A late race caution turned into a late race charge for the win, as Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell rolled the hub of the Tulsa Expo Raceway to Victory Lane during Thursday’s Hasty Bake Qualifying Night at the 40th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink.
Already a winner during Monday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions, Bell’s Thursday win is his ninth in JST Motorsports preliminary A-Feature competition.
“I didn’t think I was going to get there,” said Bell when asked about how hard he had to work for the win.
“When the yellow came out, I didn’t know how far away those guys were, but I really just didn’t have the pace, and everyone was really committed to the top, and I wasn’t able to keep up, so when the yellow came out, I knew I was going to have to do something different.”
𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 📹 It was a show at the front of the field during Thursday's #ChiliBowl prelim feature!
His Fourth O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions Victory
Grabbing his fourth career win in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions, Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell led start to finish during Monday’s special feature event.
The win nabbed Bell an extra $3,224, with the extra $224 for leading the “Race For Chase White Flag” presented by the Ultimate Sprint Car Series in California.
His first time winning the 25-lap affair as an owner-driver, the PristineAuction.com No. 21cb used his quick time effort and launched to the lead from the pole position. Putting distance on the field in no time at all, a Lap 7 caution for Corey Day presented a chance, but no one to take it as Shane Golobic chased with Spencer Bayston in tow.
Into traffic rolling two-by-two in the late stages, a nearly two-and-a-half-second lead quickly evaporated for Bell with Golobic able to take a look at the lead, but never able to overtake as Bell won by 0.419-seconds. Shane Golobic held on for second, with Logan Seavey slipping by for third with Ryan Timms in tow. Spencer Bayston ended up fifth.
This year’s field was set for 24 drivers, with 23 making the call.
RACE RESULTS:
40th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS
Tulsa Expo Raceway (Tulsa, Okla.)
O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions
Monday, January 12, 2026
O'Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions Qualifying:
O'Reilly Auto Parts RoC Qualifying (2 Laps):
1. 21CB-Christopher Bell, 11.638 [15]
2. 1S-Spencer Bayston, 11.644 [20]
3. 39-Logan Seavey, 11.649 [4]
4. 17W-Shane Golobic, 11.682 [8]
5. 54NZ-Michael Pickens, 11.696 [13]
6. 88T-Tanner Thorson, 11.713 [23]
7. 71-Ryan Timms, 11.734 [2]
8. 39A-Emerson Axsom, 11.746 [17]
9. 86-Daison Pursley, 11.760 [3]
10. 1K-Kyle Larson, 11.764 [1]
11. 87-Justin Grant, 11.765 [9]
12. 27X-Kalib Henry, 11.792 [16]
13. 41-Corey Day, 11.796 [22]
14. 57W-Landon Brooks, 11.801 [18]
15. 67-Jacob Denney, 11.844 [19]
16. 71K-Cannon McIntosh, 11.889 [14]
17. 2-Jesse Love, 11.916 [12]
18. 11F-Kaylee Bryson, 11.946 [6]
19. 39G-Kyle Cummins, 12.006 [11]
20. 21AU-Kaidon Brown, 12.028 [10]
21. 12H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 12.062 [21]
22. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.128 [5]
23. 19R-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.273 [7]
O'Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions:
O'Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions (25 Laps):
1. 21CB-Christopher Bell [1]
2. 17W-Shane Golobic [4]
3. 39-Logan Seavey [3]
4. 71-Ryan Timms [7]
5. 1S-Spencer Bayston [2]
6. 88T-Tanner Thorson [6]
7. 1K-Kyle Larson [10]
8. 39A-Emerson Axsom [8]
9. 86-Daison Pursley [9]
10. 54NZ-Michael Pickens [5]
11. 71K-Cannon McIntosh [16]
12. 57W-Landon Brooks [14]
13. 87-Justin Grant [11]
14. 67-Jacob Denney [15]
15. 39G-Kyle Cummins [19]
16. 2-Jesse Love [17]
17. 27X-Kalib Henry [12]
18. 21AU-Kaidon Brown [20]
19. 1-Sammy Swindell [22]
20. 11F-Kaylee Bryson [18]
21. (DNF) 19R-Ricky Thornton Jr [23]
22. (DNF) 12H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [21]
23. (DNF) 41-Corey Day [13]
O’Reilly Auto Parts Race of Champions:
Christopher Bell (2026, 2025, 2021, 2020)
Logan Seavey (2024)
Spencer Bayston (2023)
Justin Grant (2022)
Tanner Thorson (2019 and 2016)
Chad Boat (2018)
Kyle Larson (2017 and 2014)
Sammy Swindell (2015, 2012, 2011, 2009)
Kevin Swindell (2013), Brad Loyet (2010)
Hear from Christopher Bell after winning the O'reilly Race of Champions Monday Night at Race of Champions. pic.twitter.com/WYym4QmkDe
What Is the Difference Between the Chili Bowl and Tulsa Shootout?
What is the Tulsa Shootout?
The Tulsa Shootout in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the largest event for micro sprint racing in the world.
Going into the 41st year of this prestigious event, many drivers dream of bringing home the Golden Driller. With the numbers of entries growing every year, the event record stands 1,855 entries received for the 2025 event. Of those, 1,798 were confirmed. The number of entries has exceeded the millennium mark since 2015. With such a massive following, the Tulsa Shootout is an event for every race fan and driver to experience.
A multi-day event that encompasses 6 different racing classes including 600cc Outlaw Winged and Non-Winged Micros, 600cc Stock Winged and Non-Winged Micros, Restricted Micros, and the exciting Junior Sprint class for the kids from 6-12, you’ll see drivers from all over the country in attendance, ranging from amateur to professional, ages 6 to 60! Invite your friends, invite your family. This is something you do not want to miss!
What is the Chili Bowl?
The Chili Bowl is primarily known as the world's premier indoor midget car dirt racing event, held annually in Tulsa, Oklahoma, attracting top drivers from NASCAR, IndyCar, and other series to compete for the Golden Driller trophy on a temporary track. It's considered the "Super Bowl" of midget racing, featuring intense competition and a unique, temporary dirt oval built inside the SageNet Center.
What Is the Difference Between the Chili Bowl and Tulsa Shootout?
The Tulsa Shootout is an annual micro sprint racing event held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It features six divisions of Micro Sprints: Jr. Sprints, Restricted A-Class, Winged A-Class, Stock Non-Wing, Non-Wing Outlaw, and Winged Outlaw.
The Chili Bowl is considered the Super Bowl of midget racing. It is an annual event held at Tulsa Expo Raceway in Oklahoma, attracting more than 300 competitors from across the United States and the world.
The midgets happen to be a little bigger than the micros, but from a distance look very similar. What do both races have in common? They both have the same trophy, a Golden Driller you take home for winning!
𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 🔥 There’s nothing quite like Christopher Bell vs. Kyle Larson fighting for a Golden Driller in Tulsa.
It’s the single-most recognizable trophy in all of dirt track racing, and everyone wants a piece of it.
Seven elusive Golden Drillers will be given out inside the SageNet Center, and nearly 2,000 total entries will be chasing the iconic award.
The first six are available at the 37th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout (Dec. 29 – Jan. 1) with the big one coming at the 36th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals (Jan. 10-15). Both events can be seen live on FloRacing.
Each January, a carefully constructed quarter-mile dirt oval graces the floor of the SageNet Center at the River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The temporary indoor circuit is known as Tulsa Expo Raceway.
The same dirt used for the inaugural Chili Bowl in 1987 forms the track each year!
“The Chili Bowl’s key ingredient is the clay which once covered the adjacent fairgrounds,” the event’s website reads. “Without sun or wind to harm it, the indoor garden (roughly a quarter-mile circle) is heavily saturated so that the boldest dirt track artists of our time can truly shine.”
Located outside the Tulsa Expo Center is the famous golden driller statue, a massive figure depicting an oil worker. That is why the driver who wins the Chili Bowl A-Main on championship Saturday will receive a Golden Driller trophy, one of the most sought after trophies in all of motorsports.
Format
Below is the Chili Bowl format as outlined on ChiliBowl.com. One major change for the 2026 edition of the event is the length of the championship main event on Saturday night, which returns to a 55-lap distance after being 40 laps last year.
Qualifying Nights (Monday-Friday)
Heat Races
Drivers draw for heat racing starting position at 2 p.m. at chalkboard each day
The driver who draws lowest number will start on the pole of Heat 1, second lowest number on the pole of Heat 2, etc.
Number of heats decided by number of cars – 7-10 cars per heat race (8 Laps)
Advancement from heat race to features is based upon passing points earned in heat race and qualifying races. Passing points are based upon car starting position when the yellow light goes out prior to the initial start of the heat or qualifying race.
The 40 drivers earning the most passing points advance to Four “A” Qualifying Races; drivers in passing points positions 41-68 will go to two C Main races. The two C Main races will have 16 cars 12 laps in length.
The top four cars in each C Main race will advance to the back of the B Main races, going 15 laps. (Top four from first C Main to back of first B Main, top four from second C Main to back of second B main)
The lineup of each “A” Qualifying race will include an inversion of six cars. The top 24 cars in passing points will make the inversion. (The top point driver will start on row 3 of the first qualifying race, the No. 2 driver on row 3 of the second qualifying race, etc.)
The four qualifying races will have 10 cars each with the top 16 in combined passing points from the heats and Qualifying races advancing to the A Main.
The balance of the cars (24) from the “A” qualifying races will advance to two 16 car B Mains. The top four in each B Main will advance to the A Main, going 30 laps.
There will be 24 drivers in each Preliminary Night A Feature
The top two drivers in the Preliminary A qualify for Saturday’s A Main.
Each of the races will have four cars and be four laps.
Preliminary Night Winners will draw for positions 1st – 5th, Runner up will draw 6th – 10th
First Race will be drivers who draw 7th – 10th, lined up in that order. Top 2 will advance.
Second Race, front row will be drivers who draw 5th & 6th, with the two drivers moving on from the first race in Row 2 (Winner inside, 2nd outside).
Third Race front row will be drivers who draw 3rd & 4th, with the two drivers moving on from the second race in Row 2 (Winner inside, 2nd outside).
Fourth Race front row will be drivers who draw 1st & 2nd, with the two drivers moving on from the third race in Row 2 (Winner inside, 2nd outside).
Winner of the fourth race will earn the pole in Saturday’s A-Feature.
Seven drivers will advance from each B main to the A for a total of 24 cars with Provisionals set aside for the defending Chili Bowl Champion and previous year’s Race of Champions Winner should they not transfer.
There will be two B mains, with 20 drivers in each B main.
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary A feature in position 3-8 will qualify for the B mains
Five drivers will advance from each C main to the B mains (1st C to 1st B, 2nd C to 2nd B)
There will be two C Mains, with 20 drivers in each C
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary A feature positions 9-14 will qualify for the C mains
Five drivers will advance from each D main to the C Mains
There will be two D mains, with 20 drivers in each D
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary A feature positions 15-20 will qualify for the D mains
Five drivers will advance from each E main to the D mains
There will be two E mains, with 20 drivers in each E
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night A features 21-24 and B features 5th will qualify for the E mains
Five drivers will advance from each F main to the E mains
There will be two F mains, with 20 drivers in each F
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night B features in positions 6-8 will qualify for the F mains
Five drivers will advance from each G main to the F mains
There will be two G mains, with 16 drivers in each G
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night B features in positions 9-10 will qualify for the G mains
Five drivers will advance from each H main to the G mains
There will be two H mains, with 16 drivers in each H
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night B features in positions 11-12 will qualify for the H mains
Six drivers will advance from each I main to the H mains
There will be two I mains, with 16 drivers in each I
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night B features in positions 13-14 will qualify for the I mains
Six drivers will advance from each J main to the I mains
There will be two J mains, with 16 drivers in each J
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night B features in positions 15-16 will qualify for the I mains
Six drivers will advance from each K main to the I mains
There will be two K mains, with 16 drivers in each K
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night C features in positions 5-6 will qualify for the K mains
Six drivers will advance from each L main to the L mains
There will be two L Mains, with 16 drivers in each L
Drivers finishing in their Preliminary night C feature in position 7-8 will qualify for the L Mains
Six drivers will advance from each M main to the L mains
There will be two M Mains, with 16 drivers in each M
Drivers finishing in C feature positions 9-10 will qualify for the M Mains
Six drivers will advance from each N main to the M mains
There will be two N Mains, with 16 drivers in each N
Drivers finishing in C feature positions 11-12 will qualify for the N Mains
Six drivers will advance from each O main to the N mains
There will be two O Mains, with 16 drivers in each O
Drivers finishing in D feature positions 3-4 will qualify for the O Mains.
Six drivers will advance from each P Main to the O Mains
There will be two P Mains and possibly two Q Mains, with the number of drivers TBA in each.
Drivers finishing in D feature positions 4 on back will qualify for these race, and lineup position will be determined by finish on qualifying night and number of cars.
C Mains/Qualifying Races/B Mains/A Main
Saturday Night Features
A Feature
The lineup for the top 10 cars in the A feature will be determined through the Chili Bowl Pole Dash.
The five A feature winners will draw 1-5, followed by the five drivers who finished second drawing 6-10 to seed the Pole Dash.
Pole Dash Procedure
(Note: All positions in races other than Saturday’s A-Main will line up upon the originoal draw of the winners prior to the pole dash. Example: If the Friday winner draws number 1, the Wednesday winner draws number 2, Tuesday winner draws number 3, Thursday winner draws number 4, and the Monday winner draws number 5, all positions in all races will be based on Friday first, Wednesday second, Tuesday third, Thursday fourth, and Monday fifth.)
Kyle Larson added another trophy to his legendary collection with his third Chili Bowl Nationals victory last year. After taking consecutive Chili Bowl crowns in 2020 and 2021, he earned his third with an epic drive in the 40-lap main event in 2025.
Legendary sprint car driver Sammy Swindell, a three-time World of Outlaws champion, holds the record with five Chili Bowl A-Main victories (1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2009). He is once again entered in 2024.
Swindell’s son Kevin ranks second in Chili Bowl A-Main victories with four (all in a row from 2010-14), though injuries sustained in a 2015 crash ended his driving career.
Kyle Larson got the Golden Driller Saturday, adding the 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals to 2020 & 2021 wins. Skillful driving & some luck – his car stalled then restarted after contact with Brenham Crouch, then he avoided flipping after a wall climb on lap 37. #ChiliBowl#KyleLarsonpic.twitter.com/hYdhLjJ9va
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.
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.
TULSA, Okla. — Four Chili Bowl Nationals winners are among the 363 drivers entered in the 38th running of the prestigious event that begins Jan. 8 at Tulsa Expo Raceway inside the SageNet Center.
Defending race winner Logan Seavey leads the group and he will defend his title aboard Kevin Swindell’s familiar No. 39 entry which he wheeled to an attention-grabbing victory in last year’s event. Seavey went on to win the USAC national midget title, driving for Abacus Racing.
Tanner Thorson, who won the Chili Bowl in 2022 with Reinbold Underwood, will wheel his own No. 88 midget, while five-time Chili Bowl winner Sammy Swindell guides his familiar No. 1 entry.
Finally, Tim McCreadie, who won the Chili Bowl in 2006, will drive for Hayward Motorsports.
Recent winners Kyle Larson, Rico Abreu and Christopher Bell are not entered in this year’s event.
• Two-time USAC national midget champion Buddy Kofoid will continue to chase his first Chili Bowl Nationals victory by returning to the stacked Keith Kunz Motorsports operation, which will field 13 cars in Tulsa.
The other KKM drivers for the Chili Bowl are Gavan Boschele, Taylor Reimer, Ryan Timms, Brent Crews, Emerson Axsom, Jade Avedisian, Mariah Ede, Kale Drake, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Tom Harris and Tanner Carrick.
• In addition to entries for Sammy Swindell and Seavey, Kaylee Bryson will guide a third Swindell Motorsports with Bertrand Motorsports entry. Bryson was the first female driver to make the Chili Bowl main event in 2022 and has qualified for the feature in consecutive years.
• Abacus Racing, which claimed the 2023 USAC midget championship with Logan Seavey at the controls, will field a trio of Chili Bowl entries with World of Outlaws veteran David Gravel, two-time All Star sprint car champion Tyler Courtney and New Zealand midget master Michael Pickens at the controls.
• NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe returns to his dirt-track roots behind the wheel of one of two Chase Briscoe Racing entries. Dirt late model and modified standout Kyle Strickler will wheel the second Briscoe entry.
• While he will not compete in the Chili Bowl, Cup Series driver Alex Bowman will field a three-car midget team with veteran drivers C.J. Leary, Kevin Thomas Jr. and Jake Swanson in the seats.
Ashton Torgerson was involved in the wreck, and fans watched his car flip several times. The 16-year-old Oregon native was ejected from the car. Medical personnel rushed over to him, and he was taken to a hospital.
"Ashton is awake and alert at the hospital. He has feeling in hands and feet and has passed his tests so far," the company said in a tweet. "He’s now going into scans. We will continue to keep you posted." Petersen Media, who does PR for Torgerson Racing, offered an update on Torgerson.
Ashton is sore and has been resting. The CT came back with some blood in the brain, so they continue to monitor. Dr's are amazed that he is doing so well. The support from everyone has been amazing.
All persons and bags are subject to search by Expo Square security Small bags and purses are allowed Small seat cushions (without backs) can be brought it along with blankets. Cushions and Blankets cannot be taped to the grandstands Expo Staff will remove them.
Expo Square does not allow the following into the Grandstands:
Trade Show: A long standing tradition at the Chili Bowl, the Trade Show, which is open to the public each day (Tuesday through Saturday), is free of charge. All variety of racing products, apparel and more is available with well over 100 vendors. The Trade Show still has space available. Anyone looking to be a part of the Trade Show can contact the Chili Bowl office at 918-838-3777. The Trade Show covers approximately 20,000 square feet.
Chili Bowl Online: All official news regarding the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl National presented by General Tire can be found at http://www.chilibowl.com. Updates throughout the Chili Bowl can be found via Facebook and Twitter.
Event Coverage: The Chili Bowl will be show online on http://www.floracing.com until Saturday night. At time of opening ceremonies on Saturday, the final features will be shown live on the MAVTV Motorsports Network and online with MAVTV Plus.
For a complete listing of channels, and to request MAVTV, log onto http://www.mavtv.com.
What You Need to Know about the 32nd Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car racing event. It takes place at the Tulsa Expo Center in January, just two weeks after Christmas. It has been described as the "biggest Midget race of the year".
The 1987 inaugural "Super Bowl of Midget Racing" event consisted of just fifty-two midgets competing in the 2-day event. This year there are three hundred and thirty-seven (137) drivers per-registered to participate.
Christopher Bell
The 2018 Entry List Includes Past Winners:
Christopher Bell (2017)
Rico Abreu (2016 & 2015)
Sammy Swindell (2009)
Damion Gardner (2008)
Tracy Hines (2005)
Cory Kruseman (2004)
Other Recognizable Names:
A.J. Fike
Chase Briscoe
J.J. Yeley
Justin Allgaier
Kasey Kahne
Kyle Larson
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Christopher Bell will be rolling into Tulsa Expo Center on a high note – a Tulsa ShootOut Win!
Got to ✔️ another one of my childhood dreams tonight. What a special year! 🏁 https://t.co/s5znDiKTyR
2014 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Winner Bryan Clauson was involved in a midget car crash at Belleville High-Banks Speedway on August 6, 2017 in Belleville, Kansas. He died the following night.
2018 Event Information
What: 32nd annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl presented by General Tire
Where: Tulsa Expo Raceway – quarter - mile clay oval inside the River Spirit Expo Center at Tulsa's Expo Square
When: January 9-13, 2018
Tuesday, January 9 – Warren CAT Qualifying Night plus 9th annual VIROC Wednesday, January 10 – Hard Rock Casino Qualifying Night Thursday, January 11 – John Christner Trucking Qualifying Night Friday, January 12 – Vacuworx Global Qualifying Night Saturday, January 13 – Lucas Oil Championship Feature Events
Bell Becomes Second Native Oklahoma to Win in Race’s 31 Year History
Starting from the outside of the front row, Bell stayed near the front of the field for much of the fifty-five laps to capture the prestigious Golden Driller trophy.
“You know, I’ve been in this position before,” Bell said. “I think this is the third time I’ve started on the front row and I would run into trouble because I was pushing too hard.
Pole sitter Justin Grant led the first 25 laps in the Clauson-Marshal No. 39BC (in memory of 2014 Chili Bowl champion, the late Bryan Clauson). But from that point on, it was Bell’s race.
“I’m speechless right now,” Bell told ChiliBowl.com. “I’ve been coming to this building for so long trying to win one of these things, and I thought I was really close to one at the Shootout a couple weeks ago, but we had a lot of bad luck but I’ll trade all that bad luck in for this Driller right here. This means the world to me.”
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire
Tulsa Expo Raceway – Tulsa, Okla.
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Lucas Oil/General Tire Championship Night
Event Count: 365 (New Record)
Although there were six NASCAR drivers entered in the record 365-driver overall Chili Bowl field, only two made the championship race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who finished 16th, and K&N Pro Series driver Chase Briscoe, who finished 22nd (DNF).
Other NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson, J.J. Yeley and Justin Allgaier fell short in their efforts to reach the main event.
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Claims a New Event High Driver Count
Can Rico Abreau become the Winner for the Third Year In a Row?
The final day of qualifying for the 31st annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire was one filled with emotion as California's Justin Grant found Victory Lane for the first time in Preliminary Night competition; and did it in a Clauson-Marshall mount one year after Bryan Clauson took his final checkered flag atop the clay of the Tulsa Expo Raceway.
"No, I can't even try," said Grant of putting the win into words. "But I'm not going to say I'm carrying on (Bryan Clauson's) legacy at all. That would be not even a chance. He was incredible. He was such a big deal. I guess we didn't really appreciate how big of a deal he was until we lost him. It's incredible to see how many people are behind him and behind that. It is a lot pressure."
Making three first time winners in four nights of racing, Grant was the class of the field with all 25 laps of the Vacuworx Night feature credited to his torrid pace.
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire Tulsa Expo Raceway - Tulsa, Okla. Saturday, January 14, 2017 Lucas Oil/General Tire Championship Night
Event Count: 365 (New Record)
A-Feature:
A Feature: Lineup
55 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Justin Grant-39BC
2-Christopher Bell-71W
3-Tyler Courtney-7BC
4-Travis Berryhill-31
5-Jake Swanson-68W
6-Danny Stratton-47
7-Larry Wight-99W
8-Daryn Pittman-21
9-Ronnie Gardner-68
10-C.J. Leary-25C
11-Zach Daum-5D
12-Colby Copeland-51X
B-Features: Top 6 advance to the A-Feature
B Feature 1: Lineup
20 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Shane Golobic-17W
2-Gary Taylor-05T
3-Michael Faccinto-35F
4-Jonathan Beason-8J
5-Tracy Hines-24
6-Ryan Robinson-71
7-D.J. Netto-3C
8-Tom Harris-4H
9-Jerry Coons Jr-5
10-Donny Schatz-15
11-Tim McCreadie-47X
12-Matt Sherrell-35
13-Gage Walker-7XX
14-Brent Beauchamp-2A
B Feature 2: Lineup
20 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Ricky Stenhouse Jr-17BC
2-Alex Bright-77
3-Andrew Deal-15D
4-Tyler Thomas-91T
5-Damion Gardner-71G
6-Chase Briscoe-5CB
7-Jason Johnson-41
8-Sammy Swindell-1
9-Dave Darland-11AG
10-Steven Shebester-82M
11-Justin Peck-5X
12-Casey Shuman-32
13-Cody Lampe-2J
14-Joey Saldana-17
C-Features: Top 6 advance to the corresponding B-Feature
C Feature 1: Lineup
15 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Ryan Smith-55X
2-Parker Price-Miller-9P
3-Jac Haudenschild-73X
4-Aaron Reutzel-5H
5-Robby Josett-2
6-Paul McMahan-4P
7-Chad Boat-84X
8-R.J. Johnson-51J
9-Tanner Berryhill-17B
10-Brenden Bright-92
11-Chris Cochran-14K
12-Kevin Thomas Jr-66
13-Justin Allgaier-7A
14-Trey Marcham-32T
C Feature 2: Lineup
15 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Cory Kruseman-21K
2-Michael Pickens-25MP
3-Cory Elliott-11E
4-Dylan Westbrook-47W
5-Tanner Thorson-67
6-Brad Loyet-5
7-Bricen James-45X
8-David Gravel-5E
9-Alex Schutte-17R
10-Spencer Bayston-97K
11-Coleman Gulick-14C
12-Danny Sheridan-51S
13-Anton Hernandez-25H
14-Ryan Greth-4R
D-Features: Top 6 advance to the corresponding C-Feature
D Feature 1: Lineup
15 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Thomas Meseraull-1R
2-Colten Cottle-5C
3-Nick Knepper-37
4-Mike Hess-3H
5-Hunter Schuerenberg-51F
6-A.J. Fike-69
7-Ace McCarthy-28A
8-Kyle Larson-71K
9-Davey Ray-2T
10-Kevin Bayer-91K
11-J.J. Yeley-1ST
12-Tony Bruce Jr-18
13-Grady Chandler-00C
14-Andrew Felker-11A
D Feature 2: Lineup
15 laps
Start-Driver-Car
1-Holly Shelton-67K
2-Wesley Smith-44X
3-Sam Hafertepe Jr-15H
4-Danny Faria Jr-11D
5-Steve Buckwalter-05B
6-Nick Wean-78
7-Josh Most-92M
8-Daniel Adler-50
9-Brody Roa-51R
10-Matt Westfall-14W
11-Brady Bacon-76M
12-Blake Hahn-52
13-Tucker Klaasmeyer-27
14-Blake Edwards-17E
E-Features: Top 4 advance to the corresponding D-Feature
Born in 1957 in Belgium, it was after a trip at the age of seven that my love for NASCAR caught hold of me! It was the 1964 World 600 in Charlotte. Since NASCAR it's my life! A large collection of objects and papers make up my personal little NASCAR museum.
Passionate about the history and statistics of NASCAR, I have contributed to numerous magazines and websites mainly in French language (Europe and Canada). One of my greatest pride is my full-time collaboration at racing-reference.info from 2003 to 2021.
Today I continue to write for fun and it's with joy that I join nascarracemom.com as contributor. .
