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Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 18, 2025) Leading start to finish through Saturday’s 39th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink, Kyle Larson parked in Victory Lane for the third time in his career in the Paul Silva owned HendrickCars.com/FloRacing No. 1k.
“We had a great car. Paul Silva has been working really hard on the Midget the last three years, and for as bad as we were in 2022 with the same car, to come away with a Chili Bowl win feels great, especially with how difficult Monday was,” said Larson.
Getting the point over Landon Brooks to start the 40-lap feature, the Matt Wood Racing No. 57w, making his first feature starter, had to contend with Daison Pursley. Taking second on Lap 13, Pursley and Larson were quick to find traffic, with Larson’s night nearly ending as a pair of slower cars came together. Over the front of Brenham Crouch, Larson somehow kept rolling.
“Being at the back of the pack, they can be impatient, and they came together and stopped right in front of me and had to ramp over his left front, and it stalled midair, so when I landed, I was like, please, please refire, and it did,” said Larson of the near race-ending moment.
Running every line, and at times the wall to keep pace over Pursley, the pair again had slower traffic bring the fight for the lead into view, while Pursley continued to be stalked by Landon Brooks.
Back to green after a late race caution as a front stretch banner became torn and pulled on the track right as Larson slipped and climbed the wall, the final dash to the finish saw Larson and Pursley all over the cushion, with the CB Industries No. 86 making one final charge, but not able to overtake as Larson captured the win by 0.365-seconds.
Making the run from eight, Shane Golobic made it to third in the closing laps, with ninth-starting Ryan Bernal following to fourth. Landon Brooks completed the top five.
The 39th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink saw 377 competing entries out of 392 entries received. Saturday’s A-Feature has seven first-time starters. The driver making the biggest run through the alphabet was Montana’s Joe Perry who races six times from the N-Feature to the I-Feature. Jonathan Beason made the biggest charge into the A-Feature with a run from a Creek County Speedway C-Feature. Saturday started with the P-Features. The week included 134 overall races.
The 40th annual Chil Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink happens January 12-17, 2026, at the SageNet Center at Expo Square. Ticket renewals begin the first Wednesday in March. Information will be sent and emailed to ticket holders. New Orders begin at the same time.
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RACE RESULTS:
39th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink
Tulsa Expo Raceway (Tulsa, Okla.)
Saturday, January 18, 2025
A-Feature:
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 1K-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 86-Daison Pursley[3]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[8]; 4. 87W-Ryan Bernal[9]; 5. 57W-Landon Brooks[2]; 6. 71-Michael Kofoid[14]; 7. 39-Logan Seavey[4]; 8. 97-Gavin Miller[7]; 9. 68K-Emerson Axsom[6]; 10. 71W-Christopher Bell[12]; 11. 41-Corey Day[15]; 12. 29S-Hank Davis[16]; 13. 29-Tim Buckwalter[22]; 14. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[21]; 15. 23C-Tyler Courtney[17]; 16. 81F-Frank Flud[23]; 17. 67W-Jacob Denney[18]; 18. 87-Justin Grant[19]; 19. 1C-Brenham Crouch[10]; 20. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[11]; 21. 56E-Tyler Edwards[24]; 22. (DNF) 97K-Kale Drake[13]; 23. (DNF) 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 24. (DNF) 8J-Jonathan Beason[20]
Lap Leader: Kyle Larson 1-40
Hard Charger: Tim Buckwalter +9
Bryan Hulbert | Chili Bowl Nationals | Photo: Brendon Bauman
