BARBERVILLE, FL (2-10-11) By Brian Liskai – The competition had better watch out – Sammy Swindell is having fun racing…and winning.
The Germantown, Tenn. driver completed the sweep of the O'Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints Thursday, Feb. 10 at Volusia Speedway Park during the second night of the 40th Annual DIRTcar Nationals by the University of Northwestern Ohio. Swindell, who took the All Star win the previous night, reeled in Stevie Smith on lap 20 on the ultra-fast half mile track and went on to his 23rd career series win in his hall of fame career.
"Once again, we just had an awesome car," said Swindell beside his Big Game Tree Stands backed car. "The track is completely different than it was last night and we were just able to keep up with the adjustments."
The night got off to a fast start. During time trials, Paul McMahan and his #83 Roth/Kahne KPC shattered the track record by turning a lap in 12.569 seconds at 143.209 mph. With a tacky track, 27 of the 37 cars ended up qualifying under the previous record of 12.948 seconds which was set in 2007.
Rain just prior to the night’s racing made for a fast and challenging racing surface. As the night wore on, the high speeds taxed driver skills.
"That was probably the most physically demanding race I have ever been in," said worn out Cody Darrah after his third-place run.
Darrah, who pilots the #91 Great Clips Kasey Kahne Racing machine, won the dash and started from the pole in the A-main. The 21-year-old Darrah traded the lead with Smith right at the start before Smith moved in front and paced the field for much of the 30-lap race. With 10 laps to go, Swindell once again closed in and took the lead.
"It just goes to show you how good of a driver Sammy is," said Smith, of Broken Arrow, Okla. "He adapted pretty well and we had a great battle between us."
Dale Blaney and Kraig Kinser rounded the Top 5 to wrap up the second and final night of competition for the 28th Annual Winter Nationals for the All Stars.
In terms of the bigger picture, two-time and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer , who opened the Winter Nationals with his sixth straight All Star win at Ocala Speedway last week, failed to make the night’s A-main, dropping him to 7th in the Eastern Region point standings. Also failing to make the A-main was 20-time World of Outlaws champion Steve Kinser.
The O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions will now head north where the Ohio Region of the series will kick off Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9 with the traditional HD Supply Spring Nationals at Attica Raceway Park.
For more information go to www.allstarsprint.com
O’Reilly Auto Parts A-main (30 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 1-Sammy Swindell[4] [$5,000] 2) 1Z-Stevie Smith[2] [$2,500] 3) 91-Cody Darrah[1] [$1,700] 4) 2-Dale Blaney[5] [$1,400] 5) 6-Kraig Kinser[6] [$1,250] 6) 9-Joey Saldana[17] [$1,150] 7) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[12] [$1,100] 8) 27-Daryn Pittman[7] [$1,050] 9) 14-Jason Meyers[15] [$1,000] 10) 15-Donny Schatz[22] [$800] 11) 33-Danny Lasoski[8] [$600] 12) 39-Greg Hodnett[21] [$520] 13) 89G-David Gravel[9] [$500] 14) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[19] [$500] 15) 17-Tyler Walker[24] [$500] 16) 83-Paul McMahan[11] [$500] 17) 49-Brad Sweet[16] [$500] 18) 51-Fred Rahmer[14] [$400] 19) W20-Greg Wilson[20] [$400] 20) 30C-Lance Dewease[3] [$400] 21) 25-Aaron Ott[23] [$400] 22) 1J-Bronson Maeschen[18] [$400] 23) 63-Chad Kemenah[10] [$400] 24) 80-Spud Gustin[13] [$400]
Kistler Engines Qualifying
1) 83-Paul McMahan 12.569 2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 12.577 3) 7-Craig Dollansky 12.610 4) 30C-Lance Dewease 12.639 5) 1Z-Stevie Smith 12.648 6) 6-Kraig Kinser 12.652 7) O4-Cap Henry 12.658 8) 11-Steve Kinser 12.670 9) 1-Sammy Swindell 12.672 10) 2-Dale Blaney 12.682 11) 91-Cody Darrah 12.694 12) 27-Daryn Pittman 12.708 13) 33-Danny Lasoski 12.726 14) 89G-David Gravel 12.740 15) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 12.742 16) 63-Chad Kemenah 12.743 17) 80-Spud Gustin 12.750 18) 51-Fred Rahmer 12.765 19) 14-Jason Meyers 12.769 20) 49-Brad Sweet 12.772 21) 9-Joey Saldana 12.778 22) 1J-Bronson Maeschen 12.815 23) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 12.828 24) W20-Greg Wilson 12.831 25) 39-Greg Hodnett 12.856 26) 15-Donny Schatz 12.867 27) 25-Aaron Ott 12.900 28) 83X-Tim Shaffer 12.965 29) 22-Brian Ellenberger 12.968 30) 4-Danny Smith 12.998 31) 17-Tyler Walker 13.029 32) 55-Chad Layton 13.039 33) 24-Terrt McCarl 13.063 34) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.119 35) 7M-Mark Smith 13.129 36) 3-Pete Miller 13.202 37) P51-Jeff Carlson 15.179
Kear’s Speed Shop Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 9-Joey Saldana[1] 2) 33-Danny Lasoski[3] 3) 80-Spud Gustin[2] 4) 1Z-Stevie Smith[5] 5) 1-Sammy Swindell[4] 6) 39-Greg Hodnett[7] 7) 83-Paul McMahan[6] 8) 22-Brian Ellenberger[8] 9) P51-Jeff Carlson[10]
All Pro Cylinder Heads Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 1J-Bronson Maeschen[1] 2) 2-Dale Blaney[4] 3) 6-Kraig Kinser[5] 4) 89G-David Gravel[3] 5) 51-Fred Rahmer[2] 6) 15-Donny Schatz[7] 7) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[6] 8) 4-Danny Smith[8] 9) 2B-Ben Gregg[9]
Outerwear’s Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1] 2) 14-Jason Meyers[2] 3) 91-Cody Darrah[4] 4) 17-Tyler Walker[8] 5) 25-Aaron Ott[7] 6) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[3] 7) 7-Craig Dollansky[6] 8) O4-Cap Henry[5]
Kinsler Fuel Injection Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) W20-Greg Wilson[1] 2) 30C-Lance Dewease[6] 3) 49-Brad Sweet[2] 4) 27-Daryn Pittman[4] 5) 63-Chad Kemenah[3] 6) 11-Steve Kinser[5] 7) 55-Chad Layton[8] 8) 3-Pete Miller[9] 9) 83X-Tim Shaffer[7]
MSD Ignition Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature)
1) 91-Cody Darrah[1] 2) 1Z-Stevie Smith[2] 3) 30C-Lance Dewease[6] 4) 1-Sammy Swindell[3] 5) 2-Dale Blaney[5] 6) 6-Kraig Kinser[4]
University of Northwestern Ohio (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 83-Paul McMahan[1] 2) 15-Donny Schatz[8] 3) 39-Greg Hodnett[7] 4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2] 5) 11-Steve Kinser[5] 6) 83X-Tim Shaffer[9] 7) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[6] 8) 4-Danny Smith[11] 9) 2B-Ben Gregg[13] 10) 55-Chad Layton[12] 11) 22-Brian Ellenberger[10] 12) 3-Pete Miller III[14] 13) O4-Cap Henry[4] 14) 7-Craig Dollansky[3] 15) P51-Jeff Carlson[15] 16) 24-Terry McCarl[16] [$50] 17) 7M-Mark Smith[17]
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