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AFTER NIGHT FIVE, FRONT ROW CHALLENGE WINNER SAMMY
SWINDELL TAKES LEAD IN COX DESIGN IOWA SPEED WEEK POINTS
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 8, 2011) – Following his win in the All Star
Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge at the
Southern Iowa Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa on Monday night, defending Jesse
Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” titlist Sammy Swindell of Tennessee has taken
the lead in the 2011 Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week
point standings. Monday was night five of the ten-night series of
sprint car races in south central Iowa. Night number six is the United
States Auto Club (USAC) Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge
presented by Don Long’s Searsboro Telephone Company at the Southern Iowa
Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa on Tuesday, August 9.
The unofficial top fifteen in the 2011 Cox Design Iowa Speed Week points
after five nights is as follows: 1., Sammy Swindell, 178 points; 2.,
Daryn Pittman, Tim Shaffer, 149 points (tied); 4., Shane Stewart, 146
points; 5., Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 140 points; 6., Davey Heskin, 136
points; 7., Randy Hannagan, 129 points; 8., Jason Johnson, 126 points;
9., Terry McCarl, 121 points; 10., Brooke Tatnell, 113 points; 11., Ryan
Anderson, 111 points; 12., Brandon “Bud” Kaeding, 110 points; 13., David
Gravel, Wayne Johnson, 102 points (tied); 15., Billy Alley, 93 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.
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