{"id":416241,"date":"2026-01-17T23:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416241\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:13:11","slug":"nascar-star-jesse-love-goes-for-wild-ride-during-flipping-crash-at-chili-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416241\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Star Jesse Love Goes For Wild Ride During Flipping Crash At Chili Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23924172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jesse-Love.png\" alt=\"Jesse Love Sprint Car\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">@FloRacing on X<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, race car drivers dream of winning the biggest races in the world. There\u2019s the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500, the Monaco Grand Prix, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>For dirt racers in the United States, the famed\u00a0Chili Bowl\u00a0represents the best of the best. Unfortunately for NASCAR star\u00a0Jesse Love, his chances of winning this year\u2019s event ended early, and in terrifying fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old out of California grew up driving on dirt before breaking into NASCAR, where he won the O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts series championship in 2025, proving himself as one of the sport\u2019s top prospects.<\/p>\n<p>After running the Chili Bowl three times from 2021 to 2024, he took off the 2025 event before returning to Tulsa this season, looking to win the famed Golden Driller trophy.<\/p>\n<p>That won\u2019t be happening.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Love Flips In Qualifying Race For Chili Bowl<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, the Chili Bowl Nationals is an indoor midget car (small, high-powered dirt cars) held at the Tulsa Expo Center. It began as a 57-car, two-day event in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>These days, it\u2019s a weeklong event with over 400 entrants, with qualifying races held Monday through Friday and then heat races all day on Saturday leading up to Saturday night\u2019s main event.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR stars such as Tony Stewart, Christopher Bell, and Kyle Larson have all won the event in the past.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, Love was competing in a qualifying race when his car was launched into the air and flipped three times as he crossed the finish line. It landed upright, and Love climbed out of the vehicle but was taken for further medical evaluation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc0e-\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc0e \ud83d\udcf9 Jesse Love went for a wild ride after crossing the finish line sixth Friday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChiliBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ChiliBowl<\/a>. \ud83d\ude32 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NASCAR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QS2dDgIetE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QS2dDgIetE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FloRacing (@FloRacing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloRacing\/status\/2012383755667693898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobpockrass\/status\/2012548617811186038\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Love will not continue the event, and that no update was available on his condition.<\/p>\n<p>Both Larson, the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion, and Bell are already qualified for Saturday night\u2019s main event. But both are well aware of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/nascar-kyle-larson-world-of-outlaws-sprint-car-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dangers of dirt racing<\/a>, having experienced similar crashes in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s hoping Love\u2019s scary incident is the last of the weekend. However, history tells us that\u2019s unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"@FloRacing on X Growing up, race car drivers dream of winning the biggest races in the world. 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