January 13, 2026 | By Bryan Hulbert

Larson tops Chili Bowl 2nd Opinion Auto Center opening night

TULSA, Okla.—Taking over as the winningest driver in preliminary night competition, defending Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink champion, Kyle Larson, rolled fourth to first for his ninth career preliminary night win during Monday’s 2nd Opinion Auto Center Qualifying Night.

In a four-way tie for the record with Rico Abreu, Christopher Bell, and Sammy Swindell all having eight wins going into Monday’s JST Motorsports A-Feature, Larson railed the top of the Tulsa Expo Raceway from the start.

“Thought it was pretty similar track prep before the Race of Champions. I thought the bottom would live a little bit longer than it did in the Race of Champions, which it did. I was just surprised they didn’t move up in front of me until they caught traffic,” commented Larson. “Just worked out in my favor. Track position is really important when you have four or five good guys up front, and it’s who can get the lead the quickest.”

Chasing Cannon McIntosh through the opening circuits, Larson cut the gap to a half-second on Lap 9 and carried that momentum to the point on the next revolution.

Caution on Lap 18 as the battle at the front began to tighten in traffic, Larson had a great restart with Danner in a fight for second before the Velocita Caution flew again for debris a lap later. A better start for McIntosh, who pulled next to Larson in the first and second turns, the HendrickCars.com No. 1k was to good off the cushion, leaving McIntosh to deal with Briggs Danner, who worked to second with ten to go.

Chasing with everything he could throw at it, Danner closed the gap on Larson to a few car lengths in the final few laps. Trying to set up for a last lap swing for the lead, there was no getting by Larson, who won by 0.505-seconds to lock into his 13th championship feature event.

Danner, into his second Saturday A-Feature, was trailed by Cannon McIntosh, who locks into a Ferguson Enterprises B-Feature on Saturday. Shane Golobic and Jerry Coons, Jr. completed the top five.

Monday’s 2nd Opinion Auto Center Qualifying Night had 69 drivers check in. The Flip Count reached four with all drivers ok. Monday also included the O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race of Champions, which was topped by Christopher Bell.

Racing continues on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, with cars on track at 4:00 P.M. for Hot Laps. The night’s racing program begins at 5:00 P.M. (CT). Reserved Seats are available at the event, with General Admission sold each day.

The 40th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink takes place January 12-17, 2026, under the giant roof of the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Okla. Fans unable to attend the Chili Bowl Nationals can watch every lap live at http://www.floracing.com.

For continued updates on the Chili Bowl Nationals, fans can follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with @CBNationals. All official press, updates, and results on the Chili Bowl Nationals can be found online at http://www.chilibowl.com.


RACE RESULTS:

40th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS
Tulsa Expo Raceway (Tulsa, Okla.)

2nd Opinion Auto Center Qualifying Night

Monday, January 12, 2026

Car Count: 69

JUGO Super Foods Heat Races (Top 40 in passing points advance to Qualifiers)

JUGO Super Foods Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 27-Keith Rauch[2]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[4]; 4. 9B-Brian Schwabauer[3]; 5. 25-Blaine Baxter[5]; 6. 50-Daniel Adler[7]; 7. 56-Bill Johnson[6]; 8. 44J-Corey Mullins[8]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn[4]; 2. 39H-Sam Hinds[3]; 3. 20H-Noah Harris[5]; 4. 32A-Alex Sewell[8]; 5. 5L-Matt Lux[6]; 6. 11G-Hayden Mabe[7]; 7. 16K-Billy Rayburn[1]; 8. 99-Jan Evans[2]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[6]; 2. 55K-Todd Kluever[1]; 3. 55D-Nick Drake[3]; 4. 83-Drake Edwards[4]; 5. 2B-Tanner Berryhill[7]; 6. 57F-Blake Green[2]; 7. P1-Paul White[5]; 8. 2N-Broddy Enter[8]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 60X-Dillon Welch[3]; 2. 71G-Zach Hampton[5]; 3. 77A-Preston Norbury[6]; 4. 3P-Justin Peck[8]; 5. 68D-Eric Blumer[1]; 6. 23-Jack France[4]; 7. 8D-Colin Deming[7]; 8. 8X-Jeff Schindler[2]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 32T-Trey Marcham[1]; 2. 55I-Briggs Danner[7]; 3. 93-Ryder McCutcheon[2]; 4. 80A-Taylor Courtney[3]; 5. 118-Tyler Hewitt[8]; 6. 44X-Bryson Smith[5]; 7. 9E-Andy Eickhoff[6]; 8. (DNF) P92-Jimmy Light[4]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Gary Taylor[3]; 2. 68W-Jake Andreotti[8]; 3. 1K-Kyle Larson[6]; 4. 44K-Jakeb Boxell[7]; 5. 9-Emilio Hoover[4]; 6. 40J-Dave Collins Jr[5]; 7. 86C-David Camfield Sr[1]; 8. (DNF) 3-Gage Trube[2]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 9U-Kameron Key[6]; 2. 31K-Jesse Schlotfeldt[1]; 3. 17-John Barnard[7]; 4. 8XL-Christian Miller[4]; 5. 7B-Garrett Benson[5]; 6. 25GP-Dustin Morris[2]; 7. 5F-Danny Frye III[3]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 2. 35L-Gaige Weldon[2]; 3. 45H-Logan Prickett[6]; 4. 7J-Shawn Jackson[1]; 5. 8M-Kade Morton[5]; 6. 3V-Jim Vanzant[7]; 7. (DNF) 17K-Cole Parker[3]

JUGO Super Foods Heat 9 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Tanner Carrick[2]; 2. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[4]; 3. 7D-Michelle Decker[6]; 4. 6B-Brylee Kilmer[3]; 5. 31C-Nathan Crane[7]; 6. 27G-Steve Gresham[1]; 7. (DNF) 14L-Mack Leopard[5]


Toyota Racing Development Qualifiers (Top 16 in combined Heat/Qualifier passing points advance to the A-Feature)

TRD Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[3]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[6]; 3. 32T-Trey Marcham[2]; 4. 71G-Zach Hampton[4]; 5. 20H-Noah Harris[1]; 6. 3Z-Trey Zorn[5]; 7. 55K-Todd Kluever[7]; 8. 31C-Nathan Crane[9]; 9. 118-Tyler Hewitt[8]; 10. 80A-Taylor Courtney[10]

TRD Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 44K-Jakeb Boxell[1]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[5]; 3. 98-Tanner Carrick[4]; 4. 32A-Alex Sewell[2]; 5. 9U-Kameron Key[6]; 6. 55D-Nick Drake[8]; 7. 31K-Jesse Schlotfeldt[7]; 8. 83-Drake Edwards[9]; 9. 6B-Brylee Kilmer[10]; 10. 45H-Logan Prickett[3]

TRD Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 3P-Justin Peck[2]; 2. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[4]; 3. 60X-Dillon Welch[5]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 5. 27-Keith Rauch[1]; 6. 93-Ryder McCutcheon[8]; 7. 5L-Matt Lux[10]; 8. 7D-Michelle Decker[3]; 9. 8XL-Christian Miller[9]; 10. (DNF) 68W-Jake Andreotti[6]

TRD Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 35L-Gaige Weldon[1]; 2. 55I-Briggs Danner[6]; 3. 2H-Nick Hoffman[3]; 4. 32-Gary Taylor[5]; 5. 2B-Tanner Berryhill[8]; 6. 17-John Barnard[7]; 7. 77A-Preston Norbury[4]; 8. 7J-Shawn Jackson[10]; 9. 9B-Brian Schwabauer[9]; 10. 39H-Sam Hinds[2]


Creek County Speedway C-Features (Top 4 advance to the B-Feature)

Creek Co. Speedway C Feature 1 (12 Laps, Top 4 advanced): 1. 25-Blaine Baxter[1]; 2. 50-Daniel Adler[3]; 3. 8M-Kade Morton[2]; 4. 44X-Bryson Smith[5]; 5. 23-Jack France[6]; 6. 25GP-Dustin Morris[7]; 7. 3V-Jim Vanzant[4]; 8. 14L-Mack Leopard[15]; 9. 86C-David Camfield Sr[11]; 10. 3-Gage Trube[13]; 11. 17K-Cole Parker[10]; 12. 99-Jan Evans[14]; 13. 9E-Andy Eickhoff[9]; 14. 2N-Broddy Enter[12]; 15. 27G-Steve Gresham[8]

Creek Co. Speedway C Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 9-Emilio Hoover[2]; 2. 7B-Garrett Benson[1]; 3. P1-Paul White[9]; 4. 11G-Hayden Mabe[3]; 5. 8D-Colin Deming[7]; 6. 57F-Blake Green[6]; 7. 44J-Corey Mullins[11]; 8. 8X-Jeff Schindler[14]; 9. 16K-Billy Rayburn[12]; 10. (DNF) 68D-Eric Blumer[4]; 11. (DNF) 56-Bill Johnson[8]; 12. (DNF) 40J-Dave Collins Jr[5]; 13. (DNF) P92-Jimmy Light[13]; 14. (DNF) 5F-Danny Frye III[10]


Ferguson Enterprises B-Features (Top 4 advance to the A-Feature)

Ferguson Supply B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2B-Tanner Berryhill[2]; 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn[1]; 3. 55D-Nick Drake[3]; 4. 93-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 5. 25-Blaine Baxter[13]; 6. 50-Daniel Adler[14]; 7. 31K-Jesse Schlotfeldt[7]; 8. 83-Drake Edwards[9]; 9. 9B-Brian Schwabauer[12]; 10. 5L-Matt Lux[6]; 11. 45H-Logan Prickett[10]; 12. 77A-Preston Norbury[5]; 13. 44X-Bryson Smith[16]; 14. 8XL-Christian Miller[11]; 15. (DNF) 31C-Nathan Crane[8]; 16. (DNF) 8M-Kade Morton[15]

Ferguson Supply B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 68W-Jake Andreotti[5]; 2. 32A-Alex Sewell[1]; 3. 55K-Todd Kluever[6]; 4. 20H-Noah Harris[2]; 5. 27-Keith Rauch[4]; 6. P1-Paul White[15]; 7. 17-John Barnard[3]; 8. 80A-Taylor Courtney[12]; 9. 39H-Sam Hinds[11]; 10. 7B-Garrett Benson[14]; 11. 9-Emilio Hoover[13]; 12. 11G-Hayden Mabe[16]; 13. 7J-Shawn Jackson[8]; 14. 7D-Michelle Decker[7]; 15. 118-Tyler Hewitt[9]; 16. (DNF) 6B-Brylee Kilmer[10]


JST Motorsports A-Feature (Top 2 lock into Saturday's A-Main)

JST Motorsports A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 55I-Briggs Danner[2]; 3. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 5. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[5]; 6. 3P-Justin Peck[7]; 7. 9U-Kameron Key[8]; 8. 98-Tanner Carrick[9]; 9. 44K-Jakeb Boxell[10]; 10. 2H-Nick Hoffman[14]; 11. 32-Gary Taylor[11]; 12. 32T-Trey Marcham[16]; 13. 3Z-Trey Zorn[19]; 14. 35L-Gaige Weldon[12]; 15. 68W-Jake Andreotti[18]; 16. 60X-Dillon Welch[6]; 17. 51B-Joe B Miller[15]; 18. 71G-Zach Hampton[13]; 19. 93-Ryder McCutcheon[23]; 20. 32A-Alex Sewell[20]; 21. 20H-Noah Harris[24]; 22. 55D-Nick Drake[21]; 23. 55K-Todd Kluever[22]; 24. 2B-Tanner Berryhill[17]

Lap Leader(s): Cannon McIntosh 1-9; Kyle Larson 10-30