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

Keelan Harvick Embodied Father Kevin’s Composure

The Closer, Part II becomes the Youngest Snowflake 125 Winner in History

 

For a brief moment, Keelan Harvick thought he let a victory slip away in his debut Snowflake 125 appearance at Five Flags Speedway early Sunday morning.

 

A bad restart with 45 laps remaining stymied a valiant charge the young Harvick had made from the 15th starting position, which forced him to play catch up against Tristan McKee and reigning Snowball Derby winner Kaden Honeycutt. Possessing the same poise as his father Kevin, Harvick did not waste the limited time at his disposal.

 

“I thought I was in third gear, but I was in second gear,” Harvick said. “I just made a mistake, but I knew I had to fight back. [It would have been] a pretty embarrassing way to lose the Snowflake [125] after I had just got the lead.

 

However, not even 20 laps passed before Harvick found himself on McKee’s rear bumper to re-take the top spot. Harvick easily dispatched McKee and held him off in the closing laps to become the youngest Snowflake 125 winner at 13, surpassing the record previously established by a 14-year-old Hunter Robbins in 2005.

 

𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒆 - At 13 years old @KeelanHarvick became the youngest winner of the #Snowflake125 at the end of a very late night at @5FlagsSpeedway.

He caught up with our @RobBlount to explain how scored the biggest win of his life 👇 pic.twitter.com/qcequVXJsP

— FloRacing (@FloRacing) December 7, 2025

Battling his way to a Snowflake 125 victory was a mentally taxing experience for Harvick, who climbed out of his No. 62 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford shortly before 4 a.m. CT. Yet he still made time to appreciate and reflect upon the journey that led him to prevailing on the Pro Late Model discipline’s premier stage.

 

“It’s just really cool,” he said. “[I’m thankful for] everything that everybody has sacrificed for me to get to this point. My dad took me to Italy when I was 10 to get the experience with all the other kids who are so much better. That helped me understand the value of racing and helped me get to this point.”

 

 

“We typically try to find the hardest races because you learn the most,” Kevin said. “This race is no different. Not going to find the best competition you can is detrimental to the kids. [Keelan] has done a great job, but Rackley [W.A.R.] has done a great job of preparing the cars all year and getting him used to driving the [Pro Late Models].”

 

Getting the sneaking suspicion this golf thing is going to be put on the back burner… 🙃🥰 #itried pic.twitter.com/kOMnvAnyPH

— DeLana Harvick (@DeLanaHarvick) December 7, 2025

 

source: NASCAR Media