2025 Chili Bowl Nationals

How The Chili Bowl Pole Shuffle Will Work

How The Chili Bowl Pole Shuffle Will Work

A pole shuffle format will be used to determine the first 10 starting positions in the Chili Bowl Nationals.

Jan 18, 2025 by Brandon Paul
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A revised format first used in 2024 will be used to determine the first 10 starting positions in Saturday's 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals. The traditional pole shuffle featuring winners and runner-up finishers from preliminary nights has been tweaked compared to the format used prior to 2024. 

This year, instead of drivers racing each other for position on the race track, they will be attempting to run a faster lap than their opponent in each head-to-head matchup. 

On Friday night, the pole shuffle draw was held to determine the lineup for Saturday's pole shuffle. The results from the pole shuffle draw can be viewed below: 

Position

Driver

1

Kyle Larson

2

Landon Brooks

3

Logan Seavey

4

Tanner Thorson

5

Emerson Axsom

6

Gavin Miller

7

Shane Golobic

8

Ryan Bernal

9

Daison Pursley

10

Brenham Crouch

This year's pole shuffle will begin with a matchup of #10 Brenham Crouch vs. #9 Daison Pursley. Each driver will have three laps to record a fast time. The driver with the fastest time in the first matchup will advance to face #8 Ryan Bernal. The loser of that first matchup with start Saturday's A-Main from the 10th position. 

From there, the head-to-head matchups will continue with the winner advancing to face the next highest seed. This will continue until one of the first nine drivers emerges and squares off in a battle for the pole position with #1 Kyle Larson. As a result of pulling the number-one pill, Larson can start no worse than second in the 40-lap feature. 

The remainder of the 24-car starting lineup for Saturday's A-Main will be determined during a pair of B-Mains, with each B-Main sending the top seven finishers to the main event. 

All of Saturday's racing, including the pole shuffle, will be streamed live on FloRacing. If you're not a FloRacing subscriber, click here to sign up today.