2022 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals

Live From Tulsa: Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Thursday Updates

Live From Tulsa: Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Thursday Updates

Live updates from Thursday at the 2022 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Jan 13, 2022
Live From Tulsa: Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Thursday Updates

Three nights of preliminary action down, two to go at the 36th running of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals. Seventy-eight drivers will be in action Thursday night with hopes of locking into Saturday's A-Main. FloRacing will be on location throughout the night to bring you the latest updates as you watch in person or live on FloRacing. 

THURSDAY UPDATES

A-Main Recap

Shane Golobic led the field to the green flag after sixth-to-first runs in both his heat and qualifier. Golobic led the opening four laps of the race before Tanner Thorson powered around the outside to take the lead. Thorson pulled away up front before a a trio of cautions on Lap 21, 22 and 24 slowed the pace and gave Christopher Bell a shot at challenging Thorson. 

Hugging the inside of the race track, Bell moved underneath Thorson and cleared him for the first time on Lap 27. Thorson continued to challenge Bell with a fierce run on the outside, but he couldn't find enough to get back by the three-time Chili Bowl winner. 

Bell's win was his seventh straight Thursday night preliminary night victory and eighth in the last nine years. It was also the fourth straight win for Keith Kunz Motorsports at this year's event. 

A-Main Results

171WChristopher Bell
219TTanner Thorson
355VC.J. Leary
429Tim Buckwalter
517WShane Golobic
621HBrady Bacon
781XDillon Welch
82DMatt Sherrell
939BEmerson Axsom
1022TDon Droud, Jr. 
1168WShane Cottle
121SSpencer Bayston
1325BSteve Buckwalter
1451BJoe B. Miller
159Mitchell Davis
1671RFrankie Guerrini
1747XDanny Stratton
1815DAndrew Deal
1971GDamion Gardner
2086Brent Crews
2177Stevie Sussex III
224MBrody Fuson
2357Maria Cofer
242EWhit Gastineau

A-Main Lineup

(Top Two Transfer to Saturday A-Main)

117WShane Golobic
286Brent Crews
319TTanner Thorson
471WChristopher Bell
539BEmerson Axsom
655VC.J. Leary
781XDillon Welch
84MBrody Fuson
915DAndrew Deal
1047XDanny Stratton
1168WShane Cottle
1257Maria Cofer
1351BJoe B. Miller
142DMatt Sherrell
151SSpencer Bayston
169Mitchell Davis
1777Stevie Sussex III
1821HBrady Bacon
1971RFrankie Guerrini
2029Tim Buckwalter
2171GDamion Gardner
2222TDon Droud, Jr. 
2325BSteve Buckwalter
242EWhit Gastineau

B-Main Results

B-Main 1 (Top Four Qualify to A-Main)

177Stevie Sussex III
271RFrankie Guerrini
371GDamion Gardner
425BSteve Buckwalter
557BDaniel Robinson
62GJ.J. Yeley
714XChad Boespflug
820GNoah Gass
971EMariah Ede
104MDylan Bloomfield
114ADillon Silverman
122STravis Scott
1375XAlex Vande Voort
1453RSean Robbins
154ZNate Barger
167DMichelle Decker

B-Main 2 (Top Four Qualify to A-Main)

121HBrady Bacon
229Tim Buckwalter
322TDon Droud, Jr. 
42EWhit Gastineau
53BZach Blurton
617BRyan Bickett
75KBen Worth
80TAlex Schriever
960MEarl McDoulett, Jr. 
108GAustin Shores
1120HNoah Harris
1244CTristan Lee
1310CDalton Camfield
1460Cody Gardner
158AJA.J. Johnson
1674Drew Rader

B-Main Lineups

B-Main 1 (Top 4 Qualify to A-Main)

177Stevie Sussex
271RFrankie Guerrini
32GJ.J. Yeley
44ADillon Silverman
557BDaniel Robinson
671EMariah Ede
725BSteve Buckwalter
875XAlex Vande Voort
92STravis Scott
107DMichelle Decker
114ZNate Barger
1220GNoah Gass
1314MDylan Bloomfield
1414XChad Boespflug
1553RSean Robbins
1671GDamion Gardner

B-Main 2 (Top 4 Qualify to A-Main)

12EWhit Gastineau
221HBrady Bacon
329Tim Buckwalter
45KBen Worth
522TDon Droud, Jr.
617BRyan Bickett
73BZach Blurton
874Drew Rader
960MEarl McDoulett, Jr. 
1010CDalton Camfield
110TAlex Schriever
1260Cody Gardner
138AJA.J. Johnson
148GAustin Shores
1520HNoah Harris
1644CTristan Lee

Qualifier Results

Qualifier 1 

186Brent Crews
281XDillon Welch
319TTanner Thorson
42EWhit Gastineau
59Mitchell Davis
629Tim Buckwalter
757BDaniel Robinson
83BZach Blurton
910CDalton Camfield
100TAlex Schriever

Qualifier 2 

117WShane Golobic
255VC.J. Leary
32DMatt Sherrell
41SSpencer Bayston
571RFrankie Guerrini
621HBrady Bacon
722TDon Droud, Jr. 
874Drew Rader
960MEarl McDoulett, Jr. 
1060Cody Gardner

Qualifier 3 

14MBrody Fuson
271WChristopher Bell
357Maria Cofer
447XDanny Stratton
577Stevie Sussex III
64ADillon Silverman
771EMariah Ede
82STravis Scott
97DMichelle Decker
1020GNoah Gass

Qualifier 4 

139BEmerson Axsom
268WShane Cottle
315DAndrew Deal
451BJoe B. Miller
52GJ.J. Yeley
65KBen Worth
717BRyan Bickett
875XAlex Vande Voort
94ZNate Barger
1025BSteve Buckwalter

Qualifier Lineups

Qualifier 1 Lineup 

12EWhit Gastineau
229Tim Buckwalter
381XDillon Welch
49Mitchell Davis
586Brent Crews
619TTanner Thorson
757BDaniel Robinson
80TAlex Schriever
93BZach Blurton
1010CDalton Camfield

Qualifier 2 Lineup

12DMatt Sherrell
222TDon Droud, Jr.
31SSpencer Bayston
455VC.J. Leary
521HBrady Bacon
617WShane Golobic
760MEarl McDoulett, Jr.
871RFrankie Guerrini
974Drew Rader
1060Cody Gardner

Qualifier 3 Lineup 

14MBrody Fuson
24ADillon Silverman
357Maria Cofer
477Stevie Sussex
547XDanny Stratton
671WChristopher Bell
77DMichelle Decker
820GNoah Gass
92STravis Scott
1071EMariah Ede

Qualifier 4 Lineup

15KBen Worth
268WShane Cottle
32GJ.J. Yeley
451BJoe B. Miller
539BEmerson Axsom
625BSteve Buckwalter
775XAlex Vande Voort
815DAndrew Deal
917BRyan Bickett
104ZNate Barger

C-Main Results

C-Main 1 (Top 4 Advance to B-Main)

114MDylan Bloomfield
214XChad Boespflug
353RSean Robbins
471GDamion Gardner
515XCarson Garrett
63FTim Barber
723BBrian Bell
878MMerle Scherb
917EBlake Edwards
1051AJ Hernandez
1191Jeff Stasa
1263HLarry Petersen

C-Main 2 (Top 4 Advance to B-Main)

18AJA.J. Johnson
28GAustin Shores
320HNoah Harris
444CTristan Lee
508BAustin Barnhill
679KLarry Webster
76CCollin Rinehart
831SRay Seach
935LCarson McCarl
1069Cody Hays
117NZTravis Buckley
1298BJoe Boyles

C-Main Lineups

C-Main 1 (Top 4 Advance to B-Main)

153RSean Robbins
214MDylan Bloomfield
315XCarson Garrett
423BBrian Bell
514XChad Boespflug
663HLarry Petersen
751JA.J. Hernandez
83FTim Barber
917EBlake Edwards
1078MMerle Scherb
1191Jeff Stasa
1271GDamion Gardner

C-Main 2 (Top 4 Advance to B-Main)

179KLarry Webster
269Cody Hays
38AJA.J. Johnson
408BAustin Barnhill
57NZTravis Buckley
698BJoe Boyles
76CCollin Rinehart
835LCarson McCarl
98GAustin Shores
1031SRay Seach
1120HNoah Harris
1244CTristan Lee

D-Main Results

D-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance to C-Main) 

191Jeff Stasa
271GDamion Gardner
393Kyle Bellm
47JRJD Black
517JFrank Beck
621DJustin Dickerson
771.5Robert Bell
873XCoby Johnson
910TBrandon Thomas

D-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance to C-Main)

120HNoah Harris
244CTristan Lee
30KDon O'Keefe, Jr. 
42ARickie Gaunt
518CRyan Moser
672XChris Tarrant
784JJesse Shapel
817MJeremy Hill
915WDanny Burke

D-Main Lineups

D-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance to C-Main)

191Jeff Stasa
210TBrandon Thomas
393Kyle Bellm
471.5Robert Bell
517JFrank Beck
673XCoby Johnson
721DJustin Dickerson
871GDamion Gardner
97JRJ.D. Black

D-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance to C-Main)

184JJesse Shapel
244CTristan Lee
30KDon O'Keefe, Jr. 
472XChris Tarrant
52ARickie Gaunt
620HNoah Harris
717MJeremy Hill
815WDanny Burke
918CRyan Moser

Heat Race Results

Heat 1   

12GJ.J. Yeley
22DMatt Sherrell
35KBen Worth
460Cody Gardner
574Drew Rader
62STravis Scott
778MMerle Scherb
810TBrandon Thomas
971GDamion Gardner

High Points: J.J. Yeley (1st to 1st - 100 points)

Heat 2  

129Tim Buckwalter
219TTanner Thorson
320GNoah Gass
475XAlex Vande Voort
579KLarry Webster
64ZNate Barger
78GAustin Shores
872XChris Tarrant
915WDanny Burke

High Points: Tanner Thorson (9th to 2nd - 128 points)

Heat 3

177Stevie Sussex III
260MEarl McDoulett, Jr.
37DMichelle Decker
44ADillon Silverman
514MDylan Bloomfield
623BBrian Bell
714XChad Boespflug
87JRJD Black
971.5Robert Bell

High Points: Stevie Sussex III (2nd to 1st - 105 points)

Heat 4

117WShane Golobic
24MBrody Fuson
33BZach Blurton
468WShane Cottle
57NZTravis Buckley
63FTim Barber
791Jeff Stasa
893Kyle Bellm
918CRyan Moser

High Points: Shane Golobic (6th to 1st - 125 points)

Heat 5

171WChristopher Bell
257BDaniel Robinson
371RFrankie Guerrini
415DAndrew Deal
50TAlex Schriever
608BAustin Barnhill
70KDon O'Keefe, Jr. 
873XCoby Johnson
917MJeremy Hill

High Points: Christopher Bell (4th to 1st - 115 points)

Heat 6 

151BJoe B. Miller
281XDillon Welch
339BEmerson Axsom
453RSean Robbins
569Cody Hays
663HLarry Petersen
784JJesse Shapel
844CTristan Lee
92ARickie Gaunt

High Points: Emerson Axsom (7th to 3rd - 106 points)

Heat 7  

125BSteve Buckwalter
221HBrady Bacon
39Mitchell Davis
42EWhit Gastineau
58AJA.J. Johnson
635LCarson McCarl
731SRay Seach
820HNoah Harris

High Points: Steve Buckwalter (3rd to 1st - 110 points)

Heat 8

186Brent Crews
21SSpencer Bayston
355VC.J. Leary
471EMariah Ede
510CDalton Camfield
698BJoe Boyles
751JA.J. Hernandez
821DJustin Dickerson

High Points: Brent Crews (3rd to 1st - 110 points)

Heat 9

122TDon Droud, Jr. 
247XDanny Stratton
357Maria Cofer
417BRyan Bickett
515XCarson Garrett
617EBlake Edwards
76CCollin Rinehart
817JFrank Beck

High Points: Danny Stratton (7th to 2nd - 118 points)

Heat Race Lineups

Heat 1   

12GJ.J. Yeley
260Cody Gardner
32DMatt Sherrell
471GDamion Gardner
55KBen Worth
678MMerle Scherb
774Drew Rader
810TBrandon Thomas
92STravis Scott

Heat 2

129Tim Buckwalter
220GMoah Gass
315WDanny Burke
472XChris Tarrant
579KLarry Webster
675XAlex Vande Voort
78GAustin Shores
84ZNate Barger
919TTanner Thorson

Heat 3 

160MEarl McDoulett, Jr.
277Stevie Sussex
37JRJ.D. Black
47DMichelle Decker
514MDylan Bloomfield
671.5Robert Bell
723BBrian Bell
84ADillon Silverman
914XChad Boespflug

Heat 4 

13BZach Blurton
27NZTravis Buckley
34MBrody Fuson
43FTim Barber
591Jeff Stasa
617WShane Golobic
793Kyle Bellm
868WShane Cottle
918CRyan Moser

Heat 5 

173XGreg Edenholm
257BDaniel Robinson
30KDon O'Keefe, Jr. 
471WChristopher Bell
571RFrankie Guerrini
617MJeremy Hill
715DAndrew Deal
80TAlex Schriever
908BAustin Barnhill

Heat 6  

153RSean Robbins
251BJoe B. Miller
384JJesse Shapel
481XDillon Welch
569Cody Hays
663HLarry Petersen
739BEmerson Axsom
844CTristan Lee
92ARickie Gaunt

Heat 7  

120HNoah Harris
235LCarson McCarl
325BSteve Buckwalter
48AJA.J. Johnson
521HBrady Bacon
631SRay Seach
79Mitchell Davis
82EWhit Gastineau

Heat 8 

121DJustin Dickerson
271EMariah Ede
386Brent Crews
41SSpencer Bayston
598BJoe Boyles
610CDalton Camfield
755VC.J. Leary
851JA.J. Hernandez

Heat 9 

122TDon Droud, Jr. 
217EBlake Edwards
317BRyan Bickett
417JFrank Beck
515XCarson Garrett
657Maria Cofer
747XDanny Stratton
86CCollin Rinehart

Top 10 In Hot Laps  

155VC.J. Leary10.743
271WChristopher Bell10.869
357Maria Cofer10.896
439BEmerson Axsom10.956
521HBrady Bacon10.999
671RFrankie Guerrini11.038
720GNoah Gass11.045
886Brent Crews11.048
91SSpencer Bayston11.125
1071EMariah Ede11.127

What To Expect Thursday Night

Thursday night is the fourth night of preliminary action for the Chili Bowl. Following the pill draw, drivers will be placed in one of eight heat races, where they'll be able to earn passing points for their performance. At the end of heat races, the top 40 drivers in points will be placed in A Qualifier races, where they will once again have a chance to earn more passing points. The top 16 drivers in combined passing points will lock into Thursday night's A-Main. 

The remainder of the field will be split into C-Mains and B-Mains with the opportunity to advance to the A-Main. 

Wednesday night's preliminary night has been "Christopher Bell's Night" in recent years. Bell has won six straight Thursday night preliminary races and seven of the last eight. 

Thursday Schedule

9 a.m Building opens
10 a.m.-7 p.m Trade show
1 p.m Clear building
1:30 p.m Open grandstand and pits for entry with ticket or pit pass
2 p.m Drivers draw for heat starting positions at chalkboard
3 p.m Driver’s Meeting
4 p.m Hot Laps (by heat race group)
5 p.m Heat Races (est. 8-10 races, 8 laps each)
6:45 p.m D Main Races (2 races, TBA to back of corresponding C Main, Laps TBA)
7:15 p.m C Main Races (2 races, Top 4 to back of corresponding B Main-12 laps each)
7:45 p.m A Qualifier Races (4 races, top 16 in combined passing points to A, balance to Twin Bs)
8:30 p.m Track Maintenance
9:15 p.m B Main Races (Top 4 to A-15 laps each)
10 p.m A Feature Start (24 cars-30 laps)
10:30 p.m Curfew
Midnight Building closes

Thursday Night Roster

0KDon O'Keefe, Jr. 
0TAlex Schriever
1SSpencer Bayston
2ARickie Gaunt
2DMatt Sherrell
2EWhit Gastineau
2GJ.J. Yeley
2STravis Scott
3BZach Blurton
3FTim Barber
4ADillon Silverman
4MBrody Fuson
4ZNate Barger
5KBen Worth
6CCollin Rinehart
7DMichelle Decker
7JRJ.D. Black
7NZTravis Buckley
7XTTBA
08BAustin Barnhill
8AJA.J. Johnson
8GAustin Shores
9Mitchell Davis
10CDalton Camfield
10TBrandon Thomas
11WAaron Werner
14MDylan Bloomfield
14XChad Boespfulg
15DAndrew Deal
15WDanny Burke
15XCarson Garrett
17BRyan Bickett
17EBlake Edwards
17JFrank Beck
17MJeremy Hill
17WShane Golobic
18CRyan Moser
19DTBA
19TTanner Thorson
20GNoah Gass
20HNoah Harris
21DJustin Dickerson
21HBrady Bacon
22TDon Droud, Jr. 
23BBrian Bell
25BSteve Buckwalter
29Tim Buckwalter
31SRay Seach
35LCarson McCarl
39BEmerson Axsom
44CTristan Lee
47XDanny Stratton
51BJoe B. Miller
51JA.J. Hernandez
53RSean Robbins
55VC.J. Leary
57Maria Cofer
57BDaniel Robinson
60Cody Gardner
60MEarl McDoulett, Jr.
63HLarry Petersen
68WShane Cottle
69Cody Hays
71.5Robert Bell
71EMariah Ede
71GDamion Gardner
71RFrankie Guerrini
71WChristopher Bell
72XChris Tarrant
73XGreg Edenholm
74Drew Rader
75XAlex Vande Voort
77Stevie Sussex
78MMerle Scherb
79KLarry Webster
81XDillon Welch
84JJesse Shapel
86Brent Crews
91Jeff Stasa
93Kyle Bellm
98BJoe Boyles
321Chad Winfrey