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Chet Fillip

{{short description|American racing driver}}

Image:1984IndyCarsPoconoAlUnserJr7ChetFillipCar38.jpg in 1984]]

File:ChetFillipIndy500.JPG

Chet Fillip (born April 4, 1957), is an American former racing {{Cite web |title=Chet Fillip (USA) - Complete Archive - Racing Sports Cars |url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/archive/Chet-Fillip-USA.html |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.racingsportscars.com}}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?|date=September 2022}} 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.[http://avon-indiana.funcityfinder.com/2010/11/02/chet-fillip/ 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
colspan=34| 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

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

! Ref

1982

! Circle Bar Racing

! Wildcat MK8

! Cosworth DFX V8t

| PHX

| ATL

| MIL

| CLE

| MCH

| MIL

| POC

| RIV

| ROA

| MCH

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHX
15

| colspan=5|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 44th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1982/R|title=Chet Fillip – 1982 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

rowspan=2| 1983

!rowspan=2| Circle Bar Racing

! Wildcat MK8

!rowspan=2| Cosworth DFX V8t

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
19

| colspan=8|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
18

| CPL

| LAG

| PHX

| colspan=3|

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 0

!rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1983/R|title=Chet Fillip – 1983 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

Eagle CB1

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
33

| MIL

| CLE

| MCH

| ROA

| POC

| RIV

| MDO

| colspan=7|

1984

! Circle Bar Racing

! VDS Penske PC-10

! Cosworth DFX V8t

| LBH

| PHX

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| INDY
DNQ

| MIL

| POR

| MEA

| CLE

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
31

| ROA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
15

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MDO
DNQ

| SAN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
17

| PHX

| LAG

| CPL

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 0

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1984/R|title=Chet Fillip – 1984 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

1985

! Circle Bar Racing

! Lola T900

! Cosworth DFX V8t

| LBH

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| INDY
DNQ

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MIL
10

| POR

| MEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLE
18

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
17

| ROA

| POC

| MDO

| SAN

| MCH

| LAG

| PHX

| MIA

|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 3

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1985/R|title=Chet Fillip – 1985 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

===Indianapolis 500===

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Year

! Chassis

! Engine

! Start

! Finish

! Team

1982

| Wildcat

| Cosworth

|align=center| 29

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 24

| Circle Bar Racing

1983

| Wildcat

| Cosworth

|align=center| 32

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33

| Circle Bar Racing

1984

| VDS Penske

| Cosworth

|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| Circle Bar Racing

1985

| Lola

| Cosworth

|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1985

! rowspan=2| Circle Bar Racing

! 31

! rowspan=3| 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

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
25

| RSD

|

! 81st

! 88

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1985/W|title=Chet Fillip – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}

1986

! rowspan=2| 81

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| RCH

| CAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
36

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
22

| DAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
23

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
23

| DOV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
37

| RSD

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
40

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
35

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
23

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
38

| CAR

| ATL

| RSD

! 32nd

! 1433

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1986/W|title=Chet Fillip – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}

rowspan=2| 1987

! Fillip Racing

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
24

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| NWS

| BRI

| MAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
41

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| DOV

| POC

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
21

| POC

| colspan=13|

! rowspan=2| 44th

! rowspan=2| 480

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/fillich01/1987/W|title=Chet Fillip – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}

Arrington Racing

! 67

! Ford

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSD
21

| MCH

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
20

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| RSD

| ATL

===Daytona 500===

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1986

| Circle Bar Racing

| Ford

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

1987

| Fillip Racing

| Ford

|align=center| 26

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39

References

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{{Circle Bar Racing}}

{{Arrington Racing}}

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Category:1957 births

Category:Champ Car drivers

Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers

Category:Living people

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:Sportspeople from San Angelo, Texas

Category:Racing drivers from Texas

Category:People from Avon, Indiana

Category:Sportspeople from Hendricks County, Indiana

Category:USAC Silver Crown Series drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Indiana