All-Time Chili Bowl Nationals Past Winners List: Tanner Thorson 1st time 2022 Bowl champions.
The Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car racing event held annually. It takes place on a 1/4 mile dirt track at the Tulsa Expo Center in January, two weeks after Christmas.
NASCAR calls it the "biggest Midget race of the year". It is nicknamed the "Super Bowl of midget racing".
The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals race was organized by "Santa" mean Emmett Hahn and Lanny Edwards since the first Chili Bowl race has been held in 1987 & 1st Winner is Rich Vogler.
The week-long event boasts five days of practice and qualifying events to set the 24-car field for the main event
Leading start to finish through Saturday’s 39th annual Chil 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.
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.
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Leading start to finish through Saturday’s 39th annual Chil 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.
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.
Full List of Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Winners, Past champions By Year 1978-2026.
The A-Main feature is a 55 lap event (the A-main was previously a 50 lap event but was changed in 2012, in honor of fallen driver Donnie Ray Crawford).
Drivers with multiple wins include five-time winner Sammy Swindell, Sammy's son Kevin Swindell with four wins, three-time winner Christopher Bell, and two-time winners Dan Boorse, Tony Stewart, Cory Kruseman and Rico Abreu.
The winning driver wins a trophy dubbed the "Golden Driller" after the 76-foot (23 m) statue outside the building.
A complete Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Past Winners-Champions List by Year Since 1987-2025.
Year - Driver (Owner)
2025 - Kyle Larson (Paul Silva)
2024 - Logan Seavey (Kevin & Jordan Swindell/Curb/Bertrand)
2023 - Logan Seavey (Kevin & Jordan Swindell/Curb/Bertrand)
2022 - Tanner Thorson (Andy Reinbold)
2021 - Kyle Larson (Kyle Larson Openwheel)
2020 - Kyle Larson (Kyle Larson Openwheel, LLC-Mike Larson)
2019 - Christopher Bell (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian)
2018 - Christopher Bell (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian)
2017 - Christopher Bell (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian)
2016 - Rico Abreu (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian)
2015 - Rico Abreu (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian)
2014 - Bryan Clauson (Joe Dooling/Rusty Kunz/Curb Records)
2013 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records)
2012 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records)
2011 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records)
2010 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records)
2009 - Sammy Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records)
2008 - Damion Gardner (Jason Leffler)
2007 - Tony Stewart (Tony Stewart Motorsports)
2006 - Tim McCreadie (Steve Smith)
2005 - Tracy Hines (Wilke - Pak)
2004 - Cory Kruseman (Andy Bondio)
2003 - Dan Boorse (Dan Boorse)
2002 - Tony Stewart (Keith Kunz)
2001 - Jay Drake (Keith Kunz)
2000 - Cory Kruseman (Andy Bondio)
1999 - Dan Boorse (Dan Boorse)
1998 - Sammy Swindell (Pete Willoughby)
1997 - Billy Boat (John Lawson)
1996 - Sammy Swindell (Rusty Kunz / Jay McKinnie)
1995 - Donnie Beechler (Zarounian Motorsports)
1994 - Andy Hillenburg (Keith Kunz / Rusty Kunz)
1993 - Dave Blaney (Ralph Potter)
1992 - Sammy Swindell (Dave Ellis)
1991 - Lealand McSpadden (Andy Bondio)
1990 - John Heydenreich (Tony Finley)
1989 - Sammy Swindell (Jack Runyon)
1988 - Scott Hatton (Jerry Hatton)
1987 - Rich Vogler (Bob Lowe)
O’Reilly Auto Parts Race of Champions: Christopher Bell (2025, 2021, 2020), Logan Seavey (2024), Spencer Bayston (2023), Justin Grant (2022), Tanner Thorson (2019 and 2016), Chad Boat (2018), Kyle Larson (2017 and 2014), Sammy Swindell (2015, 2012, 2011, 2009), Kevin Swindell (2013), Brad Loyet (2010)
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