New Weston, OH – (July 14, 2012) – Sammy Swindell was once again crowned after winning the 29th Annual Kings Royal Saturday at Eldora Speedway. Swindell held off a late race charge from Kerry Madsen over the last five laps to win his third Eldora crown and the $50,000 winner’s purse.
The wild 40-lap affair kicked off in grand style with Paul McMahan and Daryn Pittman trading the lead before Pittman solidified the position. Sammy Swindell slid into third while Chad Kemenah and Tim Kaeding battled side by side for four position. Pittman then had a close call when Stevie Smith spun in turn four right in front of him to bring out the caution flag.
During the restart Swindell got the advantage and raced into the lead he would never relinquish. One lap later Tim Kaeding hit the backstretch wall and rolled to a stop on the front straightaway. Keading went to the work area, but was unable to make repairs.
During the restart a hair raising moment occurred when Kemenah lost power and Dale Blaney, who was running in the top five, had to take evasive action to miss him. Blaney kept going, but lost significant distance to the leaders.
Pittman mounted a challenge for the lead on lap 15, but Swindell was up for the slide job exchange and maintained the lead. As the leaders hit lapped traffic Kerry Madsen held the hot hand. Madsen raced around Justin Henderson for third, then disposed Pittman for second two laps later and set sail for Swindell.
After a caution on lap 28 for damage to Brad Sweet’s car and a subsequent fuel stop Swindell once again motored out to a four car length lead during the restart over Madsen. Jac Haudenschild also took advantage of the restart and moved into third.
Madsen took a shot to the inside of Swindell with five laps to go, but could not make the pass work. Madsen spend the final laps trying to catch Swindell, making a last ditch effort by diving low in turns three in four, just to come up a car length short. Madsen, Haudenschild, Henderson, and Kraig Kinser rounded out the top five.
Craig Dollansky was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 13.338 seconds at an average speed of 134.953 miles per hour around the Eldora half mile. Chad Kemenah, Justin Henderson, Daryn Pittman, Sammy Swindell, Paul McMahan, and Tim Kaeding won heat race events. Dallas Hewitt won the C-Main event while Donny Schatz won the B-Main.
Qualifications:
|
Car # |
Driver |
Best Lap |
Speed |
|
|
1. |
7 |
Craig Dollansky |
13.338 |
134.953 |
|
2. |
59 |
Jac Haudenschild |
13.414 |
134.188 |
|
3. |
19 |
Stevie Smith |
13.469 |
133.640 |
|
4. |
4 |
Cody Darrah |
13.473 |
133.601 |
|
5. |
9 |
Joey Saldana |
13.505 |
133.284 |
|
6. |
83 |
Tim Kaeding |
13.533 |
133.008 |
|
7. |
83x |
Tim Shaffer |
13.546 |
132.881 |
|
8. |
2 |
Dale Blaney |
13.551 |
132.832 |
|
9. |
49 |
Brad Sweet |
13.614 |
132.217 |
|
10. |
29 |
Kerry Madsen |
13.633 |
132.033 |
|
11. |
35 |
Tyler Walker |
13.656 |
131.810 |
|
12. |
55 |
Trey Starks |
13.659 |
131.781 |
|
13. |
63 |
Chad Kemenah |
13.667 |
131.704 |
|
14. |
82 |
Justin Henderson |
13.678 |
131.598 |
|
15. |
1z |
Danny Lasoski |
13.682 |
131.560 |
|
16. |
21 |
Brian Brown |
13.689 |
131.492 |
|
17. |
45 |
Paul McMahan |
13.695 |
131.435 |
|
18. |
5w |
Lucas Wolfe |
13.710 |
131.291 |
|
19. |
15 |
Donny Schatz |
13.754 |
130.871 |
|
20. |
27 |
Daryn Pittman |
13.758 |
130.833 |
|
21. |
1 |
Sammy Swindell |
13.760 |
130.814 |
|
22. |
89G |
David Gravel |
13.789 |
130.539 |
|
23. |
11 |
Steve Kinser |
13.819 |
130.255 |
|
24. |
11K |
Kraig Kinser |
13.739 |
131.014 |
|
25. |
78 |
Todd Kane |
13.760 |
130.814 |
|
26. |
2L |
Ed Lynch, Jr. |
13.776 |
130.662 |
|
27. |
7s |
Jason Sides |
13.805 |
130.388 |
|
28. |
w20 |
Greg Wilson |
13.895 |
129.543 |
|
29. |
93 |
Sheldon Haudenschild |
13.925 |
129.264 |
|
30. |
2mh |
Dustin Daggett |
13.941 |
129.116 |
|
31. |
71m |
Paul May |
13.944 |
129.088 |
|
32. |
15a |
Adam Wilt |
13.990 |
128.663 |
|
33. |
6 |
Bill Rose |
13.994 |
128.627 |
|
34. |
24H |
Bryan Sebetto |
14.008 |
128.498 |
|
35. |
1S |
Logan Schuchart |
14.010 |
128.480 |
|
36. |
3G |
Shane Stewart |
14.050 |
128.114 |
|
37. |
1x |
Randy Hannagan |
14.067 |
127.959 |
|
38. |
2mh |
Dallas Hewitt |
14.079 |
127.850 |
|
39. |
97 |
Dean Jacobs |
14.119 |
127.488 |
|
40. |
O9 |
Craig Mintz |
14.128 |
127.407 |
|
41. |
1R |
Chad Blonde |
14.268 |
126.156 |
|
42. |
4s |
Danny Smith |
14.268 |
126.156 |
|
43. |
56r |
Ryan Myers |
14.374 |
125.226 |
|
44. |
60 |
Kory Crabtree |
14.562 |
123.609 |
|
45. |
59p |
Joey MaGaruh |
14.667 |
122.724 |
|
46. |
35m |
Wes McGlumply |
14.689 |
122.541 |
|
47. |
48H |
Scott Hull |
14.783 |
121.761 |
|
48. |
22w |
Chuck Waddell |
15.087 |
119.308 |
|
49. |
3F |
Rick Fraley |
15.359 |
117.195 |
|
50. |
8h |
Brian Paulus |
99.000 |
0.000 |
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. Chad Kemenah, 2. Craig Dollansky, 3. Tim Shaffer 4. Kraig Kinser, 5. David Gravel, 6. Paul May, 7. Ryan Myers, 8. Chuck Waddell, 9. Randy Hannagan. (First three finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. Justin Henderson, 2. Jac Haudenschild, 3. Dale Blaney, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Jason Sides, 6. Brian Paulus, 7. Dallas Hewitt, 8. Adam Wilt, 9 Chris Fraley (First three finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. Daryn Pittman, 2. Danny Lasoski, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Steve Kinser, 5. Stevie Smith, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Dean Jacobs, 8. Cory Crabtree. (First three finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Kerry Madsen, 3. Brian Brown, 4. Cody Darrah, 5. Greg Wilson, 7. Bryan Sebetto, 8. Craig Mintz, 9. Joey MaGaruh. (First three finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
Heat Race #5 (8 Laps): 1. Paul McMahan, 2. Joey Saldana, 3. Tyler Walker, 4, Logan Schuchart, 5. Chad Blonde, 6. Wes McGlumphy, 7. Sheldon, Haudenschild, 8. Todd Kane.
Heat Race #6 (8 Laps): 1. Tim Kaeding, 2. Ed Lynch, Jr., 3. Lucas Wolfe, 4. Trey Starks, 5. Shane Stewart, 6. Dustin Daggett, 7. Danny Smith, 8. Scott Hull. (First three finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
C-Main (10 Laps): 1. Dallas Hewitt, 2. Danny Smith, 3. Adam Wilt, 4. Ryan Myers, 5. Todd Kane, 6. Chuck Waddell, 7. Chris Fraley, 8. Joey Magaruh, 9. Cory Crabtree, 10. Scott Hull. DNS: Sheldon Haudenschild. (First six finishes transfers to the “A” Feature)
B-Main (15 Laps): 1. (First four finishers transferred to the “A” Feature) 1. Donny Schatz, 2. Greg Wilson, 3. Kraig Kinser, 4. Steve Kinser, 5. Logan Schchart, 6. David Gravel, 7. Trey Starks, 8. Bryan Sebetto, 9. Craig Mintz, 10. Bill Rose, 11, Jason Sides, 12. Adam Wilt, 13. Danny Smith, 14. Paul May, 15. Chad Blonde, 16. Wes McGlumphy, 17. Dustin Daggett, 18. Brian Paulus, 19. Todd Kane, 20. Ryan Myers, 21,. Chuck Waddell, 22. Dallas Hewitt, 23. Dean Jacobs. DNS: Shane Stewart.
29th Annual Kings Royal (40 Laps): 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Kerry Madsen, 3. Jac Haudenschild, 4. Justin Henderson, 5. Kraig Kinser, 6. Daryn Pitman, 7. Joey Saldana, 8. Donny Schatz, 9. Greg Wilson, 10. Steve Kinser, 11. Tim Shaffer, 12. Cody Darrah, 13. Dale Blaney, 14. Paul McMahan, 15. Brad Sweet, 16. Ed Lynch, Jr, 17. Tyler Walker, 18. Lucas Wolfe, 19. Danny Lasoski, 20. Brian Brown, 21. Craig Dollansky, 22. Chad Kemenah, 23. Tim Kaeding, 24. Stevie Smith.
Lap Leaders: Pittman 4-10, Swindell 11.
Engine Pro NRA Sprint Invaders
Heat Race #1: 1. Dallas Hewitt, 2. Kyle Sauder, 3. Todd Heuerman, 4. Geoff Dodge, 5. Hud Horton, 6.Chad Trout, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. Jim Perricone. (First five finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
Heat Race #2: 1. Randy Hannagan, 2. Tim Allison, 3. Butch Schroeder, 4. Darren Long, 5. Gregg Dalman, 6. Shawn Dancer, 7. Luke Hall, 8. Chris Ackland, 9. Joe Geibe. (First five finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
Heat Race #3: 1. Dustin Daggett, 2. Dennis Yoakam, 3. Ryan Myers, 4. Aaron Shaffer, 5. Ed Neumiester, 7. Jesse McCreary, 8. Dan Mazy, 9. Bob Carmen, 10. Ron Blair. (First five finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
B-Main: 1. Luke Hall, 2. Shawn Dancer, 3. Beau Stewart, 4. Kody Swanson, 5. Chad Trout, 6. Jesse McCreary, 7. Chris Ackland, 8. Dan Mazy, 9.Bob Caren, 10. Joe Geibe. (First five finishers transferred to the “A” Feature)
A FEATURE – 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan [3]; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder [6]; 3. B20-Butch Schroeder [5]; 4. 2MD-Dustin Daggett [7]; 5. 28H-Hud Horton [4]; 6. 66-Geoff Dodge [1]; 7. 11-Tim Allison [13]; 8. 2MDH-Dallas Hewitt [8]; 9. 11N-Ed Neumeister [2]; 10. 18-Todd Heuerman [11]; 11. 49-Shawn Dancer [18]; 12. 49T-Gregg Dalman [15]; 13. 9-Ryan Myers [10]; 14. 35-Ron Blair [21]; 15. 22D-Dennis Yoakam [14]; 16. 27-Beau Steward [17]; 17. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [12]; 18. 7C-Chad Trout [20]; 19. 7-Darren Long [9]; 20. 9J-Jesse Mccreary [22]; 21. 10C-Bob Carmen [23]; 22. 34H-Luke Hall [16]; 23. 12CS-Cody Swanson [19];