Tanner Thorson dominates Thursday’s Chilean Bowl qualifiers — plus full scores

January 13, 2023 admin 0 Comments extras

Tulsa, Oklahoma. —Putting things into overdrive Saturday night, Tanner Thorson gave notice with an absolutely dominating performance on Thursday’s John Christner Trucks playoff night at the 37th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire.

What looked like a rocky start to his lap night in the OERB Heat Race, Thorson immediately bounced back to win his opening stints from the competition. From sixth to second in Team Toyota’s qualifier, from there, it’s the lights out for the No. 88 Maestro Classic/Bob Hurley RV.

“I thought my preliminary night was over at the start of this heat race. I was just waiting to get hit, and luckily I didn’t and I was able to keep going,” Thorson said at the start of his night.

Working the top of the Tulsa Expo racetrack on all ends, the No. 88 went unchallenged through four cautions, with each caution holding off the leaders from encountering traffic. He slowed for the last time on lap 24, the gap over second grew to 1.376 seconds by the end.

I chased AME Electric No. 19t finished all 30 laps by Emerson Axsom, and was second for the entire race. Battle through several restarts for width position, the point finally moved to fifth, where Brady Bacon, who made a pass on lap 24, started. Tim Bockwalter made it fourth from ninth, with Tanner Carrick rolling from 11th to fifth.

The race, with Bacon in third from the start, brought Sarf out of his groove and he dropped to sixth. Chase Johnson, who finished seventh, was being chased by California’s Ryan Bernal, who came from 17th to eighth. Dominic Jordan and Joe B. Miller rounded out the top ten.

The John Christner Trucking qualifying night featured 72 drivers, bringing the event’s total to 289 drivers for the week.

Presented by General Tire, the 2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals race takes place January 9-14, 2023, atop the mud of the Tulsa Expo Racetrack. The event is being contested under the huge roof of the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Okla.

Chili Bowl Nationals offices are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT). Entrance tickets to this event are sold out and can be purchased for one night or consecutive nights.

Fans unable to attend the 37th Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire will be able to watch every lap live on http://www.floracing.com.

For continuous updates on the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, fans can follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with @CBNationals. All official newspapers, updates, and scores on the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire can be found online at http://www.chilibowl.com.

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results:

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire
Tulsa Expo Racetrack – Tulsa, Okla.
Thursday, January 12, 2023
John Christner’s Qualifying Night

Number of cars: 72
Number of events: 289

OERB Heat Races: The top 40 passing scorers qualify for the playoffs.

OERB Heat 1 (8 laps): 1.40-Max Adams[2]; 2. 3N-Jake Neumann[6]; 3. 29 – Tim Buckwalter[7]; 4. 77W- Joe Wirth[8]; 5. 71T- Keith Rauch[4]; 6. 20H- Noah Harris[9]; 7. 11K – Joey Klemish[5]; 8. 84J- Jesse Chappelle[3]; 9. (DNF) 78M- Merle Sherp[1]

OERB Heat 2 (8 laps): 1.86 Chase Johnson[1]; 2. 2D – Matt Sherrell[6]; 3. 7MF-Chance Morton[3]; 4.1a- Jacob Allen[5]; 5. 4C- Cody Jessup[9]; 6. 17C- Devin Camfield[7]; 7. 14T- Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 8. 45- Kyle Hammer[2]; 9. 2MD- Conner Morell[8]

OERB Heat 3 (8 laps): 1.88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 98B- Joe Boyles[1]; 3. 7M- Shane Cockrum[6]; 4. 55D- Nick Drake[9]; 5. 17K-Garth Kasiner[4]; 6. 91 – Jeff Stassa[8]; 7. 83T Herman Carrier[3]; 8. (DNF) 4M- Brody Foson[5]; 9. (DNF) 55V-CJ Leary[7]

OERB Heat 4 (8 laps): 1.19T-Emerson Axsom[3]; 2. 75 Mario Closer[4]; 3. 22T-Don Droud Jr[2]; 4. 82 – Landon Crowley[7]; 5. 37T-Chet Gehrke[1]; 6. 72X Caden McCreary[5]; 7. 47W- Dylan Westbrook[9]; 8. 27J-Frank Beck III[6]; 9. 21D- Justin Dickerson[8]

OERB Heat 5 (8 laps): 1.58-Dillon Welch[2]; 2. 7G – Gavin Miller[4]; 3. 21H- Brady Bacon[6]; 4. 3B-Zach Blurton[5]; 5. 25B- Steve Buckwalter[7]; 6. 22L- Lucas Sherp[8]; 7. 15C- Carter Chevalier[3]; 8. (DNF) 7- Frankie Guerrini[9]; 9. (DNF) 139- Todd Bertrand[1]

OERB Heat 6 (8 laps): 1. 15D-Andrew Deal[1]; 2. 57R- Daniel Robinson[4]; 3.00 – Anton Hernandez[6]; 4. 87W – Ryan Bernal[7]; 5. 51Z-Zach Boden[2]; 6. 3F- Tim Barber[3]; 7. 15m- Shane Morgan[8]; 8. 5K-Ben Worth[5]; 9. 4R- Ryan Pickett[9]

OERB Heat 7 (8 laps): 1. 51J-RJ Johnson[1]; 2. 98- Tanner Carrick[2]; 3. 21S-Karter Serpent[7]; 4. 51X Joe Walker[3]; 5. 4A- Kyle Stevens[6]; 6. 2G-JJ Yeley[9]; 7. 35L- Cody Ledger[4]; 8. 17X- Jadon Rogers[8]; 9. 33B- Mike Bittner[5]

OERB Heat 8 (8 wraps): 1. 32W-Casey Shuman[1]; 2. 71K – Dominic Jordan[3]; 3. 53R- Sean Robbins[4]; 4. 4-Taylor Ferns[5]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[9]; 6. 93 Kyle Bellem[8]; 7. 10X-Trevor Serbus[6]; 8. 14E Tom Dark[2]; 9. 2E-Whit Gastineau[7]

Toyota Team Qualifier: Top 16 in combined pass points advance to Feature A.

Toyota 1 Qualification (10 laps): 1.71 thousand – Dominic Jordan[1]; 2. 21S-Karter Serpent[5]; 3. 7MF-Chance Morton[8]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[6]; 5. 4C- Cody Jessup[7]; 6. 7M- Shane Cockrum[3]; 7. 55D- Nick Drake[4]; 8. 15D- Andrew Dell[2]; 9. 4-Taylor Ferns[9]; 10. (DNF) 51X – Joe Walker[10]

Toyota Qualifying 2 (10 laps): 1.82 – Landon Crowley[1]; 2. 21H- Brady Bacon[3]; 3. 51J-RJ Johnson[2]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 5. 75 Mario Closer[4]; 6. 2D – Matt Cheryl[6]; 7. 25B- Steve Buckwalter[9]; 8. 22T- Don Drood Jr[8]; 9. 4A- Kyle Stephens[10]; 10. 40 Max Adams[5]

Toyota Qualifying 3 (10 laps): 1.88 – Tanner Thorson[5]; 2. 19T-Emerson Axom[6]; 3. 87W- Ryan Bernal[1]; 4.00 – Anton Hernandez[3]; 5. 32W- Casey Schumann[2]; 6. 7G – Gavin Miller[4]; 7. 1A- Jacob Allen[8]; 8. 20H- Noah Harris[9]; 9. 91- Jeff Stassa[10]; 10. 98B- Joe Boyles[7]

Toyota Qualifier 4 (10 laps): 1.98- Tanner Carrick[1]; 2. 86 Chase Johnson[3]; 3. 77W- Joe Wirth[2]; 4. 29 – Tim Buckwalter[6]; 5. 2G-JJ Yeley[9]; 6.58 – Dillon Welch[5]; 7. 57R- Daniel Robinson[4]; 8. 3B-Zach Blurton[8]; 9. 22L- Lucas Sherp[10]; 10. (DNF) 53R – Shawn Robbins[7]

C-Feature: The top 4 advance to their corresponding B-feature

C 1st advantage (12 laps): 1. 47W-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 2. 17K-Garth Kasiner[2]; 3. 10X-Trevor Serbus[6]; 4. 11K – Joey Klemish[7]; 5. 37T-Chet Gehrke[4]; 6. 35L- Cody Ledger[8]; 7. 2E-Whit Gastineau[15]; 8. 5K-Ben Worth[11]; 9. 15M- Shane Morgan[5]; 10. 15C- Carter Chevalier[9]; 11. 21D- Justin Dickerson[13]; 12. 14E Tom Dark[14]; 13. 27J-Frank Beck III[10]; 14. (DNF) 84J- Jesse Chappelle[12]; 15. (DNF) 93 – Kyle Bellem[1]

C Feature Two (12 laps): 1. 55V-CJ Leary[14]; 2. 17C- Devin Camfield[2]; 3. 72X Caden McCreary[4]; 4. 7-Frankie Guerini[6]; 5. 51Z-Zach Boden[3]; 6. 4R- Ryan Pickett[11]; 7. 71T- Keith Rauch[1]; 8. 4M- Brody Fuson[10]; 9. 14T- Dylan Bloomfield[7]; 10. 45- Kyle Hammer[13]; 11. 139- Todd Bertrand[16]; 12. 2MD- Connor Morell[12]; 13. 3F- Tim Barber[5]; 14. 33B- Mike Bittner[15]; 15. 17X- Jadon Rogers[9]; 16. 83T- Hermann Carrier[8]

Dave.com B Features: Top 4 advance to Feature A.

Dave.com B Feature 1 (15 laps): 1. 87W-Ryan Bernal[1]; 2. 15D- Andrew Dale[7]; 3. 47W- Dylan Westbrook[13]; 4. 40 Max Adams[9]; 5. 7G Company – Gavin Miller[4]; 6. 75 Mario Closer[2]; 7. 25B- Steve Buckwalter[6]; 8. 11K-Joey Klemish[16]; 9. 98B- Joe Boyles[11]; 10. 22T- Don Drood Jr[8]; 11. 4A- Kyle Stevens[10]; 12. 10X-Trevor Serbus[15]; 13. 55D- Nick Drake[5]; 14. (DNS) 17K-Garth Kasiner; 15. (DNS) 53R – Sean Robbins; 16. (DNS) 58-Dillon Welch

Dave.com B Feature 2 (15 laps): 1. 4C-Cody Jessop[1]; 2. 32W- Casey Schumann[3]; 3. 2G-JJ Yeley[2]; 4. 57R- Daniel Robinson[5]; 5. 4-Taylor Ferns[9]; 6. 7M- Shane Cockrum[4]; 7. 72X Caden McCreary[15]; 8. 20H- Noah Harris[7]; 9. 22L- Lucas Sherp[11]; 10.1a- Jacob Allen[6]; 11. 51X- Joe Walker[12]; 12. 7-Frankie Guerini[16]; 13. 17C- Devin Camfield[14]; 14. 91- Jeff Stassa[10]; 15. 3B- Zack Blurton[8]; 16. (DNF) 55V-CJ Leary[13]

A-Feature: The Top 2 advance to Saturday’s A-Feature.

John Christner Trucking A Feature (30 laps): 1.88-Tanner Thorson[1]; 2. 19T-Emerson Axom[2]; 3. 21H- Brady Bacon[5]; 4. 29 – Tim Buckwalter[9]; 5. 98- Tanner Carrick[11]; 6. 21S-Karter Serpent[3]; 7. 86 Chase Johnson[7]; 8. 87W – Ryan Bernal[17]; 9. 71K – Dominic Jordan[6]; 10. 51B- Joe B. Miller[12]; 11. 4C- Cody Jessup[18]; 12. 82- Landon Crowley[10]; 13. 2G-JJ Yeley[22]; 14. 2D- Matt Sherrill[16]; 15. 51J-RJ Johnson[13]; 16.00 Anton Hernandez[15]; 17. 77W- Joe Wirth[14]; 18. 47W- Dylan Westbrook[21]; 19. 7MF- Chance Morton[8]; 20. 40 Max Adams[23]; 21. 57R- Daniel Robinson[24]; 22. (DNF) 32 W. Casey Schumann[20]; 23. (DNF) 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 24. (DNF) 15D – Andrew Dell[19]

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