(Photo by Gary Cornelison)
Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 2, 2018) – Sammy Swindell was on point last weekend at 81 Speedway, which hosted the 8th annual Park City Cup/Air Capital Shootout.
Swindell and car owner A.G. Rains won three heat races and finished in the top five during both main events to give the team four top fives in five races this season.
“The weekend was really good,” Swindell said. “They had a practice on Thursday for a couple of hours. We rolled out and everything was good. We made a couple of tweaks and learned a bit that helped us for Friday.”
Swindell kicked off the NCRA Series event on Friday by winning two heat races, including the second race from eighth. That gave him the most event points out of the nearly 50 competitors and the pole for the A Main.
“We stayed with the same tires we’d run in Alabama (the week before) and practiced with,” he said. “We thought they’d be fine. (Tim) Crawley’s car had some newer tires. He was able to get around us on the start. We just chased him the whole time. We were faster, but it was a one-lane track that rubbered down around the bottom. I tried on the last lap to drive around him, but the groove was maybe a lane and a half wide and I was on the outside in the marbles so we had to settle for second.”
Swindell’s second-place finish tied his best result of the season.
The team continued to run strong on Saturday, when Swindell won a heat race from the pole. That lined him up on the inside of the fifth row for the main event.
“It was a lot windier and they started racing earlier,” he said. “The sun was out most of the day so the race track really didn’t have a chance. It had more rubber down from the start of the race than the end of the night before. At least it made it a little wider so we were able to pass some cars whenever somebody would slip up. I got to fourth toward the end, but I went into turn one and must have caught a big gust of wind or something because the car didn’t turn. That let Brandon Hanks get back by me.”
Swindell hustled to a fifth-place result.
He and Rains will compete this Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com.
“We’re excited to have W&B Service Company, Griffin Fishing Charters and Lodge, and South Bay on our car this weekend in Texas,” Swindell said. “It’s a big race and we’re looking forward to racing for a win or two.”
QUICK RESULTS –
March 30 – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. – Heat race #1: 1 (3); Heat race #2: 1 (8); Feature: 2 (1).
March 31 – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. – Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 5 (9).
SEASON STATS –
5 races, 0 wins, 4 top fives, 5 top 10s, 5 top 15s, 5 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.SammySwindell1.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/1sam91
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Acme Graphix & Design
Acme Graphix & Design is a graphic and design company owned by sprint car driver A.G. Rains. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/Acmegraphixanddesign/.
“Acme Graphix has been doing all my graphic stuff, decals, banners for the trailers, etc., for a long time,” Swindell said. “A.G. has race cars and knows how things should go together. I can call him up and say I need something and he gets it done.”
Swindell would also like to thank CP Pistons, W&B Service Company, Griffin Fishing Charters and Lodge, South Bay, Whitacre Glass, High Performance Lubricants, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Simpson Race Products, FK Rod Ends, Sweet Manufacturing, Schoenfeld Headers, MyRacePass and Inside Line Promotions for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Apr 02, 2018
- Article Date: 4/2/2018 by Inside Line Promotions