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(Image Credit: Richard Bales)
Christopher Bell Makes Late
Charge To Victory On Hasty Bake
Qualifying Night
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA,
Okla. (January 15, 2026) A late race caution
turned into a late race charge
for the win, as Oklahoma’s
Christopher Bell rolled the hub
of the Tulsa Expo Raceway to
Victory Lane during Thursday’s
Hasty Bake Qualifying Night at
the 40th annual Chili Bowl
Nationals powered by NOS Energy
Drink.
Already a winner during Monday’s
O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational
Race of Champions, Bell’s
Thursday win is his ninth in JST
Motorsports preliminary
A-Feature competition.
“I didn’t think I was going to
get there,” said Bell when asked
about how hard he had to work
for the win.
“When the yellow came out, I
didn’t know how far away those
guys were, but I really just
didn’t have the pace, and
everyone was really committed to
the top, and I wasn’t able to
keep up, so when the yellow came
out, I knew I was going to have
to do something different.”
Starting the JST Motorsports
A-Feature from eighth, the front
was commanded by Indiana’s C.J.
Leary as Bayston, Bernal, and
Windom all battled NOS livery
for the runner-up spot. Working
into traffic, Leary’s challenger
took the form of Ryan Bernal,
with both wrestling a monster
cushion, with Bernal finally
getting the run for the lead
with seven laps to run. Able to
reclaim the point, the caution
flew before Leary was able to
get back around to complete the
lap.
Caution again with five laps to
run, and Bell up two spots since
the previous restart, the Rheem
No. 21cb was quick to get around
Leary and set sights on Bernal.
Low line to three to go, Bell
pulled up quickly and threw the
slide in the first and second
turns. Breaking Bernal’s
momentum, the Bell shot back to
the hub, and from there, pulled
away by 0.778-seconds.
Battling his way by the NOS
Energy Drink No. 87w, C.J. Leary
punched his ticket into
Saturday’s JST Motorsports
A-Feature for the fifth time in
his career. Bernal settled for
third with Spencer Bayston and
Kyle Cummins completing the top
five.
Thursday’s Hasty Bake Qualifying
Night saw a field of 82 drivers
on hand to bring the week’s
total to 304 through the first
four nights, putting the 381
attendance record in 2022 in
reach of being broken with 85 on
the docket for Friday’s Hard
Rock Hotel Casino, Tulsa
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.)
Hasty Bake Qualifying
Night
Thursday, January 15,
2026
Car Count: 82
Overall Count: 304
JUGO Super Foods Heat Races (Top
40 in passing points advance to
Qualifiers)
JUGO Super Foods Heat 1 (8
Laps): 1. 81F-Frank Flud[1]; 2.
89-Chris Windom[6]; 3. 97P-Ryker
Pace[4]; 4. 23T-Ashton
Thompson[2]; 5. 71B-Braxton
Cummings[5]; 6. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[8]; 7. 77J-John
Klabunde[3]; 8. 57K-Kevin
Studley[10]; 9. 06-Mike
Sullivan[7]; 10. (DNF) 25GS-Eric
Guyot[9]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 2 (8
Laps): 1. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 2.
7-Shannon McQueen[1]; 3.
1M-Dodge Carlbert[2]; 4. 19-Joel
Myers Jr[6]; 5. 23S-Kyle
Simon[5]; 6. 28J-Joe Perry[3];
7. 9K-Jake Johnson[8]; 8.
28B-Brandon Mattox[7]; 9.
23D-Devon Dobie[9]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 3 (8
Laps): 1. 39G-Kyle Cummins[1];
2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 3.
55X-CJ Leary[9]; 4. 55F-Johnny
Kent[8]; 5. 22M-Abby
Hohlbein[2]; 6. 111-Trevor
Serbus[5]; 7. 8L-Cooper
Miller[7]; 8. (DNF) 07-Tim
Kent[6]; 9. (DNF) 53-Sean
Robbins[3]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 4 (8
Laps): 1. 14T-Caden Sarale[4];
2. 87W-Ryan Bernal[6]; 3.
67-Jacob Denney[9]; 4. 21S-Tim
Creech II[2]; 5. 7S-Donnie
Gentry[8]; 6. 20W-Cody
Weisensel[5]; 7. 80H-Josh
Hanna[3]; 8. 35S-Chris
Hartman[1]; 9. (DNF) 1H-Henry
Chambers[7]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 5 (8
Laps): 1. 21CB-Christopher
Bell[1]; 2. 12H-Sam Hafertepe
Jr[3]; 3. 67A-Ashton
Torgerson[8]; 4. 51F-Braden
Chiaramonte[5]; 5. 55T-Trevor
Cline[6]; 6. 98B-Joe Boyles[2];
7. 85J-Logan Julien[7]; 8.
31T-Tommy Colburn[4]; 9. (DNS)
4F-Chad Frewaldt
JUGO Super Foods Heat 6 (8
Laps): 1. 1S-Spencer Bayston[3];
2. 5P-Cameron La Rose[2]; 3.
5-Karter Sarff[6]; 4. 41J-Parker
Jones[5]; 5. 7R-Chance Crum[7];
6. 33R-Cameron Hagin[4]; 7.
C71-Carter Jensrud[8]; 8.
17E-Cody Beard[9]; 9. (DNF)
11P-Jon Padilla[1]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 7 (8
Laps): 1. 27X-Kalib Henry[1]; 2.
8B-Jeffrey Abbey[4]; 3. 91-Jeff
Stasa[3]; 4. 91S-Xavier
Doney[8]; 5. 73-Cole Wakim[6];
6. 20S-Shon Deskins[2]; 7.
30-Matt Johnson[5]; 8. 10-Caleb
Padgett[9]; 9. (DNF) 1V-Alex
Vande Voort[7]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 8 (8
Laps): 1. 11-Jacob Hughes[1]; 2.
47-Danny Stratton[3]; 3.
14F-Brant Woods[4]; 4. 10J-Sam
Henderson[2]; 5. 41W-Brad
Wyatt[5]; 6. 40B-Josh
Bilicki[8]; 7. 51X-Joe
Walker[7]; 8. 5G-PJ Gargiulo[9];
9. 81C-Colten Cottle[6]
JUGO Super Foods Heat 9 (8
Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[4];
2. 15D-Andrew Deal[6]; 3.
57A-Matthew Rechek[9]; 4.
67R-Ryan Roulette[1]; 5.
99K-Robert Carson[7]; 6.
88P-Tony Penick[3]; 7. 21R-Brady
Ransom[5]; 8. (DNF) 3U-Kevin
Newton[8]; 9. (DNF) 44-Danny
Sams III[2]
Toyota Racing Development
Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined
Heat/Qualifier passing points
advance to the A-Feature)
Toyota Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1.
21CB-Christopher Bell[2]; 2.
55X-CJ Leary[6]; 3. 15D-Andrew
Deal[4]; 4. 8B-Jeffrey Abbey[3];
5. 91S-Xavier Doney[1]; 6.
14T-Caden Sarale[5]; 7.
41J-Parker Jones[9]; 8.
7-Shannon McQueen[7]; 9.
7S-Donnie Gentry[8]; 10. 73-Cole
Wakim[10]
Toyota Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1.
67A-Ashton Torgerson[4]; 2.
5-Karter Sarff[3]; 3. 88-Tanner
Thorson[5]; 4. 67-Jacob
Denney[6]; 5. 12H-Sam Hafertepe
Jr[1]; 6. 97P-Ryker Pace[7]; 7.
7R-Chance Crum[9]; 8. 27X-Kalib
Henry[2]; 9. 91-Jeff Stasa[8];
10. 23T-Ashton Thompson[10]
Toyota Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1.
1S-Spencer Bayston[4]; 2.
89-Chris Windom[5]; 3. 81F-Frank
Flud[3]; 4. 47-Danny
Stratton[1]; 5. 14F-Brant
Woods[7]; 6. 11-Jacob Hughes[2];
7. 1M-Dodge Carlbert[8]; 8.
21S-Tim Creech II[10]; 9.
99K-Robert Carson[9]; 10. (DNF)
57A-Matthew Rechek[6]
Toyota Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1.
39G-Kyle Cummins[3]; 2. 87W-Ryan
Bernal[5]; 3. 19-Joel Myers
Jr[7]; 4. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4];
5. 55T-Trevor Cline[9]; 6.
21H-Brady Bacon[6]; 7.
5P-Cameron La Rose[1]; 8.
55F-Johnny Kent[2]; 9. 10J-Sam
Henderson[10]; 10. 51F-Braden
Chiaramonte[8]
Smiley's Racing Products
D-Features (Top 2 advance to the
C-Feature)
Smileys Racing Products D
Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1.
28B-Brandon Mattox[3]; 2. 5G-PJ
Gargiulo[2]; 3. 31T-Tommy
Colburn[6]; 4. 17E-Cody
Beard[1]; 5. 06-Mike
Sullivan[5]; 6. 21R-Brady
Ransom[10]; 7. (DNF) 53-Sean
Robbins[7]; 8. (DNF) 1V-Alex
Vande Voort[8]; 9. (DNF)
80H-Josh Hanna[4]; 10. (DNF)
11P-Jon Padilla[9]; 11. (DNS)
81C-Colten Cottle
Smileys Racing Products D
Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 77J-John
Klabunde[3]; 2. 3U-Kevin
Newton[4]; 3. 30-Matt
Johnson[2]; 4. 10-Caleb
Padgett[1]; 5. 35S-Chris
Hartman[5]; 6. 4F-Chad
Frewaldt[6]; 7. (DNS) 07-Tim
Kent; 8. (DNS) 23D-Devon Dobie;
9. (DNS) 1H-Henry Chambers; 10.
(DNS) 25GS-Eric Guyot; 11. (DNS)
44-Danny Sams III
Creek County Speedway C-Features
(Top 4 advance to the B-Feature)
Creek Co Speedway C Feature 1
(12 Laps): 1. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[1]; 2. 23S-Kyle
Simon[3]; 3. C71-Carter
Jensrud[6]; 4. 20W-Cody
Weisensel[5]; 5. 28B-Brandon
Mattox[11]; 6. 85J-Logan
Julien[10]; 7. 5G-PJ
Gargiulo[12]; 8. 67R-Ryan
Roulette[2]; 9. 20S-Shon
Deskins[9]; 10. 22M-Abby
Hohlbein[4]; 11. 57K-Kevin
Studley[7]; 12. 88P-Tony
Penick[8]
Creek Co Speedway C Feature 2
(12 Laps): 1. 8L-Cooper
Miller[9]; 2. 41W-Brad Wyatt[3];
3. 40B-Josh Bilicki[1]; 4.
71B-Braxton Cummings[2]; 5.
111-Trevor Serbus[4]; 6.
33R-Cameron Hagin[6]; 7. 51X-Joe
Walker[10]; 8. 77J-John
Klabunde[11]; 9. 98B-Joe
Boyles[8]; 10. 9K-Jake
Johnson[5]; 11. 3U-Kevin
Newton[12]; 12. (DNF) 28J-Joe
Perry[7]
Ferguson Enterprises B-Features
(Top 4 advance to the A-Feature)
Ferguson Enterprises B Feature 1
(15 Laps): 1. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[13]; 2. 41J-Parker
Jones[5]; 3. 27X-Kalib Henry[7];
4. 23S-Kyle Simon[14]; 5.
91-Jeff Stasa[10]; 6. 73-Cole
Wakim[12]; 7. 20W-Cody
Weisensel[16]; 8. 97P-Ryker
Pace[4]; 9. 21S-Tim Creech
II[9]; 10. 10J-Sam
Henderson[11]; 11. 7-Shannon
McQueen[8]; 12. 91S-Xavier
Doney[3]; 13. 1M-Dodge
Carlbert[6]; 14. 14T-Caden
Sarale[1]; 15. (DNF) 47-Danny
Stratton[2]; 16. (DNF)
C71-Carter Jensrud[15]
Ferguson Enterprises B Feature 2
(15 Laps): 1. 55T-Trevor
Cline[2]; 2. 14F-Brant Woods[1];
3. 41W-Brad Wyatt[14]; 4.
11-Jacob Hughes[4]; 5. 7R-Chance
Crum[5]; 6. 8L-Cooper
Miller[11]; 7. 5P-Cameron La
Rose[7]; 8. 55F-Johnny Kent[8];
9. 71B-Braxton Cummings[15]; 10.
40B-Josh Bilicki[13]; 11.
57A-Matthew Rechek[6]; 12.
23T-Ashton Thompson[12]; 13.
99K-Robert Carson[10]; 14. (DNF)
12H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 15.
(DNF) 7S-Donnie Gentry[9]; 16.
(DNS) 51F-Braden Chiaramonte
JST Motorsports A-Feature (Top 2
lock into Saturday's A-Main)
JST Motorsports A Feature (30
Laps): 1. 21CB-Christopher
Bell[8]; 2. 55X-CJ Leary[1]; 3.
87W-Ryan Bernal[5]; 4.
1S-Spencer Bayston[3]; 5.
39G-Kyle Cummins[7]; 6.
88-Tanner Thorson[6]; 7.
89-Chris Windom[4]; 8. 5-Karter
Sarff[11]; 9. 67-Jacob
Denney[9]; 10. 67A-Ashton
Torgerson[2]; 11. 2D-Matt
Sherrell[17]; 12. 81F-Frank
Flud[13]; 13. 21H-Brady
Bacon[14]; 14. 55T-Trevor
Cline[16]; 15. 19-Joel Myers
Jr[10]; 16. 20Q-Brecken
Reese[12]; 17. 41J-Parker
Jones[19]; 18. 27X-Kalib
Henry[21]; 19. 8B-Jeffrey
Abbey[15]; 20. 23S-Kyle
Simon[23]; 21. 41W-Brad
Wyatt[20]; 22. 14F-Brant
Woods[18]; 23. 11-Jacob
Hughes[22]; 24. (DNS) 15D-Andrew
Deal
Lap Leader(s): C.J. Leary 1-22;
Ryan Bernal 23-26; Christopher
Bell 27-30
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