2026 Chili Bowl Schedule

Championship Feature Events - Saturday, Jan. 17

Karter Sarff leads, Christopher Bell and C.J. Leary during last year’s
Chili Bowl Nationals  at the Tulsa Expo Center. (Photo: Yem Sanlaeid/NASCAR)

 

 

Chili Bowl schedule

Date	Event	How to watch	Racing Start Time
Monday, Jan. 12	2nd Opinion Auto Center Qualifying Night plus the ROC; Race of Champions	FloRacing	5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
Tuesday, Jan. 13	Warren CAT Qualifying Night	FloRacing	5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
Wednesday, Jan. 14	York Plumbing Qualifying Night	FloRacing	5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
Thursday, Jan. 15	Hasty Bake Qualifying Night	FloRacing	5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
Friday, Jan. 16	Hard Rock Casino Tulsa Qualifying Night	FloRacing	5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
Saturday, Jan. 17	Championship Feature Events	FloRacing	10 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. CT

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What TV channel is the Chili Bowl on in 2026?

The 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa will be shown live in its entirety on FloRacing, the streaming home for all NASCAR Regional action. The event will not be shown on a traditional television network.

FloRacing’s race coverage begins Monday, Jan. 13 and includes all five qualifying nights as well as the championship finale on Saturday, Jan. 18.

 

source: NASCAR Media

NASCAR Drivers to Compete it the 40th Running of the Chili Bowl

2025 Cup Drivers: Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, J.J. Yeley and Josh Bilicki.

 

The Chili Bowl, scheduled to take place from January 12-17 inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the largest Midget car racing event in the world. This year marks the 40th running of the event, which began in 1987 and has continued to grow in prestige each year since.

 

The event annually draws more than 300 entries from across the globe to compete on a temporary, quarter-mile dirt oval built inside the SageNet Center.

 

A number of NASCAR drivers have made their way to the Chili Bowl through the years, and select handful have won the prestigious Golden Driller trophy. Among them is two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, the three-time and defending Chili Bowl winner. Christopher Bell is also three-time Chili Bowl champion. Three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart has won the Chili Bowl twice, and Dave Blaney, a veteran of more than 450 Cup races, won the Chili Bowl in 1993.

 

Five drivers who competed in the Cup Series last year are entered in the 2026 Chili Bowl: Larson, Bell, Ty Gibbs, J.J. Yeley and Josh Bilicki.

 

The tentative prelim night lineup of drivers is now live at https://t.co/4BfnFBpA0k pic.twitter.com/2KqiJ4E7Le

— Chili Bowl Nationals (@cbnationals) January 5, 2026

 

source: NASCAR Media