Despite the red-hot action on-track during Saturday’s 55-lap finale to the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, there was one notable name in the pit area who struggled to crack a smile at the entertainment.
Rarely in recent years have B-Main transfers had a shot to contend for the win in the 55-lap Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals finale, but don’t tell that to California’s Ryan Bernal.
While Christopher Bell claimed his second consecutive Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals victory, there were plenty of thrills during an entire day of racing through the alphabet, with racing beginning before lunch at the Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Defending Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals winner Christopher Bell knows two things for certain going into General Tire Championship Day on Saturday: he doesn’t need his provisional and he’s guaranteed a front row starting spot.
Hudson O’Neal wasn’t all smiles just because he made his preliminary night A-Main as a Chili Bowl rookie on Thursday.
Thursday’s Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals qualifying program saw two drivers turn their early struggles into the most improbable alphabet soup runs of the week, as both Tanner Thorson and Michael Pickens came all the way from their D-Mains to make the A on John Christner Trucking Night.