One of the biggest names at the Chili Bowl Nationals will not be in action this evening. “T-Mez” Thomas Meseraull is skipping his D-Main this evening due to the birth of his daughter earlier this morning.

Random Tire Samples have been collected throughout the 39th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink and sent for testing. Results returned so far have confirmed that two samples did not conform to benchmark.

Chili Bowl officials are cracking down on tire doping this week inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa. Officials and competitors alike have voiced concerns about the issue, making tire doping the hottest topic of the week.

Have you ever wondered how the Chili Bowl Nationals got its name? After all, what does a midget race inside a building in Tulsa, Oklahoma have to do with chili? Believe it or not, it really did start with a bowl of chili.

The 39th annual Chili Bowl Nationals helps kickoff the racing slate in 2025 as the racing in Tulsa, Okla., from Jan. 13 to 18.

The Chili Bowl Nationals may feature Midget cars, but there’s nothing small about the annual event, which regularly brings more than 300 drivers to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a week of high-speed racing at the Tulsa Expo Raceway inside the SageNet Center at Expo Square.

Hendrick Motorsports could have its next, young superstar in place.

The 2025 edition of Chili Bowl Nationals is expected to be seven or eight times bigger than the inaugural event in 1987.

With the 2025 edition of Chili Bowl Nationals now here, it’s important to remember all of the amazing moments and victories over the past four decades that have helped the race become one of the season’s most anticipated events.

Over the last four decades, Chili Bowl Nationals has continued to attract a diverse field of entries that typically reaches well beyond just the world of Midget cars.

Last Saturday night during the broadcast of the Tulsa Shootout, event promoter Emmett Hahn announced that four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon would be back inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma to serve as the Grand Marshal for the 39th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals.

When you bring an event with the prestige and storied history of Chili Bowl Nationals to an iconic venue like Tulsa Expo Raceway inside the SageNet Center at Expo Square, the competition is intense, and the atmosphere is electric.

The storied history of Chili Bowl Nationals spans nearly four decades, and the host venue definitely is as notable as the race itself.

The Winged A-class ran eight Qualifiers on Friday inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Tulsa Shootout to help set the lineups for the A and B-mains for Saturday. The results can be found below.

The Winged Outlaw class ran eight Qualifiers on Friday inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Tulsa Shootout to help set the lineups for the A and B-mains for Saturday. The results can be found below.