Tony Stewart knows a thing or two about world-class venues and motorsports events surrounded by high publicity and international intrigue. And yet it is a Midget-car contest held each January inside a converted rodeo arena and livestock hall in Oklahoma that Stewart calls “the best race of the year for me.” Stewart declares, “Yeah, if I could run only one race a year, and I had to pick, it would definitely be the Chili Bowl.”

He is referring to the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, the 22nd annual edition of which will be held Jan. 8-12 inside the Tulsa Expo Center. Saturday night’s headline action will be televised live, for the first time, on HBO Pay-Per-View. The Chili Bowl, in Stewart’s opinion, is “the toughest race to win,” and he should know. Twice, in 2002 and ’07, he has emerged as the victor in the Saturday-night A-Main finale, one of the most coveted short-track events in America.

This year, some 280 plus Midgets are expected to haul to Tulsa for the mid-winter classic. Watch the live television broadcast of the 2008 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 8:00pm/et. The HBO Pay-Per-View telecast has a suggested retail price of $24.95 and will be available to more than 61 million pay-per-view homes in the United States and Canada and millions more worldwide. Order directly from your digital cable or satellite TV system or contact your provider’s customer service for details. A subscription to HBO is not required. Visit hbo.com.

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