The Driver...

CHRIS EGGLESTON   --  Erie, Colorado

BIO        DOB:  3/27/1989       Height:  5’ 3”         Weight:  118 lbs.

Along with a busy racing schedule, Chris Eggleston is currently an Honors Student attending Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, majoring in Business Management & Marketing. Time permitting, Chris also benefits greatly through his employment at Leary Racing Products and Shock Shop in Denver.

Racing Background

1994 ~ 2004 - Quarter Midgets

2003 ~ 2004 - Semi Pro, Inex 600 Legends

2005 ~ 2006 - Pro Division Inex 600 Legends Late Model NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series

2007 ~ Present – Super Late Model NASCAR Whelen All-American Series

                           & ASA Late Model North and Challenge Series’

Racing Highlights

Race Tracks

Covering 29 States in 15 years of Racing, Chris Eggleston Racing is proud to have successfully competed at facilities including, but not limited to:

Team & Equipment

Chris Eggleston Racing is family-based and operated in Erie, Colorado.

With Parents Mike & Carrie’s support and strong family and educational values, Chris has been able to successfully balance (since age 5) a promising racing career, excellent academic achievement, and lifelong friendships. The team is supported in it’s travels by a three-person talented, knowledgeable, and dedicated pit crew.

In it’s racing arsenal of equipment, Chris Eggleston Racing currently consists of:

• (2) 2008 Lefthander Chassis Ford Fusions (ASA Late Model Series Cars)

• Port City Chassis Chevrolet Monte Carlo (Local Event Super Late Model)

• Legend Car – 1934 Model Ford Coupe

• 2006 Freightliner Motor Coach w/double stacker enclosed trailer

• Three-Bay Race Shop with Lift and other equipment

Goals

Chris Eggleston Racing hopes to secure sponsorship for the 2009 Racing Season. The team plans to run another full season in both the ASA Late Model North and Challenge Series’, with the ultimate goal of moving up to compete in other national touring divisions such as ARCA, Hooters Pro Cup, or NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Nationwide, or Nextel Cup. In the midst of this driven and successful racing career, Eggleston will continue as an Honors Student and complete his college education at CSU in Business Management & Marketing, ensuring himself a solid position as a driving force in the racing industry.

Past, Present, and Future... Chris' Story...

Chris has had one philosophy in mind throughout his life and that being: racing, racing, and more racing.  Chris started his bright future in the racing circuit at the age of 5 years old driving in the cockpit of a Quarter Midget.  After obtaining valuable experience and seat time in a racecar, Chris began to pick up multiple feature wins all around the United States.  After quickly making a name for himself, he was approached by Tom Zickafoose with Ziggy racing engines where Tom asked Chris to be his house driver.  Supplying two cars on the East coast for Chris, Tom led Chris to his first national title along with many feature wins to follow.  Not only was Chris driving for an engine builder on the East coast, he was also supporting Tad Fiser racecars in his home town of Denver where he was supplied with three cars to compete with on the West coast.  Often, Chris and Tad got together and traveled to some big shows where they dominated the top divisions.  Chris went on competing for 10 years picking up over 300 feature wins, 49 track record, 6 National Championships and 3 World Records. 

At the age of 14, Chris then got involved with INEX/600 racing where he then started driving a Legend racecar competing with adults.  Here he gained the respect of many of his older colleagues and began to start his own fan base.  It was the year 2005 where Chris turned 16, and could finally compete at all race tracks; including Concord, NC racing in the televised Hardees Summer Shootout; this was the year that his career started to bloom.  He acquired eight feature wins across the U.S. including Erie Colorado, Cheyenne WY, Pueblo CO, Gering NE, and Salt Lake City UT while capturing Rookie of the Year at Colorado National Speedway and runner up for the season in points, along with placing 2^nd in the Front Range Tour and 8^th  overall nationally.  While spending a lot of time on the east coast in N.C. driving for Andrews motorsports, Chris was also able captured a top ten in the Hardees Summer Shootout points standings.

In 2006, Chris traveled extensively that included a widespread of Las Vegas NV, Erie CO, Cheyenne WY, Pueblo CO, Gering NE, Salt Lake City UT, Atlanta, GA, Concord, NC and Braselton, GA.  Eggleston won the three-day 2006 Fall Classic Race in Las Vegas with 80+ cars and again ran the 9-week shoot-out at Lowes Motor Speedway again under the wings of Andrews motorsports for the second consecutive year.  In 2006, Chris was crowned the Rocky Mountain Legends Association Points Champion with 17 Main Event wins and was honored as the Colorado National Speedway Legends Champion (one of the youngest drivers to win a point series.)  He also attended the Inex Nationals in Brasselton, placing 13^th while finishing 9^th overall in National points with 26 pro wins while awarded the overall Colorado Pro Division Champion.  It was also in 2006, where Chris stepped into a full body stockcar making just a limited number of races getting his feet wet for the next step of his bright future.  He raced his Super Late Model in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series at Colorado National Speedway when the Late Models and Legends series were both racing the same night, as Chris often pulled double duty.  With only 8 Late Model starts; he had 5 top tens, 1 top five, and 2 heat race wins and consistently qualified in the top 10 each and every night with as many as 30+ cars.

In the year 2007, Chris moved up into racing his Super Late Model full time competing for the championship.  Chris found himself in the winners circle for the first time in his Super Late Model acquiring 1 main event win, 1 quick time, 1 trophy dash win, 6 main event top fives, and 13 top tens in just 18 races.  Chris making consistent finishes, found himself 4^th in points going into the last and final race of the season with double points, as his night was cut short due to a small incident knocking him out of the race dropping him all the way down to 8^th place in points.  Chris also made his first SRL 150 start making a name for himself, as he was one of few Colorado drivers, the remaining being from the West Coast with some big names competing.  Chris jumped out to an early lead starting in the 5^th position and led the majority of the race and was spun out on a restart.  Chris came all the way from the rear of the field making it all the way up to second right on the leaders bumper however being spun yet once again with just two laps to go.  With his few off weeks, him and his family traveled east, competing in 3 ASA races that included Madison, WI; La Crosse, WI; and Nashville, TN.  Making his first ASALMS start in the first race he entered qualifying 13^th to get him in the show, he marched all the way up for a solid 6^th place finish.  It was in LaCrosse where he pulled double duty running his ASA car and Super Late Model in the Dick Trickle Memorial race.  Then the last race of the season, making the long haul out to Nashville with the ASA car, Chris once again proved his talent after he nearly missed the race by .003 of a second coming back to win the GM Parts Shootout race to enter him into the 200 lap main event.  Here he was involved in a crash on lap 10, and went several laps down for repairs.  Chris is a young man that loves to race, and can be proven as he found him self dusting off his Legend car a few times through out the year from the corner of the garage.  Chris went out to win 4 out of the six races he competed in; placing 2^nd in one while loosing the lead on the last lap, and the other leading the entire race and having a mechanical problem putting him out of the race with just four laps to go.  Not only did he race his Legend car at his home track but also made the trip out west to Las Vegas, NV for the Legend Nationals.  After a long day of practice, he found himself 5^th on the board with over 250 cars competing.  After qualifying 9^th, he maintained to run in the 4^th position throughout the 40 lap main event however fell back to 6^th and getting punted on the last lap for a solid 9^th place finish in the Pro division.    

2008 once again proved to be an exhilarating year for 19 year old Chris Eggleston.  Chris and his team’s main focus was running the ASA Late Model North series while hitting a few ASA Challenge series races as well as competing back at home with his Super Late Model and Legend car with time permitting.  With several great runs by Eggleston and his team, they still fell short at the end of the season.  Chris was a rookie in the ASA division and not having the opportunity to have seen or race at any of the ASA competing tracks put him and his team at a big disadvantage.  However, this young shining star still managed to show his talent competing with some of the best drivers in short track racing.  Pulling into Toledo Ohio, Chris unloaded right out of the box with a top five car.  After qualifying third and running second for majority of the race desperately looking to lead his first ASA late model lap, Chris’s luck ran out with just 13 laps to go in a 125 lap main event.  Running strong in a heated battle in the top five, a minor tangle occurred right in front of him as he locked up the brakes and spun a caliper right around the rear end sending him right into the carnage bringing home a disappointing finish. 

Chris and his crew became quite familiar with another track called I-70 Speedway in Odessa, Missouri; one of the fastest short tracks around.  After looking very sporty in practice and having a decent qualifying run, Chris had to duck down onto pit road before taking the green forcing Eggleston to start at the rear of a 34 car field.  After 150 laps of intense racing, Chris was able to bring home an impressive 6^th place finish. It was shortly after that great finish where Chris and his team were able to return to this same track to try and capture their first ASA Late Model win.  After qualifying 3^rd quick Chris immediately jumped into the second position in what looked to be a hard fought race.  Chris hard at the wheel catching the leader was taken from the race just 12 laps in with a faulty wheel sending Chris hard into the turn four wall with nothing but disappointment to leave with. 

Other great runs included competing at Dixie motor speedway where Chris was able to have a strong top ten qualifying run but receiving two flat tires during the race.  Also making his first appearance at a mile race track at the Milwaukee mile, where he again had a top 10 qualifying run.  However due to carburetor problems, Chris dropped back deep into the field.  The crew was able to capitalize on the problem and Chris was able to make a last second come-back allowing him to drive back up to 10^th place.  Another great run by Chris and his team unfolded at Rockford Speedway.  Being a one grove track, Chris desperately tried to get past the “Fast” Eddie Hoffman however ran short of laps and held on for a solid 7^th place finish.  Chris ended his North Series run at Lacrosse Wisconsin during the very famous Oktoberfest while losing radio communication on the first lap of the race and getting involved in a minor accident.  Forcing him to pit and change two flat tires, Chris was able to drive up into the 12^th position from the rear of the field in just a handful of laps before checking up for a yellow and getting hit from behind to send him straight into the wall.  This sent the Eggleston Racing clan all the way back to finish10^th place in point as they found themselves sitting 4^th a month prior.  However, Chris as a newcomer to the series and never having been to any of the tracks he competed at, he still managed to pull a top 5 in rookie standings.

Not stopping here, Chris and his crew decided to put a car back together to compete at Memphis Tennessee, a very nice ¾ mile racetrack where Chris did not seem to find the luck he was looking for to end his season with.  After having to make an early pit stop to scrap debris off the grill to keep the car from overheating, Chris unfortunately lost a couple laps under green and could never seem to catch a break that he needed to allow him to make up those laps in the long 300 lap endurance.

Back at home, Chris always seemed to stay sharp as he made 9 appearances in his super late model acquiring 6 top five’s and 7 top 10’s averaging 22+ cars each night.  With a competitive car each and every week, Chris could never seem to draw a good pill to give him a starting spot that he needed as he raced his Leary Racing Products Chevy Monte Carlo from the back each and every night coming just a handful of laps too short almost every race.  Also making 6 starts in his legend car, Chris received 5 main event wins in three different states and four different tracks.  His other two finishes were solid 2^nd place finishes averaging 20+ cars each night.

Eggleston’s 2009 season looks to be very promising as this talented driver has just signed with 5K Motorsports to drive the entire ASALMS North Division under the close eye of Ken Wills.  This winter, Chris manages to stay very busy working at Leary Racing Products as well as on his own racecars at home, hoping desperately to find sponsorship to allow him to continue to run at his home track.  He will also stay focused on simple and sophisticated geometry setups on several Legend cars that he has started to look after as well as attending college as a sophomore, at Colorado State University majoring in business management.  Chris is a 2007 graduate of Erie High School.  He has always maintained an excellent grade point average, which has been one of the requirements, put in place by his parents, in order to do the traveling he has done through the years for his racing.