The Chili Bowl Nationals revealed its first list of entries for January’s running of the prestige midget event at the Tulsa Expo Raceway.
On the list that will be continually updated is former Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion Ricky Thornton Jr. Thornton will be racing for Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports in the 19R.
According to Brian Walker of Walkapedia the original 101 entries already included 23 previous A-Main starters and 18 rookies.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. 🤩
The first batch of @CBNationals entries is live with the list continually updated at https://t.co/nvW8c6nCDq
Included in the original 101 entries is:
𝟮𝟯 Championship A-Main starters (𝗔)
𝟭𝟴 Rookie of the Year contenders *𝗥* pic.twitter.com/fWI9B2TSxE— 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 (@Walkapedia_) November 19, 2025
The Chili Bowl Nationals also revealed in a blog post that the list includes drivers from 82 cities, 20 states, and four countries (USA, AUS, NL, NZ).
The current list of drivers includes:
- Dodge Carlbert
- Justin Zimmerman
- Grant Schaadt
- Casey Friedrichsen
- Gage Trube
- Darin Naida
- Jake Neuman
- Gunnar Setser
- Jason McDougal
- Jett Yantis
- Michael Faccinto
- Ethan Mitchell
- Shannon McQueen
- Michelle Decker
- Parker Perry
- Kyle Jones
- Chase Randall
- Thomas Meseraull
- Zoe Pearce
- Emilio Hoover
- Brian Schwabuer
- Kameron Key
- Jordan Knight
- Andrew Felker
- Kris Carroll
- Kevin Thomas Jr.
- Wout Hoffmans
- Cole Vanderheiden
- John Barnard
- Austin Wood
- Drake Cardey
- Shane Golobic
- Zach Wigal
- Hayden Reinbold
- Daltyn England
- Ricky Thornton Jr.
- Mitchell Moles
- Tadd Holliman
- Daryn Pittman
- Justin Dickerson
- Steven Shebester
- Kyle Simon
- Corbin Rueschenberg
- Steve Gresham
- Kalib Henry
- Colby Copeland
- Brandon Mattox
- Joe Perry
- Tim Buckwalter
- Hank Davis
- Matt Johnson
- Alex Sewell
- Jason Tessier
- Max Adams
- Josh Bilicki
- Jace Sparks
- John Murdie
- Kevin Battefeld
- Danny Sams III
- Jakeb Boxell
- Branigan Roark
- Bradley Cox
- Daniel Adler
- Joe B. Miller
- Braden Chiaramonte
- Cole Tinsley
- Blake Hahn
- Matt Westfall
- Seth Shebester
- Ryan Bowers
- Briggs Danner
- C.J. Leary
- Bill Johnson
- Kevin Studley
- Landon Brooks
- Dillon Welch
- Ben Covich
- Broedy Graham
- TJ Smith
- Jake Andreotti
- Tye Wilke
- Mario Clouser
- Will Armitage
- Kaleb Johnson
- Preston Norbury
- Dayton Shelton
- Frank Flud
- Logan Julien
- Ryan Bernal
- Tony Penick
- Jeff Stasa
- Kevin Bayer
- Danny Wood
- Hayden Wise
- Chris Andrews
- Brandon Lewis
- Ryker Pace
- Tyler Hewitt
There are 10 cars registered that have not announced who will be driving them yet.
Walker believes based on previous years that there will be more than 300 entries in total. It’s quite likely that there will definitely be more than 350. The last year where there were less than 350 cars was in 2021 when there were 309 entries. However, since then it hit a record high of 381 in 2022. In 2023 and 2024 there were 365 entries and this past January where there were 377.
Worth noting the @CBNationals has cleared 300+ entries for 11 consecutive years now with the all-time mark at 381 in 2022.
326 in 2015
335 in 2016
365 in 2017
345 in 2018
350 in 2019
343 in 2020
309 in 2021
*381 in 2022*
365 in 2023
365 in 2024
377 in 2025— 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 (@Walkapedia_) November 19, 2025
The list is expected to expand rapidly as the entry fee will increase from $150 to $200 beginning on December 6th. Additionally, more owners and teams will register once teams wrap up the USAC NOS energy Midget National Championship dates that are taking place through the end of the month out in California.
The Chili Bowl Nationals begins on January 12th and runs the entire week until Saturday, January 17th where a champion will be crowned and a Golden Driller handed out.
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