Fillip (right) racing against Al Unser Jr. in 1984
Fillip at the 1985 Indianapolis 500

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 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 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.[1]

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 Ref
1982 Circle Bar Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX ATL MIL CLE MCH MIL POC RIV ROA MCH PHX
15		 44th 1 [2]
1983 Circle Bar Racing Wildcat MK8 Cosworth DFX V8t ATL
19		 MCH
18		 CPL LAG PHX NC 0 [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
1987 Fillip Racing DAY
39		 CAR
24		 RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL
41		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV POC DAY
21		 POC 44th 480 [8]
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. ↑ Chet Fillip: Racing's Jack of All Trades - FunCityFinder Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1982 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1983 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1984 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Chet Fillip – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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