TULSA, Okla. — Tanner Thorson served notice that he’ll be one to reckon with during Saturday night’s 37thannual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals feature with a dominant performance during Thursday’s John Christner Trucking Qualifying Night program. What looked like a rocky start to the defending champion’s night started with a spin in his OERB Heat Race, Thorson immediately bounced back to win his opening laps of competition. “I thought my prelim night was over at the start of that heat race. Chasing Thorson the entire 30 laps, Emerson Axsom and the AME Electric No. A battle through several restarts for the show position, the spot finally went to fifth, starting Brady Bacon, who made the pass on lap 24. Racing third from the start, the race with Bacon slipped Sarff out of his groove and slipped him back to sixth.

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