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The Indy Pro Series has teamed with Loyet Motorsports to sponsor the team's entries in the 22nd Annual Dodge Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Jan. 8-12, 2008 in Tulsa, Okla. The Sunset Hills, Mo.-based team will field five Spike-Esslinger midgets in the annual indoor race.

Loyet Motorsports, which was founded in 2000 to help progress the career of rising driver Brad Loyet, has fielded entries in the last four Chili Bowls. "We have five new cars for this event, with brand new Spike chassis' and we've always been very competitive at the Chili Bowl," Loyet said. "I feel like with our driver lineup for this year's event, we'll have five cars contending for the win in the A-Main."

In addition to Brad Loyet, who finished ninth in USAC midget point standings and won the POWRi Midget title in 2007, the team will field entries for Danny Lasoski, 2001 World of Outlaws and 2006 National Sprint Tour champion and three-time Chili Bowl runner-up, PJ Jones, two-time Indianapolis 500 starter and 1996 Chili Bowl runner-up, and Jon Stanbrough, winner of 30 feature events in non-winged sprint car competition in 2007, the 2007 King of Indiana Sprint Series champion and 2007 non-winged sprint car driver of the year. The driver for the fifth Loyet Motorsports entry will be announced at a later date.

"Our Chili Bowl sponsorship program has grown this year from one car to five cars this season," said John Lewis, vice president of league development and marketing for the Indy Racing League, sanctioning body of the Indy Pro Series. "Loyet Motorsports' Chili Bowl driver lineup is capable of winning the race, but more importantly, it will help generate exposure for the Indy Pro Series."

The 22nd annual Chili Bowl expected entries is up to 270 cars and counting.