Chili Bowl Nationals

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Coverage is on MavTV for those who have it [Channel 214 for DirecTV'ers]

It's packed in Tulsa at the Expo as always for this annual event.

 

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C-Main 1 is about to begin. Alex Bowman and Sammy Swindell are among those taking part.

 

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Top 5 advance to B-Main 1

1- Grady Chandler
2- Robert Dalby
3- Blake Hahn
4- Andrew Felker
5- Nick Drake

Alex Bowman was in 5th with 3 laps to go, but a near wreck messed him up and he finishes 7th, meaning he gets to be a spectator the rest of the night. Sammy Swindell was not a factor in this one.

 

[SJ76]

I was in Tulsa this week. Heard this talk about chili bowl. I really thought it was some sort of chili cook off.

I make dam good chili attts riii

 

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C-Main 2 will be starting soon.

Tanner Berryhill and Justin Algaier are among the notables for this one.

 

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Top 5 advance to B-Main 2

1- Spencer Bayston
2- Sean McClelland
3- Kyle Cummings
4- Paul White
5- Austin O'Dell

Tanner Berryhill wrecked out early. Justin Allgaier also had problems a short time later. Both are done for the night.

 

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The C-Mains were 15 laps. The B-Mains will be 20. Before the B-Mains, there's track prep so the surface can be smoothed out a bit.

Part of the crew helping out tonight is Tony Stewart.

 

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B-Main 1 about to start.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Chase Briscoe are part of the group looking to make the A-Main via this race.

 

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Top 7 advance to A-Main

1- Brad Sweet
2- Danny Stratton
3- Jonathan Beason
4- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5- Cole Bodine
6- Colby Copeland
7- Robert Dalby

Chase Briscoe finishes 1 spot shy of the show.

 

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B-Main 2 is up next.

Chad Boat is in this race and looking to carry on the tradition of his father, Billy Boat. Former Chili Bowl Nationals Champion Tracy Hines will also be looking to make the show out of this 20 lapper.

 

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Top 7 advance to the A-Main

1- CJ Leary
2- Chad Boat
3- Tucker Klaasmeyer
4- Michael Faccinto
5- Sean McCleland
6- Tyler Courtney
7- Jake Neuman

Boat is dangerous once he gets the outside groove working.

 

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The Top 24 have been determined with earlier qualifiers in the week for the Top 10 starters plus the B-Main transfers. This is the lineup for the 55 lap A-Main Event.

Row 1
Logan Seavey
Christopher Bell

Row 2
Kyle Larson
Tanner Thorson

Row 3
Justin Grant
Rico Abreu

Row 4
Brady Bacon
Zach Daum

Row 5
Shane Golobic
Dave Gravel

Row 6
Brad Sweet
CJ Leary

Row 7
Danny Stratton
Chad Boat

Row 8
Jonathan Beason
Tucker Klaasmeyer

Row 9
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Michael Faccinto

Row 10
Cole Bodine
Sean McClelland

Row 11
Colby Copeland
Tyler Courtney

Row 12
Robert Dalby
Jake Neuman

The track is being worked on for optimized racing condition.

 

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Track preparation took a little while, but the cars are on the track and so is a little bit of confetti.

 

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Green Flag! Well, better late than never.

 

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Christopher Bell gets the win on the last lap! Kyle Larson had the lead and then on the final lap, Bell catches up to him, they make contact and Bell gets to the stripe 1st. Justin Grant rounds out the podium.

That last lap was fun.

 

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That's Chistopher's 3rd straight Chili Bowl Nationals Championship. Kid is magic on the dirt.

 

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Your sign of the night.

 

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That's Chistopher's 3rd straight Chili Bowl Nationals Championship. Kid is magic on the dirt.

Good for Bell, Larson lost that race, more than Bell won it. One of my favorite races of the year.

 

[pitman]

We raced against several of these drivers on a regular basis over the last ten years, a lot of talent in the A-main

 

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Here's the finish.