The Chili Bowl Nationals annual race of champions roster is set, with 19 drivers listed on the All-Star event’s roster.
Running on Monday night, the race will run parallel to preliminary night action.
It includes past Chili Bowl A-Main and preliminary night winners as well as past Race of Champions winners, a national tour champion and other drivers invited by the committee that runs the event.
“This is a neat part of the Chili Bowl, where we can showcase champions and drivers across the sport in a race that some, otherwise, would not have the chance to go head-to-head. It’s become something that teams and fans look forward to,” Event Director Matt Ward said in a release.
2023 O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race Of Champions Roster:
• Tanner Thorson – 2022 Chili Bowl Champion
• Justin Grant – 2022 Race of Champions Winner / USAC Sprint Car Champion
• Tanner Carrick – 2022 Prelim Night Winner
• Rico Abreu – 2022 Prelim Night Winner / 2015-2016 Chili Bowl Champion
• Buddy Kofoid – 2022 USAC Midget Champion
• Chad Boat – 2018 Race of Champions Winner
• Blake Hahn – 2022 Lucas Oil ASCS Champion
• Brenham Crouch – 2022 POWRi Midget Champion
• Zach Daum – 2022 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Champion
• Spencer Bayston – 2018 Saturday Podium Finish
• Cannon McIntosh – 2020 Saturday Podium Finish
• Kody Swanson – 2022 USAC Silver Crown Champion
• Logan Seavey – Invite, Owner Champion – Kevin Swindell
• Sammy Swindell – The GOAT In This Building
• Tim McCreadie – 2006 Chili Bowl Champion, 2022 Lucas Oil Late Model Champion
• Damion Gardner – 2008 Chili Bowl Champion
• Michael Pickens – International Champion, Invited by the Chili Bowl
• Chase Briscoe – Invited by the Chili Bowl
• Alex Bowman – Invited by the Chili Bowl
The starting lineup for the race will be set by group qualifying. Drivers placed in groups by random draw will get two warmup laps before three green flag laps to set their time. The top 8 will be inverted and the race will run 25 laps.
The entire week of action can be seen live on FloRacing and Always Race Day will have live, at-the-track coverage.
