After five nights of preliminary racing at the 2024 Chili Bowl Nationals, 10 drivers have earned guaranteed starting spots for Saturday night's A-Main event. Drivers locked themselves into the Chili Bowl main event by winning or finishing second during their preliminary night. 

The 10 lock-in drivers will compete in a new-look pole shuffle on Saturday night to determine the first 10 starting positions for the 55-lap feature. 

Let's take a look at the 10 drivers who will be guaranteed to take the green flag in the 38th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals. Drivers below are sorted by the results of the pole shuffle draw that was held Friday night. 

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2024 Chili Bowl Locked-In Drivers

Logan Seavey 

The defending Chili Bowl Nationals winner locked himself into Saturday's A-Main by winning the Friday preliminary night feature for the second year in a row. He followed that up by draw the number-one pill in the pole shuffle draw. Seavey will be making his sixth A-Main start at the Chili Bowl. 

Tanner Carrick 

Carrick, driving for Keith Kunz Motorsports, earned a guaranteed spot in Saturday's A-Main by winning the first preliminary feature of the week on Monday night. Carrick drew the number-two pill in the pole shuffle draw on Friday. Carrick will be making his second A-Main start at the Chili Bowl. 

Corey Day 

One of the brightest young stars in dirt racing made a statement on Wednesday by winning his first career preliminary feature. The California young gun will roll off third in Saturday's pole shuffle. Day will be making his first career Chili Bowl A-Main start on Saturday night. 

Buddy Kofoid 

After experiencing bad luck in 2023, Kofoid bounced back by winning the Tuesday preliminary feature and locking into the main event. Kofoid drew pill number four in the pole shuffle as he prepares to make his fourth career Chili Bowl A-Main start. 

Spencer Bayston 

For the first time in his career, Bayston won a Chili Bowl preliminary feature on Thursday night. Bayston drew the worst of the five pills available for the prelim winners and will roll off fifth in the pole shuffle. Bayston will be making his sixth career Chili Bowl A-Main start on Saturday. 

Tanner Thorson 

Thorson, the 2022 Chili Bowl winner, will look to get back to victory lane following a runner-up finish in 2023. He earned a lock-in spot in Saturday's main event by finishing second to Spencer Bayston on Thursday. He'll roll off sixth for the pole shuffle before he makes his record 10th straight Chili Bowl A-Main start. 

Ryan Timms 

Timms was just two laps away from winning Friday's preliminary feature before Seavey stole the win for a second straight year. Still, his runner-up performance was good enough to lock him into Saturday's A-Main. Timms drew seventh in the pole shuffle draw ahead of his second career Chili Bowl A-Main start. 

Shane Golobic 

Golobic was disappointed with a second-place finish on Monday night, but he's locked into the main event for the 11th time in his career. Golobic drew the eighth pill for Saturday's pole shuffle. 

Hank Davis 

The local hero from Oklahoma didn't back up his prelim win from a year ago, but he did lock into the main event for a second straight year following a runner-up finish on Tuesday night. Davis drew number nine during Friday night's pole shuffle draw. 

Jake Swanson 

For the second time in his career, Swanson is locked into Saturday's A-Main following a runner-up finish in Wednesday night's preliminary feature. Swanson will have the toughest road out of the locked-in drivers after drawing the 10th pill in the pole shuffle draw.