Spencer Bayston Unstoppable
During Thursday’s Victory Fuel
Qualifying Night!
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 11, 2024) From a flip during
Practice on Sunday to Victory
Lane on Victory Fuel Qualifying
Night, Indiana’s Spencer Bayston
landed his first career
preliminary night win at the
38th annual Chili Bowl Nationals
powered by NOS Energy.
"It feels really, really good,"
said Bayston of the win. "The
Race of Champions win last year
was special, but it’s not a
prelim night. A prelim night,
like I said there’s three steps
to the process, sometimes more,
and to be able to string
together three good performances
with the good Sage Fruit race
car is not easy to do and we
were able to do that tonight.
It's a lot of weight off our
shoulders, so we’ll kick back
and relax tomorrow and be ready
for Saturday."
A
third win for RMS/Matt Estep
since 2021, the feature went
green with Bayston taking off
from the pole. Getting away
quickly, the race for second
went to Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Fending off a challenge by
Tanner Thorson on the fifth
revolution, Thornton held silver
until Lap 17, as the leaders
began their march through
traffic.
Advantage Thorson for second on
Lap 18, the No. 1s would close
up on Bayston’s bumper after
caution lights for Kyle Larson
flipping on the front stretch
appeared while working Lap 24.
Reverting to the last fully
completed lap, the seven-lap
dash saw Bayston gap the field
by 1.149-seconds to lock into
his sixth career Saturday night
A-Feature. Tanner Thorson held
the final lock-in to make his
tenth championship appearance.
Chase Johnson crossed third,
with C.J. Leary fourth. Brady
Bacon completed the top five.
Tim Buckwalter, from 12th, made
it to sixth, with Ricky
Thornton, Jr. slipping to
seventh. Karter Sarff grabbed
eighth with Ryan Bernal ninth.
Parker Jones completed the top
ten.
With 73 drivers drawing in
Thursday night, the week’s entry
count stands at 285. Friday will
see the highest car count of the
week, as mechanical issues have
forced several drives to move,
pushing the number to 86
entries, including five TBA’s.
The Flip Count has grown to 34.
All drivers are okay. Special
thanks to Simpson Race Products
for giving out new equipment
during this year’s flip count.
Friday at the Chili Bowl
Nationals is presented by Hard
Rock Hotel and Casino, Tulsa.
The SageNet Center will open at
9:00 A.M. with cars on track at
4:00 P.M.
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
follow along on Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram with
@CBNationals. All official
press, updates, and results on
the Chili Bowl Nationals can be
found online at http://www.chilibowl.com.
Results:
Chili Bowl Nationals
powered by NOS Energy
Tulsa Expo Raceway -
Tulsa, Okla.
Thursday, January 11,
2024
Victory Fuel Qualifying
Night
Car Count: 73
Event Count: 285
OERB Heat Races: Top 40 in
passing points advance to
Qualifiers.
OERB Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Brad
Mosen[2]; 2. 31B-Chase
Johnson[7]; 3. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[5]; 4. 57A-Daniel
Robinson[9]; 5. 3-Cole
Schroeder[10]; 6. 3J-Parker
Jones[8]; 7. 73T-Tom Dunkel[3];
8. 8M-Kade Morton[6]; 9. (DNF)
22-Sean McClelland[4]; 10. (DNF)
70K-Tim Kent[1]
OERB Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9U-Kyle
Spence[1]; 2. 73C-Eddie Tafoya
Jr[2]; 3. 2E-Whit Gastineau[3];
4. 71G-Taylor Ferns[5]; 5.
24S-Rodney Westhafer[8]; 6.
91-Jeff Stasa[7]; 7. 9X-Zac
Millikin[4]; 8. 97K-Tom
Harris[6]; 9. (DNS) 98B-Joe
Boyles
OERB Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
1S-Spencer Bayston[9]; 2.
51X-Joe Walker[1]; 3. 77-Joey
Wirth[2]; 4. 08M-Dylan Menz[7];
5. 27J-Frank Beck III[5]; 6.
26J-Jacob Harris[8]; 7.
31D-Miles Doherty[3]; 8.
10C-Dalton Camfield[4]; 9. (DNF)
22C-Corey Brink[6]
OERB Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 55V-CJ
Leary[1]; 2. 14T-Caden
Sarale[4]; 3. 19M-Ethan
Mitchell[8]; 4. 29-Tim
Buckwalter[7]; 5. 98K-Kyle
Larson[5]; 6. 32-Casey
Shuman[6]; 7. (DNF)
45T-Christopher Townsend[9]; 8.
(DNF) 03-Shayle Bade[3]; 9.
(DNF) 28J-Joe Perry[2]
OERB Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1.
5G-Gavan Boschele[3]; 2.
87W-Ryan Bernal[9]; 3. 46-Kenney
Johnson[6]; 4. 6K-Austin
Nigh[2]; 5. 22S-AJ Johnson[8];
6. 17J-Ryan Bickett[4]; 7.
09-Scott Lawrence[7]; 8.
29K-Brian Harvey[5]; 9. (DNF)
20H-Noah Harris[1]
OERB Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1.
19R-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 2.
84-Jesse Love[3]; 3. 14A-Cameron
Hagin[1]; 4. 14F-Jeffrey
Newell[4]; 5. 98P-Ryan
Padgett[7]; 6. 54C-Chance
Hull[9]; 7. 7B-Cody Beard[2]; 8.
(DNF) 15-JJ Yeley[6]; 9. (DNF)
35S-Isaiah Vasquez[8]
OERB Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1.
88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2.
5CB-Karter Sarff[3]; 3. 00-Ryder
Laplante[1]; 4. 10J-Lane
Goodman[5]; 5. 54-Matt
Westfall[6]; 6. 17D-Cody
Trammell[8]; 7. 40-Max Adams[9];
8. 2Z-Zach Blurton[7]; 9.
2R-Matt Rossi[4]
OERB Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1.
15D-Andrew Deal[3]; 2. 02-Ashton
Torgerson[2]; 3. 21H-Brady
Bacon[8]; 4. 55F-Johnny Kent[4];
5. 7C-Landon Crawley[7]; 6.
80H-Josh Hanna[5]; 7. 17B-Josh
Baughman[6]; 8. (DNF) 7JR-JD
Black[1]; 9. (DNS) 11C-Mike
Woodruff
Smiley's Racing Products
C-Features: Top 4 advance to
corresponding B-Feature.
Smileys Racing Products C
Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 40-Max
Adams[4]; 2. 91-Jeff Stasa[3];
3. 97K-Tom Harris[10]; 4.
27J-Frank Beck III[2]; 5.
22-Sean McClelland[14]; 6.
80H-Josh Hanna[5]; 7. 26J-Jacob
Harris[1]; 8. 03-Shayle
Bade[12]; 9. 2Z-Zach Blurton[9];
10. 31D-Miles Doherty[8]; 11.
29K-Brian Harvey[11]; 12.
09-Scott Lawrence[6]; 13. (DNF)
70K-Tim Kent[15]; 14. (DNF)
28J-Joe Perry[13]; 15. (DNF)
9X-Zac Millikin[7]; 16. (DNS)
7JR-JD Black; 17. (DNS) 98B-Joe
Boyles
Smileys Racing Products C
Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 98K-Kyle
Larson[2]; 2. 32-Casey
Shuman[3]; 3. 17D-Cody
Trammell[1]; 4. 15-JJ Yeley[9];
5. 17J-Ryan Bickett[4]; 6.
17B-Josh Baughman[5]; 7.
20H-Noah Harris[13]; 8. 73T-Tom
Dunkel[6]; 9. 10C-Dalton
Camfield[10]; 10. 7B-Cody
Beard[7]; 11. 2R-Matt Rossi[12];
12. 8M-Kade Morton[8]; 13. (DNF)
35S-Isaiah Vasquez[11]; 14.
(DNF) 11C-Mike Woodruff[14]; 15.
(DNS) 45T-Christopher Townsend;
16. (DNS) 22C-Corey Brink
Team Toyota Qualifiers: Top 16
in combined passing points
advance to the A-Feature.
Team Toyota Qualifier 1 (10
Laps): 1. 5CB-Karter Sarff[2];
2. 29-Tim Buckwalter[1]; 3.
1S-Spencer Bayston[6]; 4.
19M-Ethan Mitchell[5]; 5.
46-Kenney Johnson[3]; 6.
55F-Johnny Kent[10]; 7. 47-Brad
Mosen[4]; 8. 98P-Ryan
Padgett[9]; 9. 71G-Taylor
Ferns[8]; 10. (DNF) 24S-Rodney
Westhafer[7]
Team Toyota Qualifier 2 (10
Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[4];
2. 21H-Brady Bacon[5]; 3.
73C-Eddie Tafoya Jr[1]; 4.
9U-Kyle Spence[3]; 5. 87W-Ryan
Bernal[6]; 6. 54-Matt
Westfall[10]; 7. 7C-Landon
Crawley[9]; 8. 3-Cole
Schroeder[2]; 9. 22S-AJ
Johnson[7]; 10. 10J-Lane
Goodman[8]
Team Toyota Qualifier 3 (10
Laps): 1. 55V-CJ Leary[3]; 2.
02-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 3.
19R-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 4.
2D-Matt Sherrell[2]; 5. 5G-Gavan
Boschele[5]; 6. 57A-Daniel
Robinson[4]; 7. 2E-Whit
Gastineau[7]; 8. 14A-Cameron
Hagin[8]; 9. 6K-Austin Nigh[9];
10. (DNS) 54C-Chance Hull
Team Toyota Qualifier 4 (10
Laps): 1. 14T-Caden Sarale[4];
2. 31B-Chase Johnson[6]; 3.
3J-Parker Jones[10]; 4.
14F-Jeffrey Newell[9]; 5.
15D-Andrew Deal[5]; 6. 00-Ryder
Laplante[8]; 7. 51X-Joe
Walker[1]; 8. 77-Joey Wirth[7];
9. (DNF) 08M-Dylan Menz[2]; 10.
(DNF) 84-Jesse Love[3]
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.
9U-Kyle Spence[1]; 2. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[2]; 3. 54-Matt
Westfall[4]; 4. 10J-Lane
Goodman[12]; 5. 00-Ryder
Laplante[5]; 6. 40-Max
Adams[13]; 7. 3-Cole
Schroeder[7]; 8. 14A-Cameron
Hagin[8]; 9. 97K-Tom Harris[15];
10. 71G-Taylor Ferns[10]; 11.
2E-Whit Gastineau[6]; 12.
6K-Austin Nigh[11]; 13.
27J-Frank Beck III[16]; 14.
91-Jeff Stasa[14]; 15. (DNF)
57A-Daniel Robinson[3]; 16.
(DNF) 22S-AJ Johnson[9]
The Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR
Cup Series Race at World Wide
Technology Raceway on Sunday,
June 2 B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1.
73C-Eddie Tafoya Jr[1]; 2.
98K-Kyle Larson[11]; 3.
46-Kenney Johnson[2]; 4.
7C-Landon Crawley[5]; 5.
84-Jesse Love[10]; 6. 98P-Ryan
Padgett[7]; 7. 55F-Johnny
Kent[3]; 8. 32-Casey Shuman[14];
9. 15-JJ Yeley[15]; 10.
54C-Chance Hull[12]; 11.
17D-Cody Trammell[13]; 12.
24S-Rodney Westhafer[9]; 13.
47-Brad Mosen[4]; 14. 51X-Joe
Walker[6]; 15. 77-Joey Wirth[8];
16. 08M-Dylan Menz[16]
A-Feature: Top 2 advance to
Saturday's A-Feature.
Victory Fuel A Feature (30
Laps): 1. 1S-Spencer Bayston[1];
2. 88-Tanner Thorson[4]; 3.
31B-Chase Johnson[2]; 4. 55V-CJ
Leary[7]; 5. 21H-Brady Bacon[5];
6. 29-Tim Buckwalter[12]; 7.
19R-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 8.
5CB-Karter Sarff[9]; 9. 87W-Ryan
Bernal[8]; 10. 3J-Parker
Jones[11]; 11. 02-Ashton
Torgerson[13]; 12. 54-Matt
Westfall[21]; 13. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[19]; 14. 9U-Kyle
Spence[17]; 15. 5G-Gavan
Boschele[15]; 16. 14T-Caden
Sarale[6]; 17. 14F-Jeffrey
Newell[14]; 18. 10J-Lane
Goodman[23]; 19. 19M-Ethan
Mitchell[10]; 20. 7C-Landon
Crawley[24]; 21. 15D-Andrew
Deal[16]; 22. 73C-Eddie Tafoya
Jr[18]; 23. 46-Kenney
Johnson[22]; 24. (DNF) 98K-Kyle
Larson[20]
Lap Leader(s): Spencer Bayston
1-30
Hard Charger: Matt Westfall +10
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