(Photo by David Hill)
Inside Line Promotions – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 1, 2016) – Sammy Swindell is the first back-to-back winner this season during National Sprint League competition.
Swindell scored his second straight triumph on Friday at Knoxville Raceway, where he held onto the top spot during all 22 laps despite a pair of green-white-checkered finishes.
“We’ve got this Big Game Treestands/Muddy car rolling now,” he said. “We had a different motor in tonight so we had a few things we needed to be different in. We made just the right changes for the main. The car was pretty awesome.”
Swindell opened the first night of a weekend doubleheader at the famed half-mile oval by qualifying 13th quickest. However, he won a heat race after starting on the outside of the front row to advance to eighth in overall points. That locked him into the final spot in the feature inversion, which ended up being an eight to put Swindell on the pole for the 20-lap main event.
He quickly powered into the lead and maintained a strong pace using the bottom groove. A caution on Lap 7 for Scott Bogucki slowing on the frontstretch and a red flag on Lap 8 for Dominic Scelzi and Bronson Maeschen flipping in turns one and two slowed the pace for the first half of the feature.
Swindell built a 2.3 second advantage once he hit traffic with six laps remaining. He led by more than 1.5 seconds on the final lap when Andrew Caruana stopped in turn three to bring out a caution to set up the first green-white-checkered restart.
Swindell maintained the lead as Dusty Zomer rode the cushion to stay within striking distance. Swindell was in turn three on the final lap when a red flag came out for Tasker Phillips flipping on the frontstretch. That set the stage for another green-white-checkered finish and this time it went caution-free as Swindell posted his 50th career triumph at Knoxville Raceway.
Zomer ended second with Danny Lasoski taking advantage of the final restarts to advance to a third-place result, which propelled him into the lead in the National Sprint League championship standings by 73 points over Craig Dollansky.
Lynton Jeffrey earned a fourth-place finish with Kerry Madsen rounding out the top five.
Davey Heskin started the night’s competition by setting quick time during qualifying before Swindell, Phillips and Scelzi each won a heat race.
Knoxville Raceway hosts the second half of the National Sprint League’s doubleheader on Saturday when Swindell will aim to tie the National Sprint League record for consecutive feature victories at three in a row. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. with qualifying at 7:15 p.m.
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NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE NOTES: Davey Heskin earned a $200 bonus from Deberg Concrete and a $50 certificate from Slade Shock Technology for setting quick time during time trials. … Sammy Swindell garnered a $100 certificate from Walker Filtration Performance for winning a heat race. … Tasker Phillips scored a $100 certificate from Kaeding Performance for winning a heat race. … Dominic Scelzi captured a certificate from Keizer Aluminum Wheels for winning a heat race. …Phillips was the So Close Award winner and received a certificate from Rod End Supply for being the highest starting NSL driver who missed the feature redraw. … Andrew Caruana powered to the Locked in Award to garner a $100 certificate from Hooker Harness by being the final driver to take the green flag in the main event. … Josh Schneiderman picked up a $50 certificate from KSE Racing Products for being the Hard Charger in the A Main. … Phillips, Scelzi and Bronson Maeschen were each given the Hard Luck Award, which provided a $100 certificate from Ti22 Performance for facing the worst luck of the night.
National Sprint League Race Report: Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on July 1, 2016 –
Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Time Trials: 1. 56n-Davey Heskin 14.942; 2. 2-Danny Lasoski 15.119; 3. 12-Lynton Jeffrey 15.153; 4. 21-Brian Brown 15.162; 5. 24r-Rico Abreu 15.206; 6. 18-Ian Madsen 15.306; 7. 96-Bronson Maeschen 15.314; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen 15.319; 9. 82-Dusty Zomer 15.337; 10. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 15.355; 11. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 15.367; 12. 55-Brooke Tatnell 15.375; 13. 1s-Sammy Swindell 15.428; 14. 7w-Tasker Phillips 15.471; 15. 44-Chris Martin 15.554; 16. 84-Scott Bogucki 15.606; 17. 19-Bob Weuve 15.664; 18. 41-Dominic Scelzi 15.710; 19. 49-Josh Schneiderman 15.781; 20. 71a-R.J. Johnson 15.805; 21. 12h-Daniel Harding 15.933; 22. 35-Kevin Hetrick 16.269; 23. 96aus-Andrew Caruana 16.333; 24. 1b-Jake Bubak No Time; 25. 20-A.J. Moeller No Time.
Walker Performance Filtration Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 1s-Sammy Swindell (2); 2. 84-Scott Bogucki (1); 3. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (3); 4. 21-Brian Brown (5); 5. 96-Bronson Maeschen (4); 6. 56n-Davey Heskin (6); 7. 49-Josh Schneiderman (7); 8. 35-Kevin Hetrick (8).
Kaeding Performance Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 7w-Tasker Phillips (2); 2. 29-Kerry Madsen (4); 3. 2-Danny Lasoski (6); 4. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (3); 5. 24r-Rico Abreu (5); 6. 71a-R.J. Johnson (7); 7. 19-Bob Weuve (1); 8. 96aus-Andrew Caruana (8).
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Dominic Scelzi (1); 2. 55-Brooke Tatnell (3); 3. 82-Dusty Zomer (4); 4. 12-Lynton Jeffrey (6); 5. 18-Ian Madsen (5); 6. 44-Chris Martin (2); 7. 12h-Daniel Harding (7); 8. 20-A.J. Moeller (DNS).
A Feature (22 Laps): 1. 1s-Sammy Swindell (1); 2. 82-Dusty Zomer (2); 3. 2-Danny Lasoski (8); 4. 12-Lynton Jeffrey (7); 5. 29-Kerry Madsen (5); 6. 24r-Rico Abreu (3); 7. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (11); 8. 56n-Davey Heskin (4); 9. 18-Ian Madsen (10); 10. 49-Josh Schneiderman (20); 11. 55-Brooke Tatnell (12); 12. 21-Brian Brown (6); 13. 71a-R.J. Johnson (18); 14. 44-Chris Martin (17); 15. 12h-Daniel Harding (21); 16. 35-Kevin Hetrick (22); 17. 19-Bob Weuve (19); 18. 7w-Tasker Phillips (9); 19. 84-Scott Bogucki (15); 20. 96aus-Andrew Caruana (23); 21. 41-Dominic Scelzi (14); 22. 96-Bronson Maeschen (13); 23. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (16); 24. 1b-Jake Bubak (DNS); 25. 20-A.J. Moeller (DNS). Laps led: Sammy Swindell 1-22.
(The feature had two green-white-checkered restarts to end the race.)
UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE TOP 10 IN POINTS AFTER ROUND 11 –
.1. 2-Danny Lasoski 3957; 2. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 3884; 3. 18-Ian Madsen 3549; 4. 21-Brian Brown 3435; 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell 3091; 6. 56n-Davey Heskin 2979; 7. 1s-Sammy Swindell 2675; 8. 7w-Tasker Phillips 2606; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen 2552; 10. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 2189.
2016 FEATURE WINNERS –
Craig Dollansky – 2 (Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on May 20 and Iowa State Fair Speedway in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 29); Danny Lasoski – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 21 and Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, on June 19); Kerry Madsen – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on May 28 and June 18); Sammy Swindell – 2 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 25 and July 1); Brian Brown – 1 (Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 4); Terry McCarl – 1 (I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on May 6); and Daryn Pittman – 1 (Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on June 24).
NEXT EVENT –
Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa
MEDIA LINKS –
NSL Website: http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com
NSL Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/NSLSeries
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MARKETING PARTNERS –
The National Sprint League would like to thank Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP, Arnold Motor Supply, Bank Midwest, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Deberg Concrete, Hepfner Racing Products, Hooker Harness, Kaeding Performance, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, KSE Racing Products, Max Papis Innovations, MyRacePass, Rod End Supply, Rossie Feed & Grain, Slade Shock Technology, Ti22 Performance, TiLUBE Motorsport Lubricants, Vortex Wings and Walker Performance Filtration for support throughout the 2016 season.
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE –
The National Sprint League was established in 2015 as a premier 410ci winged sprint car series focusing on the Midwest. In 2016, the series branches into the 360ci winged sprint car ranks with the GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 Sprint Car Series as well as multiple regions across the United States. For the latest news and information among all the NSL entities, visit http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com.
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- Shawn Miller on Jul 01, 2016
- Article Date: 7/1/2016 by Inside Line Promotions