Thursday A-Main _ Chili Bowl Nationals 1_15_26 _ Highlights.

We're green on hasty Bay qualifying night. Larry fired off the bottom and quickly to the top, wasting no time at all. As it's a NASC energy drink sandwich around Ashton Torgerson. Spencer Basin on the bottom. Chris Windham up top. Ryan Bernal just following his two NASC teammates through the hole there down on the low side as that was Tyner Thorson looking to make it three wide. Meanwhile, to the outside, Ashton Torgerson trying to stop the bleeding from the front row. As those three cars are trying to hunt down your race leader, CJ Leary, who's starting to check out on this field. CJ Leary looking strong. Wow. Look at all the NOS up front. Crack one open with zero sugar or something else. He got all the flavors down on the low side. Bernal trying to make the move on Basin. Christopher Bell already up three positions from the outside of the fourth row. Here he comes in that pristine auction number 21 CB, but at the same time, it's a NASC party just ahead. You've got Ryan Bernal now leading the charge over Basin and Chris Windham. Guys, it won't be long before we're all entering above the cushion, especially in turn one. CJ Leary's already doing it, and that's how he's driving away from these guys. It will not be long before we enter above the cushion in three and four also. We'll see who learns what CJ Leary has already figured out as everybody on the top. Christopher Bell pounds the cushion, jumps over it, loses a spot, but keeps it on all four. Cummins continues to be on the march. Christopher Bell now entering the chat as well as he parks it right on Big Daddy's left front. Windham came right back after Cummins in that corner as Bell trying to get down to the bottom and find some room to go. And there's something down there, Clinton. Yeah, I timed that slider line. It's not bad. He's making up a lot of ground. Back to the bottom side of three and four. Let's see if he closes in on Cummins. Coming off the corner. Didn't get it a little tip. He settled it back down. Here's the in car from Christopher Bell. Slides. Doesn't quite get there. Coming through the turn. Negotiating that last handful of turns. Ryan Burnell. Four up above the cushion. Burnell closing in on C.J. Leary. And your battle will be for the lead here in a minute. With 24 still to go. Or 27 to go. He's bringing Baston with him, guys. Baston is right in on this battle. You see him coming in on the screen. As Burnell within a car length. The hitter wanted for a second. If anyone knows Cowboy Up, Big Cushions, and getting after it, it's going to be the kid from California, Ryan Burnell. He's absolutely hammering that thing in three and four. But C.J. just a little bit smoother and able to create a gap. They're just bouncing off a ledge. It's Baston firing a slider. Almost got there. A little contact coming out of two. It's Baston a line lower than Burnell after second place. Leary got a lot of experience entering above the cushion. So many laps at the Kokomo Speedway. Right now, he's mastering it and absolutely pulling away as chaos is right in front of your lead here, C.J. Leary. Yeah, Clint. They were three wide coming off in turn number four. Leary just trying to find a lane. But here comes Ryan Burnell. Biggest nose of the inside. C.J. Leary up above the cushion. Ryan Burnell. It's seven wide. The leaders as they come by. That is Trevor Klein, who transferred up from the B main. He's not going to go all the way up. Spencer Baston will from third as we're going to go back to green with seven laps to go. He went slow to the restart. Came in and managed to avoid it in one and two. But three and four could be a different question. He'll get up above it. There's the cross under. Almost a diamond line off. Look out. Big problems are coming. Baston with the big bomb on Leary. That's going to bring Bell into the picture. Leary trying to fight for his life for a lock in spot as they come across the strike. It's going to be five laps to go. Onto the side. We got one over in the corner. We're about to find out how this goes with five laps to go. Burnell leads the field. They stack up behind C.J. Leary. And so Burnell is able to get away. Leary having fits now with Spencer Baston as Christopher Bell pulls away in second. It's a worst case scenario there for C.J. Leary. You've now given up second. They're all over the place behind you. You're just hoping somebody right before that lap was over and it didn't happen. Slider line by Christopher Bell is really good right there. He's going to come down, stick the bottom of turn four. Burnell's trying to do that. Turn down. But he's hanging himself out on turn four. Got caught in the slick. Bell to the lead. Here they go with three laps to go. Cross out of Brian Burnell's front nose. And Christopher Bell to the point. As they come around, it'll be two to go. Christopher Bell into the lead. Two laps left for C.Bell. As he'll roll into the corner. C.J. Leary is there on the bottom as Burnell jumps the cushion again. White flag is out for Christopher Bell. Trying to tie Kyle Larson with a ninth preliminary. He streaks down the back straightaway. It has been near perfect for Christopher Bell this week. And in his own equipment, Bell wins Thursday night at the Chili Bowl. Leary is your final walk-in. C.J. Leary makes the Saturday show. In another Donnie Burnell.