By T.J. Buffenbarger
TULSA, OK (January 13, 2026) – Blake Hahn finally accomplished a longtime career goal on Tuesday night by winning feature during the Warren Cat Qualifying night at the 40th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink.
Hahn from nearby Sapulpa, Oklahoma, whose Grandfather Emmett is the co-promoter and creator of the Chili Bowl Nationals, charged from eighth starting spot rim riding the track in the late stages of the event to pass Hank Davis for the lead with eight laps to go and held off Davie through slower traffic for the victory to lock himself into the Chili Bowl finale.
Zach Daum and J.J. Yeley started on the front row for the 30-lap main event. Daum leads with Rueschenberg driving under J.JH. Yeley to take the second position. Yeley then found himself under pressure from Hank Daves for the third position with Davis taking the spot.
One lap later a multiple car pileup occurred when Ricky Thornton Jr. and Chase Randall made contact and stacked up multiple cars, included Jonathan Beason, who drove up from the D-Main into the A-Main.
Daum continues to the lead with Rueschenberg going to the top of the racetrack which allowed Davis to drive into second. Davis quickly closed in on the back bumper of Daum.
The second caution flag of the event occurred when Zimmerman rolled to a stop on the backstretch while 98K went to the pit area after being involved in the pile up earlier in the event.
The restart was short lived as the caution flag appeared with nine laps in when Ryan Timms stopped in turn four after Timms had to check up to avoid another car. Timms was able to join the tail of the field of the restart.
Davis jumped to the track on the restart and drove around the outside of Daum for the lead on lap 11.
Futher back in the field Hahn started to roll the top and blasted into third position around Daum on lap 22 and quickly caught Davis to challenge for the lead. With six laps to go Hahn was able to drive around the top of Davis as well to take the lead.
Davis was able to close back in on Hahn in the final laps, actually pulling along side Hahn coming to the checkered flag off turn four with Hahn holding on by 0.114 seconds for the victory.
15 year old phenom Jett Barnes was able to drive up to third spot from ninth starting position while Daum and Landon Brooks rounded out the top five.
40th Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink
Warren Cat Qualifying Night
Tulsa Expo Raceway
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 21J-Parker Price Miller[6]
2. 1A-Jett Barnes[5]
3. 50C-Dane Culver[4]
4. 31-Kyle Beilman[1]
5. 72W-Tye Wilke[3]
6. 11F-Kaylee Bryson[2]
7. 22H-Tony Helton[7]
8. 6G-Ethan Mitchell[8]
9. 17R-Noah Madler[9]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 21AU-Kaidon Brown[2]
2. 45J-Roger Crockett[1]
3. 57W-Landon Brooks[6]
4. 7U-Chase Randall[9]
5. 321-Chad Winfrey[8]
6. 20X-Kyle Hawse[7]
7. 7F-Joshua Tyre[4]
8. 11K-Kevin Mahoney[3]
9. 3D-Darin Naida[5]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 71-Ryan Timms[1]
2. 5T-Adam Trimble[4]
3. 27B-Jeremy Huish[2]
4. 14E-Kris Carroll[6]
5. 5W-Jordan Kinser[7]
6. 11H-Jori Hughes[5]
7. 65-Ben Covich[3]
8. 21AJ-AJ Bender[8]
9. 1NP-Ray Richards[9]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 40-Max Adams[2]
2. 4K-Gunnar Setser[6]
3. 7G-Parker Perry[5]
4. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[3]
5. 3J-JJ Yeley[9]
6. 8JS-Scott Jordan[1]
7. 7NC-Austin Langenstein[4]
8. 54NZ-Michael Pickens[7]
9. 54S-Seth Shebester[8]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #5 (8 Laps)
1. 51-Gavan Boschele[5]
2. 84-Ty Gibbs[9]
3. 5H-Casey Hicks[1]
4. 2P-Connor Lundy[6]
5. 19S-Chad Kincaid[2]
6. 17J-Connor Lee[8]
7. 1C-Brenham Crouch[4]
8. 22J-John Heydenreich[3]
9. 3G-Jace Park[7]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #6 (8 Laps)
1. 52-Blake Hahn[1]
2. 7TX-Kyle Jones[6]
3. 97S-Cam Schafer[2]
4. 19R-Ricky Thornton Jr[7]
5. 3L-Will Gerrits[5]
6. 80-Kade Taylor[4]
7. 97B-Brandon Lewis[9]
8. 55B-Ryan Bowers[3]
9. 41M-Michael Magic[8]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #7 (8 Laps)
1. 18-Zach Wigal[1]
2. 98K-Brandon Carr[2]
3. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[7]
4. 94C-Sheldon Creed[5]
5. 91B-Kevin Bayer[4]
6. 92-Garet Williamson[8]
7. 7MF-Chance Morton[6]
8. 25W-Jeff Watson[9]
9. 21M-Kayla Martin[3]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #8 (8 Laps)
1. 29S-Hank Davis[3]
2. 47X-Zach Daum[4]
3. 22-Troy Betts[8]
4. 9NZ-Trent Way[6]
5. 17C-Devin Camfield[5]
6. 77S-Dayton Shelton[2]
7. 27F-Austin Wood[1]
8. 2MD-Marc Dailey[7]
JUGO Super Foods Heat Race #9 (8 Laps)
1. 2W-Luke Storer[1]
2. 7ZP-Zoe Pearce[3]
3. 19E-Daltyn England[7]
4. 22S-Myles Tomlinson[2]
5. 22D-Drake Troutman[8]
6. 7M-Sye Lynch[5]
7. D3-Trent Dixon[4]
8. 8J-Jonathan Beason[6]
Smileys Racing Products D-Main (10 Laps)
1. 1C-Brenham Crouch[1]
2. 3G-Jace Park[6]
3. 54NZ-Michael Pickens[3]
4. 65-Ben Covich[2]
5. 17R-Noah Madler[4]
6. 54S-Seth Shebester[5]
7. 21M-Kayla Martin[7]
8. 21AJ-AJ Bender[8]
DNS: 27F-Austin Wood
DNS: 22J-John Heydenreich
Smileys Racing Products D-Main 2 (10 Laps)
1. 8J-Jonathan Beason[3]
2. 6G-Ethan Mitchell[2]
3. 55B-Ryan Bowers[5]
4. 3D-Darin Naida[6]
5. 11K-Kevin Mahoney[4]
6. 1NP-Ray Richards[7]
7. D3-Trent Dixon[1]
DNS: 2MD-Marc Dailey
DNS: 41M-Michael Magic
Creek Co Speedway C-Main (12 Laps)
1. 11F-Kaylee Bryson[7]
2. 91B-Kevin Bayer[3]
3. 92-Garet Williamson[1]
4. 72W-Tye Wilke[4]
5. 7F-Joshua Tyre[10]
6. 3G-Jace Park[12]
7. 1C-Brenham Crouch[11]
8. 3L-Will Gerrits[2]
9. 7M-Sye Lynch[6]
10. 22H-Tony Helton[8]
11. 19S-Chad Kincaid[5]
12. 7MF-Chance Morton[9]
Creek Co Speedway C-Main 2 (12 Laps)
1. 6G-Ethan Mitchell[11]
2. 8J-Jonathan Beason[9]
3. 31-Kyle Beilman[1]
4. 17C-Devin Camfield[2]
5. 80-Kade Taylor[6]
6. 7NC-Austin Langenstein[10]
7. 97B-Brandon Lewis[4]
8. 11H-Jori Hughes[12]
9. 77S-Dayton Shelton[5]
10. 20X-Kyle Hawse[3]
11. 8JS-Scott Jordan[8]
12. 25W-Jeff Watson[7]
Toyota Qualifier #1 (10 Laps)
1. 71-Ryan Timms[2]
2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]
3. 7U-Chase Randall[3]
4. 7TX-Kyle Jones[5]
5. 84-Ty Gibbs[6]
6. 98K-Brandon Carr[7]
7. 2P-Connor Lundy[8]
8. 27B-Jeremy Huish[9]
9. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[10]
10. 7ZP-Zoe Pearce[1]
Toyota Qualifier #2 (10 Laps)
1. 52-Blake Hahn[2]
2. 3J-JJ Yeley[7]
3. 5T-Adam Trimble[3]
4. 5W-Jordan Kinser[10]
5. 21J-Parker Price Miller[6]
6. 7G-Parker Perry[1]
7. 97S-Cam Schafer[9]
8. 22-Troy Betts[5]
9. 19E-Daltyn England[4]
10. 9NZ-Trent Way[8]
Toyota Qualifier #3 (10 Laps)
1. 47X-Zach Daum[3]
2. 21AU-Kaidon Brown[4]
3. 29S-Hank Davis[5]
4. 18-Zach Wigal[2]
5. 94C-Sheldon Creed[9]
6. 51-Gavan Boschele[6]
7. 14E-Kris Carroll[1]
8. 45J-Roger Crockett[7]
9. 321-Chad Winfrey[8]
10. 22S-Myles Tomlinson[10]
Toyota Qualifier #4 (10 Laps)
1. 19R-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]
2. 57W-Landon Brooks[3]
3. 1A-Jett Barnes[5]
4. 2W-Luke Storer[2]
5. 4K-Gunnar Setser[6]
6. 40-Max Adams[4]
7. 50C-Dane Culver[7]
8. 17J-Connor Lee[10]
9. 22D-Drake Troutman[8]
10. 5H-Casey Hicks[9]
Ferguson Enterprises B-Main (15 Laps)
1. 18-Zach Wigal[2]
2. 5W-Jordan Kinser[1]
3. 98K-Brandon Carr[4]
4. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[9]
5. 2W-Luke Storer[3]
6. 7G-Parker Perry[5]
7. 14E-Kris Carroll[7]
8. 72W-Tye Wilke[15]
9. 92-Garet Williamson[13]
10. 321-Chad Winfrey[10]
11. 11F-Kaylee Bryson[11]
12. 91B-Kevin Bayer[14]
13. 2P-Connor Lundy[6]
14. 27B-Jeremy Huish[8]
15. 5H-Casey Hicks[12]
DNS: 19E-Daltyn England
Ferguson Enterprises B-Main 2 (15 Laps)
1. 94C-Sheldon Creed[2]
2. 8J-Jonathan Beason[14]
3. 40-Max Adams[3]
4. 51-Gavan Boschele[1]
5. 17J-Connor Lee[8]
6. 22D-Drake Troutman[10]
7. 97S-Cam Schafer[5]
8. 9NZ-Trent Way[9]
9. 22-Troy Betts[4]
10. 31-Kyle Beilman[15]
11. 22S-Myles Tomlinson[12]
12. 7ZP-Zoe Pearce[11]
13. 50C-Dane Culver[6]
14. 6G-Ethan Mitchell[13]
15. 45J-Roger Crockett[7]
16. 17C-Devin Camfield[16]
JST Motorsports A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 52-Blake Hahn[8]
2. 29S-Hank Davis[5]
3. 1A-Jett Barnes[9]
4. 47X-Zach Daum[1]
5. 57W-Landon Brooks[11]
6. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[3]
7. 21AU-Kaidon Brown[4]
8. 51-Gavan Boschele[24]
9. 7TX-Kyle Jones[12]
10. 3J-JJ Yeley[2]
11. 71-Ryan Timms[6]
12. 8J-Jonathan Beason[20]
13. 18-Zach Wigal[17]
14. 84-Ty Gibbs[7]
15. 7U-Chase Randall[14]
16. 4K-Gunnar Setser[15]
17. 19R-Ricky Thornton Jr[13]
18. 40-Max Adams[22]
19. 21J-Parker Price Miller[10]
20. 5W-Jordan Kinser[19]
21. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[23]
22. 98K-Brandon Carr[21]
23. 5T-Adam Trimble[16]
24. 94C-Sheldon Creed[18]