2026 Chili Bowl Nationals Saturday Lineups: Where Every Driver Starts

After five nights of preliminary action at the 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink, the lineups are set for Saturday's Driller Day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On Friday night, Chili Bowl officials released the lineups for every race that will be held on Saturday.

The "alphabet soup" will begin at 9 a.m. CT with Q-Features. From there, we will move one letter up the alphabet until we arrive at the 55-lap A-Feature on Saturday night.

Drivers who finished first or second on their prelim night will participate in the pole shuffle on Saturday evening to determine the top 10 starting positions.

The longest day in motorsport is here. 377 cars will battle for 14 spots in tonight's 55-lap A Main that has had 10 cars qualify through the five previous days of features.

Starts at 10 AM with the Q Main, where 14-car fields will battle for six transfer positions. 70-year old Sammy Swindell, a former champion of this race, who crashed out of his heat race and did not make the D Main for his night, will be in the Q. New Zealand Midget Champion Michael Pickens, who has raced at Indianapolis' Bryan Clauson Classic in one of the most controversial final laps in history, will be in the O Main. INDYCAR star Santino Ferrucci will be in the J Main. Kaylee Bryson (multiple disciplines) will be in the H Main. Dirt star Casey Shuman (Ron's son) will be in the F Main. Current O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Sheldon Creed will be in the E Main. The D Main has NASCAR broadcaster Dillon Welch, and dirt stars Ricky Thornton Jr, "The Law Firm" Parker Price-Miller, C Main has dirt stars Ronnie Gardner, Brady Bacon, NASCAR Cup driver Ty Gibbs, the B Main has NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Jesse Love, dirt stars Shane Golobic, Spencer Bayston, Kevin Thomas Jr, Justin Peck, Chris Windom (husband of INDYCAR pit reporter Georgia Henneberry), Daryn Pittman, Thomas "T-Mez" Meseraull, Jerry Coons Jr, Giovanni Scelzi (son of NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car champion Gary; Gio is planning a High Limit season in 2026), and Corey "Pay" Day.

In the Pole Shuffle are reigning and 2-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle "Yung Money" Larson, two drivers from the Kevin Swindell Speedlab team in Emerson Axsom and Logan Seavey, Blake Hahn (grandson of the race founder), former NASCAR Truck Series champion and Cup star Christopher Bell, Daison Pursley, Hank Davis, USAC champion Justin Grant, and two drivers from NASCAR Cup driver Alex Bowman Racing in Briggs Danner and CJ Leary.

Chili Bowl features
Ten Laps (top six advance):
Q Main: Positions 7 and worse in their night's D Main.
P Main: Positions 5-6 in their night's D Main.
O Main: Positions 3-4 in their night's D Main.
N Main: Positions 11-12 in their night's C Main.
M Main: Positions 9-10 in their night's C Main.
L Main: Positions 7-8 in their night's C Main.
K Main: Positions 5-6 in their night's C Main.
J Main: Positions 15-16 in their night's B Main.
I Main: Positions 13-14 in their night's B Main.
H Main: Positions 11-12 in their night's B Main.
G Main: Positions 9-10 in their night's B Main.

15 Lap Features (top five advance):
F Main: Positions 6-8 in their night's B Main.
E Main: Position 5 in their night's B Main AND 21-24 in their night's A Main.
D Main: Positions 15-20 in their night's A Main.
C Main: Positions 9-14 in their night's A Main.

20 Laps (top seven advance):
B Main: Positions 3-8 in their night's A Main.

55 Laps:
A Main: Positions 1-2 in their night's A Main, grid determined by Pole Shuffle.

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