Story By: BRYAN HULBERT / CHILI BOWL NATIONALS – TULSA, OK – The anticipated 100 entry mark for the Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink has arrived in record time, and has signaled the list of Golden Driller hopefuls to go live for all the world to see.
A mixture of past feature starters, event rookies, and the king of the Chili Bowl himself, Sammy Swindell, the current list is comprised of drivers from the United States, Australia (Luke Storer), New Zealand (Mitch Fabish), and the Netherlands (Wout Hoffmans).
While the list of teams will snowball ahead of the December 6 entry deadline, several stout teams are already on the list to contend for a Golden Driller.
Among those is Alex Bowman Racing, who will bring four cars piloted by USAC stars Jake Swanson, Briggs Danner, C.J. Leary, and Kevin Thomas, Jr. in the Ally-backed entries.
A mixture of fenders and open wheel talent make up the stable for Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, as 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Castrol Flo Night in American titlist Ricky Thornton, Jr. will join Mitchel Moles and Hayden Reinbold.
A powerful team-up over the past few years, Matt Seymour, will again put Pennsylvania’s Tim Buckwalter and ASCS National Rookie of the Year, Hank Davis of Sand Springs, Okla., behind the wheel of his iconic No. 29 machines.
The current list of entries is as follows:
2025 Chili Bowl Nationals Entries:
- 0L-Kevin Carl-Buna, TX
- 00 (R)-Brecken Reese-Canyon, TX
- 1-Sammy Swindell-Germantown, TN
- 2B-Tanner Berryhill-Bixby, OK
- 2D-Matt Sherrell-Owasso, OK
- 2M (R)-Aiden Price-Huntersville, NC
- 2ND-Darren Kauffman-Waynesboro, PA
- 2W (R)-Luke Storer-Portland, VIC, Aust.
- 2Z-Zach Blurton-Quinter, KS
- 3N-Jake Neuman-New Berlin, IL
- 3U-Rylan Gray-Greenfield, IN
- 3V-Jim Vanzant-Prescott, AZ
- 3Z (R)-Trey Zorn-Russell, KS
- 4T (R)-Brandt Twitty-Bakersfield, CA
- 4Y (R)-Jett Yantis-Bakersfield, CA
- 5M-Donnie Steward-West Burlington, IA
- 5U-Michael Faccinto-Hanford, CA
- 6B (R)-Brylee Kilmer-Goldsby, OK
- 7-Shannon McQueen-Bakersfield, CA
- 7B (R)-Garrett Benson-Concordia, MO
- 7D-Michelle Decker-Guthrie, OK
- 7H-TBA
- 7J-Shawn Jackson-Bear, DE
- 7U-Zach Daum-Pocahontas, IL
- 7X-Thomas Meseraull-San Jose, CA
- 7Z-Brian Peterson-Mukwonago, WI
- 8-Alex Sewell-Broken Arrow, OK
- 8H (R)-Dakota Highley-Hackett, AR
- 8S-Kyle Steffens-St. Charles, MO
- 9-Emilio Hoover-Broken Arrow, OK
- 9B-Brian Schwabauer-Hastings, NE
- 9U-TBA
- 11-TBA
- 12A-A.J. Bender-San Diego, CA
- 14E-Jeffrey Newell-Tulsa, OK
- 14F-TBA
- 17S (R)-Sye Lynch-Cowansville, PA
- 19-TBA
- 19A-Hayden Reinbold-Chandler, AZ
- 19R-Ricky Thornton Jr-Chandler, AZ
- 19T-Mitchel Moles-Raisin City, CA
- 19U-Pierce Urbanosky-North Richland Hills, TX
- 20-Tadd Holliman-Murray, NE
- 20C-C.J. Sarna-Brea, CA
- 21C-Colby Stubblefield-Seagoville, TX
- 22J-Zach Hampton-Mooresville, IN
- 22M-Marc Dailey-Brownsburg, IN
- 22P-Brant O’Banion-Worthing, SD
- 22T-Don Droud Jr-Lincoln, NE
- 24S-Rodney Westhafer-Mechanicsburg, PA
- 26J-Jacob Harris-Vidor, TX
- 27-Keith Rauch-Denver, CO
- 27B-Jake Bubak-Arvada, CO
- 27G-Steve Gresham-Seymour, IN
- 28J-Joe Perry-Billings, MT
- 29-Tim Buckwalter-Douglassville, PA
- 29S-Hank Davis-Sand Springs, OK
- 39T (R)-Troy DeGaton-Wickenburg, AZ
- 39X (R)-Travis DeGaton-Sacramento, CA
- 40-Max Adams-Loomis, CA
- 42K-Kevin Battefeld-Lewistown, IL
- 44-Colton Hardy-Phoenix, AZ
- 46-Kenney Johnson-Bethany, CT
- 46A-Adam Andretti-Brownsburg, IN
- 46X (R)-Joe Kata-Goshen, NY
- 48 (R)-Eric Webber-Claremont, IL
- 48H-Wout Hoffmans-Boxmeer, NB, Neth.
- 49 (R)-Cole Tinsley-Bonne Terre, MO
- 50-Daniel Adler-St. Louis, MO
- 50C (R)-Dane Culver-Sacramento, CA
- 51B-Joe B. Miller-Millersville, MO
- 51F-Brody Fuson-Bakersfield, CA
- 51W-Joe Walker-Harrisonville, MO
- 54C-Chance Hull-Burleson, TX
- 54X-Steven Shebester-Mustang, OK
- 55A-Jake Swanson-Anaheim, CA
- 55i-Briggs Danner-Allentown, PA
- 55V-C.J. Leary-Greenfield, IN
- 55X-Kevin Thomas Jr-Cullman, AL
- 75-Mario Clouser-Chatham, IL
- 75P-TBA
- 75X-TBA
- 77-Joe Wirth-St. Louis, MO
- 81C-Colten Cottle-Kansas, IL
- 83-Will Armitage-Athens, IL
- 84J-Jesse Shapel-Wichita, KS
- 84R-Chris Roseland-Carter Lake, IA
- 84S-Shaun Shapel-Wichita, KS
- 85-Jerry Coons Jr-Tucson, AZ
- 85J (R)-Joshua Lewis-Shawnee, OK
- 91S (R)-Jordon Mallett-Greenbrier, AR
- 93-Kyle Bellm-Nixa, MO
- 94 (R)-Hayden Wise-Huntersville, NC
- 95K (R)-Mitch Fabish-Te Awamutu, NZ
- 97X-TBA
- 98B-Joe Boyles-Greenwood, MO
- 121 (R)-Jason Bennett-Dayton, OH
- 251-Johnny Brown-LaCoste, TX
- X (R)-Dan Bennett-Lockport, NY
- TBA (R)-Bradley Cox-Burkburnett, TX