TULSA, Okla. — A pair of Chili Bowl champions headline the list of drivers slated to compete during Wednesday’s Hard Rock Qualifying Night inside the Tulsa Expo Center.
Rico Abreu, a two-time Chili Bowl winner with six Wednesday preliminary feature victories, returns aboard the No. 97 Keith Kunz Motorsports entry. He dominated the 30-lap Wednesday preliminary feature last year, leading every lap and winning by more than three seconds.
He’s joined Wednesday by five-time Chili Bowl champion Sammy Swindell, who will once again be aboard the No. 1 Swindell Speedlab entry. He’ll be attempting to qualify for the Saturday main event after falling short last year.
Another marquee name on the Chili Bowl entry list Wednesday is three-time and defending World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Brad Sweet, who will pilot the No. 1r fielded by RMS Racing and Rusty Kunz.
USAC star Kevin Thomas Jr. will likely be among the contenders in the Timms-Alexander No. 5t, as will Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series champion Blake Hahn, who will pilot his own No. 52.
Ryan Timms, who is making his Chili Bowl debut at 15 years old, could be among the contenders. The winner in USAC, POWRi and Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series competition last year will be apart of Chad Boat’s CB Industries stable.
Other notable entries include All Star Circuit of Champions regular Justin Peck, Chili Bowl fan favorite Jason McDougal, winged sprint car regular Parker Price-Miller, Pennsylvania sprint car competitor Anthony Macri and USAC National Sprint Car and Midget winner Tyler Thomas.
A number of eye-catching rookies are also entered Wednesday, including veteran Australian sprint car driver Brooke Tatnell, Keith Kunz Motorsports driver Jonathan Shafer, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series star Carson Hocevar, Clauson Marshall Racing’s Corey Day and CB Industries’ driver Dominic Gorden.
Chili Bowl Hard Rock Qualifying Night Entry List
No. 0G – Glenn Styres (Ohswekan, Ontario)
No. 1 – Sammy Swindell (Germantown, Tenn.)
No. 1EM – Tanner Ridge (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – Rookie
No. 1G – Justin Peck (Monrovia, Ind.)
No. 1N – Ryan Padgett (Anadarko, Okla.)
No. 1R – Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, Calif.)
No. M1 – Colby Stubblefield (Seagoville, Texas)
No. 2C – J.R. Ewing (Phillipsburg, Kan.) – Rookie
No. 2U – Slater Helt (Harrisonville, Mo.)
No. 2W – Tony Bruce Jr. (Liberal, Kan.)
No. 3T – Taylor Peterson (Tulsa, Okla.)
No. 4B – Jason McDougal (Broken Arrow, Okla.)
No. 4D – Robert Dalby (Anaheim, Calif.)
No. 4F – Chad Frewaldt (Kansas City, Kan.)
No. 5C – Chase Howard (Nesbit, Miss.)
No. 5LK – Jordan Kinser (Bedford, Ind.) – Rookie
No. 5T – Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Ala.)
No. 7 – Shannon McQueen (Tehachapi, Calif.)
No. 7E – Jarrad Warhurst (Joshua, Texas)
No. 7M – Brody Roa (Buena Park, Calif.)
No. 8K – Jake Neal (Omaha, Neb.)
No. 8X – Thomas Esberg (Kelseyville, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 9M – Ricky Montgomery (Knoxville, Iowa) – Rookie
No. 11C – Mike Woodruff (Satanta, Kan.)
No. 11Z – Jeremy Kerzman (Grey Eagle, Minn.) – Rookie
No. 14E – Dillon Osborne (Corona, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 15C – Cater Chevalier (Andover, Minn.) – Rookie
No. 15Z – Jeff Zelinski (Joliet, Ill.) – Rookie
No. 16C – David Camfield Jr. (Decatur, Ill.)
No. 17 – Tanner Berryhill (Bixby, Okla.)
No. 17H – Harli White (Lindsay, Okla.)
No. 17L – Cody Trammell (Bloomington, Ind.) – Rookie
No. 19 – Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, Ind.)
No. 19A – Chase Randall (Waco, Texas)
No. 20C – C.J. Sarna (Brea, Calif.)
No. 21K – Caleb Saiz (Albuquerque, N.M.) – Rookie
No. 21P – Daylin Perreira (Hilo, Hawaii) – Rookie
No. 21S – Karter Sarff (Mason City, Ill.)
No. 21T – Tommy Kunsman (Bethlehem, Pa.)
No. 22C – Charlie Crumpton (Bixby, Okla.)
No. 22G – Troy Morris III (Bakersfield, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 22L – Lucas Scherb (Decatur, Texas)
No. 22X – Steven Shebester (Mustang, Okla.)
No. 25K – Taylor Reimer (Tulsa, Okla.)
No. 25V – Billy VanInwegen Jr. (Port Jervis, N.Y.)
No. 26C – Chance Crum (Snohomish, Wash.)
No. 27W – Colby Copeland (Roseville, Calif.)
No. 29K – Brian Harvey (Blanchard, Okla.)
No. 31X – Carson Hocevar (Portage, Mich.) – Rookie
No. 35R – Tyler Robbins (Collinsville, Ill.)
No. 36 – Kevin Reed (Laredo, Texas)
No. 42 – Garth Kasiner (Bokoshe, Okla.) – Rookie
No. 44 – Eric Wilkins (El Mirage, Ariz.)
No. 45J – Shon Deskins (Waddell, Ariz.)
No. 46X – Jacob Perry (Pawcatuck, Conn.) – Rookie
No. 47M – Jake Hagopian (Fresno, Calif.)
No. 47Z – Corey Day (Clovis, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 50 – Daniel Adler (St. Louis, Mo.)
No. 50K – Patrick Kop (Kaluia, Hawaii)
No. 51 – R.J. Johnson (Laveen, Ariz.)
No. 52 – Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, Okla.)
No. 55D – Nick Drake (Indian Trail, N.C.)
No. 55K – Todd Kluever (Sun Prairie, Wis.)
No. 56X – Mark Chisholm (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
No. 57W – Kaidon Brown (Sydney, Australia)
No. 67K – Jonathan Shafer (Ashland, Ohio) – Rookie
No. 70 – Cade Cowles (Bixby, Okla.)
No. 71J – Jeff Wheeler (Rockwall, Texas)
No. 72W – Tye Wilke (Detroit Lakes, Minn.)
No. 73B – Robby Josett (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
No. 75 – Mario Clouser (Chatham, Ill.)
No. 75T – Tyler Ros (Lincoln University, Pa.) – Rookie
No. 75U – Brooke Tatnell (San Souci, Australia) – Rookie
No. 77J – John Klabunde (Ft. Calhoun, Neb.)
No. 77S – Travis Berryhill (American Canyon, Calif.)
No. 77W – Joey Wirth (Waterloo, Ill.)
No. 79S – Landon Simon (Indianapolis, Ind.)
No. 83 – Dominic Gorden (Clovis, Calif.) – Rookie
No. 85T – Ryan Timms (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – Rookie
No. 91T – Tyler Thomas (Collinsville, Okla.)
No. 91X – Danny Wood (Norman, Okla.) – Rookie
No. 97 – Rick Abreu (St. Helena, Calif.)
No. 99 – Anthony Macri (Dillsburg, Pa.)
No. 99K – Robert Carson (Concord, Calif.)