Chet Fillip

Chet Fillip (born April 4, 1957), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car 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 9[1] career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 in 1982 and 1983. 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 car, with 8 victories and also winning the prestigious Little 500 in 1999.

Fillip (right) racing against Al Unser Jr. in 1984

Fillip at the 1985 Indianapolis 500

2006 saw the formation of a new racing series, the Premier Racing Association (PRA) utilizing the 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. Chet 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 6th 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 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. Chet Fillips lives in Avon, Indiana.[2]

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
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Pts
1982	Circle Bar Racing	Wildcat MK8	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX	ATL	MIL	CLE	MCH	MIL	POC	RIV	ROA	MCH	PHX 15						44th	1
1983	Circle Bar Racing	Wildcat MK8	Cosworth DFX V8t	ATL 19									MCH 18	CPL	LAG	PHX				NC	0
		Eagle CB1			INDY 33	MIL	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO
1984	Circle Bar Racing	VDS Penske PC-10	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH	PHX	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH 31	ROA	POC 15	MDO DNQ	SAN	MCH 17	PHX	LAG	CPL	NC	0
1985	Circle Bar Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL 10	POR	MEA	CLE 18	MCH 17	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA		37th	3

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
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

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
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	[3]
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	[4]
1987	Fillip Racing			DAY 39	CAR 24	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL 41	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC			DAY 21	POC														44th	480	[5]
	Arrington Racing	67	Ford													RSD 21	MCH			TAL 20	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	RSD	ATL

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1986	Circle Bar Racing	Ford	DNQ
1987	Fillip Racing	Ford	26	39

References

1. 9 starts do not include the 1982 Indy 500, as it was not a CART race that year. He became the first bearded driver to race in the Indy 500 for 26 years.
2. Chet Fillip: Racing's Jack of All Trades - FunCityFinder Retrieved 2014-11-08.
3. "Chet Fillip – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
4. "Chet Fillip – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
5. "Chet Fillip – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2018.