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• The Golden Driller Slips Away: How Kyle Larson’s Chili Bowl Run Ended in Heartbreak

In dirt racing, nothing is promised. You can unload the quickest car in the building, execute all week flawlessly, and still watch everything unravel in a single moment....2026
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• Axsom Seizes Golden Driller as Larson’s Chili Bowl Defense Ends Early
TULSA, Okla. — At just 21 years old, Emerson Axsom etched his name into dirt racing history Saturday night, winning the Chili Bowl Nationals A-Main for the first time and hoisting the sport’s most iconic trophy, the Golden Driller, inside the SageNet Center....2026
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• Christopher Bell Puts on a Tulsa Clinic: Secures Another Chili Bowl Finale Berth
The atmosphere inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa is unlike anything else in motorsports. It’s loud, the fumes hang heavy in the air, and for a dirt racer, there is no greater prize than the Golden Driller....2026
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• Chili Bowl Format

Chili Bowl Format Each January, a carefully constructed quarter-mile dirt oval graces the floor of the SageNet Center at the River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The temporary indoor circuit is known as Tulsa Expo Raceway. The same dirt used for the inaugural Chili Bowl in 1987 forms the track each year! “The Chili Bowl’s key ingredient is the clay which once ...2026
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• What Is the Difference Between the Chili Bowl and Tulsa Shootout?

What Is the Difference Between the Chili Bowl and Tulsa Shootout? What is the Tulsa Shootout? The Tulsa Shootout in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the largest event for micro sprint racing in the world. Going into the 41st year of this prestigious event, many drivers dream of bringing home the Golden Driller. With the numbers of entries growing every year, the event record stands 1,855 entries...2026
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• Chili Bowl Past Winners

Chili Bowl Past Winners Kyle Larson Wins 2025 Chili Bowl Chili Bowl results Kyle Larson added another trophy to his legendary collection with his third Chili Bowl Nationals victory last year. After taking consecutive Chili Bowl crowns in 2020 and 2021, he earned his third with an epic drive in the 40-lap main event in 2025. Legendary sprint car driver Sammy Swindell, a three-time World of ...2026
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"Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love Gunning for the Golden Driller at the Chili Bowl"

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"In a Tulsa Expo Center filled with racers chasing the Golden Driller, one man uses his artistic talent to stand out at the Chili Bowl Nationals."

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"is going to go through some alphabet soup if he wants that Golden Driller."

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"The event is the most prestigious in the midget racing world and brings with it the famed Golden Driller."

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"Kyle Larson launched defense of his 2020 Golden Driller Award as part of his “Redemption Tour” at Tulsa Expo Raceway Tuesday night to headline Day 2 of the 35th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals."

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"The three-time/reigning Golden Driller Award winner, Bell scored his sixth [."

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"com Christopher Bell added his name to an exclusive event victory list _ and the not-so-elite flip car count _ when the Oklahoma native claimed his third consecutive Golden Driller trophy Saturday night capping the 33rd annual [."

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"Grant rolled past 2008 Chili Bowl champion/Golden Driller winner Damion Gardner on Lap 17 at River Spirit Expo Center to claim his second consecutive Friday victory for Clauson-Marshall Racing."

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"Bell becomes the second native of Oklahoma in 22 years to capture Golden Driller trophy."

2016
"Tony Stewart is back at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals to help with track preparation, but could he be turning in his tractor in the future to go after another "Golden Driller" trophy?"

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• The Golden Driller Slips Away: How Kyle Larson’s Chili Bowl Run Ended in Heartbreak
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• What Is the Difference Between the Chili Bowl and Tulsa Shootout?
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• ‘Proud dad’ Kyle Busch commends son Brexton’s Golden Driller performance

This week in Tulsa paid off for Kyle Busch. The two-time Cup Series champion watched his son win his first-ever Golden Driller. Even for the son of a NASCAR superstar, Brexton Busch is turning heads at a young age....2025
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• Kyle, Samantha Busch react to son Brexton’s Golden Driller win at Tulsa Shootout

Kyle Busch is a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and is no stranger to pressure packed moments on the racetrack. But nothing gives him “more stress and more butterflies” than watching his son Brexton compete....2025
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• NASCAR driver Christopher Bell fulfills dream by winning Chili Bowl
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• More Dirt On Stewart's Radar
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• In a Building Full of Racers, Troy Berry Brings An Artistic Touch to The Chili Bowl
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• Kyle Larson Wins Third Golden Driller at 2025 Chili Bowl
For the third time in his career, Kyle Larson is a champion of the Chili Bowl Nationals, despite an eventful run in Saturday's feature....2025
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• Tyler Courtney, Kyle Larson Working Together To Bring Paul Silva A Golden Driller
Kyle Larson, Tyler Courtney and Paul Silva are working together to bring home a Golden Driller in Tulsa. It's a challenge, but a fun one....2025
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• The Golden Driller Slips Away: How Kyle Larson’s Chili Bowl Run Ended in Heartbreak
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• Axsom Seizes Golden Driller as Larson’s Chili Bowl Defense Ends Early
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• Christopher Bell Puts on a Tulsa Clinic: Secures Another Chili Bowl Finale Berth
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• Christopher Bell Puts on a Tulsa Clinic: Secures Another Chili Bowl Finale Berth
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• NASCAR Drivers to Compete it the 40th Running of the Chili Bowl

NASCAR Drivers to Compete it the 40th Running of the Chili Bowl 2025 Cup Drivers: Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, J.J. Yeley and Josh Bilicki. The Chili Bowl, scheduled to take place from January 12-17 inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the largest Midget car racing event in the world. This year marks the 40th running of the event, which began in 1987 and has conti...2026
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• Kyle Busch will race head-to-head with son Brexton at 2026 Tulsa Shootout

Once again, Kyle and Brexton Busch will face off against each other on the dirt. This time, it will be at the 2026 Tulsa Shootout. Brexton won himself a Golden Driller last year in the Junior Sprints....2025
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• In a Building Full of Racers, Troy Berry Brings An Artistic Touch to The Chili Bowl
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• Christopher Bell thanks Joe Gibbs after triumphant return to dirt, win over Kyle Larson at Tulsa Shootout

In his big return to dirt racing, Christopher Bell did not disappoint. He came away with a Golden Driller over Kyle Larson on Saturday. Now that Bell is free to race away from NASCAR, Larson may have his biggest competition back in the sprint car world....2025
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• Kyle, Samantha Busch react to son Brexton’s Golden Driller win at Tulsa Shootout
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• Kyle Larson to compete in Chili Bowl this week

In a shocking turn of events, two-time Chili Bowl Nationals champion and American motorsports icon Kyle Larson announced he‘s returning to the biggest Midget race in the world this week. Larson, the 2020-21 Golden Driller winner, will reunite with former longtime car owner Keith Kunz and Pete Willoughby to drive the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. […]...2024
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• Kyle Larson’s dirt racing season off to strong start following Wild West Shootout
It is not unusual to be talking about Kyle Larson’s dirt racing adventures at this time of year. Normally in mid-January the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the NASCAR Cup Series would be coming off a run in the week-long Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, an event he has won on two separate occasions. However, the 30-year-old racer opted this year to skip the contest for ...2023
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