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(Image Credit: Michael Fry)
Larson Tunes Up The Field On
Monday's 2nd Opinion Auto Center
Qualifying Night
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 12, 2026) Taking over as the
winningest driver in preliminary
night competition, defending
Chili Bowl Nationals powered by
NOS Energy Drink champion, Kyle
Larson, rolled fourth to first
for his ninth career preliminary
night win during Monday’s 2nd
Opinion Auto Center Qualifying
Night.
In a four-way tie for the record
with Rico Abreu, Christopher
Bell, and Sammy Swindell all
having eight wins going into
Monday’s JST Motorsports
A-Feature, Larson railed the top
of the Tulsa Expo Raceway from
the start.
“Thought it was pretty similar
track prep before the Race of
Champions. I thought the bottom
would live a little bit longer
than it did in the Race of
Champions, which it did. I was
just surprised they didn’t move
up in front of me until they
caught traffic,” commented
Larson. “Just worked out in my
favor. Track position is really
important when you have four or
five good guys up front, and
it’s who can get the lead the
quickest.”
Chasing Cannon McIntosh through
the opening circuits, Larson cut
the gap to a half-second on Lap
9 and carried that momentum to
the point on the next
revolution.
Caution on Lap 18 as the battle
at the front began to tighten in
traffic, Larson had a great
restart with Danner in a fight
for second before the Velocita
Caution flew again for debris a
lap later. A better start for
McIntosh, who pulled next to
Larson in the first and second
turns, the HendrickCars.com No.
1k was to good off the cushion,
leaving McIntosh to deal with
Briggs Danner, who worked to
second with ten to go.
Chasing with everything he could
throw at it, Danner closed the
gap on Larson to a few car
lengths in the final few laps.
Trying to set up for a last lap
swing for the lead, there was no
getting by Larson, who won by
0.505-seconds to lock into his
13th championship feature event.
Danner, into his second Saturday
A-Feature, was trailed by Cannon
McIntosh, who locks into a
Ferguson Enterprises B-Feature
on Saturday. Shane Golobic and
Jerry Coons, Jr. completed the
top five.
Monday’s 2nd Opinion Auto Center
Qualifying Night had 69 drivers
check in. The Flip Count reached
four with all drivers ok. Monday
also included the O’Reilly Auto
Parts Invitational Race of
Champions, which was topped by
Christopher Bell.
Racing continues on Tuesday,
January 13, 2026, with cars on
track at 4:00 P.M. for Hot Laps.
The night’s racing program
begins at 5:00 P.M. (CT).
Reserved Seats are available at
the event, with General
Admission sold each day.
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
press, updates, and results on
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.)
2nd Opinion Auto Center
Qualifying Night
Monday, January 12, 2026
Car Count: 69
JUGO Super Foods Heat Races (Top
40 in passing points advance to
Qualifiers)
JUGO Super Foods Heat 1 (8
Laps): 1. 2H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2.
27-Keith Rauch[2]; 3. 51B-Joe B
Miller[4]; 4. 9B-Brian
Schwabauer[3]; 5. 25-Blaine
Baxter[5]; 6. 50-Daniel
Adler[7]; 7. 56-Bill Johnson[6];
8. 44J-Corey Mullins[8]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 2 (8
Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn[4]; 2.
39H-Sam Hinds[3]; 3. 20H-Noah
Harris[5]; 4. 32A-Alex
Sewell[8]; 5. 5L-Matt Lux[6]; 6.
11G-Hayden Mabe[7]; 7. 16K-Billy
Rayburn[1]; 8. 99-Jan Evans[2]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 3 (8
Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh[6]; 2. 55K-Todd
Kluever[1]; 3. 55D-Nick
Drake[3]; 4. 83-Drake
Edwards[4]; 5. 2B-Tanner
Berryhill[7]; 6. 57F-Blake
Green[2]; 7. P1-Paul White[5];
8. 2N-Broddy Enter[8]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 4 (8
Laps): 1. 60X-Dillon Welch[3];
2. 71G-Zach Hampton[5]; 3.
77A-Preston Norbury[6]; 4.
3P-Justin Peck[8]; 5. 68D-Eric
Blumer[1]; 6. 23-Jack France[4];
7. 8D-Colin Deming[7]; 8.
8X-Jeff Schindler[2]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 5 (8
Laps): 1. 32T-Trey Marcham[1];
2. 55I-Briggs Danner[7]; 3.
93-Ryder McCutcheon[2]; 4.
80A-Taylor Courtney[3]; 5.
118-Tyler Hewitt[8]; 6.
44X-Bryson Smith[5]; 7. 9E-Andy
Eickhoff[6]; 8. (DNF) P92-Jimmy
Light[4]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 6 (8
Laps): 1. 32-Gary Taylor[3]; 2.
68W-Jake Andreotti[8]; 3.
1K-Kyle Larson[6]; 4. 44K-Jakeb
Boxell[7]; 5. 9-Emilio
Hoover[4]; 6. 40J-Dave Collins
Jr[5]; 7. 86C-David Camfield
Sr[1]; 8. (DNF) 3-Gage Trube[2]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 7 (8
Laps): 1. 9U-Kameron Key[6]; 2.
31K-Jesse Schlotfeldt[1]; 3.
17-John Barnard[7]; 4.
8XL-Christian Miller[4]; 5.
7B-Garrett Benson[5]; 6.
25GP-Dustin Morris[2]; 7.
5F-Danny Frye III[3]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 8 (8
Laps): 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[4];
2. 35L-Gaige Weldon[2]; 3.
45H-Logan Prickett[6]; 4.
7J-Shawn Jackson[1]; 5. 8M-Kade
Morton[5]; 6. 3V-Jim Vanzant[7];
7. (DNF) 17K-Cole Parker[3]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 9 (8
Laps): 1. 98-Tanner Carrick[2];
2. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[4]; 3.
7D-Michelle Decker[6]; 4.
6B-Brylee Kilmer[3]; 5.
31C-Nathan Crane[7]; 6.
27G-Steve Gresham[1]; 7. (DNF)
14L-Mack Leopard[5]
Toyota Racing Development
Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined
Heat/Qualifier passing points
advance to the A-Feature)
TRD Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1.
1K-Kyle Larson[3]; 2. 71K-Cannon
McIntosh[6]; 3. 32T-Trey
Marcham[2]; 4. 71G-Zach
Hampton[4]; 5. 20H-Noah
Harris[1]; 6. 3Z-Trey Zorn[5];
7. 55K-Todd Kluever[7]; 8.
31C-Nathan Crane[9]; 9.
118-Tyler Hewitt[8]; 10.
80A-Taylor Courtney[10]
TRD Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1.
44K-Jakeb Boxell[1]; 2.
17W-Shane Golobic[5]; 3.
98-Tanner Carrick[4]; 4.
32A-Alex Sewell[2]; 5.
9U-Kameron Key[6]; 6. 55D-Nick
Drake[8]; 7. 31K-Jesse
Schlotfeldt[7]; 8. 83-Drake
Edwards[9]; 9. 6B-Brylee
Kilmer[10]; 10. 45H-Logan
Prickett[3]
TRD Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1.
3P-Justin Peck[2]; 2. 85-Jerry
Coons Jr[4]; 3. 60X-Dillon
Welch[5]; 4. 51B-Joe B
Miller[7]; 5. 27-Keith Rauch[1];
6. 93-Ryder McCutcheon[8]; 7.
5L-Matt Lux[10]; 8. 7D-Michelle
Decker[3]; 9. 8XL-Christian
Miller[9]; 10. (DNF) 68W-Jake
Andreotti[6]
TRD Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1.
35L-Gaige Weldon[1]; 2.
55I-Briggs Danner[6]; 3. 2H-Nick
Hoffman[3]; 4. 32-Gary
Taylor[5]; 5. 2B-Tanner
Berryhill[8]; 6. 17-John
Barnard[7]; 7. 77A-Preston
Norbury[4]; 8. 7J-Shawn
Jackson[10]; 9. 9B-Brian
Schwabauer[9]; 10. 39H-Sam
Hinds[2]
Creek County Speedway C-Features
(Top 4 advance to the B-Feature)
Creek Co. Speedway C Feature 1
(12 Laps, Top 4 advanced): 1.
25-Blaine Baxter[1]; 2.
50-Daniel Adler[3]; 3. 8M-Kade
Morton[2]; 4. 44X-Bryson
Smith[5]; 5. 23-Jack France[6];
6. 25GP-Dustin Morris[7]; 7.
3V-Jim Vanzant[4]; 8. 14L-Mack
Leopard[15]; 9. 86C-David
Camfield Sr[11]; 10. 3-Gage
Trube[13]; 11. 17K-Cole
Parker[10]; 12. 99-Jan
Evans[14]; 13. 9E-Andy
Eickhoff[9]; 14. 2N-Broddy
Enter[12]; 15. 27G-Steve
Gresham[8]
Creek Co. Speedway C Feature 2
(12 Laps): 1. 9-Emilio
Hoover[2]; 2. 7B-Garrett
Benson[1]; 3. P1-Paul White[9];
4. 11G-Hayden Mabe[3]; 5.
8D-Colin Deming[7]; 6. 57F-Blake
Green[6]; 7. 44J-Corey
Mullins[11]; 8. 8X-Jeff
Schindler[14]; 9. 16K-Billy
Rayburn[12]; 10. (DNF) 68D-Eric
Blumer[4]; 11. (DNF) 56-Bill
Johnson[8]; 12. (DNF) 40J-Dave
Collins Jr[5]; 13. (DNF)
P92-Jimmy Light[13]; 14. (DNF)
5F-Danny Frye III[10]
Ferguson Enterprises B-Features
(Top 4 advance to the A-Feature)
Ferguson Supply B Feature 1 (15
Laps): 1. 2B-Tanner
Berryhill[2]; 2. 3Z-Trey
Zorn[1]; 3. 55D-Nick Drake[3];
4. 93-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 5.
25-Blaine Baxter[13]; 6.
50-Daniel Adler[14]; 7.
31K-Jesse Schlotfeldt[7]; 8.
83-Drake Edwards[9]; 9. 9B-Brian
Schwabauer[12]; 10. 5L-Matt
Lux[6]; 11. 45H-Logan
Prickett[10]; 12. 77A-Preston
Norbury[5]; 13. 44X-Bryson
Smith[16]; 14. 8XL-Christian
Miller[11]; 15. (DNF) 31C-Nathan
Crane[8]; 16. (DNF) 8M-Kade
Morton[15]
Ferguson Supply B Feature 2 (15
Laps): 1. 68W-Jake Andreotti[5];
2. 32A-Alex Sewell[1]; 3.
55K-Todd Kluever[6]; 4. 20H-Noah
Harris[2]; 5. 27-Keith Rauch[4];
6. P1-Paul White[15]; 7. 17-John
Barnard[3]; 8. 80A-Taylor
Courtney[12]; 9. 39H-Sam
Hinds[11]; 10. 7B-Garrett
Benson[14]; 11. 9-Emilio
Hoover[13]; 12. 11G-Hayden
Mabe[16]; 13. 7J-Shawn
Jackson[8]; 14. 7D-Michelle
Decker[7]; 15. 118-Tyler
Hewitt[9]; 16. (DNF) 6B-Brylee
Kilmer[10]
JST Motorsports A-Feature (Top 2
lock into Saturday's A-Main)
JST Motorsports A Feature (30
Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[4]; 2.
55I-Briggs Danner[2]; 3.
71K-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 4.
17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 5.
85-Jerry Coons Jr[5]; 6.
3P-Justin Peck[7]; 7. 9U-Kameron
Key[8]; 8. 98-Tanner Carrick[9];
9. 44K-Jakeb Boxell[10]; 10.
2H-Nick Hoffman[14]; 11. 32-Gary
Taylor[11]; 12. 32T-Trey
Marcham[16]; 13. 3Z-Trey
Zorn[19]; 14. 35L-Gaige
Weldon[12]; 15. 68W-Jake
Andreotti[18]; 16. 60X-Dillon
Welch[6]; 17. 51B-Joe B
Miller[15]; 18. 71G-Zach
Hampton[13]; 19. 93-Ryder
McCutcheon[23]; 20. 32A-Alex
Sewell[20]; 21. 20H-Noah
Harris[24]; 22. 55D-Nick
Drake[21]; 23. 55K-Todd
Kluever[22]; 24. 2B-Tanner
Berryhill[17]
Lap Leader(s): Cannon McIntosh
1-9; Kyle Larson 10-30
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