The Chili Bowl Nationals welcomes 2024 as one of the premier dirt racing events of the year is also one of the first. More than 300 drivers will compete all week long starting on Jan. 8 in hopes of qualifying for the big race on Saturday, Jan. 13.
The 38th Chili Bowl, which comes just a week after the Tulsa Shootout, features hundreds of drivers for a week-long racing showcase. The list of drivers includes last year's champion Logan Seavey, Justin Grant and more.
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The Chili Bowl is also streaming live. Here's how to watch it.
Chili Bowl Nationals 2024 Streaming On FloRacing
The Chili Bowl Nationals is streaming on FloRacing and the FloSports app. Replays of the event, breaking news, and every qualifying racing will be on both platforms.
Chili Bowl Nationals 2024 Schedule
The Chili Bowl Nationals begins on Jan. 7 with practices and the first races are Monday, Jan. 8. FloRacing will be live all six days from the Sagenet Center at the Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Here’s the schedule:
- Monday, Jan. 8: Cummins Qualifying Night
- Tuesday, Jan. 9: Warren CAT Qualifying Night
- Wednesday, Jan. 10: York Plumbing Qualifying Night
- Thursday, Jan. 11: Victory Fuel Qualifying Night
- Friday, Jan. 12: Hard Rock Casino Tulsa Qualifying Night
- Saturday, Jan. 13: It’s Driller Time
Chili Bowl Format
With more than 350 drivers entered for this year's race, there will be five nights of preliminary action to set the stage for Saturday. Drivers will compete in a preliminary night on either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
If you're new to the Chili Bowl, there are two words that you'll need to familiarize yourself with: passing points.
During the five qualifying nights, drivers will be looking to earn maximum passing points during heat races and qualifying races. The more passing points they earn, the better starting position they'll have during their qualifying night A-Main.
Every Chili Bowl Nationals Winner
Here's who has won the Chili Bowl:
- 1987: Rich Vogler
- 1988: Scott Hatton
- 1989: Sammy Swindell
- 1990: John Heydenreich
- 1991: Lealand McSpadden
- 1992: Sammy Swindell
- 1993: Dave Blaney
- 1994: Andy Hillenburg
- 1995: Donnie Beechler
- 1996: Sammy Swindell
- 1997: Billy Boat
- 1998: Sammy Swindell
- 1999: Dan Boorse
- 2000: Cory Kruseman
- 2001: Jay Drake
- 2002: Tony Stewart
- 2003: Dan Boorse
- 2004: Cory Kruseman
- 2005: Tracy Hines
- 2006: Tim McCreadie
- 2007: Tony Stewart
- 2008: Damion Gardner
- 2009: Sammy Swindell
- 2010: Kevin Swindell
- 2011: Kevin Swindell
- 2012: Kevin Swindell
- 2013: Kevin Swindell
- 2014: Bryan Clauson
- 2015: Rico Abreu
- 2016: Rico Abreu
- 2017: Christopher Bell
- 2018: Christopher Bell
- 2019: Christopher Bell
- 2020: Kyle Larson
- 2021: Kyle Larson
- 2022: Tanner Thorson
- 2023: Logan Seavey
Why IsItCalled The Chili Bowl?
The Chili Bowl Nationals were started back in 1987 by Lanny Edwards and Emmett Hahn. The two promoters partnered with “The Chili Bowl Company" owned by the Berryhill family. Edwards and Hahn decided to name the event after the company.
“My father bought into a restaurant on 11th street (in Tulsa),” said Bob Berryhill. “And it was called the Chili Bowl.”
Eventually, the Berryhill family took the Original Chili Bowl restaurant and turned it into a company that sold their chili in grocery stores.
-Rob Blount
How To Watch Every Chili Bowl
With the help of MAVTV and Greg Stephen's Motorsports Video, FloRacing has assembled every championship feature event replay from the inception of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals from 1987 to the present!
Fans can watch all 37 main events from the Chili Bowl Nationals on FloRacing by clicking here.
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