Avedisian Makes History in Chili Bowl Debut, Leads Bayston Toyota on Night Two

TULSA, Okla (January 10, 2023) – Spencer Bayston completed second to advance to Saturday’s A Foremost function occasion, whereas Jade Avedisian within the highest-ever end by a girl in a preview to guide Toyota within the thirty seventh annual Lucas 30-lap Warren CAT Elimination Night time function on Tuesday night time. was third. Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.

Tuesday’s end marks the third time Bayston has superior on to the Saturday A Foremost after beforehand ending second in 2018 and third in 2015.

Tuesday’s third place marks the final run in historical past for 16-year-old Avedisyan. She turned the primary driver to win a number of races within the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Sequence and the primary lady to win a number of nationwide midget options within the 2022 season. She bought her first win on the age of 15.

At first, it appeared like Buddy Kofoid was going to have a good time his second straight win on Tuesday. The 2-time USAC Nationwide Dwarf champion led Excursions 2 by means of 7 and took a cushty lead earlier than his night time abruptly ended with the 2 vehicles in entrance of him getting collectively and leaving him no room to go. He would end his run by hitting the wall and ultimately end in twentieth place.

Total, 9 of the 13 Toyota-powered drivers superior to Tuesday’s A Foremost, and 5 completed within the high seven. Along with Bayston and Avedisian, Jonathan Beason completed fifth, Kaylee Bryson sixth and Chase Crum seventh.

After the primary two qualifying nights, the 2 Toyota-powered drivers superior straight to Saturday’s A Foremost.

This yr’s Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals options 370 entries – every vying for one of many 24 openings in Saturday night time’s “A Foremost” function occasion. Rating continues for every of the subsequent three nights.

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Jade Avedisian, Toyota: “This implies the world to me. I can not thank Chad Boat and everybody at CBI sufficient, in addition to Toyota Racing. I want I used to be one level higher so I did not need to exit of B. We’ll see what we bought on Saturday and we’ll attempt to participate within the function movie. I had the most effective vehicles on the monitor, however I made just a few errors. I am joyful to be on the rostrum. It is simply insane and I am so grateful to be right here.

Spencer Bayston, RMS Racing Toyota“Initially of the race the leaders had been falling like flies and we had been capable of make the most of that. I felt actually good in our automobile. I bought by means of to Hank in the long term and felt like I used to be somewhat quicker. On the restart I assumed if I may get forward of him, I may beat him however he did an ideal job. I could not fairly shut it. “I had to return to what labored. Congratulations to Hank.”

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RESULTS:

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals offered by Normal Tire
Tulsa Expo Racecourse – Tulsa, Okla.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Warren CAT Elimination Night time

Variety of Automobiles: 66
Variety of Occasions

OERB Warmth Races: Prime 40 in Move factors advance to Qualifiers.

OERB Group 1 (8 Rounds): 1. 71-Kaylee Bryson[1]; 2. 71W-Michael Kofoid[9]; 3. 71G-Damion Gardner[5]; 4. 44-Colton Hardy[7]; 5. 23-Patrick Ryan[6]; 6. 19K-Riley Kreisel[3]; 7. 75X-Alex Vande Voort[8]; 8. 46-Adam Andretti[4]; 9. (DNF) 11H-Jori Hughes[2]

OERB Group 2 (8 Rounds): 1. 15F-Kinzer Edwards[3]; 2. 5LK-Jordan Kinser[8]; 3. 39T-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 26 Fortunate Crum[7]; 5. 7C-Josh Bilicki[1]; 6. 51-Curtis Jones[4]; 7. 34C-Cameron Willhite[2]; 8. 21B-Trey Burke[6]; 9. 7TX-Anthony Pope[9]

OERB Group 3 (8 Rounds): 1. 1S-Spencer Bayston[3]; 2. 1K-Brayton Lynch[2]; 3. 71E-Mariah Ede[4]; 4. 4X-Michael Pickens[9]; 5. 21A-Austin Langenstein[5]; 6. 45S-Shon Skins[6]; 7. 17L-Cody Trammell[8]; 8. 251-Johnny Brown Jr.[7]; 9. 19X-Dylan Archer[1]

OERB Group 4 (8 Rounds): 1. 57W-Devon Borden[2]; 2. 29S-Hank Davis[5]; 3. 8R-Randi Pankratz[3]; 4. 22B-Trojan Bets[1]; 5. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[7]; 6. 31B-Kyle Beilman[4]; 7. 11N-Nick Baran[8]; 8. 6D-Isaac Chapple[9]; 9. 80-Jarrod Jennings[6]

OERB Group 5 (8 Rounds): 1. 55X-Alex Bowman[5]; 2. 84-Yeşim Avedisyan[6]; 3. 3P-Darin Naida[4]; 4. 14X-KJ Snow[3]; 5. 4G-Drake Edwards[1]; 6. 23S-Steve Irwin[7]; 7. 96-Cody Brewer[8]; 8. 68S-Corby Scherb[2]

OERB Group 6 (8 Rounds): 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[1]; 2. 118-Scott Evans[4]; 3. 22G-John Murdie[3]; 4. 00G-Braedon Enos[8]; 5. 715-Robert Bell[2]; 6. 12H-Jared Hood[5]; 7. (DNF) 6K-Jesse Denome[7]; 8. (DNF) 14R-Brody Petrie[6]

OERB Group 7 (8 Rounds): 1. 88J-Jonathan Beason[7]; 2. 7B-Cody Beard[1]; 3. 23P-Preston Lattomus[4]; 4. 7W-Brendon Wiseley[5]; 5. 2ND-Jeb Periods[8]; 6. 71H-Austin Ervine[2]; 7. 28M-Grey Lead Higher[3]; 8. 84S-Shaun Shapel[6]

OERB Group 8 (8 Rounds): 1. 19A-Daison Pursley[4]; 2. 21J-Kameron Change[5]; 3. 7U-Kyle Jones[8]; 4. 47-Zach Daum[6]; 5. 5V-AJ Bender[1]; 6. 37X-Blake Edwards[7]; 7. (DNF) 7E-Joseph Wray IV[3]; 8. (DNF) 22P-Marcus Kennedy[2]

C-Attributes: The primary 4 advance to the corresponding B-Attributes.

Function C 1 (12 Rounds): 1. 19K-Riley Kreisel[6]; 2. 4G-Drake Edwards[1]; 3. 45S-Shon Skins[2]; 4. 21B-Trey Burke[10]; 5. 28M-Grey Lead Higher[8]; 6. 51-Curtis Jones[5]; 7. 11H – Jori Hughes[13]; 8. 34C-Cameron Willhite[9]; 9. 75X-Alex Vande Voort[3]; 10. 7TX-Anthony Pope[12]; 11. 22P-Marcus Kennedy[11]; 12. (DNF) 6K-Jesse Denome[7]; 13. (DNF) 11N-Nick Baran[4]; 14. (DNS) 84S-Shaun Shapel

Function C 2 (12 Rounds): 1.5V-AJ Bender[1]; 2. 17L-Cody Trammell[3]; 3. 71H-Austin Ervine[6]; 4. 96-Cody Brewer[4]; 5. 6D-Isaac Chapple[7]; 6. 251-Johnny Brown Jr.[9]; 7. 14R-Brody Petrie[10]; 8. 80-Jarrod Jennings[13]; 9. 31B-Kyle Beilman[5]; 10. 7E-Joseph Wray IV[8]; 11. 68S-Corby Scherb[12]; 12. 19X-Dylan Archer[14]; 13. 46-Adam Andretti[11]; 14. (DNS) 12H-Jared Hood

Crew Toyota Qualifiers: Prime 16 in mixed waypoints advance to Function A.

Toyota Qualification 1 (10 Rounds): 1. 4X-Michael Pickens[3]; 2. 19A-Daison Pursley[5]; 3. 1S-Spencer Bayston[4]; 4. 26 Fortunate Crum[1]; 5. 88J-Jonathan Beason[6]; 6. 3P-Darin Naida[7]; 7. 14X-KJ Snow[9]; 8. 8R-Randi Pankratz[8]; 9. 23S-Steve Irwin[10]; 10. (DNF) 00G-Braedon Enos[2]

Toyota Qualification 2 (10 Rounds): 1. 29S-Hank Davis[4]; 2. 71W-Michael Kofoid[6]; 3. 84-Yeşim Avedisyan[5]; 4. 23P-Preston Lattomus[7]; 5. 71G-Damion Gardner[2]; 6. 118-Scott Evans[3]; 7. 37X-Blake Edwards[10]; 8. 23-Patrick Ryan[9]; 9. 22G-John Murdie[8]; 10. (DNF) 1K-Brayton Lynch[1]

Toyota Qualifier 3 (10 Rounds): 1. 71-Kaylee Bryson[3]; 2. 21J-Kameron Change[4]; 3. 39T-Tim McCreadie[2]; 4. 7U-Kyle Jones[5]; 5. 5LK-Jordan Kinser[6]; 6. 47-Zach Daum[7]; 7. 7W-Brendon Wiseley[8]; 8. 22B-Trojan Bets[9]; 9. 7B-Cody Beard[1]; 10. 715-Robert Bell[10]

Toyota Qualification 4 (10 Rounds): 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[3]; 2. 57W-Devon Borden[4]; 3. 55X-Alex Bowman[6]; 4. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[8]; 5. 71E-Mariah Ede[1]; 6. 15F-Kinzer Edwards[5]; 7. 44-Colton Hardy[2]; 8. 7C-Josh Bilicki[10]; 9. 21A-Austin Langenstein[9]; 10. (DNF) 2ND-Jeb Periods[7]

Dave.com B-Options: First 4 progressions to A-Options.

Davecom Function B 1 (15 Rounds): 1. 47-Zach Daum[4]; 2. 26 Fortunate Crum[2]; 3. 39T-Tim McCreadie[1]; 4. 7W-Brendon Wiseley[5]; 5. 19K-Riley Kreisel[13]; 6. 8R-Randi Pankratz[7]; 7. 45S-Shon Skins[15]; 8. 21B-Trey Burke[16]; 9. 118-Scott Evans[3]; 10. 23S-Steve Irwin[11]; 11. 22B-Trojan Bets[8]; 12. (DNF) 44-Colton Hardy[6]; 13. (DNF) 4G-Drake Edwards[14]; 14. (DNF) 21A-Austin Langenstein[12]; 15. (DNF) 7B-Cody Beard[10]; 16. (DNF) 7C-Josh Bilicki[9]

Dave.com Function B 2 (15 Rounds): 1. 3P-Darin Naida[3]; 2. 71G-Damion Gardner[2]; 3. 5V-AJ Bender[13]; 4. 71E-Mariah Ede[4]; 5. 17L-Cody Trammell[14]; 6. 2ND-Jeb Periods[10]; 7. 1K-Brayton Lynch[11]; 8. 715-Robert Bell[12]; 9. 23-Patrick Ryan[7]; 10. 96-Cody Brewer[16]; 11. 14X-KJ Snow[5]; 12. 37X-Blake Edwards[6]; 13. 00G-Braedon Enos[9]; 14. 15F-Kinzer Edwards[1]; 15. 71H-Austin Ervine[15]; 16. (DNF) 22G-John Murdie[8]

A-Function: The highest 2 advance to Saturday’s A-Function.

Warren CAT A Function (30 Rounds): 1. 29S-Hank Davis[3]; 2. 1S-Spencer Bayston[12]; 3. 84-Yeşim Avedisyan[9]; 4. 7U-Kyle Jones[14]; 5. 88J-Jonathan Beason[11]; 6. 71-Kaylee Bryson[7]; 7. 26 Fortunate Crum[19]; 8. 39T-Tim McCreadie[21]; 9. 47-Zach Daum[17]; 10. 21J-Kameron Change[6]; 11. 5LK-Jordan Kinser[13]; 12. 19A-Daison Pursley[2]; 13. 27B-Jake Bubak[8]; 14. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[16]; 15. 71E-Mariah Ede[24]; 16. 23P-Preston Lattomus[15]; 17. 5V-AJ Bender[22]; 18. (DNF) 7W-Brendon Wiseley[23]; 19. (DNF) 71G-Damion Gardner[20]; 20. (DNF) 71W-Michael Kofoid[1]; 21. (DNF) 4X-Michael Pickens[5]; 22. (DNF) 57W-Devon Borden[10]; 23. (DNF) 55X-Alex Bowman[4]; 24. (DNF) 3P-Darin Naida[18]