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Swindell wins
Knight before Kings Royal
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Veterans Shares Stage with NRA Winner Randy
Hannagan
ROSSBURG, OHIO (July 11) – Germantown, Tennessee’s Sammy Swindell
passed Tim Shaffer on lap 14, withstood several mid-race restarts, and
then powered away from the field to pick up a $10,000 victory in the
30-lap Knight Before The Kings Royal Friday night at Eldora
Speedway. It was the sprint car legend’s 36th World of Outlaw
(WoO) STP Sprint Car Series victory at Eldora Speedway in his 174th
career start.
In the companion NRA Sprint Invaders nightcap, Randy Hannagan, who was
doing double duty on the night along with Shaffer, took advantage of
Shaffer’s misfortune to capture his 6th career NRA victory at Eldora.
“After the year we have had, this feels really good,” Swindell, now 59
years old, said of his second win of the 2014 WoO season. “This
has always been one of my favorite race tracks and I like getting up by
the wall and seeing how fast you can go.”
Shaffer jumped to the early lead and had pulled out to nearly a
straight-away advantage when the lead cars entered lapped traffic on
lap 5. That is when Swindell began to methodically erase the
straightaway advantage that Shaffer had built up.
Shaffer held off several attempts by Swindell to take over the top spot
before Swindell made the winning move. After getting beside
Shaffer on several occasions, Swindell dove low below Shaffer in turn
three and into the top spot as the exited turn four.
“I just screwed up in the lapped traffic,” Shaffer said. “I made
my move too soon and I lost all my momentum and he was able to get that
run down the backstretch.”
Lap 18 was a pivotal point. Several caution flags were
shown before the lap was finally entered into the scoring
records. The second caution flag erased a move that
had the huge partisan crowd on their feet for Jac
Haudenschild. Dubbed, ‘the wild child’, he advanced five
positions before returning to turn four, only to have another yellow
flag appear. With his ‘hand’ displayed, the next restart
failed to show similar results.
Swindell was never seriously challenged after that as he and Shaffer
raced several car lengths ahead of a torrid battle for the third
position featuring Kerry Madsen, Shane Stewart, Daryn Pittman and Jac
Haudenschild.
That quartet of drivers swapped positions throughout the race before
Madsen claimed the third position at the finish. Stewart, who won
at Eldora in May, finished in fourth-place, while Pittman, the
defending World of Outlaw STP Sprint Car Series champion, completed the
top five.
Paul McMahan, who was coming off a win at Limaland Motorsports Park on
Wednesday night, outlaw point’s leader Donny Schatz, Haudenschild,
Steve Kinser and defending Kings Royal winner Brad Sweet completed the
top ten.
Two-time Kings Royal winner Joey Saldana was the fastest qualifier over
the 49-car field while Haudenschild, David Gravel, Kinser, Pittman and
Chad Kemenah won heat races. Austin Wheatley won the C-main,
McMahan captured the Last Chance Showdown and Shaffer won the Dash to
earn the pole starting position.
With the knowledge of what the clay surface was providing, Shaffer got
behind the wheel of his NRA mount and appeared to have the field
covered. However, a spun by a pair of lapped cars on lap 11
collected Shaffer. The end result was four cars flipping,
but with no injuries. Shaffer’s run was through.
Veteran Randy Hannagan inherited the lead from there and cruised to an
easy win over Tim Allison and Butch Schroeder.
Eldora returns to action tonight (July 12) with the 31st annual Kings
Royal and the 40-lap main event which pays the winner $50,000 and the
title of King XXXI.
“We were a little tight early in that race but if we can get this thing
rolling like that again tomorrow night, we will have a shot at it,”
three-time Kings Royal champion Swindell said when asked if he can get
the weekend sweep.
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World of Outlaw Sprints
TIME TRIALS - 1. 71-Joey Saldana [19]; 2. 51-Paul Mcmahan [31]; 3.
29-Kerry Madsen [45]; 4. 24A-Rico Abreu [29]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [35];
6. 45S-Tim Shaffer [16]; 7. 83-David Gravel [43]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart
[44]; 9. 9-Daryn Pittman [36]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet [41]; 11. 4-Cody
Darrah [46]; 12. 82C-Roger Crockett [13]; 13. 20W-Greg Wilson [33]; 14.
49X-Cole Duncan [12]; 15. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 16. 9W-Jac Haudenschild
[2]; 17. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [24]; 18. 11-Steve Kinser [4]; 19.
40-Caleb Helms [30]; 20. 63-Chad Kemenah [3]; 21. 11N-Randy Hannagan
[32]; 22. 1S-Logan Schuchart [7]; 23. 14K-Dale Blaney [38]; 24.
21-Brian Brown [5]; 25. 81-Lee Jacobs [49]; 26. 71S-Kevin Swindell
[37]; 27. 5T-Travis Philo [1]; 28. 7S-Jason Sides [42]; 29. 24H-Brandon
Wimmer [18]; 30. 83X-Jason Meyers [21]; 31. 3G-James Mcfadden [48]; 32.
11K-Kraig Kinser [27]; 33. 19M-Brent Marks [23]; 34. 59K-Tim Kaeding
[25]; 35. 9X-Rob Chaney [34]; 36. 48-Danny Dietrich [9]; 37. 44W-Austen
Wheatley [22]; 38. 21M-Dallas Hewitt [8]; 39. 19P-Paige Polyak [17];
40. 1A-Jacob Allen [15]; 41. 60-Kory Crabtree [10]; 42. 33H-Sheldon
Haudenschild [40]; 43. 28-Brian Paulus [28]; 44. 16-Danny Mumaw [39];
45. 2M-Dustin Daggett [11]; 46. 40DD-Caleb Griffith [47]; 47. 2S-Nathan
Skaggs [14]; 48. 46AU-Stuart Williams [26]; 49. 59P-Chris Jones [20];
HEAT 1 - 1. 9W-Jac Haudenschild [1]; 2. 4-Cody Darrah [2]; 3. 45S-Tim
Shaffer [3]; 4. 71-Joey Saldana [4]; 5. 71S-Kevin Swindell [6]; 6.
11N-Randy Hannagan [5]; 7. 3G-James Mcfadden [7]; 8. 2M-Dustin Daggett
[10]; 9. 9X-Rob Chaney [8]; 10. 60-Kory Crabtree [DNF];
HEAT 2 - 1. 83-David Gravel [3]; 2. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [1]; 3.
1S-Logan Schuchart [5]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [7]; 5. 82C-Roger Crockett
[2]; 6. 33H-Sheldon Haudenschild [9]; 7. 44W-Austen Wheatley [8]; 8.
2S-Nathan Skaggs [10]; 9. 51-Paul Mcmahan [DNF]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo
[DNF];
HEAT 3 - 1. 11-Steve Kinser [1]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 29-Kerry
Madsen [4]; 4. 20W-Greg Wilson [2]; 5. 14K-Dale Blaney [5]; 6. 59K-Tim
Kaeding [7]; 7. 21M-Dallas Hewitt [8]; 8. 28-Brian Paulus [9]; 9.
7S-Jason Sides [DNF]; 10. 46AU-Stuart Williams [DNF];
HEAT 4 - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 2. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [6]; 3. 40-Caleb
Helms [1]; 4. 49X-Cole Duncan [2]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [5]; 6. 24A-Rico
Abreu [4]; 7. 19M-Brent Marks [7]; 8. 19P-Paige Polyak [8]; 9.
59P-Chris Jones [DNF]; 10. 16-Danny Mumaw [DNF];
HEAT 5 - 1. 63-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 15-Donny
Schatz [2]; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell [4]; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs [5]; 6. 48-Danny
Dietrich [7]; 7. 83X-Jason Meyers [6]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [8]; 9.
40DD-Caleb Griffith [9];
DASH - 1. 45S-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 3. 29-Kerry
Madsen [3]; 4. 71-Joey Saldana [4]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [7]; 6. 2-Shane
Stewart [6]; 7. 83-David Gravel [5]; 8. 63-Chad Kemenah [10]; 9.
11-Steve Kinser [9]; 10. 9W-Jac Haudenschild [8];
C FEATURE - 1. 44W-Austen Wheatley [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [4]; 3.
21M-Dallas Hewitt [2]; 4. 19P-Paige Polyak [3]; 5. 2M-Dustin Daggett
[10]; 6. 2S-Nathan Skaggs [11]; 7. 28-Brian Paulus [7]; 8. 59P-Chris
Jones [13]; 9. 60-Kory Crabtree [DNF]; 10. 16-Danny Mumaw [DNS]; 11.
33H-Sheldon Haudenschild [DNS]; 12. 40DD-Caleb Griffith [DNS]; 13.
46AU-Stuart Williams [DNS];
B-FEATURE - 1. 51-Paul Mcmahan [1]; 2. 24A-Rico Abreu [2]; 3. 11N-Randy
Hannagan [4]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo [9]; 5. 14K-Dale Blaney [5]; 6.
82C-Roger Crockett [3]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [10]; 8. 3G-James Mcfadden
[12]; 9. 71S-Kevin Swindell [8]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich [15]; 11. 9X-Rob
Chaney [16]; 12. 83X-Jason Meyers [11]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen [17]; 14.
19M-Brent Marks [14]; 15. 21-Brian Brown [6]; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs [7];
17. 44W-Austen Wheatley [18]; 18. 59K-Tim Kaeding [13];
A FEATURE - 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 2. 45S-Tim Shaffer [1]; 3.
29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [6]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [5]; 6.
51-Paul Mcmahan [11]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [17]; 8. 9W-Jac Haudenschild
[10]; 9. 11-Steve Kinser [24]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet [13]; 11. 24A-Rico
Abreu [12]; 12. 11N-Randy Hannagan [20]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [21];
14. 10H-Danny Holtgraver [18]; 15. 40-Caleb Helms [19]; 16. 4-Cody
Darrah [14]; 17. 63-Chad Kemenah [8]; 18. 11K-Kraig Kinser [9]; 19.
7S-Jason Sides [25]; 20. 83-David Gravel [DNF]; 21. 20W-Greg Wilson
[DNF]; 22. 24H-Brandon Wimmer [DNF]; 23. 5T-Travis Philo [DNF]; 24.
49X-Cole Duncan [DNF]; 25. 71-Joey Saldana [DNF];
NRA Sprint
TIME TRIALS - 1. 12H-Tim Hunter [14.460]; 2. 20B-Butch Schroeder
[14.470]; 3. 45S-Tim Shaffer [14.555]; 4. 16-Ryan Ruhl [14.564]; 5.
17-Jared Horstman [14.601]; 6. 49-Shawn Dancer [14.635]; 7. 2MD-Dustin
Daggett [14.672]; 8. 23-Devon Dobie [14.678]; 9. 83-Kyle Sauder
[14.716]; 10. 11-Tim Allison [14.736]; 11. 6JS-Jr Stewart [14.759]; 12.
22H-Randy Hannagan [14.795]; 13. 98-Joe Trenca [14.837]; 14. 89-Robbie
Stillwaggon [14.845]; 15. 5G-Curt Michael [14.863]; 16. 28H-Hud Horton
[14.924]; 17. 10X-Dustin Stroup [14.929]; 18. 6S-Max Stambaugh
[14.977]; 19. 12CS-Cody Swanson [15.002]; 20. 35-Ron Blair [15.010];
21. 6K-Chad Kemenah [15.026]; 22. 2MS-Beau Stewart [15.169]; 23. 11N-Ed
Neumeister [15.186]; 24. 79-Jordan Thomas [15.198]; 25. 22R-Kevin
Roberts Jr [15.264]; 26. 49T-Gregg Dalman [15.305]; 27. 31-Andy
Teunessen [15.350]; 28. 15-Brandon Ferguson [15.472]; 29. 97-Bryan
Sebetto [15.482]; 30. 8J-Jess Stiger [15.556]; 31. 14C-Andy Conley
[15.704]; 32. 3B-Brad Greer [15.723]; 33. 12R-Nick Roberts [16.262];
34. 23P-Nick Patterson [99.999];
HEAT 1 - 1. 6K-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 10X-Dustin Stroup [2]; 3. 17-Jared
Horstman [5]; 4. 97-Bryan Sebetto [8]; 5. 98-Joe Trenca [3]; 6.
22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [7]; 7. 12R-Nick Roberts [DNF]; 8. 83-Kyle Sauder
[DNF]; 9. 12H-Tim Hunter [DNF];
HEAT 2 - 1. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon [3]; 2. 11-Tim Allison [4]; 3.
20B-Butch Schroeder [6]; 4. 49T-Gregg Dalman [7]; 5. 2MS-Beau Stewart
[1]; 6. 6S-Max Stambaugh [2]; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger [8]; 8. 49-Shawn Dancer
[DNF]; 9. 23P-Nick Patterson [DNS];
HEAT 3 - 1. 45S-Tim Shaffer [6]; 2. 11N-Ed Neumeister [1]; 3. 5G-Curt
Michael [3]; 4. 6JS-Jr Stewart [4]; 5. 31-Andy Teunessen [7]; 6.
12CS-Cody Swanson [DNS]; 7. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [DNS]; 8. 14C-Andy
Conley [DNS];
HEAT 4 - 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan [4]; 2. 16-Ryan Ruhl [6]; 3. 28H-Hud
Horton [3]; 4. 35-Ron Blair [2]; 5. 23-Devon Dobie [5]; 6. 79-Jordan
Thomas [1]; 7. 3B-Brad Greer [8]; 8. 15-Brandon Ferguson [DNS];
B-FEATURE - 1. 98-Joe Trenca [6]; 2. 23-Devon Dobie [4]; 3. 12CS-Cody
Swanson [8]; 4. 6S-Max Stambaugh [7]; 5. 2MS-Beau Stewart [9]; 6.
79-Jordan Thomas [10]; 7. 22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [11]; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger
[14]; 9. 31-Andy Teunessen [12]; 10. 14C-Andy Conley [15]; 11. 3B-Brad
Greer [DNF]; 12. 12R-Nick Roberts [DNF]; 13. 12H-Tim Hunter [DNF]; 14.
23P-Nick Patterson [DNF]; 15. 49-Shawn Dancer [DNS]; 16. 2MD-Dustin
Daggett [DNS]; 17. 83-Kyle Sauder [DNS]; 18. 15-Brandon Ferguson [DNS];
A FEATURE - 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan [7]; 2. 11-Tim Allison [2]; 3.
20B-Butch Schroeder [6]; 4. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon [8]; 5. 6K-Chad
Kemenah [13]; 6. 6JS-Jr Stewart [1]; 7. 35-Ron Blair [12]; 8. 97-Bryan
Sebetto [16]; 9. 16-Ryan Ruhl [4]; 10. 5G-Curt Michael [9]; 11.
10X-Dustin Stroup [11]; 12. 12CS-Cody Swanson [19]; 13. 6S-Max
Stambaugh [20]; 14. 49T-Gregg Dalman [15]; 15. 23-Devon Dobie [DNF];
16. 45S-Tim Shaffer [DNF]; 17. 17-Jared Horstman [DNF]; 18. 28H-Hud
Horton [DNF]; 19. 98-Joe Trenca [DNF]; 20. 11N-Ed Neumeister [DNF];
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