West Memphis, AR - November 14, 2009 - The brothers Swindell rarely share the same racing surface anymore, but, this past weekend was different. Both of them competed in the Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series winged sprint car portion of the Hensley Suzuki $50,000 USCS Fall Nationals presented by Union Auto Parts at Riverside Speedway and battled for the top prize of $10,000 at the track where they both began their racing careers.
2009 Riverside International Speedway sprint car Champion Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee won the first half of the twin $2500 to-win, 25-lap Parts Plus USCS "Flip Flop 50" on Saturday night. His brother and sprint car legend Sammy Swindell from Germantown, Tennessee played the spoiler in the second main event. Slammin' Sammy won the second 25-lap contest by holding off brother Jeff Swindell in a shootout over the final two laps of the contest to collect the second $2500 for himself and kept brother Jeff from collecting on the $5000 bonus posted if he could win the second main-event after starting from 22nd position. Sammy Swindell had finished in the
runner-up spot in the first 25-lap main event.
Flip Flop 50 - Main Event Number One:
After sweeping the time trials, his heat race and the K&N Filters Pole Scramble on Friday night, Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee started from the K&N Filters Pole Position in the first 25-lap Parts Plus USCS main event. The first race started straight-up from the finish of the K&N Filters Pole Scramble on Friday night.
Jeff Swindell led every lap on his way to victory lane to collect the $2500 paycheck in the first main event. The win also made it possible for a $10,000 night for him, if he could win the second 25-lap main event while starting from 22nd position. Brother Sammy, who finished in the runner-up spot in feature race number one, would start inside the 11th row next to him for the second 25-lap battle for bucks.
In the first 25-lap contest Jeff Swindell was followed to the finish line by Sammy Swindell from Germantown, Tennessee in second place. Veteran sprint car racer Jan Howard from Marion, Arkansas who started outside the front row finished in the in third position. Wade Oliver from Southaven, Mississippi followed Howard in fourth place and young gun Cody Gardner from Benton, Arkansas rounded out the top five finishers.
The next group of finishers included two-time 2009 USCS feature winner, Raymond Stull from Independence, Mississippi in sixth place followed by hard charging NASCAR Nationwide Series driver and former National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Rookie of the Year, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. from Cornelius, North Carolina in seventh place. Stenhouse started seventeenth. Sprint Car Hall of Famer Ricky Hood from Phoenix, Arizona followed Stenhouse in eighth place. A.G. Rains from West Memphis, Arkansas finished in the ninth position and defending Parts Plus USCS Champion, Terry Gray rounded out the top ten finishers in the first of the two main events.
Rookie point's leader Justin Carver from Drummonds, Tennessee won the 12-lap Engler Machine and Tool B-Main Number One. Marshall Skinner from west Memphis, Arkansas captured the win in the 12-lap Bar's Leaks B-Main Number Two. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. advanced the most positions (ten) in the Parts Plus USCS A-Main to garner the Lunati Crank It Up Award. Ricky Hood passed as many cars but started and finished one spot behind the NASCAR young gun. Jon Stinson was the RE Technologies Rookie of the Race. Cody Gardner was honored as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the race for drivers under 25 years old.
Results Parts Plus USCS Flip Flop 50 Main event #1 at Riverside Speedway -
November 14, 2009:
Car# driver and hometown
1.. 12 - Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN
2.. 10s - Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN
3.. 4x - Jan Howard, Marion, AR
4.. 58 - Wade Oliver, Southaven, MS
5.. 1G - Cody Gardner, Benton, AR
6.. 6 - Raymond Stull, Independence, MS
7.. 40R - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Olive Branch, MS
8.. 99 - Ricky Hood, Phoenix, AR
9.. 3 - A.G. Rains, west Memphis, AR
10.. 10 - Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
11.. 26M - Marshall Skinner, West Memphis, AR
12.. 40 - Ernie Ainsworth, Bartlett, TN
13.. 2M - Bryce Vowan, Forrest City, AR
14.. A12 - Tommy Worley, Jr., Farmington, MO
15.. 7s - Paul Sides, Bartlett, TN
16.. 26s - Jon Stinson, Memphis, TN
17.. 51 - Lee Sowell, Nesbit, MS
18.. 8x - Chris Williams, Cordova, TN
19.. 12D - Dalton, Davis, Collierville, TN
20.. 40H - Scott Hensley, Olive Branch, MS
21.. 23 - Andy McElhannon, Hernando, MS
22.. 80 - Morgan Turpen, Oakland, TN
23.. 24 - Justin Carver, Drummonds, TN
24.. 25 - Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Jeff Swindell
LUNATI CRANK IT UP AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (passed ten cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Cody Gardner
RE TECHNOLOGIES ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Jon Stinson
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: ( Sammy Swindell 2nd place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Jan Howard
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Wade Oliver
BARS LEAKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Cody Gardner
ENTRIES: 35
PROVISIONALS: Two - Jon Stinson, Morgan Turpen
LAP LEADERS: Jeff Swindell (Laps 1-25)
2009 Riverside International Speedway sprint car Champion Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee won the first half of the twin $2500 to-win, 25-lap Parts Plus USCS "Flip Flop 50" on Saturday night. His brother and sprint car legend Sammy Swindell from Germantown, Tennessee played the spoiler in the second main event. Slammin' Sammy won the second 25-lap contest by holding off brother Jeff Swindell in a shootout over the final two laps of the contest to collect the second $2500 for himself and kept brother Jeff from collecting on the $5000 bonus posted if he could win the second main-event after starting from 22nd position. Sammy Swindell had finished in the
runner-up spot in the first 25-lap main event.
Flip Flop 50 - Main Event Number One:
After sweeping the time trials, his heat race and the K&N Filters Pole Scramble on Friday night, Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee started from the K&N Filters Pole Position in the first 25-lap Parts Plus USCS main event. The first race started straight-up from the finish of the K&N Filters Pole Scramble on Friday night.
Jeff Swindell led every lap on his way to victory lane to collect the $2500 paycheck in the first main event. The win also made it possible for a $10,000 night for him, if he could win the second 25-lap main event while starting from 22nd position. Brother Sammy, who finished in the runner-up spot in feature race number one, would start inside the 11th row next to him for the second 25-lap battle for bucks.
In the first 25-lap contest Jeff Swindell was followed to the finish line by Sammy Swindell from Germantown, Tennessee in second place. Veteran sprint car racer Jan Howard from Marion, Arkansas who started outside the front row finished in the in third position. Wade Oliver from Southaven, Mississippi followed Howard in fourth place and young gun Cody Gardner from Benton, Arkansas rounded out the top five finishers.
The next group of finishers included two-time 2009 USCS feature winner, Raymond Stull from Independence, Mississippi in sixth place followed by hard charging NASCAR Nationwide Series driver and former National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Rookie of the Year, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. from Cornelius, North Carolina in seventh place. Stenhouse started seventeenth. Sprint Car Hall of Famer Ricky Hood from Phoenix, Arizona followed Stenhouse in eighth place. A.G. Rains from West Memphis, Arkansas finished in the ninth position and defending Parts Plus USCS Champion, Terry Gray rounded out the top ten finishers in the first of the two main events.
Rookie point's leader Justin Carver from Drummonds, Tennessee won the 12-lap Engler Machine and Tool B-Main Number One. Marshall Skinner from west Memphis, Arkansas captured the win in the 12-lap Bar's Leaks B-Main Number Two. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. advanced the most positions (ten) in the Parts Plus USCS A-Main to garner the Lunati Crank It Up Award. Ricky Hood passed as many cars but started and finished one spot behind the NASCAR young gun. Jon Stinson was the RE Technologies Rookie of the Race. Cody Gardner was honored as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the race for drivers under 25 years old.
Results Parts Plus USCS Flip Flop 50 Main event #1 at Riverside Speedway -
November 14, 2009:
Car# driver and hometown
1.. 12 - Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN
2.. 10s - Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN
3.. 4x - Jan Howard, Marion, AR
4.. 58 - Wade Oliver, Southaven, MS
5.. 1G - Cody Gardner, Benton, AR
6.. 6 - Raymond Stull, Independence, MS
7.. 40R - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Olive Branch, MS
8.. 99 - Ricky Hood, Phoenix, AR
9.. 3 - A.G. Rains, west Memphis, AR
10.. 10 - Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
11.. 26M - Marshall Skinner, West Memphis, AR
12.. 40 - Ernie Ainsworth, Bartlett, TN
13.. 2M - Bryce Vowan, Forrest City, AR
14.. A12 - Tommy Worley, Jr., Farmington, MO
15.. 7s - Paul Sides, Bartlett, TN
16.. 26s - Jon Stinson, Memphis, TN
17.. 51 - Lee Sowell, Nesbit, MS
18.. 8x - Chris Williams, Cordova, TN
19.. 12D - Dalton, Davis, Collierville, TN
20.. 40H - Scott Hensley, Olive Branch, MS
21.. 23 - Andy McElhannon, Hernando, MS
22.. 80 - Morgan Turpen, Oakland, TN
23.. 24 - Justin Carver, Drummonds, TN
24.. 25 - Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Jeff Swindell
LUNATI CRANK IT UP AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (passed ten cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Cody Gardner
RE TECHNOLOGIES ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Jon Stinson
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: ( Sammy Swindell 2nd place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Jan Howard
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Wade Oliver
BARS LEAKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Cody Gardner
ENTRIES: 35
PROVISIONALS: Two - Jon Stinson, Morgan Turpen
LAP LEADERS: Jeff Swindell (Laps 1-25)