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 tenth 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 twelfth. 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 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.Chet Fillip: Racing's Jack of All Trades - FunCityFinder Retrieved 2014-11-08.

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 Pts Ref 1982 Circle Bar Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX ATL MIL CLE MCH MIL POC RIV ROA MCH PHX15 44th 1 1983 Circle Bar Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8t ATL19 MCH18 CPL LAG PHX NC 0 Eagle CB1 INDY33 MIL CLE MCH ROA POC RIV MDO 1984 Circle Bar Racing VDS Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8t LBH PHX INDYDNQ MIL POR MEA CLE MCH31 ROA POC15 MDODNQ SAN MCH17 PHX LAG CPL NC 0 1985 Circle Bar Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX V8t LBH INDYDNQ MIL10 POR MEA CLE18 MCH17 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 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 ATL25 RSD 81st 88 1986 81 DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL36 BRI22 DAR NWS23 MAR TAL23 DOV CLT37 RSD POC20 MCH26 DAY40 POC12 TAL28 GLN22 MCH15 BRI25 DAR35 RCH DOV23 MAR NWS21 CLT38 CAR ATL RSD 32nd 1433 1987 Fillip Racing DAY39 CAR24 RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL41 CLTDNQ DOV POC DAY21 POC 44th 480 Arrington Racing 67 Ford RSD21 MCH TAL20 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

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