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(Image Credit: Richard Bales)
Emerson Axsom Delivers On York
Plumbing Qualifying Night
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 14, 2026) Going back-to-back with
Wednesday York Plumbing and
Mechanical Qualifying Night
wins, Emerson Axsom delivered
big in traffic, as well as
holding off the many challenges
of Daison Pursley.
“I tried to show the good lapped
cars and nose a couple times,
and unfortunately, those guys
wouldn't budge, which is fair
enough; you've got to run your
own race,” stated Axsom of the
race through traffic.
On whether or not he could hear
anyone closing in traffic, Axsom
said, “I had no idea where they
were, but I figured I was
running slow enough that I knew
my pace was really slowed down,
and I didn't really get to leg
it out ever. I knew if there was
a guy behind me hustling, he
would have run me down pretty
easily. I knew my pace was slow,
but I didn't really know where
they were and I just kept my eye
to outside the left side door
making sure.”
Rolling to the lead on Lap 19,
the laps leading up to that were
controlled by Kevin Thomas, Jr.
and Colby Copeland. Slipping
back at the start from the front
row, the Mountain Mechanical
Contractors No. 39 was fourth on
Lap 1. Working back to second on
Lap 6, the NOS No. 27w of
Copeland had already taken over
the lead by that point.
Back to green after a Lap 5
caution, Axsom followed Copeland
into traffic with the California
shoe keeping Axsom at bay before
slipping up on the cushion
through the first and second
turns. Threading between
Copeland and a lapped car, Axsom
held command as the race for
second heated up with Daison
Pursley now in the mix.
Mired in traffic through the
closing laps, Pursley took more
than one look at the lead, but
there was no denying Axsom, who
won by 1.052-seconds to lock
into his fourth Saturday night
JST Motorsports A-Feature in as
many years.
Daison Pursley, in second, will
also take the green in his
fourth championship feature
event. Colby Copeland ended up
third, with Thomas Meseraull in
fourth. Kevin Thomas, Jr. would
end up completing the top five.
Wednesday’s York Plumbing and
Mechanical Qualifying Night
included a field of 74 drivers
to bring the week’s total so far
to 222 drivers in attendance.
The Flip Count over the first
three nights has grown to 21,
with all drivers okay.
Racing continues on Thursday,
January 15, 2026 with Hasty Bake
Qualifying Night with cars on
track at 4:00 P.M. for Hot Laps.
The night’s racing program
begins at 5:00 P.M. (CT).
General Admission is available
at the event.
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.)
York Plumbing Qualifying
Night
Wednesday, January 14,
2026
Car Count: 74
Overall Count: 222
JUGO Super Foods Heat Races (Top
40 in passing points advance to
Qualifiers)
JUGO Super Foods Heat 1 (8
Laps): 1. 41-Corey Day[4]; 2.
8K-KJ Snow[5]; 3. 1R-RJ
Johnson[8]; 4. 76-Chris
Murray[7]; 5. 80M-Steve
Miller[2]; 6. 75H-Hunter
Wilson[1]; 7. 00H-John
Heitzman[6]; 8. 2T-Eli
Geidel[3]; 9. (DNS) 42-Matt Carr
JUGO Super Foods Heat 2 (8
Laps): 1. 22X-Steven
Shebester[1]; 2. 32W-Alex
Bright[2]; 3. 68T-TJ Smith[8];
4. 19F-Chad Davis[4]; 5.
75X-Kaleb Johnson[7]; 6.
5A-Austin Hawkins[3]; 7.
19M-Isaiah Vasquez[5]; 8. (DNF)
7C-Stuart Snyder[9]; 9. (DNF)
7K-Whit Gastineau[6]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 3 (8
Laps): 1. 84UK-Tom Harris[2]; 2.
3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 3. 05-Alex
Midkiff[1]; 4. 31B-Jake
Swanson[5]; 5. 78-Brody Wake[3];
6. 7P-Cap Henry[6]; 7. 19K-Riley
Kreisel[8]; 8. 51T-Cole
Tinsley[7]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 4 (8
Laps): 1. 88A-Austin
Torgerson[2]; 2. 29-Tim
Buckwalter[3]; 3. 5X-Jacob
Dykstra[5]; 4. 75A-Will
Armitage[6]; 5. 7RM-Ryan
Marshall[4]; 6. 44R-Branigan
Roark[7]; 7. (DNF) 1X-Jake
Scott[1]; 8. (DNF) 1-Sammy
Swindell[8]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 5 (8
Laps): 1. 19T-Mitchel Moles[3];
2. 14K-Kevin Thomas Jr[8]; 3.
4B-Chelby Hinton[6]; 4.
12C-Colby Stubblefield[5]; 5.
16C-David Camfield Jr[7]; 6.
77K-Kevin Cook[1]; 7. 32J-Jason
Tessier[4]; 8. (DNF) 3W-Brandon
Waelti[2]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 6 (8
Laps): 1. 7AU-Harry Stewart[1];
2. 71X-Aiden Price[4]; 3.
67K-Colton Robinson[6]; 4.
4KD-Kale Drake[7]; 5. 77B-Bret
Klabunde[2]; 6. 17G-Gage
Rucker[5]; 7. 91J-Jimmy
Sivia[8]; 8. (DNF) 3VZ-Grant
Schaadt[3]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 7 (8
Laps): 1. 27W-Colby Copeland[2];
2. 45B-Bradley Cox[1]; 3.
7X-Thomas Meseraull[8]; 4.
45S-Caleb Stelzig[5]; 5.
121-Cord Kisthardt[3]; 6.
80D-Heath Nestrick[6]; 7.
18C-Sean Cleavland[7]; 8. (DNF)
33W-Rece Wommack[4]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 8 (8
Laps): 1. 39A-Emerson Axsom[4];
2. 25B-Steve Buckwalter[2]; 3.
08-Jeffrey Newell[3]; 4.
71CR-Gunnar Pike[6]; 5.
91X-Danny Wood[5]; 6. 42K-Kevin
Battefeld[8]; 7. 70-Cade
Cowles[1]; 8. 715-Robert Bell[7]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 9 (8
Laps): 1. 86-Daison Pursley[5];
2. 35-Tyler Robbins[1]; 3.
251-Johnny Brown Jr[2]; 4.
40S-Jace Sparks[7]; 5.
32X-Jordan Hermansader[3]; 6.
2F-Casey Friedrichsen[6]; 7.
29R-Ritchie Burcik[8]; 8.
4A-Kermit Burnam Jr[4]
Toyota Racing Development
Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined
Heat/Qualifier passing points
advance to the A-Feature)
Toyota Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1.
14K-Kevin Thomas Jr[6]; 2.
3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 3. 22X-Steven
Shebester[2]; 4. 76-Chris
Murray[1]; 5. 8K-KJ Snow[4]; 6.
25B-Steve Buckwalter[7]; 7.
1R-RJ Johnson[5]; 8. 12C-Colby
Stubblefield[9]; 9. 16C-David
Camfield Jr[10]; 10. 71CR-Gunnar
Pike[8]
Toyota Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1.
4KD-Kale Drake[1]; 2. 7AU-Harry
Stewart[2]; 3. 86-Daison
Pursley[6]; 4. 71X-Aiden
Price[3]; 5. 68T-TJ Smith[5]; 6.
45B-Bradley Cox[7]; 7. 45S-Caleb
Stelzig[9]; 8. 84UK-Tom
Harris[4]; 9. 08-Jeffrey
Newell[8]; 10. 19F-Chad
Davis[10]
Toyota Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1.
29-Tim Buckwalter[2]; 2.
4B-Chelby Hinton[3]; 3.
7X-Thomas Meseraull[5]; 4.
41-Corey Day[6]; 5. 88A-Austin
Torgerson[4]; 6. 40S-Jace
Sparks[1]; 7. 35-Tyler
Robbins[7]; 8. 05-Alex
Midkiff[9]; 9. 251-Johnny Brown
Jr[8]; 10. 42K-Kevin
Battefeld[10]
Toyota Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1.
39A-Emerson Axsom[6]; 2.
27W-Colby Copeland[4]; 3.
19T-Mitchel Moles[5]; 4.
32W-Alex Bright[1]; 5. 31B-Jake
Swanson[8]; 6. 67K-Colton
Robinson[3]; 7. 5X-Jacob
Dykstra[2]; 8. 91X-Danny
Wood[10]; 9. 75X-Kaleb
Johnson[9]; 10. 75A-Will
Armitage[7]
Creek County Speedway C-Features
(Top 4 advance to the B-Feature)
C
Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 78-Brody
Wake[2]; 2. 7P-Cap Henry[5]; 3.
17G-Gage Rucker[7]; 4. 7RM-Ryan
Marshall[1]; 5. 2F-Casey
Friedrichsen[6]; 6. 32X-Jordan
Hermansader[3]; 7. 70-Cade
Cowles[12]; 8. 3VZ-Grant
Schaadt[14]; 9. 91J-Jimmy
Sivia[8]; 10. 75H-Hunter
Wilson[9]; 11. 00H-John
Heitzman[10]; 12. 2T-Eli
Geidel[13]; 13. (DNF) 715-Robert
Bell[11]; 14. (DNF) 80M-Steve
Miller[4]; 15. (DNS) 1-Sammy
Swindell; 16. (DNS) 33W-Rece
Wommack; 17. (DNS) 7K-Whit
Gastineau
C
Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1.
19K-Riley Kreisel[6]; 2.
51T-Cole Tinsley[10]; 3.
44R-Branigan Roark[1]; 4.
3W-Brandon Waelti[14]; 5.
4A-Kermit Burnam Jr[12]; 6.
77K-Kevin Cook[8]; 7.
29R-Ritchie Burcik[11]; 8.
80D-Heath Nestrick[5]; 9.
5A-Austin Hawkins[13]; 10.
77B-Bret Klabunde[4]; 11.
18C-Sean Cleavland[7]; 12.
121-Cord Kisthardt[2]; 13. (DNF)
7C-Stuart Snyder[3]; 14. (DNF)
32J-Jason Tessier[9]; 15. (DNS)
19M-Isaiah Vasquez; 16. (DNS)
1X-Jake Scott; 17. (DNS) 42-Matt
Carr
Ferguson Enterprises B-Features
(Top 4 advance to the A-Feature)
Ferguson Enterprises B Feature 1
(15 Laps): 1. 45B-Bradley
Cox[4]; 2. 88A-Austin
Torgerson[1]; 3. 45S-Caleb
Stelzig[5]; 4. 1R-RJ Johnson[3];
5. 84UK-Tom Harris[6]; 6. 7P-Cap
Henry[14]; 7. 05-Alex
Midkiff[8]; 8. 78-Brody
Wake[13]; 9. 71CR-Gunnar
Pike[11]; 10. 7RM-Ryan
Marshall[16]; 11. 5X-Jacob
Dykstra[7]; 12. 16C-David
Camfield Jr[9]; 13. 17G-Gage
Rucker[15]; 14. 76-Chris
Murray[2]; 15. 251-Johnny Brown
Jr[10]; 16. (DNF) 19F-Chad
Davis[12]
Ferguson Enterprises B Feature 2
(15 Laps): 1. 31B-Jake
Swanson[1]; 2. 32W-Alex
Bright[2]; 3. 67K-Colton
Robinson[4]; 4. 12C-Colby
Stubblefield[7]; 5. 25B-Steve
Buckwalter[3]; 6. 08-Jeffrey
Newell[9]; 7. 19K-Riley
Kreisel[11]; 8. 40S-Jace
Sparks[5]; 9. 91X-Danny Wood[8];
10. 75X-Kaleb Johnson[10]; 11.
35-Tyler Robbins[6]; 12.
51T-Cole Tinsley[14]; 13.
3W-Brandon Waelti[15]; 14.
44R-Branigan Roark[13]; 15.
42K-Kevin Battefeld[12]; 16.
(DNS) 75A-Will Armitage
JST Motorsports A-Feature (Top 2
lock into Saturday's A-Main)
JST Motorsports A Feature (30
Laps): 1. 39A-Emerson Axsom[2];
2. 86-Daison Pursley[3]; 3.
27W-Colby Copeland[4]; 4.
7X-Thomas Meseraull[5]; 5.
14K-Kevin Thomas Jr[1]; 6.
41-Corey Day[7]; 7. 19T-Mitchel
Moles[6]; 8. 29-Tim
Buckwalter[8]; 9. 4B-Chelby
Hinton[10]; 10. 31B-Jake
Swanson[18]; 11. 67K-Colton
Robinson[22]; 12. 45B-Bradley
Cox[17]; 13. 32W-Alex
Bright[20]; 14. 7AU-Harry
Stewart[12]; 15. 45S-Caleb
Stelzig[21]; 16. 4KD-Kale
Drake[11]; 17. 3N-Jake
Neuman[9]; 18. 22X-Steven
Shebester[13]; 19. 88A-Austin
Torgerson[19]; 20. 1R-RJ
Johnson[23]; 21. 8K-KJ Snow[16];
22. 12C-Colby Stubblefield[24];
23. 68T-TJ Smith[14]; 24. (DNF)
71X-Aiden Price[15]
Lap Leader(s): Kevin Thomas, Jr.
1-2; Colby Copeland 3-18;
Emerson Axsom 19-30
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