KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 4, 2012) – With his second place finish in the Arnold Motor Supply 360-cubic-inch Knoxville Nationals on Saturday at the Knoxville Raceway, Kevin Swindell of Tennessee

AFTER FOUR MAINS IN THREE NIGHTS COMPLETE, KEVIN SWINDELL TAKES LEAD IN THE COX DESIGN IOWA SPEED WEEK POINTS                   

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 4, 2012)  –  With his second place finish in the Arnold Motor Supply 360-cubic-inch Knoxville Nationals on Saturday at the Knoxville Raceway, Kevin Swindell of Tennessee has taken the lead in the 2012 Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week points.  Night number four is Sunday, August 5, with the inaugural Capitani Classic for the winged 410-cubic-inch sprint cars at Knoxville Raceway.  Shane Stewart won the ‘360’ Nationals, while Casey Friedrichsen won the Iowa Speed Week points-paying round for ‘305’ sprint cars on Saturday night on the Marion County Fairgrounds half-mile dirt oval. 

The unofficial top sixteen in the 2012 Cox Design Iowa Speed Week points after four mains in three nights is as follows:  1., Kevin Swindell, 97 points; 2., Jack Dover, Danny Lasoski, Shane Stewart, 94 points (tied); 5., Roger Crockett, Dusty Zomer, 93 points (tied); 7., Brady Bacon, Brian Brown, 92 points (tied); 9., Tim Kaeding, 90 points; 10., Brooke Tatnell, 89 points; 11., Wayne Johnson, 85 points; 12., Tim Shaffer, 82 points; 13., Jason Johnson, 81 points; 14., Brad Sweet, 79 points; 15., Paul McMahan, 78 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, ‘11) of Tennessee.

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