy Car World Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||
1982 | Circle Bar Racing | Wildcat MK8 | Cosworth DFX V8 t | PHX | ATL | MIL | CLE | MCH | MIL | POC | RIV | ROA | MCH | PHX 15 | 44th | 1 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||
1983 | Circle Bar Racing | Wildcat MK8 | Cosworth DFX V8 t | ATL 19 | MCH 18 | CPL | LAG | PHX | NC | 0 | [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 | NC | 0 | [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 | 37th | 3 | [5] |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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1982 | Wildcat | Cosworth | 29 | 24 | Circle Bar Racing |
1983 | Wildcat | Cosworth | 32 | 33 | Circle Bar Racing |
1984 | VDS Penske | Cosworth | DNQ | Circle Bar Racing | |
1985 | Lola | Cosworth | DNQ | Circle Bar Racing |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | NWCC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||
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 | 81st | 88 | [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 | 32nd | 1433 | [7] | |||||||||||
1987 | Fillip Racing | DAY 39 | CAR 24 | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL 41 | CLT DNQ | DOV | POC | DAY 21 | POC | 44th | 480 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arrington Racing | 67 | Ford | RSD 21 | MCH | TAL 20 | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | RSD | ATL |
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1986 | Circle Bar Racing | Ford | DNQ | |
1987 | Fillip Racing | Ford | 26 | 39 |
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