The 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals is just around the corner and it will feature a strong list of contenders from NASCAR circles, including Hendrick Motorsports drivers Kyle Larson and Corey Day. The team propped its men up on social media as build-up to their participation in the famous dirt-track event. However, Alex Bowman’s omission from the promotional post has attracted wrath from the fans.
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Bowman, the driver of the #48 Camaro in the Cup Series, is set to contend in the Chili Bowl Nationals as a team owner. His team, Alex Bowman Racing, will field four cars in pursuit of the esteemed Golden Driller trophy. Bowman’s NASCAR team may have not included him in its posts since he is not competing in Tulsa as a driver.
Fans, however, hinted at power dynamics within the team while criticising the way Bowman was ignored.
“You forget Alex Bowman who is owner once again this year now with 4 microcars,” one fan wrote below the team’s post. Another added: “So we not gonna talk about how bowman owns 3 cars there so sad….”
Your forget Alex Bowman who is owner once again this year now with 4 micro cars
— Jose Pedro 🏁🏁🏁 (@jose_pedro_48) January 11, 2025
One fan reminded Hendrick Motorsports that everything doesn’t have to be about Larson all the time. They wrote, “What about Bowman?! The world doesn’t revolve around KL.“
Bowman’s four cars will be driven by CJ Leary, Kevin Thomas Jr, Jake Swanson, and Briggs Danner at the Chili Bowl Nationals. And a victory there would get Hendrick Motorsports to talk about him for sure. Larson and Day, meanwhile, will be trying to script a narrative of their own at the event.
Larson and Day’s record at the Chili Bowl Nationals
Larson is already a two-time winner of the Chili Bowl Nationals. He will pilot the #1k entry and hope to make it to the A-Main feature. His earlier titles came in 2020 and 2021. The California native missed taking part in the 2023 edition, but returned last year.
Alongside Larson will be Day, a driver who he has described as one of the brightest upcoming talents in NASCAR at the moment. The 19-year-old was recently signed by Hendrick Motorsports. This year, he will race part-time in the Xfinity Series and also drive in the Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, and TransAm.
Day won a preliminary race at the Chili Bowl last year before finishing third in the A-Main. He will hope to go further this time in the #41 car. Practice sessions for the event will begin on January 12, leading up to the main events on January 18.
