Camargo, IL (8-10-09) – By Kelly Brown –Public Relations Director – When the name Sammy Swindell comes to mind a list of accomplishments come to mind from his Knoxville Nationals win to his multiple wins at the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. Tonight Swindell added another big win to his long list of accolades as he won his first Front Row Challenge in the fourteenth edition of the event. Swindell dueled with the best the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions had and emerged victorious at the end of the night taking home with him a 10,000 payday.

As the evening began, it was record setting as Lance Dewease set a new event record during qualifying with a lap of 15.231 around the 1/2-mile semi-banked clay oval. After the heat races were finished a brief downpour hit the track, drenching its surface and causing event officials to eliminate the “King of the Hill” match races. Swindell got the honor of starting from the pole position by virtue of a draw.  The front row starters Swindell and Joey Saldana refused the “Front Row Challenge” citing the track conditions after the rain as to why they turned the challenge down.

Once Swindell got the lead on the drop of the Green Flag, he never let it go leading all 25 laps of the night’s main event. Daryn Pittman’s racing machine came to a stop on the back stretch on lap six causing the first Yellow Flag of the night. Wayne Johnson made a valiant effort in the opening laps making his way from fourteenth to the top-ten in just six laps, but when the caution flag flew on Lap 6 he also retired from the event.

When the Green Flag flew Saldana got up beside Swindell for a brief moment on the restart, but Swindell held strong. In their tire tracks were Donny Schatz, Craig Dollansky, and Cale Conley. Just as the leaders first encountered lapped traffic on Lap 16 the Yellow Flag flew when Tyler Walker’s 24t went up in smoke and almost simultaneously Johnny Herrera came to a stop on the track. With nine laps left the field took the green one last time, but Swindell had established himself in the top spot so long, he was not letting it go. Dollansky slid under Schatz after the final restart to move his way into the top-three. At the Checkered Flag it was Swindell picking up the win with Saldana, Dollansky, Schatz, and Dewease rounding out the top-five.

Representing the All Star Circuit of Champions with a top-ten finish was Dale Blaney who currently sits seventh in the point standings. Also making the main event carrying the banner for the All Stars were: Ryan Myers, Daryn Pittman, Tim Shaffer and Greg Wilson.

Next up for the All Star Circuit of Champions will be a two race weekend as the series moves south. The All Stars will be staging a thrilling double header with racing action scheduled at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday, August 22nd and Tennessee National Speedway on Sunday, August 23rd.

For up to date information as the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions visit www.allstarsprint.com.

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