(Image Credit: Brendon Bauman)
Christopher Bell Goes
Flag-To-Flag For His Fourth
O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational
Race of Champions Victory
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 12, 2026) Grabbing his fourth
career win in the O’Reilly Auto
Parts Invitational Race of
Champions, Oklahoma’s
Christopher Bell led start to
finish during Monday’s special
feature event.
The win nabbed Bell an extra
$3,224, with the extra $224 for
leading the “Race For Chase
White Flag” presented by the
Ultimate Sprint Car Series in
California.
His first time winning the
25-lap affair as an
owner-driver, the
PristineAuction.com No. 21cb
used his quick time effort and
launched to the lead from the
pole position. Putting distance
on the field in no time at all,
a Lap 7 caution for Corey Day
presented a chance, but no one
to take it as Shane Golobic
chased with Spencer Bayston in
tow.
Into traffic rolling two-by-two
in the late stages, a nearly
two-and-a-half-second lead
quickly evaporated for Bell with
Golobic able to take a look at
the lead, but never able to
overtake as Bell won by
0.419-seconds. Shane Golobic
held on for second, with Logan
Seavey slipping by for third
with Ryan Timms in tow. Spencer
Bayston ended up fifth.
This year’s field was set for 24
drivers, with 23 making the
call.
The 40th annual Chili Bowl
Nationals powered by NOS Energy
Drink takes place January 12-17,
2026, 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.
For continued updates on the
Chili Bowl Nationals, fans can
follow along on Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram with
@CBNationals. All official
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the Chili Bowl Nationals can be
found online at http://www.chilibowl.com.
RACE RESULTS:
40th annual Chili Bowl
Nationals powered by NOS
Tulsa Expo Raceway
(Tulsa, Okla.)
O’Reilly Auto Parts
Invitational Race of Champions
Monday, January 12, 2026
O'Reilly Auto Parts Invitational
Race of Champions Qualifying:
O'Reilly Auto Parts RoC
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1.
21CB-Christopher Bell,
11.638[15]; 2. 1S-Spencer
Bayston, 11.644[20]; 3. 39-Logan
Seavey, 11.649[4]; 4. 17W-Shane
Golobic, 11.682[8]; 5.
54NZ-Michael Pickens,
11.696[13]; 6. 88T-Tanner
Thorson, 11.713[23]; 7. 71-Ryan
Timms, 11.734[2]; 8. 39A-Emerson
Axsom, 11.746[17]; 9. 86-Daison
Pursley, 11.760[3]; 10. 1K-Kyle
Larson, 11.764[1]; 11. 87-Justin
Grant, 11.765[9]; 12. 27X-Kalib
Henry, 11.792[16]; 13. 41-Corey
Day, 11.796[22]; 14. 57W-Landon
Brooks, 11.801[18]; 15. 67-Jacob
Denney, 11.844[19]; 16.
71K-Cannon McIntosh, 11.889[14];
17. 2-Jesse Love, 11.916[12];
18. 11F-Kaylee Bryson,
11.946[6]; 19. 39G-Kyle Cummins,
12.006[11]; 20. 21AU-Kaidon
Brown, 12.028[10]; 21. 12H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr, 12.062[21]; 22.
1-Sammy Swindell, 12.128[5]; 23.
19R-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.273[7]
O'Reilly Auto Parts Invitational
Race of Champions:
O'Reilly Auto Parts Invitational
Race of Champions (25 Laps): 1.
21CB-Christopher Bell[1]; 2.
17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 3.
39-Logan Seavey[3]; 4. 71-Ryan
Timms[7]; 5. 1S-Spencer
Bayston[2]; 6. 88T-Tanner
Thorson[6]; 7. 1K-Kyle
Larson[10]; 8. 39A-Emerson
Axsom[8]; 9. 86-Daison
Pursley[9]; 10. 54NZ-Michael
Pickens[5]; 11. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh[16]; 12. 57W-Landon
Brooks[14]; 13. 87-Justin
Grant[11]; 14. 67-Jacob
Denney[15]; 15. 39G-Kyle
Cummins[19]; 16. 2-Jesse
Love[17]; 17. 27X-Kalib
Henry[12]; 18. 21AU-Kaidon
Brown[20]; 19. 1-Sammy
Swindell[22]; 20. 11F-Kaylee
Bryson[18]; 21. (DNF) 19R-Ricky
Thornton Jr[23]; 22. (DNF)
12H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[21]; 23.
(DNF) 41-Corey Day[13]
O’Reilly Auto Parts Race of
Champions: Christopher
Bell (2026, 2025, 2021, 2020),
Logan Seavey (2024), Spencer
Bayston (2023), Justin Grant
(2022), Tanner Thorson (2019 and
2016), Chad Boat (2018), Kyle
Larson (2017 and 2014), Sammy
Swindell (2015, 2012, 2011,
2009), Kevin Swindell (2013),
Brad Loyet (2010)
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