Chili Bowl: He has cerebral palsy and has never raced a midget car, but Zack Morgan is ‘having the time of my life’ – Tulsa World

Chili Bowl at a glance

Friday

Justin Grant of Ione, California, drove off the outside front row on the start then threaded his way through lapped traffic late to win the week's final 30-lap preliminary feature and locked in a spot in Saturdays A feature.

I was trying to pick my (way) through. I know we had a pretty good lead, Grant said of the lapped traffic.

Kyle Cummins of Princeton, Indiana, picked up the second and final transfer spot over NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., who charged from the rear of the field, advancing 15 positions to finish third.

The Golden Driller in front of the River Spirit Expo Center was lit up in pink in honor of Turn the Bowl Pink Night for breast cancer awareness.

On tap Saturday

Feature racing gets under way at 10 a.m. with the N feature and works up the alphabet until the A feature.

Opening ceremonies for the evening portion of the show will be at 6:30 p.m., followed by the C, B and A features.

Drivers locked into Saturdays A Feature (Not in starting order): Cannon McIntosh, Tyler Courtney, Kyle Larson, Thomas Meseraull, Rico Abreu, Alex Bright, Christopher Bell, Michael Kofoid, Justin Grant, Kyle Cummins.

Friday's results

A Feature: 1. Justin Grant, Ione, Calif.; 2. Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Ind.; 3. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Olive Branch, Miss.; 4. Tanner Thorson, Minden, Nev.; 5. Daryn Pittman, Owasso; 6. Damion Gardner, Concord, Calif.; 7. Jesse Love, Redwood City, Calif.; 8. Aaron Reutzel, Clute, Texas; 9. J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Ariz.; 10. Ronnie Gardner, Corona, Calif.

B Feature 1: 1. J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Ariz.; 2. Lane Goodman, Broken Arrow; 3. Kinzer Edwards, Bartlesville; 4. Wesley Smith, Nixa, Mo.; 5. Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa.

B Feature 2: 1. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.. Olive Branch, Miss.; 2. Tanner Thorson, Minden, Nev.; 3. Ethan Mitchell, Mooresville, N.C.; 4. Tucker Klaasmeyer, Paola, Kan.; 5. Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, Tenn.

C Feature 1: 1. Chris Tarrant, Rockwall, Texas; 2. Eric Williams, El Mirage, Ariz.; 3. Gage Rucker, St. Louis, Mo.; 4. Casey Schmitz, Chico, Calif.; 5. Jake Nail, Muskogee.

C Feature 2: 1. Michelle Decker, Guthrie; 2. Tucker Klaasmeyer, Paola, Kan.; 3. Tanner Thorson, Minden, Nev.; 4. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Olive Branch, Miss.; 5. Brayton Lynch, Springfield, Ill.

Qualifier Winners: Ronnie Gardner, Corona, Calif.; Jesse Love, Redwood City, Calif.; Bill Balog, North Pole, Ark.; Damion Gardner, Concord, Calif.

Heat Winners: Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, Mo.; Jesse Love, Redwood City, Iowa; Justin Grant, Ione, Calif.; Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, Tenn.; Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, Wash.; Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Ind.; Brent Beauchamp, Avon, Ind.; Justin Allgaier, Riverton, Ill.

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Chili Bowl: He has cerebral palsy and has never raced a midget car, but Zack Morgan is 'having the time of my life' - Tulsa World