(Photo: Aaron Bearden/Motorsports Beat)
By Aaron Bearden
For the past few weeks, the stars of dirt racing have been competing either overseas in international competition, or during indoor events like the Rumble in Fort Wayne and the Tulsa Shootout. But in less than a week the majority of them will flock to the Tulsa Expo Center to kick off the 34th Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
Beginning on Monday, drivers will compete in nightly qualifiers building up toward Saturday’s main race day. The field will then roll through the infamous ‘Alphabet Soup’ qualifying races while building up to the main event – a 55-lap feature containing the top stars from the week.
For those who have attended or watched the Chili Bowl in prior years, the races will be appointment viewing. It’s a crown jewel of dirt racing, and a race this humble writer personally considers to be a gem on the motorsports calendar.
But as the event continues to grow, many new fans are flocking to it. Some want to track their favorite stars from elsewhere – be it three-time winner and future NASCAR Cup Series rookie Christopher Bell and Round of 8 qualifier Kyle Larson or Indianapolis 500 competitors Conor Daly and James Davison. Others have no one in the race, but just want to experience the event dirt fans buzz about each year.
Whether you fit into one of those categories or you’re a returning viewer in need of a refresher or recap of recent changes, here’s everything you need to know heading into the event.
What exactly is the Chili Bowl?
The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is dirt midget racing’s all star race – an event all hope to qualify for, and a few others dare to dream of winning. Beginning in 1987 with sponsor support of the Chili Bowl food company, the annual dirt event has grown to a weeklong war of attrition that pairs the stars of dirt racing against each other for a chance to earn the coveted Golden Driller trophy.
Winners of the race include names like NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart (2007, ’07), World of Outlaws ace Sammy Swindell (1989, ’92, ’96, ’98, ’09), USAC legend and Indy 500 starter Bryan Clauson (2014) and three-time winner Christopher Bell (2017-19), who is seeking a record-tying fourth consecutive triumph this year.
How do I watch it?
The Chili Bowl comprises six days of racing, and for most of it you’ll want to head to Racinboys. The site will stream Monday’s opening night through the D Main on Saturday via pay-per-view. The full six-day package costs $144.99, while each individual day can be had for $29.99 if you’re only interested in watching certain drivers.
Once the time for the main features arrives, you’ll have to turn on MAVTV or Lucas Oil Racing TV. The first is a part of many cable options, while the latter is a subscription service with a $99.99 annual fee. LORTV also offers a $6.99 monthly option, but unfortunately a yearly subscription is required to stream the Chili Bowl.
Cost is the greatest barrier to entry for new fans. If you want to watch the race, I’d suggest getting some friends together for watch parties to help split the costs or picking nights with drivers you know you want to see. If you already have MAVTV, you can at least see the main show without an extra cost.
When does racing start?
Hot laps begin at roughly 4 p.m. CT each weekday, followed by heats at 5 p.m. Racing is planned to wrap up by 10:30 p.m each night.
Saturday’s racing starts with hot laps at 9:30 a.m. CT, followed by the alphabet soup beginning at 10 a.m. Coverage of the main races begins on MAVTV at 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. CT).
How does the Chili Bowl work?
Held at the Tulsa Expo Center in Oklahoma, the Chili Bowl features five nights of qualifying races ahead of a final race-filled feature day.
Qualifying Nights
Each competitor participating in the event will be assigned a qualifying night. Starting on Monday, the group slated to participate will draw a starting position for their heat race.
After a brief period for hot laps, drivers will run the heat races. From that moment on, their participation in the remaining events of the week will be determined by passing points.
Each starting position earns a base amount of points, starting with 100 points for the polesitter and dropping seven points per position. Drivers either earn 12 points for each position they finish above their starting spot or lose 8.5 points for each position they drop below it. (Example: The equation for a third-place starter that finished second would be 86 + 12 = 98 points).
After the heats, the top 40 competitors in passing points will advance to qualifying races. Positions 41-68 will be relegated to a pair of C Main races.
The qualifying races will each consist of 10 of the 40 competitors, with the top six cars in each race being inverted. Once the field has been inverted they’ll run the four qualifiers, and the top 16 cars in combined passing points from the heats and qualifiers will be clinched into the night’s A Main. The remaining 24 cars will be sent to a pair of twin B Mains.
With the night’s fields set, features will begin with the two 12-lap C Main races. The top four finishers will advance to their B Main, with the remaining cars forced to wait until Saturday’s alphabet soup for another chance to compete. The B Mains will be next, running for 15 laps apiece. The top four finishers in each B Main will advance to the A Main, with the others relegated to the alphabet soup.
Once the A Main field is set, the 24-car grid will contest a 30-lap feature with the top two finishers automatically qualifying for Saturday’s A Main and the pole dash.
The rest of the field will find themselves gridded in the alphabet soup, with the race and position growing less favorable as their finishing position drops.
Race Day
Starting early on Saturday morning, the worst of the qualifiers from each week night’s qualifying races will roll onto the track for the deepest main – traditionally an O Main. There will be two of each lettered Main assuming enough cars remaining to fill them.
In each race, a set number of laps will be contested with a certain allotment of top finishers advancing on to the next race – an eligible finisher from the N Main would go on to the M Main, then L Main, and continue on until they’re either eliminated or reach the A Main.
From the O Main to the H Main, each race will be 10 laps with the top six finishers advancing. All other finishers will be eliminated and classified based on their finish in the Main. Starting with the G Mains, only five competitors will advance to the next event, and the Mains will increase to 15 laps in length beginning with the F Main. That will continue until the B Mains, which are 20 laps in length with seven drivers advancing to the night’s main feature.
In all, 24 cars are guaranteed to start the Chili Bowl – 10 spots from top two finishers during preliminary nights, and 14 positions from B Main qualifiers. Two additional provisionals may be given to a Chili Bowl champion and the previous year’s winner of the Vacuworx Invitational Race of Champions – a special 20-lap feature held on Tuesday between champions of the race and elsewhere.
Pole Dash
The starting order of the top 10 will be settled in a pole dash. Preliminary night winners will draw for positions 1-5, with runners up drawing for sixth through 10th.
In a twist from the one-on-one style of previous years, the 2020 top 10 will be set through four races. Drivers drawing positions 7-10 will run in the first race, competing for four laps around the oval. The top two finishers will move on to Race 2.
The second race will be led by drivers drawing fifth and sixth, followed by the top two finishers of the prior race. It will also be four laps, with the top two advancing. They’ll race positions 3-4 in Race 3, and the top two from that will compete with positions 1-2 in Race 4.
The winner of the final four-lap race will be declared the polesitter for the Chili Bowl, with the rest of the top-10 gridded by their results in each race.
Race
Once the 24+-car field has been gridded, they’ll go through driver introductions in the infield. The competitors will then strap into their cars and contest the A Main – a 55-lap feature to crown the champion of the Chili Bowl Nationals.
Who are the favorites to win?
In any other recent year, this would have been an easy question to answer – someone in a Keith Kunz midget, likely Christopher Bell or Kyle Larson.
But this year the question isn’t so simple.
Bell and Larson each proved themselves to be a class above the rest of the field in 2019, and Bell scored three-straight victories for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports from 2017-19. But now Bell and Larson are each heading to Tulsa with new teams this year, leaving Kunz to look elsewhere for success.
Bell has lept to another successful midget team in Tucker-Boat Motorsports, continuing a pairing that first won in POWRi competition in 2019. Larson is going all-in on his own organization, fielding a self-owned No. 1k Kyle Larson Racing entry in the event for the first time. He’s already scored wins for his team over the holiday season, but a debut Chili Bowl triumph would be a statement win and surefire sign of success.
As for Kunz, two-time winner Rico Abreu will lead a fleet of eight drivers that includes promising young stars like Shamrock Classic winner Cannon McIntosh and BC39 victor Zeb Wise. They’ll look to dethrone Bell and keep Kunz’s run of five-straight victories rolling into the 2020s.
Elsewhere other dirt contenders like Tyler Courtney, Justin Grant and Chris Windom promise to provide a fierce challenge for the Golden Driller with other organizations.
What other names might I recognize?
If you’re a NASCAR fan, the only names you’ve likely perked up for thus far are Bell and Larson. But they aren’t alone in representing top-tier American motorsport in the Chili Bowl Nationals.
Fresh off of a surprise run in the Gateway Dirt Nationals, NASCAR Cup Series veteran Ryan Newman is set to give the Chili Bowl a go. He’ll be joined by Hendrick Motorsports competitor Alex Bowman, JTG Daugherty newcomer Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and journeyman JJ Yeley, along with Xfinity Series regulars Justin Allgaier and Chase Briscoe.
NASCAR isn’t the only nationally televised sanctioning body represented this year, though. Three NTT IndyCar Series competitors are set to contest the annual dirt showcase, including two newcomers. Conor Daly is returning for a second Chili Bowl run after his 2019 debut. He’ll be joined by controversial 2019 rookie sensation Santino Ferrucci and James Davison, who also plans to contest the Rolex 24 Hours, Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 among other events with Byrd Racing.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series fans will see 2019 title rivals Donny Schatz and Brad Sweet both compete in the 2020 Chili Bowl, along with Daryn Pittman and 2019 qualifying night winner David Gravel. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series star Tim McCreadie will also be in the field.
For fans of the Earnhardt family, Karsyn Elledge will be making her second Chili Bowl appearance. She’s the daughter of Kelley Earnhardt Miller and granddaughter of the late Dale Earnhardt.
What other stories should I be watching for?
The beauty of the Chili Bowl is that you never truly know what each night will bring.
Every major story could be taken by drivers mentioned above, but more often than not a few surprises spring up along the way. A handful of drivers will be given the joyous opportunity to qualify for the year’s biggest race, while others will be sent home heartbroken throughout the week.
Drivers you probably don’t know will crash early, rally late and hopefully earn a few fans and t-shirt sales along the way. There’s also a chance that a top-tier driver could find themselves mired as deep as the O Main on race day – just ask JJ Yeley, who rallied from the O to the L Main and seemed poised for more before a crash eliminated him from contention last year.
Many fans of the event don’t care for the prestige around it, but a certain subset of people also like to participate in the Chili Bowl Flip Count, keeping track of the number of cars that flip throughout the week’s festivities. Thankfully serious incidents and injuries have proven rare in the event throughout the years.
What are the qualifying night draws?
Monday, January 13
GO-Eddie Martin (Stilwell, OK)
P1-Paul White (Waco, TX)
1B-Anton Hernandez (Arlington, TX)
1NZ-Michael Pickens (Auckland, NZ )
1Z-Chris Roseland (Carter Lake, IA)
2-Ryan Hall (Midlothian, TX)
2B-Tyler Hewitt (Noblesville, IN)
2N-Weston Gorham (Colleyville, TX)
2S-TBA
3F-Tim Barber (Napa, CA)
4S-TBA
5-Chase Briscoe (Mitchell, IN)
5D-Zach Daum (Pocahontas, IL)
5F-Danny Frye III (St. Peters, MO)
5T-Kevin Thomas, Jr. (Cullman, AL)
5X-Tyson Hall (Diana, TX)
7C-Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, IN)
7F-Travis Ashwood (Sapulpa, OK)
7RS-Christopher Larson (Leander, TX)
7S-Kory Schudy (Springfield, MO)
7T-TBA
8-Alex Sewell (Broken Arrow, OK)
8M-Kade Morton (Coweta, OK)
9H-Emilio Hoover (Broken Arrow, OK)
9X-Paul Nienhiser (Chapin, IL)
10J-Jeffrey Newell (Tulsa, OK)
11J-Justin Melton (Flower Mound, TX)
15K-Andrew Carlson (Elk River, MN)
15X-Carson Garrett (Little River, CO)
17D-Ryan Ellis (Ashburn, VA)
17E-Blake Edwards (Coweta, OK)
17X-Kurt Stellhorn (Ellis Grove, IL)
17Z-Zac Moody (Broken Arrow, OK)
18-Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS)
18L-Logan Scherb (Decatur, TX)
18S-Santino Ferrucci (Woodbury, CT)
19N-Nick O’Neal (Wagoner, OK)
20S-Shon Deskins (Waddell, AZ)
22-John Heydenreich (Bloomsburg, PA)
22S-Sean McClelland (Owasso, OK)
27A-AJ Burns (New Castle, OK)
32-Gary Taylor (Snohomish, WA)
32T-Trey Marcham (New Castle, OK)
41-Oliver Akard (Ft. Myers, FL)
44-Ryan Leavitt (Knoxville, IA)
44C-Blake Carrier (Amite, LA)
44D-Evan Turner (Jacksonville, IL)
44X-Wesley Smith (Nixa, MO)
47K-Kevin Brewer (Owasso, OK)
51G-Garet Williamson (Columbia, MO)
51-Curtis Jones (Sand Springs, OK)
56A-Riley Kreisel (Warsaw, MO)
57W-Dustin Golobic (Elk Grove, CA)
67o-Kyle O’Gara (Indianapolis, IN)
71K-Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, OK)
72H-TBA
74-Drew Rader (Findlay, OH)
74M-Adam Pierson (East Corinth, VT)
74S-Slater Helt (Pleasant Hill, MO)
75M-Corey Ballard (Orange, CA)
76E-Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK)
77W-Joe Wirth (Fults, IL)
81-Colten Cottle (Kansas, IL)
84-Gio Scelzi (Fresno, CA)
86C-Dave Camfield, Sr. (Decatur, IL)
91B-Tanner Berryhill (Bixby, OK)
91K-Kevin Bayer (Bixby, OK)
91W-Cody Hays (Wynne, AR)
96-Cody Brewer (Choctaw, OK)
97W-Kaidon Brown (Sydney, NSW)
98B-Joe Boyles (Greenwood, MO)
116-Claud Estes (Godley, TX)
130-Larry Bratti (Springdale, AR)
155-Ryan Truitt (Dewey, OK)
Tuesday, January 14
0G-Gunner Ramey (Sedalia, MO)
00-Rob Yetman (Castleton, NY)
01-Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA)
1J-James Reed (Oklahoma City, OK)
1K-Brayton Lynch (Springfield, IL)
2A-Matt Linder (Braselton, GA)
2BX-Brett Becker (Odessa, TX)
2R-Matt Rossi (Glendale, AZ)
2W-Wyatt Burks (Topeka, KS)
3B-Jessie Barber (Napa, CA)
5B-Bobby Brewer (Cabot, AR)
5H-TBA
5HX-Casey Hicks (Westwood, KS)
5J-Jeff Crook (Garden City, KS)
07W-Mitchel Moles (Fresno, CA)
7K-Kaylee Bryson (Muskogee, OK)
7U-Kyle Jones (Kennedale, TX)
7W-Brendon Wiseley (Sand Springs, OK)
08-Michael Faccinto (Hanford, CA)
8J-Jonathan Beason (Broken Arrow, OK)
8X-Austin Shores (Atoka, OK)
9JR-Derek Hagar (Marion, AR)
9U-Doug McCune (Ft. Worth, TX)
11F-TBA
11K-Gage Rucker (St. Louis, MO)
11T-Larry Petersen (Wahiawa, HI)
14F-Cameron Hagin (Broken Arrow, OK)
14R-Jake Nail (Muskogee, OK)
15W-Jeff Wimmenauer (Greenwood, IN)
17A-Austin Brown (Belleville, IL)
17C-Jeremy Webb (Canterbury, NZ)
17F-Devin Camfield (Decatur, IL)
17L-Rocky Silva (Kapolei, HI)
19A-Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, MO)
20H-Noah Harris (Broken Arrow, OK)
21H-Ty Hulsey (Owasso, OK)
21M-Michelle Parson (Abilene, TX)
22L-Lucas Scherb (Decatur, TX)
23P-Brad Wyatt (Kearney, MO)
23X-Travis Scott (Washington, OK)
27B-Jake Bubak (Arvada, CO)
28Q-Sean Quinn (Clovis, CA)
29-Tyler Thompson (Fulton, NY)
Q32-Peter Paulson (Woodlands, CA)
35C-Tanner Carrick (Lincoln, CA)
42-Hank Davis (Sand Springs, OK)
44S-Brandon Akau (Waianae, HI)
45H-Anothony Pope (Winchester, OR)
46-Kenney Johnson (Bethany, CT)
47M-Frankie Guerrini (San Rafael, CA)
51H-Mike Hess (Riverton, IL)
55D-Nick Drake (Indian Trail, NC)
55X-Alex Bowman (Mt. Ulla, NC)
71-Zeb Wise (Angola, IN)
71G-Damion Gardner (Concord, CA)
71X-Presley Truedson (Kennedy, MN)
73X-Tyler Edwards (Salina, OK)
75-Bryan Stanfill (Bakersfield, CA)
81X-Dillon Welch (Carmel, IN)
84M-Alex DeCamp (Locust Grove, OK)
87X-Nick O’Dell (Mooresville, NC)
91A-Chris Andrews (Sandusky, OH)
98-Ryan Padgett (Anadarko, OK)
99-Larry Wight (Fulton, NY)
117-Jack Dover (Springfield, NE)
118-Scott Evans (Rhome, TX)
Wednesday, January 15
0-Billy VanInwegen (Port Jervis, NY)
1-Sammy Swindell (Germantown, TN)
1P-Holly Porter (Dorchester, ONT)
1R-Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA)
2D-Matt Sherrell (Owasso, OK)
2G-J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ)
2L-Landon Simon (Avon, IN)
2M-Colby Stubblefield (Seagoville, TX)
2T-Keith Martin (Burleson, TX)
3W-Brandon Waelti (Sun Prairie, WI)
4D-Robert Dalby (Anaheim, CA)
4F-Chad Frewaldt (Kansas City, KS)
6-Bill Rose (Plainfield, IN)
6N-Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN)
7-Shannon McQueen (Tehachapi, CA)
7J-Shawn Jackson (Bear, DE)
08K-Karsyn Elledge (Mooresville, NC)
8B-Colin Deming (Hobbs, NM)
8W-Mark Lowrey (Concord, NC)
9-Tim McCreadie (Macedon, NY)
11C-Michael Woodruff (Santana, KS)
11E-Cory Elliott (Bakersfield, CA)
13B-Johnny Brown (Mauriceville, TX)
13G-TBA
13X-TBA
14-Jesse Colwell (Red Bluff, CA)
14E-Jake Neal (Omaha, NE)
14J-Matt Streeter (Galt, CA)
14S-TBA
15A-Harley Hollan (Tulsa, OK)
15F-Kinzer Edwards (Bartlesville, OK)
16C-David Camfield (Monticello, IL)
17K-Michael Koontz (Bloomington, IN)
17T-TBA
18K-Tony Gualda (Fremont, CA)
22C-Charlie Crumpton (Bixby, OK)
22X-Steven Shebester (Mustang, OK)
25C-Chase Johnson (Penngrove, CA)
35X-Tyler Robbins (Collinsville, IL)
40-Eric Wilkens (El Mirage, AZ)
45X-Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, IN)
47-Alex Bright (Collegeville, PA)
50-Daniel Adler (St. Louis, MO)
54G-Trey Gropp (Lincoln, NE)
54W-Matt Westfall (Ludlow Falls, OH)
57D-Daniel Robinson (Ewing, IL)
67J-Chase Jones (Indianapolis, IN)
68-Ronnie Gardner (Riverside, CA)
68C-Corby Scherb (Decatur, TX)
71R-Robby Josset (Costa Mesa, CA)
73T-Jake Swanson (Anaheim, CA)
75X-Mike Griffiths (Melbourne, VIC)
76G-David Gravel (Watertown, CT)
77J-John Klabunde (Ft. Calhoun, NE)
81S-Chad Shields (Independence, MO)
85-Matt Moore (Edmond, OK)
87-Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX)
87W-Ryan Bernal (Hollister, CA)
88N-D.J. Netto (Hanford, CA)
91-Jeff Stasa (Kingman, KS)
91T-Tyler Thomas (Collinsville, OK)
97-Rico Abreu (St. Helena, CA)
97K-Tom Harris (Banbury, OXF)
97X-Austin O’Dell (Rochester, IN)
99K-Robert Carson (Concord, CA)
99R-Brad Bowden (Hernando, MO)
101-Chuck McGillivray (Madison, SD)
Thursday, January 16
0K-Don O’Keefe, Jr. (Pittsboro, IN)
00D-Daniel Sanchez (Averill Park, NY)
1G-Kyle Cummins (Princeton, IN)
1H-Rick Horn (Colony, KS)
1M-Mark Smith (Sunbury, PA)
2C-Seth Carlson (Stafford, CT)
2ND-Dave Darland (Lincoln, IN)
2X-A.J. Fike (Galesburg, IL)
3N-Jake Neuman (New Berlin, IL)
4M-Michelle Decker (Guthrie, OK)
4X-TBA
5G-Ben Worth (Coalinga, CA)
5L-Logan Roberson (Waynesboro, VA)
7A-Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL)
7JR-J.D. Black (Grain Valley, MO)
7MF-Chance Morton (Coweta, OK)
7R-TBA
7X-Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, CA)
08M-Joe B. Miller (Millersville, MO)
9P-Shane Cottle (Kokomo, IN)
10C-Dalton Camfield (Decatur, IL)
11-Cale Conley (Vienna, WV)
11A-Andrew Felker (Carl Junction, MO)
11P-Laydon Pearson (New Castle, OK)
11X-Donovan Peterson (Brookings, SD)
15D-Andrew Deal (Caney, KS)
17B-Ryan Bickett (Romona, SD)
17M-Kala Keliinoi (Waianae, HI)
19B-Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, IN)
21D-Justin Dickerson (Pittsboro, IN)
21K-TBA
Q23-Barrie Valentino (Chandler, QLD)
23S-Kyle Simon (Covington, OH)
24F-Hunter Fischer (Broken Arrow, OK)
25-Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tucson, AZ)
25B-Steve Buckwalter (Royersford, PA)
26-George Willard (Willoughby, OH)
27D-Travis Berryhill (Brownsburg, IN)
27W-Colby Copeland (Roseville, CA)
32D-Casey Shuman (Rattlesnake Bend, AZ)
35L-Cody Ledger (Omaha, NE)
39-Logan Seavey (Sutter, CA)
39B-Cole Bodine (Rossville, IN)
41X-Howard Moore (Memphis, TN)
46X-Jeffrey Champagne (Westfield, MA)
47X-Danny Stratton (Reading, PA)
49-Scott Kreutter (Alden, NY)
51X-Joe Walker (Harrisonville, MO)
52-Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, OK)
52C-Cody Karl (Gulfport, MS)
55V-C.J. Leary (Greenfield, IN)
56D-Mitchell Davis (Auburn, IL)
57-Maria Cofer (Macdoel, CA)
57K-Kevin Studley (Brownsburg, IN)
67-Michael “Buddy” Kofoid (Penngrove, CA)
67K-Holley Hollan (Broken Arrow, OK)
67S-Ryan Smith (Kunkletown, PA)
68B-Blain Peterson (Essex, IA)
71T-Zac Taylor (Green River, WY)
72-Eric Fenton (Jenks, OK)
72X-Jeff Wheeler (Rockwall, TX)
73-Dylan Ito (Thousand Oaks, CA)
76M-Jason McDougal (Broken Arrow, OK)
77U-Chris Urish (Elkhart, IL)
78M-Merle Scherb (Runaway Bay, TX)
84X-Christopher Bell (Norman, OK)
84S-Shaun Shapel (Wichita, KS)
87F-Johnny Kent (Kiefer, OK)
321-Chad Winfrey (Gladstone, MO)
926-Morgan Frewaldt (Tonganoxie, KS)
Friday, January 17
00S-Randy Sterling (Morrisdale, PA)
1NP-Terry Nichols (Delano, CA)
02-Andy Gage (Whiting, IA)
3T-Taylor Peterson (Tulsa, OK)
4-TBA
4A-Justin Grant (Ione, CA)
4C-Kyle Bellm (Nixa, MO)
4R-TBA
5K-Justin Peck (Monrovia, IN)
5o-Timmy Thrash (Gulfport, MS)
7M-Brody Roa (Bueno Park, CA)
08J-Jace McIntosh (Bixby, OK)
8K-Josh Hawkins (Whitehouse, TX)
9K-Kevin Olson (Machesney Park, IL)
10W-Marcus Thomas (Corsicana, TX)
11D-Colton Fisher (Mediapolis, IA)
13A-Austin Yarbrough (Little River, SC)
14H-A.J. Hopkins (Danville, IN)
14X-Jody Rosenboom (Rock Rapids, IA)
15-Donny Schatz (Fargo, ND)
15J-David Prickett (Fresno, CA)
15L-Merril Lamb (Iola, KS)
17R-Alex Schutte (Rohnert Park, CA)
17S-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Olive Branch, MS)
17W-Shane Golobic (Elk Grove, CA)
19-Tanner Thorson (Minden, NV)
19M-Ethan Mitchell (Mooresville, NC)
19U-Pierce Urbanosky (N. Richland Hills, TX)
19X-Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE)
20-Tadd Holliman (Murray, NE)
20C-Conor Daly (Indianapolis, IN)
20G-Noah Gass (Mounds, OK)
21-Daryn Pittman (Owasso, OK)
21F-Austin Langenstein (Charlotte, NC)
22B-Troy Betts (Townsend, DE)
C27-Clint Wilson (Paradise, CA)
27-Tucker Klaasmeyer (Paola, KS)
27Z-Zane Hendricks (Tulsa, OK)
28-Ace McCarthy (Tahlequah, OK)
29A-Timmy Buckwalter (Pottstown, PA)
33J-James Davison (Melbourne, VIC)
35-Ben Schmidt (Howard Grove, WI)
37M-Matt Mitchell (Costa Mesa, CA)
42C-Chris Cochran (McLoud, OK)
47C-TBA
52F-Logan Faucon (Springfield, IL)
57A-Bill Balog (North Pole, AK)
68S-Scott Scherb (Decatur, TX)
68W-Josh Lakatos (Pasadena, CA)
72C-Chris Tarrant (Rockwall, TX)
72J-Sam Johnson (St. Peters, MO)
78-TBA
80-Joe Spillman (Austin, TX)
82-Andrew Layser (Collegeville, PA)
82H-Joshua Hanna (Tyler, TX)
83-Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA)
84Z-Johnny Murdock (St. Louis, MO)
88E-Tim Estenson (Hanford, CA)
88W-Dustin Weland (Parker, CO)
89-Chris Windom (Canton, IL)
92-Josh Most (Red Oak, IA)
93-TBA
93Z-Zachary Patterson (Yukon, OK)
95-Chris Andrews (Tulsa, OK)
95T-Buddy Tubbs (Colorado Springs, CO)
99P-Brandon Long (Wichita Falls, TX)
911-Waylon Weaver (Claremore, OK)
Aaron Bearden
The Owner and CEO of Motorsports Beat, Aaron is a journalist the ventured off on his own after stints with outlets from Speed51 to Frontstretch. A native Hoosier and Ball State alumnus, Aaron's spent his entire life following motorsports. If you don't mind the occasional pun, he can be found on social media at @AaronBearden93.