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CHRIS SCHMELZLE the RACER

Chris has been racing for 17 years. During this time he has competed at many levels. Most recently he has raced with the World of Outlaws, ASCS National Tour, Knoxville Nationals and the AST in Alberta, Canada.. He has also run in the Nascar Grand National West Division, a Midget in the BCRA, 410 Sprints, 360 Sprints USAC Sprints and Midgets and Winged Asphalt Sprints. Chris also has 12 years experience in chassis fabricating and has built many of his own cars.
2007
Won the E Main on the final night of
the Knoxville Nationals.
2007
Competed in the ASCS National Tour for the first 16 races of the season. Was 8th in points
2006
Pembina Cup Champion
Alberta 360
Sprint Car Series
2005
Drove for Steve Barnett Racing in the
BCRA Midget series

2005
Chris drove for Midgley Motorsports in the Nascar Grand National West Series.
2004
Chris drove the Lejeune Performance
USAC car to a 3rd place finish
on Turkey Night, in
Irwindale, California.

In 2007 Chris competed in the ASCS National Tour for the first part of the season. He was running 8th in overall points after the first 16 events. Chris then went on th race in the Knoxville Nationals where he finished first in the E-Main on the final night. Chris returned to Canada to race for Jim Albert of Edmonton, Alberta, wher he competed in the NSCS, World of Outlaws, and the Dirt Cup and 360 Nationals at Skagit in Washington.

2006 saw Chris qualify to represent Canada at the Word Challenge Race during the Knoxville Nationals. While there, he also competed in the 360 Nationals, 410 Nationals and the Brodix Tournament of Champions. Chris ran a handfull of ASCS events scoring a 5th place finish at Hartford, SD. Back in Alberta, Chris won the Pembina Cup at Drayton Valley, AB, running in the AST , sweeping the second night of competition.

In 2005, Chris drove for Midgley Motorsports in the Nascar Grand National West Series. In 5 races Chris completed 97.9% of all laps possible with no DNF’s. After competing at California Speedway in Fontana, California, Chris is qualified to run Super Speedways. His most notable finish was a 8th at Evergreen Speedway, Washington in the Coors Light 200.
As a rookie in the BCRA Midget series, he ran in 5 events driving for Steve Barnett Racing out of Seattle Washington. Of these 5 races, he finished in the top 10 twice and had one A dash win. He also led the most laps at Lakeport Speedway, California but unfortunately got caught up in a wreck and failed to finish (this was Chris’s only DNF of the season).
Also in 2005, with his own 360 Dirt Sprint Car, Chris competed in 4 NST races, the 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway and the Gold Cup in Edmonton, Alberta, where he finished 6th in the A main. Chris qualified for the 2006 Clean O World Challenge Sprint Car Race in Knoxville and was voted one of the top 12 open wheel drivers in Canada by “Inside Canadian Racing”, a leader in Canadian racing news.
Chris also ran one of his old cars in a race in the Wilroc Pavement Sprint Series for G-Force Racing where he set Fast Time against a very competitive field of drivers.

In previous years Chris has competed in numerous Series’ including USAC, NST, NSRA, Wilroc and IMCA. During this time Chris has been Rookie of the Year at Skagit Speedway (360 Sprints), Cassidy Speedway (Ltd. Sprints), and the IMCA. Some notable finishes were a 4th in Season Pts at Skagit Speedway, Washington, and 2 top 10 finishes at the 360 Nationals and 4 top 10 finishes at the Gold Cup in Edmonton, Alberta.

Most of Chris’s racing career has been running limited schedules in different series’ working on becoming a more versatile driver and gaining experience at different tracks. In the last 4 years alone Chris has run 6 different types of cars at 41 different tracks in 17 states and 2 provinces.


Chris Schmelzle
Victoria, B.C.

DOB Oct. 1, 1974

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 160

Married: Wife, Cindy

Children: Nicole, Alison