Tuesday offered one of the most chaotic, crazy, and downright wild preliminary nights we’ve seen in some time at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.

It was a race filled with drama around every corner, setting the stage for some unique storylines come time for Saturday’s grand finale at Tulsa’s SageNet Center.

Let’s take a quick look at where last night’s preliminary finishers will start in the famed alphabet soup: 

TO THE A-MAIN (1-2) – Hank Davis, Spencer Bayston

TO THE B-MAINS (3-8) – Jade Avedisian, Kyle Jones, Jonathan Beason, Kaylee Bryson, Chance Crum, Tim McCreadie

TO THE C-MAINS (9-14) – Zach Daum, Kameron Key, Jordan Kinser, Daison Pursley, Jake Bubak, Justin Zimmerman

TO THE D-MAINS (15-20) – Mariah Ede, Preston Lattomus, AJ Bender, Brendon Wiseley, Damion Gardner, Buddy Kofoid

TO THE E-MAINS (21-24) – Michael Pickens, Devon Borden, Alex Bowman, Darin Naida

For Davis, the local Sand Springs, OK native became the fifth home state hero to win a Chili Bowl preliminary. His remarkable run aboard Matt Seymour’s No. 29S will send him to Saturday’s Championship A-Main for the first time in his career.

VIDEO: Hank Davis reacts after winning the biggest race of his life Tuesday night.

For Bayston, his 12th-to-2nd charge marks the farthest back a lock-in driver has started since 2017. The RMS Racing No. 1S pilot is locked-in for his fifth-career Chili Bowl main event with hopes of topping his career-best of third place.

Jade Avedisian, a 16-year-old sensation from Clovis, CA, established a new record for the highest finishing female in Chili Bowl preliminary history with her third-place effort. She’ll take the CB Industries No. 84 to Saturday’s B-Main as the current leader for Rookie of the Year honors.

Other notable B-Main attendees include Texan Kyle Jones in the Trifecta Motorsports #7U, Expo ace Jonathan Beason in the CB Industries No. 88J, female sensation Kaylee Bryson in the Keith Kunz No. 71, Chance Crum in the Rudeen Racing No. 26, and former champion Tim McCreadie, who extended his streak to 16 top-10s in 16 preliminary starts.

Noteworthy C-Main starters include Andy Bondio’s gasser Zach Daum, Kameron Key with a career-best outing for TKH Motorsports, and Daison Pursley and Jake Bubak – who held top-five positions early-on before mistakes eliminated them from contention.

One of the biggest storylines will be Buddy Kofoid coming from the tail of Saturday’s D-Main – needing top-five to transfer from the D and C-Main, then top-seven from the B-Main. He was leading Tuesday’s prelim in hopes of back-to-back wins when a crash ahead forced him into the wall and broke his front end on the Keith Kunz, Mobil 1 No. 71W.

Finishers 21-24 were all innocently knocked down to the E-Main as Michael Pickens, Devon Borden, Alex Bowman, and Darin Naida were all caught up in other people’s messes at the start of Tuesday’s 30-lapper.

All of the Chili Bowl fun continues tonight with Wednesday’s preliminary taking center stage. Can’t make it to Tulsa this week? Don’t worry! You can watch every lap of the action live on FloRacing.