AFTER NIGHT SEVEN, NATIONALS PRELIM WINNER SAMMY SWINDELL

STRENGTHENS LEAD IN COX DESIGN IOWA SPEED WEEK POINTS

08-11-2011

After his win on opening night of the 51st Goodyear Knoxville Nationals, defending Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” titlist Sammy Swindell of Tennessee strengthened his lead in the 2011 Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week point standings.  Wednesday was night seven of the ten-night series of sprint car races in south central Iowa.  Night number eight is the second World of Outlaws (WoO) Goodyear Knoxville Nationals preliminary night at the Knoxville Raceway on Thursday, August 11.

The unofficial top fifteen in the 2011 Cox Design Iowa Speed Week points after seven nights is as follows:  1., Sammy Swindell, 228 points; 2., Shane Stewart, 193 points; 3., Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Davey Heskin, 185 points (tied); 5., Tim Shaffer, 180 points; 6., Brady Bacon, 157 points; 7., Brandon “Bud” Kaeding, 151 points; 8., Daryn Pittman, 149 points; 9., Ryan Anderson, 147 points; 10., David Gravel, 131 points; 11., Randy Hannagan, 129 points; 12., Jason Johnson, 126 points; 13., Terry McCarl, 121 points; 14., Dustin Selvage, 120 points; 15., Brooke Tatnell, 113 points.

The Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speedweek includes ten straight nights of sprint car racing between Knoxville Raceway and the Southern Iowa Speedway.  The top three places pay $2,500, $1,000, and $500, respectively, with the winner declared the Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” titlist.  Past “Mr. Sprint Car” titlists include Ricky Logan (2002) of Arkansas, Shane Stewart (2003, ’04) of Oklahoma, Billy Alley (2005) of Nebraska, Jason Johnson (2006) of Louisiana, Wayne Johnson (2007, ‘08) of Oklahoma, Terry McCarl (2009) of Iowa, and Sammy Swindell (2010) of Tennessee.