(Image Credit: Michael Day)
Corey Day Flushes Competition On
York Plumbing Qualifying Night!
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 10, 2024)
Leading all but on lap during
Wednesday’s York Plumbing
Qualifying Night at the 38th
annual Chili Bowl Nationals
powered by NOS Energy,
California’s Corey Day captured
his first career Chili Bowl
preliminary win, behind the
wheel of the Willie Kahne, owned
No. 41.
A
manufacturer winner with Factory
Kahne Shocks numerous times; the
Wednesday triumph is a first for
Willie as a car owner.
“It’s crazy, it’s definitely
crazy. I think they said my best
prelim run here in ninth, and
this is only my third Chili
Bowl,” stated Corey of the win.
“I have laps around here in a
micro at the Shootout. I
actually have a restricted
driller like eight years ago.
It’s been a while since I’ve had
some success in this building,
so I’m glad to be back.”
Chasing Jake Swanson through the
opening lap, Day shot low on
entry into the first turn, to
slide his way to the top spot.
Surviving several restarts, and
a few scares into the cushion,
Swanson was able to close but
never able to overtake, as he
had to fend off the repeated
challenges of Michael Faccinto.
Dropping to third on Lap 22,
Swanson stayed the course on the
cushion to retake the final
transfer spot into Saturday’s
55-lap championship event on Lap
25. One final shot at the lead
after a flip by Jonathan Beason
working Lap 27, Day was able to
pull away by 1.957-seconds.
“We still didn’t financially
recover. We are having a lot
more fun,” laughed Swanson,
whose car owner, Alex Bowman,
tweeted, “I don’t think I’ll be
able to recover from this” after
a miserable outing for his
entire team in 2023.
“It means everything, this race
means so much to Alex. It’s
vacation with all of his
friends. To be able to run well
is obviously the goal. Thankful
to be able to do that, and not
have as much tore up equipment
so far this week. Just thankful
for him providing really good
race cars. Nicest cars in the
building in my opinion. CJ,
Kevin Thomas, and Boots, I got a
lot of guys over there work
really hard and very
appreciative of all them
supporting me and that’s why we
are here”
Briggs Danner shuffled into
third with three laps to go,
while Faccinto settled for
fourth. Colby Copeland made up
the top five. Kale Drake crossed
sixth, followed by Jade
Avedisian. Getting into the
first turn Haybales trying to
avoid a spinning car on Lap 4,
Tyler Courtney was able to
restart at the tail and closed
his way to an eighth place
finish. Brent Crews and Jerry
Coons, Jr. made up the top ten.
A
field of 74 out of a scheduled
75 was on hand Wednesday night,
bringing the week’s running
total to 212 drivers drawing in.
Another 79 are set to be on
track for Thursday’s Victory
Fuel Qualifying Night. A busy
night of the flip count, the
tumble meter stands at 22 with
everyone able to walk away.
Special thanks to Simpson Race
Products for giving out new
equipment during this year’s
flip count.
The SageNet Center will open at
9:00 A.M. with cars on track at
4:00 P.M. Following Thursday’s
program, there will be a party
in the pits until 2:00 A.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
press, updates, and results on
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found online at http://www.chilibowl.com.
Results:
Chili Bowl Nationals
powered by NOS Energy
Tulsa Expo Raceway -
Tulsa, Okla.
Wednesday, January 10,
2024
York Plumbing Qualifying
Night
Car Count: 74
Event Count: 212
OERB Heat Races: Top 40 in
passing points advance to
Qualifiers.
OERB Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1A-Trey
Osborne[2]; 2. 83M-Rylan
Gray[3]; 3. 8J-Jonathan
Beason[1]; 4. 86-Daison
Pursley[7]; 5. 7M-Mike Hess[8];
6. 80D-Keith Martin[5]; 7.
2F-Casey Friedrichsen[4]; 8.
4H-Caleb Padgett[9]; 9.
23T-Tristan Lee[6]
OERB Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
52-Blake Hahn[2]; 2. 4B-Chelby
Hinton[1]; 3. 22X-Steven
Shebester[3]; 4. 71K-Kale
Drake[8]; 5. 48N-Wout
Hoffmans[6]; 6. 22J-Zach
Hampton[9]; 7. 7MF-Chance
Morton[5]; 8. 31S-RJ Corson[7];
9. 15F-Brandon Dean[4]
OERB Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
57-Tyler Courtney[3]; 2.
41-Corey Day[6]; 3. 91X-Danny
Wood[2]; 4. 7X-Jerry Coons
Jr[5]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell[8];
6. 14M-Ben Worth[4]; 7.
44B-Branigan Roark[7]; 8.
53R-Sean Robbins[1]
OERB Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1.
55A-Jake Swanson[5]; 2. 6D-Isaac
Chapple[6]; 3. 27W-Colby
Copeland[8]; 4. 938-Bradley
Fezard[2]; 5. 7J-Shawn
Jackson[3]; 6. 35H-AJ
Hernandez[1]; 7. (DNF) 49-Dillon
Welch[4]; 8. (DNF) M1-Colby
Stubblefield[7]
OERB Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1.
19T-Mitchel Moles[1]; 2. 3G-Kyle
Cummins[2]; 3. 73D-David
Gasper[5]; 4. 16C-David Camfield
Jr[6]; 5. 96X-Logan Mitchell[8];
6. (DNF) 9P-Kevin Cook[7]; 7.
(DNF) 17X-Kurt Stellhorn[4]; 8.
(DNF) X-Charlie Louden[3]
OERB Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1.
5U-Michael Faccinto[3]; 2.
71-Jade Avedisian[8]; 3.
23P-Preston Lattomus[7]; 4.
2B-Tanner Berryhill[2]; 5.
75G-Daniel Whitley[4]; 6.
99K-Robert Carson[1]; 7.
7L-Jarrad Warhurst[6]; 8.
81K-Dekota Gay[5]
OERB Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1.
45S-Caleb Stelzig[3]; 2.
60X-Garet Williamson[6]; 3.
81C-Colten Cottle[7]; 4.
F5-Devin Simmons[2]; 5.
7DK-Darren Kauffman[8]; 6.
4F-Chad Frewaldt[5]; 7.
251-Johnny Brown Jr[4]; 8.
21R-Chase Young[1]
OERB Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1.
08K-Brody Wake[3]; 2. 3W-Brandon
Waelti[2]; 3. 67K-Brent
Crews[6]; 4. 23K-Kyle Simon[4];
5. 71M-Paul May[5]; 6. 17L-Wyatt
Rotz[1]; 7. 08J-Jace
McIntosh[7]; 8. 218-Robert
Speak[8]
OERB Heat 9 (8 Laps): 1.
1I-Briggs Danner[1]; 2. 25M-Alex
Bright[4]; 3. 68W-Chance
Crum[2]; 4. 5D-Michael
Stewart[8]; 5. 22R-Gage
Laney[6]; 6. 70-Cade Cowles[3];
7. 20S-John Sarna[5]; 8. (DNF)
25B-Steve Buckwalter[7]
D-Features: Top 2 from each
advance to corresponding
C-Feature.
D
Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 31S-RJ
Corson[3]; 2. 49-Dillon
Welch[5]; 3. 23T-Tristan Lee[6];
4. 20S-John Sarna[1]; 5.
17X-Kurt Stellhorn[2]; 6. (DNF)
21R-Chase Young[4]; 7. (DNS)
X-Charlie Louden
D
Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1.
25B-Steve Buckwalter[3]; 2.
81K-Dekota Gay[4]; 3. 251-Johnny
Brown Jr[5]; 4. 218-Robert
Speak[2]; 5. 53R-Sean
Robbins[6]; 6. 2F-Casey
Friedrichsen[1]; 7. 15F-Brandon
Dean[7]
Smiley's Racing Products
C-Features: Top 4 advance to
corresponding B-Feature.
Smileys Racing Products C
Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1.
938-Bradley Fezard[1]; 2.
75G-Daniel Whitley[3]; 3.
4F-Chad Frewaldt[5]; 4. 7J-Shawn
Jackson[4]; 5. 31S-RJ
Corson[11]; 6. M1-Colby
Stubblefield[7]; 7. 17L-Wyatt
Rotz[9]; 8. 49-Dillon Welch[12];
9. 4H-Caleb Padgett[10]; 10.
35H-AJ Hernandez[8]; 11. 70-Cade
Cowles[6]; 12. (DNF) F5-Devin
Simmons[2]
Smileys Racing Products C
Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1.
2B-Tanner Berryhill[1]; 2.
80D-Keith Martin[4]; 3. 14M-Ben
Worth[5]; 4. 44B-Branigan
Roark[6]; 5. 08J-Jace
McIntosh[7]; 6. 25B-Steve
Buckwalter[11]; 7. 7L-Jarrad
Warhurst[9]; 8. 81K-Dekota
Gay[12]; 9. 99K-Robert
Carson[8]; 10. (DNF) 7MF-Chance
Morton[10]; 11. (DNF) 71M-Paul
May[2]; 12. (DNF) 9P-Kevin
Cook[3]
Team Toyota Qualifiers: Top 16
in combined passing points
advance to the A-Feature.
Team Toyota Qualifier 1 (10
Laps): 1. 19T-Mitchel Moles[2];
2. 55A-Jake Swanson[6]; 3.
83M-Rylan Gray[1]; 4. 60X-Garet
Williamson[5]; 5. 3W-Brandon
Waelti[7]; 6. 1A-Trey
Osborne[3]; 7. 45S-Caleb
Stelzig[4]; 8. 91X-Danny
Wood[9]; 9. 22J-Zach
Hampton[10]; 10. 1-Sammy
Swindell[8]
Team Toyota Qualifier 2 (10
Laps): 1. 1I-Briggs Danner[2];
2. 41-Corey Day[6]; 3. 52-Blake
Hahn[3]; 4. 27W-Colby
Copeland[5]; 5. 73D-David
Gasper[1]; 6. 4B-Chelby
Hinton[7]; 7. 68W-Chance
Crum[9]; 8. 08K-Brody Wake[4];
9. 23K-Kyle Simon[10]; 10.
96X-Logan Mitchell[8]
Team Toyota Qualifier 3 (10
Laps): 1. 86-Daison Pursley[1];
2. 71K-Kale Drake[2]; 3.
25M-Alex Bright[3]; 4. 7X-Jerry
Coons Jr[9]; 5. 57-Tyler
Courtney[5]; 6. 6D-Isaac
Chapple[6]; 7. 48N-Wout
Hoffmans[10]; 8. 16C-David
Camfield Jr[7]; 9. (DNF)
7DK-Darren Kauffman[8]; 10.
(DNF) 23P-Preston Lattomus[4]
Team Toyota Qualifier 4 (10
Laps): 1. 3G-Kyle Cummins[1]; 2.
67K-Brent Crews[3]; 3.
5U-Michael Faccinto[5]; 4.
71-Jade Avedisian[6]; 5.
8J-Jonathan Beason[9]; 6.
5D-Michael Stewart[2]; 7.
81C-Colten Cottle[4]; 8.
22X-Steven Shebester[8]; 9.
7M-Mike Hess[7]; 10. 22R-Gage
Laney[10]
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.
1A-Trey Osborne[3]; 2. 83M-Rylan
Gray[1]; 3. 3W-Brandon
Waelti[2]; 4. 16C-David Camfield
Jr[8]; 5. 73D-David Gasper[4];
6. 23P-Preston Lattomus[9]; 7.
81C-Colten Cottle[5]; 8. 7M-Mike
Hess[11]; 9. 48N-Wout
Hoffmans[7]; 10. 938-Bradley
Fezard[13]; 11. 08K-Brody
Wake[6]; 12. 7J-Shawn
Jackson[16]; 13. 75G-Daniel
Whitley[14]; 14. 22J-Zach
Hampton[10]; 15. 96X-Logan
Mitchell[12]; 16. (DNF) 4F-Chad
Frewaldt[15]
The Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR
Cup Series Race at World Wide
Technology Raceway on Sunday,
June 2 B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1.
8J-Jonathan Beason[2]; 2.
4B-Chelby Hinton[4]; 3.
5D-Michael Stewart[5]; 4.
45S-Caleb Stelzig[3]; 5.
91X-Danny Wood[7]; 6. 1-Sammy
Swindell[9]; 7. 23K-Kyle
Simon[10]; 8. 68W-Chance
Crum[6]; 9. 2B-Tanner
Berryhill[11]; 10. 22X-Steven
Shebester[8]; 11. 6D-Isaac
Chapple[1]; 12. 14M-Ben
Worth[13]; 13. 22R-Gage
Laney[12]; 14. 44B-Branigan
Roark[15]; 15. (DNF) 7DK-Darren
Kauffman[16]; 16. (DNF)
80D-Keith Martin[14]
A-Feature: Top 2 advance to
Saturday's A-Feature.
York Plumbing A Feature (30
Laps): 1. 41-Corey Day[2]; 2.
55A-Jake Swanson[1]; 3.
1I-Briggs Danner[5]; 4.
5U-Michael Faccinto[3]; 5.
27W-Colby Copeland[9]; 6.
71K-Kale Drake[12]; 7. 71-Jade
Avedisian[6]; 8. 57-Tyler
Courtney[16]; 9. 67K-Brent
Crews[7]; 10. 7X-Jerry Coons
Jr[15]; 11. 5D-Michael
Stewart[22]; 12. 3W-Brandon
Waelti[21]; 13. 83M-Rylan
Gray[19]; 14. 3G-Kyle
Cummins[11]; 15. 52-Blake
Hahn[13]; 16. 86-Daison
Pursley[10]; 17. 25M-Alex
Bright[14]; 18. 60X-Garet
Williamson[8]; 19. 4B-Chelby
Hinton[20]; 20. 1A-Trey
Osborne[17]; 21. 16C-David
Camfield Jr[23]; 22. (DNF)
8J-Jonathan Beason[18]; 23.
(DNF) 45S-Caleb Stelzig[24]; 24.
(DNF) 19T-Mitchel Moles[4]
Lap Leader(s): Jake Swanson 1;
Corey Day 2-30
Hard Charger: Michael Stewart
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