TULSA, Okla. — Getting the lead and never looking back, California’s Logan Seavey sailed the Swindell SpeedLab No. 39 to victory during Friday’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa Qualifying Night at the 37th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire.
“It’s even more special to do it with Kevin [Swindell]. He’s obviously one of the best to ever race here, so for him to come back 10 years later since he’s won with his own car and have so much speed right away is something,” Seavey said. “For me, to put together a good night, it’s been a while, and it’s been over a year since I’ve won a midget race, so to do it with him especially, it gets my confidence back where it needs to be.”
The fifth time Seavey has started in a preliminary night feature, the win is the second of his career and first as a car owner for Kevin Swindell, who won the event as a driver from 2010-2013. Seavey’s previous win was for Keith Kunz in 2019.
Taking the lead from the start, Seavey kept a quick pace over the race for second. A red flag on lap eight, when Ethan Mitchell ended up hung in the fence after contact while battling with Justin Grant, the race resumed with Seavey doing much of the same.
Working into traffic just past the race’s midpoint, Seavey top to bottom on the slower cars while Grant railed the cushion. Closing one lap and losing the other was the theme until lap 23, when a series of cautions put the field to the gutter for the remainder of the race.
Seavey beat Grant to the checkered flag by .516 seconds. The NOS Energy Drink No. 2j protected for second, with Chase McDermand putting on an impressive run to third after starting 15th. Zeb Wise crossed fourth, followed by Jason McDougal.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 39-Logan Seavey[1]; 2. 2J-Justin Grant[5]; 3. 40M-Chase McDermand[15]; 4. 26R-Zeb Wise[11]; 5. 47X-Jason McDougal[7]; 6. 28-Ace McCarthy[3]; 7. 87-Jace Park[6]; 8. 19-Brian Carber[13]; 9. 11B-Clinton Boyles[2]; 10. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[16]; 11. 21-Daryn Pittman[12]; 12. 14M-Michael Faccinto[14]; 13. 11A-Andrew Felker[17]; 14. 00B-Braden Chiaramonte[19]; 15. 19B-Alex Bright[9]; 16. 3G-Kyle Cummins[10]; 17. 68W-Matt Mitchell[22]; 18. 95-Chris Andrews[21]; 19. (DNF) 97-Brenham Crouch[8]; 20. (DNF) 57A-Shane Cottle[20]; 21. (DNF) 17B-Austin Barnhill[23]; 22. (DNF) 23K-Kyle Simon[24]; 23. (DNF) 19M-Ethan Mitchell[4]; 24. (DNF) 45H-Briggs Danner[18]