Thursday in Tulsa is in the books, so let’s take a quick look at where those preliminary finishers from Thursday will land in Saturday’s famed alphabet soup.

• TO THE A-MAIN (1-2) – Spencer Bayston, Tanner Thorson
• TO THE B-MAINS (3-8) – Chase Johnson, CJ Leary, Brady Bacon, Tim Buckwalter, Ricky Thornton Jr, Karter Sarff
• TO THE C-MAINS (9-14) – Ryan Bernal, Parker Jones, Ashton Torgerson, Matt Westfall, Matt Sherrell, Kyle Spence
• TO THE D-MAINS (15-20) – Gavan Boschele, Caden Sarale, Jeffrey Newell, Lane Goodman, Ethan Mitchell, Landon Crawley
• TO THE E-MAINS (21-24) – Andrew Deal, Eddie Tafoya Jr, Kenney Johnson, Kyle Larson

Spencer Bayston made it back-to-back nights of first-time Chili Bowl preliminary winners on Thursday, dominating all 30 laps to lock-in for his sixth Championship A-Main. The RMS Racing, Sage Fruit No. 1S was untouchable against another choppy cushion inside the Expo, leading every lap and running virtually unchallenged to become the 53rd preliminary winner in event history.

Locking-in along with Bayston was 2022 Golden Driller champ, Tanner Thorson, in his own No. 88. Thorson battled with Ricky Thornton Jr, then Karter Sarff, Chase Johnson, and CJ Leary as the final lock-in spot heated up. Ultimately, Thorson survived and punched his ticket into his 10th consecutive Chili Bowl Championship A-Main - the longest active streak.

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Driving for owner Kyle Beilman, Californian Chase Johnson collected his third preliminary podium - sending him to the front row of Saturday’s B-Main in pursuit of his fourth Chili Bowl Championship A-Main. CJ Leary made it three consecutive top-10 finishes for Alex Bowman Racing with his P4 result. Brady Bacon followed his TKH Motorsports Kameron Key with another top-five for the No. 21H.

Matt Seymour Racing’s Tim Buckwalter ended up P6 to get into Saturday’s B-Main. Ricky Thornton Jr. held the lock-in spot up until the halfway point when Thorson slid by, and RTJ ultimately finished P7. Karter Sarff got the final spot into the B-Main after battling for the lock-in past halfway but faded to P8 after some contact.

All of the Chili Bowl fun continues tonight with Friday’s preliminary taking center stage. If you can’t be here to witness the Tulsa magic yourself, you can watch every lap live all week long on FloRacing.

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