NASCAR champion Chase Elliott has run his Chili Bowl Nationals debut
Tonight, it’s night three of the famed indoor dirt race. The Chili Bowl Nationals continues under the roof of the Tulsa Expo Center.
View full Chili Bowl Nationals results from Wednesday night below.
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Format: The Chili Bowl Nationals features six straight nights of dirt track racing. The first five nights see a totally different field of drivers. Points are totaled each night to set drivers in their respective alphabet feature by the time we get to Saturday’s finale.
Tonight, it’s a battle of champions. NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott is set for his Chili Bowl debut. Also, it’s the prelim night for World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Brad Sweet.
Elliott was spun in the B Main after he checked up for a car ahead of him. He battled from the back of the field but missed a transfer spot into the main event. Elliott will start in an F main on Saturday.
Other notables includes NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Newman. Making their Chili Bowl debuts tonight are NASCAR Truck Series driver Brett Moffitt and Indycar driver Santino Ferruchi.
Rico Abreu and Alex Bright line up on the front row. 30 more laps of dirt midget racing are up next…
Chili Bowl
Main Event – Report
Green flag, Abreuleads on the bottom into turn one. Robert Dalby and Alex Bright battle side by side for 2nd, Bright holds that spot.
Lap 2, the top 10 run nose to tail around the bottom. The inside is the place to be early.
Lap 5, Abreu gives the cushion a shot but he bails and drops back to the inside.
Lap 9, Sweet slides Swanson for 4th.
Lap 11, Sweet jumps to the cushion and drives by Dalby for 3rd. Sweet is on the move as Abreu checks out.
Lap 15, the cushion is coming in just as the leaders work heavy lap traffic.
Lap 17, Emerson Axsom and Chase Randall tangle and the first caution is out. Randall checked up and Axsom got into the back of him to send him around.
Green, Abreu leads Bright. Sweet has a look on the bottom but he loses ground to 2nd.
Lap 23, Robert Dalby is upside down and the caution is out. Parker Price-Miller slid him but wasn’t clear. Dalby jumps out of the car with his hands in the air.
Green, Abreu leads on the cushion.
Sweet tries to slide Bright but he’s forced to lift. Sweet comes back at him and clears him on the bottom. Bright slides him back to retake 2nd.
They race like hell for 5th on back. At the front, Abreu is gone and he takes the win!
Chili Bowl Nationals Results
Dirt Midget
January 13, 2021
View full Chili Bowl Nationals results from Tulsa, Oklahoma below.
Hot Laps
Combined Practice : 1. Brad Sweet (10.878); 2. Jake Swanson (10.926); 3. Colby Copeland (10.958); 4. Scott Towslee (10.981); 5. Kevin Thomas Jr (11.000); 6. Giovanni Scelzi; 7. Chase Randall; 8. Parker Price-Miller; 9. Brian Carber; 10. Karter Sarff;
11. Chase Elliott; 12. Sammy Swindell; 13. Slater Helt; 14. Landon Simon; 15. Tristin Thomas; 16. Tyler Thomas; 17. Jake Neal; 18. Jake Neuman; 19. Colten Cottle; 20. Travis Berryhill;
21. Steven Shebester; 22. Rico Abreu; 23. Jeb Sessums; 24. Logan Scherb; 25. Kameron Kay; 26. Shon Deskins; 27. Daniel Robinson; 28. Taylor Reimer; 29. Austin O’Dell; 30. Brandon Waelti;
31. Emerson Axsom; 32. Tyler Slay; 33. Jeff Stasa; 34. Santino Ferrucci; 35. Tryo Rutherford; 36. Shawn Mahaffey; 37. Alex Bright; 38. Ryan Newman; 39. Cade Cowles; 40. Cody Lampe;
41. Tyler Robbins; 42. Randy Sterling; 43. Joe Weaver; 44. Chase Howard; 45. John Klabunde; 46. Cameron Hagin; 47. Robert Carson; 48. AJ Hopkins; 49. KJ Snow; 50. Robert Dalby;
51. Brett Moffitt; 52. David Raquenio; 53. Cody Karl; 54. Kala Kelilnoi; 55. Jarred Warhurst; 56. Max Adams; 57. Jesse Shapel; 58. Ricky McNamar; 59. Kaeden Cornell; 60. Zack Morgan; 61. Shawn Jackson; 62. Blake Carrier;
Heat Races
Note: Top 16 in combined Heat Race and Qualifier Passing Points advance to the A-Feature.
Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. Emerson Axsom; 2. AJ Hopkins; 3. Cameron Hagin; 4. Jeff Stasa; 5. Cade Cowles; 6. Logan Scherb; 7. Jarrad Warhurst; 8. Kala Keliinoi;
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. Parker Price-Miller; 2. Sammy Swindell; 3. Jake Swanson; 4. Jeb Sessums; 5. Travis Berryhill; 6. Shawn Jackson; 7. John Klabunde; 8. Kaeden Cornell;
Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1. Brandon Waelti; 2. Steven Shebester; 3. Brad Sweet; 4. Colby Copeland; 5. Karter Sarff; 6. Tyler Robbins; 7. Jake Neal; 8. Cody Lampe;
Heat 4 (8 Laps) : 1. Jake Neuman; 2. Shon Deskins; 3. Chase Randall; 4. Tristin Thomas; 5. Brian Carber; 6. Slater Helt; 7. Scott Towslee; 8. Tyler Slay (DNS);
Heat 5 (8 Laps) : 1. Tyler Thomas; 2. Brett Moffitt; 3. Landon Simon; 4. Chase Elliott; 5. Shawn Mahaffey; 6. Santino Ferrucci; 7. Blake Carrier (DNS); 8. Ricky McNamer (DNS);
Heat 6 (8 Laps) : 1. Kevin Thomas Jr; 2. Giovanni Scelzi; 3. Robert Dalby; 4. Colten Cottle; 5. Taylor Reimer; 6. KJ Snow; 7. Joe Weaver; 8. Zack Morgan;
Heat 7 (8 Laps) : 1. Rico Abreu; 2. Daniel Robinson; 3. Randy Sterling; 4. Jesse Shapel; 5. Cody Karl; 6. Robert Carson; 7. Austin O’Dell;
Heat 8 (8 Laps) : 1. Alex Bright; 2. Max Adams; 3. Kameron Key; 4. Chase Howard; 5. David Raquenio; 6. Ryan Newman; 7. Tyro Rutherford; 8. Chase Howard; 9. Zack Morgan;
Qualifying Races
Qualifier 1 (10 Laps) : 1. Giovanni Scelzi; 2. Rico Abreu; 3. Chase Randall; 4. Kameron Key; 5. Brandon Waelti; 6. Jeff Stasa; 7. Chase Elliott; 8. Taylor Reimer; 9. David Raquenio; 10. Chase Howard;
Qualifier 2 (10 Laps) : 1. Colby Copeland; 2. Alex Bright; 3. Steven Shebester; 4. Emerson Axsom; 5. Tyler Thomas; 6. Colten Cottle; 7. Travis Berryhill; 8. Jeb Sessums; 9. Cade Cowles; 10. Randy Sterling;
Qualifier 3 (10 Laps) : 1. Parker Price-Miller; 2. Daniel Robinson; 3. Jake Swanson; 4. Sammy Swindell; 5. Landon Simon; 6. Shawn Mahaffey; 7. Brett Moffitt; 8. AJ Hopkins; 9. Karter Sarff; 10. Tristin Thomas;
Qualifier 4 (10 Laps) : 1. Robert Dalby; 2. Brad Sweet; 3. Jake Neuman; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr; 5. Brian Carber; 6. Shon Deskins; 7. Max Adams; 8. Cameron Hagin; 9. Cody Karl; 10. Jesse Shapel;
C Mains
C Main 1 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Shawn Jackson; 2. Ryan Newman; 3. Slater Helt; 4. Logan Scherb; 5. Jarrad Warhurst; 6. KJ Snow; 7. Kaeden Cornell; 8. Scott Towslee; 9. Zack Morgan; 10. Joe Weaver; 11. Tyler Slay;
C Main 2 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Jake Neal; 2. Santino Ferrucci; 3. Tryo Rutherford; 4. John Klabunde; 5. Austin O’Dell; 6. Kala Keliinoi; 7. Blake Carrier; 8. Robert Carson; 9. Tyler Robbins; 10. Cody Lampe; 11. Ricky McNamar (DNS);
B Mains
B Main 1 (15 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Sammy Swindell; 2. Brian Carber; 3. Max Adams; 4. Jeff Stasa; 5. Cameron Hagin; 6. Tristin Thomas; 7. Shawn Mahaffey; 8. Ryan Newman; 9. Travis Berryhill; 10. Taylor Reimer; 11. Logan Scherb; 12. Slater Helt; 13. David Raquenio; 14. Shawn Jackson; 15. Karter Sarff; 16. Cody Karl (DNS);
B Main 2 (15 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Steven Shebester; 2. AJ Hopkins; 3. Colten Cottle; 4. Brett Moffitt; 5. Shon Deskins; 6. Landon Simon; 7. Jake Neal; 8. Chase Elliott; 9. Jeb Sessums; 10. Santino Ferrucci; 11. Tryo Rutherford; 12. John Klabunde; 13. Randy Sterling; 14. Jesse Shapel; 15. Chase Howard; 16.
Chili Bowl Nationals
January 13, 2021
Main Event
30 Laps
Pos | Driver
1. Rico Abreu
2. Alex Bright
3. Brad Sweet
4. Jake Neuman
5. Colby Copeland
6. Kevin Thomas Jr
7. Jake Swansom
8. Daniel Robinson
9. Parker Price-Miller
10. Giovanni Scelzi
11. Sammy Swindell
12.Brian Carber
13. Brandon Waelti
14. Emerson Axsom
15. Tyler Thomas
16. Colten Cottle
17. Steven Shebester
18. Brett Moffitt
19. Max Adams
20. Jeff Stasa
21. Robert Dalby
22. Chase Randall
23. Kameron Key
24. AJ Hopkins
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