2022 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Driller Day Favorites And Big Dance Candidates

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Driller Day Favorites And Big Dance Candidates

Take a look at the favorites and big dance candidates for the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.

Jan 15, 2022 by Brandon Paul
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Driller Day Favorites And Big Dance Candidates

The moment we’ve been waiting all week for is here.

We’ve burned through five preliminary nights of racing in the Tulsa Expo Center, and all that remains is a 34-race alphabet soup slate which culminates with the 55-lap Golden Driller duel.

Of the record-breaking 381 car field, only 10 of the most elite competitors are already locked-in for tonight’s championship A-Main. Another 14 positions will be filled through two of the most stacked B-Mains you’ll ever see in your life.

When it comes to the favorites tonight, you must look at prelim winners Tanner Carrick (Mon), Buddy Kofoid (Tues), Rico Abreu (Wed), Christopher Bell (Thur), and Justin Grant (Fri). There’s also the other five lock-in drivers which are no slouches in Tyler Courtney, Kyle Larson, Kevin Thomas Jr, Tanner Thorson, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

They’ll be joined in the big dance by candidates of the B-Mains which include hitters like Wise, Johnson, Windom, Buckwalter, Copeland, Hoffman, Meseraull, Bacon, Sweet, Boyles, Taylor, Bubak, Sherrell, Crum, Leary, Swanson, Hahn, Wiedeman, Gravel, Golobic, McIntosh, McDougal, Faccinto, Bryson, Welch, Randall, Kahne, Boschele, Beason, and plenty more.

The action has already started with double Q-Mains hitting the track at 9am Tulsa Time. The unsung heroes of Chili Bowl won’t go far into the morning, but they’re fulfilling a dream week competing in this bucket list event.

Some of the most notable drivers buried in the soup include Sammy Swindell (N1), Tucker Klaasmeyer (N2), Logan Seavey (F1), Chase Elliott (F1), Ryan Timms (F2), and Tyler Thomas (F2).

From the Q-Mains all the way through the G-Mains, races are 10 laps or 10 minutes (time limit) with the top six finishers transferring on.

From the F-Main to the C-Mains, races are upgraded to 15 laps with the top five transferring. The loaded B-Mains are ran at 20 laps with the top seven moving to the final A-Main.

FloRacing will carry exclusive coverage of the event all day until MAVTV takes over at 7pm for the C-Mains, B-Mains and A-Main.