Winning Moment: Logan Seavey became defending Chili Bowl champion Tanner Thorson’s biggest competition with a powerful win in Friday’s final prelim feature (Jan. 13).
🏁 Seavey sails to the Lucas Oil @cbnationals Friday prelim win!
Presented by @Lucas_Oil pic.twitter.com/3ZKRoZl0qQ
— FloRacing (@FloRacing) January 14, 2023
Dramatic Moment: Bobby Pierce blasted past Jonathan Davenport with 13 laps to go to snap Superman’s three-race winning streak at the Wild West Shootout in Vado, N.M., costing Davenport at least $200,000 in bonus money.
🏁 Not even @TheFast49 could stop @BobbyPierce32 tonight at Vado! @WildWShootout | @VadoSpeedway
📺 https://t.co/6r7dRCz5DS pic.twitter.com/NVfs9Ee57y
— FloRacing (@FloRacing) January 14, 2023
In a Nutshell: The late models frankly topped the midgets this Friday evening, but all eyes will be on the Chili Bowl, both because Seavey was untouchable and the track took severe rubber that reduced the final prelim feature to a parade.
What They’ll Be Group Chatting About This Morning
Young Ashton Torgerson, the headline of the 2023 Chili Bowl Nationals under unfortunate circumstances, was fortunately cleared for release from the hospital in Tulsa late this afternoon. The entire racing community should be breathing a sigh of relief.
@_Torgerson02 update…Guess who just got cleared to leave the hospital!!!..I truly feel everyone’s prayers and support is what made this happen..I can’t say thank you enough to each one of you!
— Torgerson Racing (@torgersonracing) January 13, 2023
The good and the bad about the Chili Bowl surface. The bad news is that the quality of the track has declined as the race week went on, and it got ugly during Friday night’s prelim, with the lower groove taking rubber and making passing all but impossible.
Several mistakes/decisions were made today on the @cbnationals racing surface. None of which would have been as consequential had the first mistake been addressed. I missed a strip of hard packed material on the front straight that prevented bonding. 1/2
— Brad Chandler (@Chilibowlgravel) January 14, 2023
The good news? The track crew in Tulsa is elite. And if 2022 taught us anything, it’s that elite track crews against the wall for crown jewel races will get it right. The Volusia crew turned a muddy mess into the World of Outlaws race of the year in one day last February. The Eldora crew salvaged a disaster of a surface to…
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