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The Chili Bowl Nationals is a prestigious midget car race that's considered the "Super Bowl of midget racing". It is one of the biggest motorsports events of the year. The Chili Bowl Nationals is held in January at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This season will see quite a few big name NASCAR drivers along with Kyle Larson.
Here we take a look at five big names who will be in action in the Chili Bowl Nationals 2025.
#5. Ty Gibbs
Ty Gibbs competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the #54 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing and owns the #54 Toyota GR Supra in the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series. The 22-year-old made headlines by winning the 2022 Xfinity Series in his rookie season. Impressively, he had seven wins that year.
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Ty Gibbs will be making his debut in the Chilli Bowl Nationals in the #81 CB Industries car. He will be gearing up to win the Nationals just like he did in his rookie year in the Xfinity Series.
#4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., born on October 2, 1987 in Memphis, Tennessee races for Hyak Motorsports in the #47 Chevrolet ZL1. He is known for winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series back to back (2011 and 2012) when he was racing for the Roush Fenway Racing. The driver's most high-profile victory came in 2023 when he won the Daytona 500.
The Memphis native has experience in the indoor midget car race. He boasts 18 appearances in the Chilli Bowl Nationals with a career best finish of seventh which he achieved in 2021. He will be hoping for an improved finish in the 2025 season with his #86X CB Industries car.
#3. Christopher Bell
The driver of the #20 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell has established himself as a competitive driver in the Cup Series. He is the winner of the 2017 Truck Series championship with five wins in the season. His standout moment came in 2022 when he won two must-win playoff races (at Charlotte Roval and Martinsville Speedway) which secured his spot in the Championship 4.
Bell is the most accomplished racer on this list with three wins in Chilli Bowl Nationals (2017, 2018, 2019) and has the most wins for a Toyota Racing driver in national midget car racing. In the upcoming event, he will be driving the #71W for Keith Kunz Motorsports-Curb Agajanian Performance group and will be hoping to add to the tally.
#2. Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch, known as 'Rowdy' to motorsports enthusiasts, was born on May 2nd, 1985 in Las Vegas. Busch drives the #8 Chevrolet ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and boasts an impressive two NASCAR Cup Series championship (2015 and 2019). He holds multiple records in Cup Series including the most all-time wins in the top three NASCAR Series with 231.
Busch, just like Ty Gibbs, will be making his debut in the Chilli Bowl Nationals. He will be hoping that his experience in NASCAR will elevate him to another historic achievement in the upcoming championship. He will be driving the #51k for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
#1. Kyle Larson
Kyle Larson or "Yung Money" to his fans, drives the #5 Chevrolet ZL 1 for Hendrick Motorsports and was born on July 31, 1992 in Elk Grove, California. Larson won the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series with one of the most dominant performances in recent history of the sport, with 10 race wins, which is also the most in a single season since 2007.
The 32-year-old has already won the Chilli Bowl Nationals twice (2020 and 2021, back to back) and will be hoping to add on to his legacy with another championship win in the upcoming season.
He will be making his 17th attempt at the Chili Bowl with the #1K for Silva Motorsports. It will be his first attempt after the 2022 season where his hopes of making the Saturday finale were ended by a flip on the preliminary night.
