The 38th annual Chili Bowl is finally kicked off with the opening race of Cummins Qualifying Night on Monday (Jan. 8) at 5 pm ET. The race was held at Tulsa Expo Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a field of 68 entries - one driver securing the victory and two drivers earning a starting spot for Saturday’s main event.
Driving the #35 for car owner Keith Kunz, Tanner Carrick held off the many challenges to win his second career Monday night preliminary feature win. He crossed the finish line by an impressive margin of 0.505 seconds ahead of Shane Golobic. With a P2 finish, Golobic secured his spot for Saturday’s ‘It’s Driller Time’.
Speaking to media about the race, Carrick said (via chilibowl.com):
“It was me just finding the racetrack and getting up where I needed to be. The car was there the whole time. I just made a couple of mistakes the first three or four laps, and I fell back to like fifth and were almost racing for sixth at one point, but once I got to the top and the track cleared up, I just got some momentum going.”
Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Michael Pickens finished third, followed by NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe, and Chris Windom completed the top-five. Cannon McIntosh, Trey Marcham, Joe B. Miller, Nick Hoffman, and Gary Taylor completed the top-10.
2024 Chili Bowl Cummins Qualifying Night race results
Here are the final results for the 2024 Chili Bowl Cummins Qualifying Night race results at Tulsa Expo Raceway:
- 98 - Tanner Carrick
- 17W - Shane Golobic
- 59 - Michael Pickens
- 5 - Chase Briscoe
- 89 - Chris Windom
- 71P - Cannon McIntosh
- 32T - Trey Marcham
- 51B - Joe B. Miller
- 2H - Nick Hoffman
- 32W - Gary Taylor
- 93 - Kyle Bellm
- 19B - Cole Bodine
- 7P - Kris Carroll
- 41X - Howard Moore
- 8 - Alex Sewell
- 27 - Keith Rauch
- 25 - Jacob Denney
- 55T - Trevor Cline
- 75 - Mario Clouser
- 9 - Emilio Hoover
- 25K - Taylor Reimer
- 20G - Noah Gass
- 2W - AJ Hopkins
- 6A - Ricky Lewis
The next round of 2024 Chili Bowl Nationals, the Warren CAT Qualifying Night will kick off on Tuesday (Jan. 9) at 5 pm ET.