TULSA, Okla. — Kyle Larson begins his quest for a third-straight Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals victory during Warren CAT Qualifying Night Tuesday at Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Larson, who has seven Chili Bowl preliminary night feature wins, will go for his eighth aboard his Kyle Larson Racing No. 01. The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion will have plenty of competition along the way.
Reigning USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series champion Buddy Kofoid will attempt to earn his first qualifying feature triumph with Keith Kunz Motorsports.
World of Outlaws star Donny Schatz returns to the Chili Bowl in an entry fielded by Spike Chassis owner Mark Cooper and Mike Curb of Curb/Agajanian Racing. Tim McCreadie, the surprise winner of the 2006 Chili Bowl and the reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion, is also among the Tuesday entries. He’ll drive for Daugherty Motorsports.
Chris Windom will wheel the No. 89 midget from Chad Boat’s CB Industries stable, Zeb Wise represents the Matt Wood Racing squad and Thomas Meseraull will pilot an RMS Racing entry. Jonathan Beason, who swept the midget portion of the Gateway Dirt Nationals, will be aboard a Cantor Motorsports entry.
Other notable entrants on Tuesday include Derek Hagar, Hunter Schuerenberg, Jake Swanson, Zach Daum, Roger Crockett, Travis Braden, Alex Bright, Briggs Danner, Sam Hafertpe Jr., Mike Hess and Jake Neuman.
Chili Bowl Warren CAT Night Entry List
No. 01 – Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, Calif.)
No. 1K – Brayton Lynch (Springfield, Ill.)
No. 2MD – Gray Leadbetter (Morganton, N.C.) – Rookie
No. 2ND – Jeb Sessums (Burleson, Texas)
No. 2T – Tanner Allen (Springville, Iowa)
No. 3 – Roy Larkin (Tulsa, Okla.)
No. 3L – Jesse Little (Sherrills Ford, N.C.) – Rookie
No. 3N – Jake Neuman (New Berlin, Ill.)
No. 3W – Brandon Waelti (Sun Prairie, Wis.)
No. 4G – Paxton Gregory (Poplar Grove, Ark.) – Rookie
No. 4J – Josh Hodge (Brownsburg, Ind.) – Rookie
No. 4R – Nick Barger (Madison, S.D.) – Rookie
No. 4S – A.J. Gilbert (Tonganoxie, Kan.)
No. 4X – Carson Sousa (Red Bluff, Calif.)
No. 5A – Keoni Texeira (Honolulu, Hawaii)
No. 5B – Bobby Brewer (Cabot, Ark.)
No. 5X – Kevin Douglas (Madison, Wis.) – Rookie
No. 06 – Rylan Gray (Greenfield, Ind.) – Rookie
No. 6A – A.J. Bender (San Diego, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 7DK – Darren Kauffman (Waynesboro, Pa.)
No. 7MF – Chance Morton (Coweta, Okla.)
No. 7T – T.J. Smith (Fresno, Calif.)
No. 7TX – Anthony Pope (Roseburg, Ore.)
No. 7U – Kyle Jones – (Kennedale, Texas)
No. 7W – Brendon Wiseley (Sand Springs, Okla.)
No. 7X – Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, Calif.)
No. 8J – Jonathan Beason (Broken Arrow, Okla.)
No. 8W – Kaleb Montgomery (Templeton, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 9T – Tim McCreadie (Watertown, N.Y.)
No. 10 – Kort Morgan (Muskogee, Okla.) – Rookie
No. 11H – Jori Hughes (Redondo Beach, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 11K – David Gasper (Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 11M – Jeff Schindler (Evansville, Ind.) – Rookie
No. 11T – Tyler Baran (Joliet, Ill.) – Rookie
No. 14H – Mike Hess (Riverton, Ill.)
No. 15 – Donny Schatz (Fargo, N.D.)
No. 15H – Sam Hafertepe Jr. (Sunnyvale, Texas)
No. 17C – Devin Camfield (Decatur, Ill.)
No. 17J – Frank Beck (Sarasota, Fla.) – Rookie
No. 17K – Michael Koontz (Bloomington, Ind.)
No. 17R – Chris Crowder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Rookie
No. 19B – Alex Bright (Collegeville, Pa.)
No. 19K – Riley Kreisel (Warsaw, Mo.)
No. 21B – Travis Braden (Wheeling, W.Va.) – Rookie
No. 21G – Casey Tillman (Kuna, Idaho) – Rookie
No. 21M – Michelle Parson (Abilene, Texas)
No. 22B – Troy Betts (Neward, Del.)
No. 22J – Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.) – Rookie
No. 22W – Curtis Jones (Tulsa, Okla.)
No. 27 – Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) – Rookie
No. 27B – Jake Bubak (Arvada, Colo.)
No. 29S – Hank Davis (Sand Springs, Okla.)
No. 34C – Cameron Willhite (Peyton, Colo.) – Rookie
No. 40 – Colton Hardy (Phoenix, Ariz.)
No. 41X – Howard Moore (Memphis, Tenn.)
No. 45X – Roger Crockett (Broken Arrow, Okla.)
No. 47 – Zach Daum (Pocahontas, Ill.)
No. 54 – Matt Westfall (Pleasant Hill, Ohio)
No. 55A – Jake Swanson (Anaheim, Calif.)
No. 67 – Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, Calif.)
No. 68B – Jason Martin (Lincoln, Neb.)
No. 68C – Jimmy Gardner (Denison, Texas) – Rookie
No. 71 – Steven Snyder Jr. (Rising Sun, Md.) – Rookie
No. 71K – Kaylee Bryson (Muskogee, Okla.)
No. 71T – Zac Taylor (Green River, Wyo.)
No. 73H – Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, Mo.)
No. 75A – Bryan Stanfill (Brownsburg, Ind.)
No. 84S – Shaun Shapel (Wichita, Kan.)
No. 89 – Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.)
No. 91A – Chris Andrews (Huron, Ohio)
No. 92 – Derek Hagar (Marion, Ark.)
No. 96 – Cody Brewer (Choctaw, Okla.)
No. 97A – Will Armitage (Athens, Ill.) – Rookie
No. 97W – Zeb Wise (Angola, Ind.)
No. 251 – Johnny Brown Jr. (Mauriceville, Texas)