Sammy Swindell Enters I-30 Speedway's 600 Nationals

 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 12, 2007) – Sprint Car legend Sammy Swindell has visited victory lane at Little Rock's I-30 Speedway on nine occasions over the course of his storied career, including a triumph in the 1990 Short Track Nationals championship feature event. 

But the Germantown, TN, ace will try to cash in on the biggest I-30 Speedway payday of his career when he competes in this weekend's Second Annual 600 Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval. 

It was announced today that Swindell would take the wheel of a second entry provided by defending race winner Travis Senter, Jr., of Osceola, AR. Saturday night's finale of the 600 Nationals offers up a $10,000 winner's share. 

Swindell's biggest take from I-30 Speedway thus far was his $6,500 Short Track Nationals victory in 1990. This year's 20^th rendition of the Short Track Nationals pays out $20,000 to the winner. 

Swindell's most recent action at I-30 Speedway in October of 2004 netted a Short Track Nationals preliminary feature win before finishing 13^th in the finale. 

Swindell will have his hands full this weekend when he straps into a 600cc Multi, as he'll take on well over 100 of the nation's top Micro Sprint shoes, each shooting for that $10,000 prize. 

Following a test and tune practice session on Thursday night, September 13, two full nights of racing action will follow with the top six finishers in Friday night's 600 Nationals preliminary feature locked into Saturday night's $10,000-to-win finale. The balance of the field will start with a clean slate in the battle to fill out the 24-car starting field, with all starters collecting a minimum of $400.  

All non-qualifiers will also collect $275 on Saturday night. 

Also taking part in this year's version of the 600 Nationals will be the Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted "A" Class, with $1,000 earmarked for the winner. 

Pertinent 600 Nationals Information: 

What: Second Annual 600 Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires & I-30 Speedway 

Where: I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR). I-30 Speedway is located seven miles southwest of Little Rock off I-30 Exit 126 (Alexander Road).  

When: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 13-15, 2007. Practice starts at 6:00 p.m. on September 13; Full card on September 14 (gates open at 5:00 p.m., racing at 7:30 p.m.) with top 6 feature finishers in both the Multi and Horizon Mini-Sprint features locked into Saturday night finale; $10,000 to win the 600 Nationals finale on September 15 (gates open at 5:00 p.m., racing at 7:30 p.m.) with $400 to start the 600 Nationals championship feature.  

Entry Info: Entries post-marked by September 8 are just $150. Entries submitted after the September 8 pre-entry deadline will be $250. Entries received via mail at 2900 Old Jacksonville Highway, North Little Rock, AR, 72118, that are postmarked September 8 or earlier will still be honored at the $150 pre-entry fee. Entry forms may be obtained at www.600nationals.com or by calling the track at 501-455-4567. 

Entry fee for the Horizon Mini Sprints is just $30 with entries to be submitted to the same address or phone number above. 

Format: A version of the Sprint Bandits popular format of heats and qualifying races will be in place for both nights of competition. Each night, Heat Races will be aligned according to the pre-race draw, with the passing points system in effect. A subsequent set of Last Chance Races followed by Qualifying Races, with passing points again in effect, will set each night's feature lineup. 

The top six from Friday night's feature will run in Saturday night's "Sawyer Chassis Dash for Cash" to determine the alignment of the front three rows of the championship feature event. The Horizon Mini Sprints will also run a Dash for Cash on Saturday night to determine the alignment of the front three rows of the feature.  

Other Awards: In addition to the Sawyer Dash for Cash, Sawyer Chassis will also raffle off a chassis. Keizer Wheels and a number of other suppliers will offer a vast array of contingencies as well. 

For more information regarding the Second Annual 600 Nationals at I-30 Speedway, check the official website at www.600nationals.com or contact I-30 Speedway at 501-455-4567. 

Is this considered cherry picking?.....:)

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GO SAMMY!

I think Sammy ran this race with Kevin a couple years ago.

For Sammy, winning this race will be much harder than winning the sprint car nationals there and it's not even close.

He couldn't have ran this race a couple years ago, last year was the first time this race was held.

OK then they ran another 600 National type race together a couple years ago.

You know he's in a good ride. Travis Senter is a badass in 600cc micro racing.

well, lets look at it this way....didnt terry mccarl and danny lasoski run in the tulsa shootout a few years ago? if my memory serves me right, they didnt do all that well..the only reason they made it to the a main was because they got those promoters provisionals....travis senter does have some great equipment tho! so we'll see! i really dont think he'll make it to the big show!

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I just went and looked at the shootout website, lasoski finished 14th and mccarl finished 20th...this just shows even tho your great at big sprint cars, micros are a totally different animal!!!

Exactly, believe it or not, micros react much faster and things happen much faster than in sprint cars.

Okay, let's put it this way, THE MAN can drive race cars!! He just left California and Gold Cup with a top 5 finish! 2 WoO regulars in front of him and the rest ALL behind him! I'd put my money on him anyday of the week!

They already have 114 paid entries going into tonight's 600 action. And 'Sprint Bandit' qualifying format.

Should be a great show on the 1/4 mile high banks!

so i didnt see sammy's name in the feature finish last night...did he not make the a like i said he wasnt going to? oklahoma's Jerrod Wilson won the preliminary feature with sawyer chassis' Scott Sawyer running 2nd and arkansas' Travis Senter running 3rd

Here's Lonnie's recap:

Travis Senter locked into tonights $10,000 to win feature
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 14, 2007) – Skiatook, Oklahoma's Jerrod Wilson was the class of the field as the Second Annual 600 Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires kicked off at I-30 Speedway on Friday night.

Wilson wired the field in the non-stop 25-lap preliminary feature, besting a total of 125 entries from 19 different states as well as Australia to lock himself into Saturday night's $10,000-to-win 600 Nationals finale.

Also locked into Saturday's finale were the balance of the top six finishers, which included Oklahoma's Scott Sawyer, defending race winner Travis Senter, Jr., of Osceola, AR, California's Stan Yockey, Illini shoe Derek King and Indiana's Jonathan Hendrick.

Making it a Sooner State sweep of victory lane was Broken Arrow, OK, shoe Darien Roberts, who won the 15-lap Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted "A" Class main event.

While Wilson led Friday's preliminary feature in wire-to-wire fashion, he passed virtually everything in sight during the evening's qualifying action. Starting 12th in the second of ten heat races, Wilson charged all the way up to second and ranked second in passing points to Chris Andrews following heat race action.

Gridding the second of five qualifying races in tenth, Wilson blasted through the pack in short order and took the win to earn the pole position for the feature event.

Oklahoma City's Jason Lair was slated to start alongside Wilson in the feature event, but Senter moved up to the front row outside when Lair's engine gave way in the staging area moments before the field aligned.

Wilson outgunned Senter for the point at the drop of the green flag and never looked back. Reaching lapped traffic by the ninth circuit on the high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval, Wilson never faltered while slicing through traffic the rest of the way. "One down, one to go," Wilson commented in victory lane.

With Wilson out front, Sawyer took advantage of a Senter's progressively tightening machine to take the runner-up slot in the final laps. Senter held on for third in the non-stop affair, with Yockey a close fourth as King held off Hendrick for fifth.

Pennsylvania's Jake Murphy just missed an assured starting spot by finishing seventh, while Chris Berreth advanced from 15th to eighth. Aaron Reutzel raced from 20th to ninth, with 17th-starter Travis Elliott completing the top ten.

In the Horizon Mini Sprints feature event, Roberts outdueled Shane Fletcher over the middle portion of the race en route to capturing the checkered flag. Roberts and Fletcher are locked into Saturday night's $1,000 to win feature along with Shelby Henson, Brian Ritter, Devon Huff and Trent Taylor.

Twenty-five Horizon Mini Sprints brought the total number of cars in competition at I-30 Speedway on Friday night to 50.

Second Annual 600 Nationals Friday Results:

Heat Races – Top 50 in Finishing/Passing Points to Five Inverted Qualifying Races; Balance of Field to Five Last Chance Races.

First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 3c-Cody Coggin, 2. 8c-Chris Andrews, 3. 1k-Austin Laskey, 4. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 5. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 6. k9-Jaysen Baker, 7. 96x-Zach Gigot, 8. 11d-Jason Dent, 9. 31d-Joe Dent, 10. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 11. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 12. 22c-John Campbell, 13. 711-Dusty Young.

Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 9L-Tim Dietz, 2. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 3. 18c-Scott Bolden, 4. 79-Ryan Duke, 5. 51-Terry Monroe, 6. 41-Lee Knowles, 7. 75J-Kevin Gigot, 8. 23w-Tim Elkins, 9. 83k-Karlas Stevens, 10. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 11. 81-Page Summers, 12. 39-Brian Nance, 13. 6h-Chris Crull.

Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 30-Bean Elliott, 2. 36-Ben Murphy, 3. 1h-Darryl Wills, 4. 35-Justin Jackson, 5. 16x-Michael Davidson, 6. 221-Tim Crawley, 7. 3x-Steve Hall, 8. 70-Michael Wickham, 9. 1x-Chad Pitts, 10. 9x-Ryan Langston, 11. 61-Brad Gentry, 12. 72-Justin Taylor. DNS: 83b-Kurt Blackaby.

Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 2-Riley Adair, 2. 7x-Stan Yockey, 3. 64-Chad Boone, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 15a-Andrew Deal, 6. 33b-Butch ivy, 7. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 8. 631-Phil Reed, 9. 8a-Josh Akers, 10. 92F-Chad Mallett, 11. 13F-Dusty Fronabarger, 12. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 13. 5k-John Kamm.

Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 01-Nick Ivy, 2. 29-Scott Sawyer, 3. 23a-Matt Covington, 4. 40b-Trevor Berry, 5. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 6. 66r-Roger Rose, 7. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 8. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 9. 98-Glenn Heverin, 10. 31w-Justin Webb, 11. 23m-Mike Johnson, 12. 10x-Steven Parker, 13. 11ut-Tim Sandelczech.

Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 44-Michael Dicely, 2. 23L-Jason Lair, 3. 18m-Jake Murphy, 4. 83w-Jim Woods, 5. 77b-Daniel Butler, 6. 10e-Matt Ebarb, 7. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 8. 10m-Tim McKenzie, 9. 1a-Cale Reigle, 10. 8z-Frederic Fezard, 11. 91T-Tay Milton, 12. 28J-Jeff Willingham.

Seventh Heat (10 Laps): 1. 1e-Eric Edwards, 2. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 3. 57-Jacob Lucas, 4. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 5. wa1-Ben Devlin, 6. 17r-Justin Rapp, 7. 14-Chris Zabawa, 8. 67-Marty Martin, 9. 017-Donald Bivens, 10. 88h-Denver Hall, 11. 16F-Nate Fleming. DNS: 5x-Tyson Hall.

Eighth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 131-David Zarski, 2. 11a-Andrew Felker, 3. 116-Chris Berreth, 4. 32k-Derek King, 5. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 6. 82-Steven Shebester, 7. 47-Rusty Pipes, 8. 59F-Greg Fritts, 9. 42-Dean Franklin, 10. 10w-Wayne Ebarb. DNS: 7k-Chad Quarternick, 122-Sammy Swindell.

Ninth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 3. 91k-Kevin Bayer, 4. 23T-James Tsokatos, 5. 80-Michael McNeil, 6. 69r-Clayton Robertson, 7. 18T-Tyler Devault, 8. 22J-Josh Rehm, 9. 12c-Josh Clark, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 11. 19m-Keith McIntyre, Jr. DNS: 21w-Wade Huisman.

Tenth Heat (10 Laps): 1. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 2. 32m-Trey Marcham, 3. 69x-Sam Miller, 4. 85-John McCord, 5. 71-Ryan Greth, 6. 6g-Dustin Gates, 7. 07-George Jackson, 8. 76-Josh Ruple, 9. 18a-Ray Alsup, 10. 60-James McNeil. Disqualified: 73-Jake Mosley (rough driving) and 49-Nathan Cook (failed to report to scales).

Last Chance Races – Top 4 Finishers to tail of the Five Qualifying Races.

First Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 73-Jake Mosley, 2. 16x-Michael Davidson, 3. 47-Rusty Pipes, 4. k9-Jaysen Baker, 5. 1a-Cale Reigle, 6. 72-Justin Taylor, 7. 23m-Mike Johnson, 8. 8a-Josh Akers, 9. 18a-Ray Alsup, 10. 88d-Brandon Darlington, 11. 67-Marty Martin, 12. 82-Steven Shebester, 13. 75J-Kevin Gigot. DNS: 91T-Tay Milton, 11UT-Tim Sandelczech.

Second Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 6g-Dustin Gates, 2. 5x-Tyson Hall, 3. 80-Michael McNeil, 4. 9x-Ryan Langston, 5. 98-Glenn Heverin, 6. 8z-Frederic Fezard, 7. 33a-Andrew Teuscher, 8. 13k-Kyle Carpenter, 9. 3x-Steve Hall, 10. 15a-Andrew Deal, 11. 59F-Greg Fritts, 12. 711-Dusty Young, 13. 16F-Nate Fleming. Disqualified: 23w-Tim Elkins (failed to report to scales after finishing fourth). DNS: 07-George Jackson.

Third Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 28b-B.J. Wilson, 2. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 3. 70-Michael Wickham, 4. 11d-Jason Dent, 5. 19m-Keith McIntyre, Jr., 6. 76-Josh Ruple, 7. 22J-Josh Rehm, 8. 6h-Chris Crull, 9. 017-Donald Bivens, 10. 81-Page Summers. DNS: 71-Ryan Greth, 92F-Chad Mallett, 88h-Denver Hall, 10x-Steven Parker, 7k-Chad Quarternick.

Fourth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 221-Tim Crawley, 2. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 3. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 4. 31w-Justin Webb, 5. 96x-Zach Gigot, 6. 61-Brad Gentry, 7. 22c-John Campbell, 8. 28J-Jeff Willingham, 9. 59x-Billy Lawhead, 10. 1x-Chad Pitts, 11. 66r-Roger Rose. DNS: 42-Dean Franklin, 10w-Wayne Ebarb, 83b-Kurt Blackaby, 122-Sammy Swindell.

Fifth Last Chance Race (10 Laps): 1. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 2. 18T-Tyler Devault, 3. 31d-Joe Dent, 4. 83k-Karlas Stevens, 5. 631-Phil Reed, 6. 60-James McNeil, 7. 12c-Josh Clark, 8. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 9. 10m-Tim McKenzie, 10. 14-Chris Zabawa, 11. 39-Brian Nance, 12. 5k-John Kamm, 13. 49-Nathan Cook. DNS: 13F-Dusty Fronabarger, 21w-Wade Huisman.

Qualifying Races – Top 24 in Combined Points from Heats & Qualifiers to “A” Feature

First Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 32k-Derek King, 2. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 3. 36-Ben Murphy, 4. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 5. 8c-Chris Andrews, 6. 16x-Michael Davidson, 7. 73-Jake Mosley, 8. 10e-Matt Ebarb, 9. 66s-J.J. Simmons, 10. 47-Rusty Pipes, 11. 3c-Cody Coggin, 12. k9-Jaysen Baker, 13. 41-Lee Knowles, 14. 40b-Trevor Berry.

Second Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 35-Justin Jackson, 3. 116-Chris Berreth, 4. wa1-Ben Devlin, 5. 15T-Travis Elliott, 6. 6g-Dustin Gates, 7. 5x-Tyson Hall, 8. 80-Michael McNeil, 9. 01-Nick Ivy, 10. 9x-Ryan Langston, 11. 31z-Brent Zimmerman, 12. 9L-Tim Dietz, 13. 69x-Sam Miller, 14. 77b-Daniel Butler.

Third Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 33b-Butch Ivy, 2. 7x-Stan Yockey, 3. 29-Scott Sawyer, 4. 11a-Andrew Felker, 5. 18m-Jake Murphy, 6. 24d-Daniel Robinson, 7. 30-Bean Elliott, 8. 1k-Austin Laskey, 9. 1h-Darryl Wills, 10. 17r-Justin Rapp, 11. 11d-Jason Dent, 12. 70-Michael Wickham, 13. 28b-B.J. Wilson. Disqualified: 57-Jacob Lucas (rough driving).

Fourth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 23L-Jason Lair, 2. 18c-Scott Bolden, 3. 69r-Clayton Robertson, 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 1e-Eric Edwards, 6. 2-Riley Adair, 7. 31w-Justin Webb, 8. 83w-Jim Woods, 9. 221-Tim Crawley, 10. 40r-Rodney Stealy, 11. 96s-Samantha Gargus, 12. 1z-Bobby Zaiontz, 13. 12F-Montie Frey, Jr., 14. 91k-Kevin Bayer.

Fifth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 51-Terry Monroe, 2. 64-Chad Boone, 3. 79-Ryan Duke, 4. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 5. 23a-Matt Covington, 6. 23T-James Tsokatos, 7. 131-David Zarski, 8. 32m-Trey Marcham, 9. 14x-Jimmy Bridgeman, 10. 44-Michael Dicely, 11. 31d-Joe Dent, 12. 18T-Tyler Devault, 13. 85-John McCord, 14. 83k-Karlas Stephens.

“A” Feature – Top 6 Finishers Locked into Saturday night’s $10,000 to win 600 Nationals Finale.

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 2. 29-Scott Sawyer, 3. 22-Travis Senter, Jr., 4. 7x-Stan Yockey, 5. 32k-Derek King, 6. 68-Jonathan Hendrick, 7. 18m-Jake Murphy, 8. 116-Chris Berreth, 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 10. 15T-Travis Elliott, 11. 1e-Eric Edwards, 12. 11a-Andrew Felker, 13. 64-Chad Boone, 14. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 15. 79-Ryan Duke, 16. 51-Terry Monroe, 17. wa1-Ben Devlin, 18. 2-Riley Adair, 19. 8c-Chris Andrews, 20. 36-Ben Murphy, 21. 33b-Butch Ivy, 22. 18c-Scott Bolden, 23. 35-Justin Jackson. 24. 23L-Jason Lair (DNS).

Horizon Mini-Sprint Restricted "A" Class Results:

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10-Darien Roberts, 2. 99-Shane Fletcher, 3. 6-Shelby Henson, 4. 97-Brian Ritter, 5. 9-Devon Huff, 6. 57-Trent Taylor, 7. X-Blake Jenkins, 8. 18-Cole Melby, 9. 28-Karley Dobson, 10. 11J-James Snellgrove, 11. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 12. 14-Jordan Mallett, 13. 08-Logan Martin, 14. 19-Dalton Terrel, 15. 1J-Nic Jenkins, 16. 15-Jeremy Middleton, 17. 20b-Adam Law, 18. 37-Brunson Behning, 19. 07-Jack Currier, 20. 43-Matthew Bauldwin.