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STORER PRIMED FOR CHILI BOWL

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 8 December 2024

For the upcoming 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals in America, Luke Storer was originally going over as a spectator, but he will now be in the thick of the action racing the iconic event.

After only two seasons in Speedcars in Australia, Storer has won last season’s ACT Title and will now take on the biggest Speeders race.

He will team up with the Texas-based 2nd Opinion Auto Centre Racing team aboard their #2W SR11 powered Spike car.

Over 250 drivers from around the world descend on Tulsa to take on the famous race, which will be held very soon on January 12-18.

Storer is honoured to be part of the 39th running and explained how the opportunity sprung up.

“I’ve got to know Dan and Patricia Harris from the 2nd Opinion Auto Center Racing team through my good mate and car owner in Tim Fisher, and recently an opening for a driver came up within their team for the Chili Bowl Nationals and it was offered to me, so I was able to quickly organise a few things at my end, and then I got back to him with a yes to his offer,” explained the 27-year-old from Portland in Victoria.

“2nd Opinion Auto Center Racing are an established team, and I’m going to be one of four drivers tackling the Chili Bowl Nationals with them, and it’s a good thing for me to make my debut with a team like this.

“I’m very excited about tackling the Chili Bowl Nationals for the first time, but there’s a lot to learn and it’s certainly going to be a massive challenge.

“When it comes to my Chili Bowl Nationals goals, I’m just hoping to get through the whole event by moving forward during my qualifying events and seeing where I end up from there.”

Storer will prepare for the drive by taking on the Pro Speedcar Week, which runs over four consecutive nights between January 2 and 5 at Portland’s Southern 500 Speedway (Vic), Mount Gambier’s Borderline Speedway (SA), Simpson Speedway (Vic) and Warrnambool’s Premier Speedway (Vic).

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