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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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Chet Fillip (born April 4, 1957), is an American former racing [1] 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 tenth 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 twelfth. 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?] 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.[2]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| 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 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Circle Bar Racing | Wildcat MK8 | Cosworth DFX V8t | ATL 19 |
MCH 18 |
CPL | LAG | PHX | NC | 0 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [5] | |||||||||||
| 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 | [6] | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| 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 | [7] | ||||||||||
| 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 | [8] | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Fillip Racing | DAY 39 |
CAR 24 |
RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL 41 |
CLT DNQ |
DOV | POC | DAY 21 |
POC | 44th | 480 | [9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arrington Racing | 67 | Ford | RSD 21 |
MCH | TAL 20 |
GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | RSD | ATL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Circle Bar Racing | Ford | DNQ | |
| 1987 | Fillip Racing | Ford | 26 | 39 |
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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 tenth 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 twelfth. 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.
Avon is a town in Washington and Lincoln Townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 21,474 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
The Consulier GTP is an American sports car that was produced by Consulier Industries between 1988 and 1993 and successfully used in professional racing. Consulier Industries spun off their automotive division into Mosler Automotive which then rebranded the car as the Mosler Intruder and Mosler Raptor before production ended in 2000. Mosler replaced the car with the Mosler MT900 in 2001.
The 66th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1982. Gordon Johncock, who had previously won the rain-shortened 1973 race, was the winner. Polesitter Rick Mears finished second by a margin of 0.16 seconds, just over a car length. It was the closest finish in Indy 500 history to that point. In racing circles, the 1982 race is largely considered one of the best 500s in history. Johncock and Mears dueled over most of the final forty laps. Johncock pulled out to a sizeable lead after his final pit stop on lap 184. But Mears dramatically began closing the gap in the waning laps. Johncock held off Mears on the final lap in a historic victory, as the raucous crowd drowned out the loud roar of the engines. The race is also remembered for a controversial crash at the start triggered by Kevin Cogan, which took out Mario Andretti, damaged the car of A. J. Foyt, and caused the crash of two other cars. For the first and only time in Indy 500 history, a trio of brothers qualified for the same race. Don, Bill, and Dale Whittington all made the field, with Don finishing a strong 6th. Dale crashed out before the start, and never completed a single lap in his career. Four-time Indy winner A. J. Foyt started on the front row, celebrating his record 25th career Indy 500 start. Though he was caught up in the Cogan incident, his car was hastily repaired and he went on to lead 32 laps. On lap 95, his car suffered from a failed transmission linkage. Foyt famously climbed from the car and started working on it himself, but to no avail. Officially the race was part of the 1981-82 USAC season, however, most of the entrants took part in the 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. Championship points for the 1982 Indy 500 were not awarded towards the CART title and the race was considered a non-championship race in that series. Despite its historic reputation, the month of May 1982 was marred by the fatal crash of Gordon Smiley during time trials – the second of four fatal motorsports accidents in major series during the calendar year.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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