(Image Credit: Michael Fry)
Buddy Kofoid Leads All During
Tuesday’s Warren CAT Qualifying
Night!
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 9, 2024)
Picking up his second career
Warren CAT Qualifying night
feature win during the 38th
annual Chili Bowl Nationals
powered by NOS Energy, Michael
“Buddy” Kofoid led
start-to-finish to lock into his
fourth championship feature
event since 2020.
Back-to-back preliminary wins
for car owner, Keith Kunz,
Tuesday’s triumph brings his
total to 36th victories as a car
owner at the Chili Bowl
Nationals.
Asked what the key to winning
was, Kofoid responded, “With how
the format is here, you want to
try and put yourself in a
position all day to be starting
up front. I feel like we did a
really good job all day with
Heat Races, extremely good in
the Qualifier, and still even
felt like I could have been a
little bit better for how tricky
the track was.”
Taking off from the pole of
Tuesday’s 30-lap event, Buddy
dashed into the lead from the
word go and quickly put distance
over 2023 prelim night winner,
Hank Davis. Finding traffic
working Lap 13, a quick hold-up
trying to pass a slower car the
following lap allowed Davis to
close rapidly but would not
present the chance to overtake.
Caution on Lap 17, the leaders
shot to the cushion, with Buddy
again using a clean racetrack to
his advantage. Coming down to a
four-lap shootout as the field
returned to green, Kofoid went
on two wheels entering the first
turn, but was able to recover,
and hold on over Hank Davis by
1.457-seconds.
Chase McDermand crossed third,
followed by David Gravel, who
moved through the field from
11th. Kameron Key made up the
top five. Thomas Meseraull was
sixth, with Landon Brooks moving
14th to seventh. Kevin Thomas,
Jr. went 13th to eighth, while
Zach Daum hard charged to ninth
from 18th. Colorado’s Jake Bubak
rounded out the top ten.
Tuesday’s field consisted of 70
drivers out of a scheduled 73,
for a running week total of 138
drivers so far. Nine flips among
eight drivers have occurred,
with everyone able to walk away.
Another 74 are set for
Wednesday’s York Plumbing
Qualifying Night. The SageNet
Center will open at 9:00 A.M.
with cars on track at 4:00 P.M.
(CT).
The 38th annual Chili Bowl
Nationals takes place January
8-13, 2024, under the giant roof
of the SageNet Center in Tulsa,
Okla. Fans unable to attend the
Chili Bowl Nationals can watch
every lap live at http://www.floracing.com.
The General Admission Pit Pass
is sold at the event and never
sells out. They are $60 per
weekday and $75 on Saturday.
For continued updates on the
Chili Bowl Nationals, fans can
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@CBNationals. All official
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found online at http://www.chilibowl.com.
Results:
Chili Bowl Nationals
powered by NOS Energy
Tulsa Expo Raceway -
Tulsa, Okla.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Warren CAT Qualifying
Night
Car Count: 70
Event Count: 138
OERB Heat Races: Top 40 in
passing points advance to
Qualifiers.
OERB Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.
92M-Josh Most[1]; 2. 7S-Jake
Andreotti[7]; 3. 55X-Kevin
Thomas Jr[8]; 4. 87F-Kinzer
Edwards[4]; 5. 321-Chad
Winfrey[9]; 6. 4G-Cole
Garner[3]; 7. 31-Kyle
Beilman[2]; 8. 121-Steve
Glover[5]; 9. (DNF) 7W-Brendon
Wiseley[6]
OERB Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
57W-Landon Brooks[3]; 2.
26-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 3.
47X-Zach Daum[4]; 4. 7T-Thomas
Meseraull[9]; 5. 14P-Kyle
Strickler[7]; 6. 09T-Timmy
Thrash[2]; 7. 60-Landon
Britt[1]; 8. 08-Brock
Berreth[6]; 9. 19K-Riley
Kreisel[8]
OERB Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
7U-Chase McDermand[3]; 2.
71E-Mariah Ede[4]; 3. 8K-KJ
Snow[8]; 4. 116-Claud Estes
III[1]; 5. 25V-Billy VanInwegen
Jr[7]; 6. 96-Cody Brewer[5]; 7.
4C-Cody Jessop[6]; 8. 91B-Kevin
Bayer[9]; 9. 1HD-Tommy
Colburn[2]
OERB Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1.
55D-Nick Drake[2]; 2.
21J-Kameron Key[7]; 3. 10-Ryker
Pace[3]; 4. 1M-Caden
McCreary[8]; 5. 13-Elijah
Gile[6]; 6. 9A-Blake Bower[1];
7. 6X-Anthony Esberg[5]; 8.
(DNF) 14E-Joseph Wray IV[4]; 9.
(DNF) 22G-Jack France[9]
OERB Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1.
08X-Parker Price Miller[2]; 2.
22B-Troy Betts[3]; 3. 20C-CJ
Sarna[4]; 4. 10M-Darin Naida[8];
5. 45H-Robbie Price[7]; 6.
87-Tanner Holmes[9]; 7. 14X-Andy
Pake[6]; 8. 86C-David Camfield
Sr[1]; 9. 44-Colton Hardy[5]
OERB Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake
Neuman[2]; 2. 71W-Michael
Kofoid[7]; 3. 2ND-Jeb
Sessums[1]; 4. 19P-Carson
Perkins[5]; 5. 48G-George
Loux[3]; 6. 97X-Xavier Doney[6];
7. 19J-Jack Berger[4]; 8.
22P-Brant O'Banion[9]; 9. (DNF)
88J-Joey Amantea[8]
OERB Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1.
11B-Clinton Boyles[4]; 2.
29S-Hank Davis[6]; 3. 7E-Cap
Henry[1]; 4. 1K-Brayton
Lynch[8]; 5. 28B-Brandon
Mattox[7]; 6. 07-Scout
Spraggins[5]; 7. 80-Clint
Woolbright[3]; 8. (DNF) 17K-Tony
Helton[2]
OERB Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1.
77J-John Klabunde[1]; 2.
58-David Gravel[4]; 3. 1Z-Justin
Zimmerman[6]; 4. 11K-AJ
Bender[2]; 5. 27B-Jake Bubak[7];
6. 11H-Jori Hughes[3]; 7. (DNF)
715-Robert Bell[5]; 8. (DNF)
6W-Colin White[8]
Smiley's Racing Products
C-Features: Top 4 advance to
corresponding B-Feature.
Smileys Racing Products C
Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1.
48G-George Loux[1]; 2. 09T-Timmy
Thrash[4]; 3. 91B-Kevin
Bayer[6]; 4. 44-Colton
Hardy[13]; 5. 19J-Jack
Berger[8]; 6. 60-Landon
Britt[10]; 7. 4C-Cody Jessop[5];
8. 88J-Joey Amantea[11]; 9.
22G-Jack France[12]; 10. 4G-Cole
Garner[3]; 11. 121-Steve
Glover[9]; 12. (DNF) 86C-David
Camfield Sr[14]; 13. (DNF)
6X-Anthony Esberg[7]; 14. (DNF)
96-Cody Brewer[2]; 15. (DNS)
6W-Colin White
Smileys Racing Products C
Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1.
97X-Xavier Doney[1]; 2. 9A-Blake
Bower[4]; 3. 07-Scout
Spraggins[2]; 4. 19K-Riley
Kreisel[12]; 5. 14X-Andy
Pake[5]; 6. 22P-Brant
O'Banion[6]; 7. 11H-Jori
Hughes[3]; 8. 08-Brock
Berreth[10]; 9. 80-Clint
Woolbright[8]; 10. 1HD-Tommy
Colburn[15]; 11. 7W-Brendon
Wiseley[14]; 12. 17K-Tony
Helton[13]; 13. 715-Robert
Bell[7]; 14. 14E-Joseph Wray
IV[11]; 15. (DNF) 31-Kyle
Beilman[9]
Team Toyota Qualifiers: Top 16
in combined passing points
advance to the A-Feature.
Team Toyota Qualifier 1 (10
Laps): 1. 7U-Chase McDermand[4];
2. 29S-Hank Davis[5]; 3.
1Z-Justin Zimmerman[2]; 4.
7S-Jake Andreotti[6]; 5.
10M-Darin Naida[1]; 6.
87F-Kinzer Edwards[10]; 7.
3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 8. 45H-Robbie
Price[9]; 9. (DNF) 2ND-Jeb
Sessums[8]; 10. (DNF) 47X-Zach
Daum[7]
Team Toyota Qualifier 2 (10
Laps): 1. 7T-Thomas
Meseraull[3]; 2. 26-Corbin
Rueschenberg[4]; 3. 21J-Kameron
Key[6]; 4. 55X-Kevin Thomas
Jr[5]; 5. 7E-Cap Henry[8]; 6.
20C-CJ Sarna[7]; 7. 13-Elijah
Gile[10]; 8. 92M-Josh Most[2];
9. 28B-Brandon Mattox[9]; 10.
(DNF) 1K-Brayton Lynch[1]
Team Toyota Qualifier 3 (10
Laps): 1. 71W-Michael Kofoid[6];
2. 8K-KJ Snow[5]; 3. 27B-Jake
Bubak[9]; 4. 22B-Troy Betts[1];
5. 55D-Nick Drake[4]; 6.
14P-Kyle Strickler[8]; 7.
77J-John Klabunde[2]; 8. 11K-AJ
Bender[10]; 9. 10-Ryker Pace[7];
10. (DNF) 71E-Mariah Ede[3]
Team Toyota Qualifier 4 (10
Laps): 1. 08X-Parker Price
Miller[4]; 2. 58-David
Gravel[3]; 3. 11B-Clinton
Boyles[6]; 4. 57W-Landon
Brooks[5]; 5. 25V-Billy
VanInwegen Jr[8]; 6. 87-Tanner
Holmes[9]; 7. 19P-Carson
Perkins[7]; 8. 116-Claud Estes
III[10]; 9. 1M-Caden
McCreary[2]; 10. 321-Chad
Winfrey[1]
The Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR
Cup Series Race at World Wide
Technology Raceway on Sunday,
June 2 B Features: Top 4 advance
to the A-Feature.
The Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR
Cup Series Race at World Wide
Technology Raceway on Sunday,
June 2 B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1.
14P-Kyle Strickler[5]; 2.
13-Elijah Gile[6]; 3. 87F-Kinzer
Edwards[3]; 4. 25V-Billy
VanInwegen Jr[2]; 5. 1K-Brayton
Lynch[12]; 6. 1M-Caden
McCreary[9]; 7. 91B-Kevin
Bayer[13]; 8. 22B-Troy Betts[1];
9. 19P-Carson Perkins[7]; 10.
10-Ryker Pace[10]; 11. 44-Colton
Hardy[15]; 12. 48G-George
Loux[11]; 13. 09T-Timmy
Thrash[14]; 14. 11K-AJ
Bender[8]; 15. (DNF) 87-Tanner
Holmes[4]; 16. (DNS) 2ND-Jeb
Sessums
The Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR
Cup Series Race at World Wide
Technology Raceway on Sunday,
June 2 B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1.
47X-Zach Daum[11]; 2. 7E-Cap
Henry[1]; 3. 3N-Jake Neuman[4];
4. 20C-CJ Sarna[3]; 5. 19K-Riley
Kreisel[15]; 6. 45H-Robbie
Price[7]; 7. 97X-Xavier
Doney[13]; 8. 28B-Brandon
Mattox[8]; 9. 116-Claud Estes
III[6]; 10. 321-Chad
Winfrey[10]; 11. 07-Scout
Spraggins[14]; 12. 77J-John
Klabunde[5]; 13. 9A-Blake
Bower[12]; 14. 10M-Darin
Naida[2]; 15. 92M-Josh Most[16];
16. (DNF) 71E-Mariah Ede[9]
A-Feature: Top 2 advance to
Saturday's A-Feature.
Warren CAT A Feature (30 Laps):
1. 71W-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2.
29S-Hank Davis[3]; 3. 7U-Chase
McDermand[2]; 4. 58-David
Gravel[11]; 5. 21J-Kameron
Key[5]; 6. 7T-Thomas
Meseraull[8]; 7. 57W-Landon
Brooks[14]; 8. 55X-Kevin Thomas
Jr[13]; 9. 47X-Zach Daum[18];
10. 27B-Jake Bubak[12]; 11.
26-Corbin Rueschenberg[9]; 12.
08X-Parker Price Miller[4]; 13.
7S-Jake Andreotti[10]; 14.
14P-Kyle Strickler[17]; 15.
25V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[23]; 16.
13-Elijah Gile[19]; 17.
1Z-Justin Zimmerman[15]; 18.
8K-KJ Snow[6]; 19. 55D-Nick
Drake[16]; 20. 3N-Jake
Neuman[22]; 21. 87F-Kinzer
Edwards[21]; 22. 20C-CJ
Sarna[24]; 23. (DNF) 11B-Clinton
Boyles[7]; 24. (DNF) 7E-Cap
Henry[20]
Lap Leader(s): Michael "Buddy"
Kofoid 1-30
Hard Charger: Zach Daum +9
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