Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 6, 2008) – The 22^nd Annual Dodge Chili Bowl Nationals has been in the books for less than a month now, but the thousands upon thousands of fans that pack the QuikTrip Center at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds are already making arrangements for the next edition of the Chili Bowl.

Tickets for the 23^rd Annual Chili Bowl Nationals, which will take place atop the Tulsa Expo Raceway clay oval on January 13-17, 2009, went on sale Friday, February 1.

And the phone lines have been buzzing as a result, with existing ticket holders rushing to keep their same seats for next year along with new orders in hopes of getting a seat for the prestigious racing event.

Tickets can be ordered in increments of four-nights (which includes the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday qualifying events along with Saturday's championship feature events) or five nights (which also includes Tuesday night's Pre-Qualifying event).

Four-night tickets are available for $189, with five-night tickets available for $216.

Tickets are available by calling the Chili Bowl ticket office at 918-838-3777.

Ticket holders from the 2008 edition of the Chili Bowl Nationals have until June 1 to renew ticket orders.

After the June 1 renewal deadline, any available seats will be allotted to new ticket orders on a first-come, first-served basis.

On January 12, California native Damion Gardner topped the 22^nd Annual 50-lap Chili Bowl championship "A" Feature event to top a record field of 274 competitors, becoming the event's 16^th different feature winner in the process.

Gardner joined a prestigious list of past Chili Bowl champions that includes four-time winner Sammy Swindell, two-time winners Tony Stewart, Cory Kruseman and Dan Boorse, and one-time winners Tim McCreadie, Tracy Hines, Jay Drake, Billy Boat, Donnie Beechler, Andy Hillenburg, Dave Blaney, Lealand McSpadden, Jon Heydenreich, Scott Hatton and Rich Vogler.

Additional information regarding the Dodge Chili Bowl Nationals is available by calling 918-838-3777 or at www.chilibowl.com.