Swindell Kicks At Route 66 With The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series

 

Bryan Hulbert - AMARILLO, Texas (June 9, 2018) Fighting through a rain delay that kept track crews busy all night, Route 66 Motor Speedway was lightning fast with Tennessee's Sammy Swindell wrestling the A.G. Rains owned No. 3 to victory with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com in round-two of the ASCS Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek.

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"I feel really blessed to be here. There's not too many people my age who get to come out here and do this or be this competitive, so I'm grateful to the Lord for that. Looking forward to a lot more wins and it's great that everyone stayed, they did the best they could with this track and made it pretty fast at the end," stated Swindell who at 62 years old picked up his 16th career win with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com.

Nearly seeing his A-Feature end as it started, the first attempt at green saw Swindell and Colt Treharn make contact going into the first turn; ending the night for Colt with his front axle in two pieces. Able to continue, the contact left Sammy with his hands full the remainder of the 30-lap event as the right rear shock was ripped from the lower arm along with a damaged Jacobs Ladder.

"The incident we had on the start, I didn't know the guy was still there, but we broke the shock and bent the ladder up. The car was good, just a little bit tight, but when I got into traffic it was real tight," commented Swindell. "Even being broke, the car still rolled good."

Keeping any challenge at bay through several restarts, traffic, and dirty air played havoc on Swindell, but it was not enough to allow anyone a chance to advance. Winning by 2.841 seconds, the runner-up position went to Matt Covington who came to the line with Travis Rilat in tow. Rolling from the 12th starting spot, restarts were pivotal for the BDS Motorsports No. 1. Opening his entry into turn one, Rilat would diamond to the bottom and rocket down the backstretch, clearing three and four drivers at a time before finally settling into third, despite several holes in the right sideboard from Colt Treharn's front axle.

Coming from eighth, Blake Hahn crossed fourth with Harli White posting her best finish of the 2018 season in fifth. Ripping through the field from 18th, series point's leader Sam Hafertepe, Jr. was the night's CP-Carrillo Hard Charger with a run to sixth. Tony Bruce, Jr. in seventh was trailed by Scott Bogucki from 14th. Skylar Gee was ninth with Jamie Ball moving up six spots to tenth.

The Lucas Oil ASCS Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek heads for the Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas for action on Tuesday, June 12. Track information, ticket prices, and directions can be found at http://www.devilsbowl.com.

For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the Regional Tours that make up the over 150 across the ASCS Nation in 2018, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).

Race Results:

Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
Route 66 Motor Speedway - Amarillo, Texas
Speedweek Round 2
Saturday, June 9, 2018

Car Count: 22

BMRS Heat Races (All transfer to the A-Feature. Top 8 Redraw)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee, [2]; 2. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [1]; 3. 17W-Harli White, [4]; 4. 1-Travis Rilat, [3]; 5. J2-John Carney II, [5]; 6. 5J-Jamie Ball, [6]; 7. M1-Mark Smith, [7]; 8. 24-Ben Silliker, [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, [1]; 2. 3-Sammy Swindell, [3]; 3. 95-Matt Covington, [4]; 4. 45X-Johnny Herrera, [5]; 5. 44-Chris Martin, [7]; 6. 6-Kaden Taylor, [6]; 7. (DNF) 2C-Wayne Johnson, [2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn, [2]; 2. 7X-Colt Treharn, [1]; 3. 74B-Jake Bubak, [4]; 4. 11-Roger Crockett, [3]; 5. 28-Scott Bogucki, [6]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [5]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill, [7]

Protect the Harvest A-Feature:

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 3-Sammy Swindell, [1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington, [5]; 3. 1-Travis Rilat, [12]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn, [8]; 5. 17W-Harli White, [7]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, [18]; 7. 12H-Tony Bruce Jr, [3]; 8. 28-Scott Bogucki, [14]; 9. 99-Skylar Gee, [6]; 10. 5J-Jamie Ball, [16]; 11. 44-Chris Martin, [11]; 12. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [22]; 13. J2-John Carney II, [15]; 14. 45X-Johnny Herrera, [10]; 15. 77X-Alex Hill, [20]; 16. (DNF) 74B-Jake Bubak, [9]; 17. (DNF) 11-Roger Crockett, [13]; 18. (DNF) 24-Ben Silliker, [21]; 19. (DNF) 6-Kaden Taylor, [17]; 20. (DNF) M1-Mark Smith, [19]; 21. (DNF) 7X-Colt Treharn, [4]; 22. (DNF) 23-Seth Bergman, [2]

Lap Leader(s): Sammy Swindell 1-30
CP-Carrillo Hard Charger: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. +12
FSR High Point Driver: Skylar Gee
Provisional(s): N/A

2018 ASCS National Driver Points (Top 15): 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr, 1,336; 2. Seth Bergman 1,294; 3. Blake Hahn 1,257; 4. Wayne Johnson 1,250; 5. Johnny Herrera 1,247; 6. Matt Covington 1,177; 7. Skylar Gee 1,099; 8. Scott Bogucki 1,096; 9. Roger Crockett 1,047; 10. Jamie Ball 1,047; 11. Harli White 1,034; 12. Chris Martin 960; 13. Alex Hill 899; 14. Robbie Price899; 15. Travis Rilat 848;

2018 ASCS Speedweek Points (Top 15): 1. Sammy Swindell 285; 2. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 272; 3. Matt Covington 252; 4. Scott Bogucki 238; 5. Blake Hahn 238; 6. Harli White 238; 7. John Carney II 234; 8. Seth Bergman 230; 9. Travis Rilat 224; 10. Jake Bubak 223; 11. Johnny Herrera 218; 12. Tony Bruce, Jr. 217; 13. Chris Martin 214; 14. Skylar Gee 213; 15. Mark Smith 209;

2018 ASCS National Tour Wins: Seth Bergman - 2 (4/6 - Texas Motor Speedway; 5/10 - Lakeside Speedway); Sam Hafertepe, Jr. - 2 (5/12 - I-30 Speedway; 6/8 - West Texas Raceway); Roger Crockett - 1 (3/16 - Devil's Bowl Speedway); Brady Bacon - 1 (4/7 - Texas Motor Speedway); Matt Covington - 1 (4/27 - Paducah International Raceway); Greg Hodnett - 1 (5/4 - Williams Grove Speedway) ; Blake Heimbach - 1 (5/5 - Selinsgrove Speedway); Wayne Johnson - 1 (5/9 - Humboldt Speedway); Sammy Swindell - 1 (6/9 - Route 66 Motor Speedway);

American Sprint Car Series
Tulsa, Okla. - Est. 1992

Logan Forler Goes Big With ASCS Frontier At Big Sky Speedway

 

Bryan Hulbert - BILLINGS, Mont. (June 10, 2018) Capturing his second win in as many nights with the Brodix ASCS Frontier Region, Idaho's Logan Forler topped action at Big Sky Speedway on Saturday night.

Rolling to the front from fourth, series point's leader, Kelly Miller, followed from fifth. In the four races run this season, the pair accounts for all the wins so far. Capturing his third top-five finish of the season, Wyoming's Zac Taylor crossed third with Trever Kirkland and David Hoiness rounding out the top-five.
Travis Reber in sixth was followed by Robert DeHaan from 12th. Anthony Farnsworth also made quite the move from 15th to eighth. Clint Anderson and Damon McCune wrapped up the top-ten.
Next for the Brodix ASCS Frontier Region is the Grizzly Nationals at Gallatin Speedway with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7.
For other news, notes, and information on the American Sprint Car Series, from the National Tour to any of the Regional Tours that make up the over 150 across the ASCS Nation in 2018, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com, follow on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter (@LucasOilASCS).

Race Results:
ASCS Frontier Region
Big Sky Speedway - Billings, Mont.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler, [4]; 2. 3-Jordan Milne, [1]; 3. 38B-Bryan Brown, [7]; 4. 9A-Clint Anderson, [6]; 5. 00-Roger Cummings, [2]; 6. 4-Bill Carey, [5]; 7. 31-Shane Moore, [3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27DD-David Hoiness, [4]; 2. 88-Travis Reber, [6]; 3. 2-James Setters, [2]; 4. 56-Shad Petersen, [5]; 5. 33-Robert DeHaan, [7]; 6. 35M-Cody Masse, [3]; 7. (DNF) 21-Blayne Brink, [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Zac Taylor, [1]; 2. 37-Trever Kirkland, [2]; 3. 2JR-Kelly Miller, [5]; 4. 77-Damon McCune, [3]; 5. 10-Anthony Farnsworth, [4]; 6. 35-Charles (Chip) Roe, [6]

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler, [4]; 2. 2JR-Kelly Miller, [5]; 3. 86-Zac Taylor, [6]; 4. 37-Trever Kirkland, [2]; 5. 27DD-David Hoiness, [7]; 6. 88-Travis Reber, [3]; 7. 33-Robert DeHaan, [12]; 8. 10-Anthony Farnsworth, [15]; 9. 9A-Clint Anderson, [9]; 10. 77-Damon McCune, [13]; 11. 38B-Bryan Brown, [1]; 12. 3-Jordan Milne, [8]; 13. 56-Shad Petersen, [11]; 14. 21-Blayne Brink, [20]; 15. 2-James Setters, [10]; 16. 00-Roger Cummings, [18]; 17. 4-Bill Carey, [14]; 18. 35M-Cody Masse, [17]; 19. 35-Charles (Chip) Roe, [16]; 20. (DNF) 31-Shane Moore, [19]