ROSSBURG, Ohio — July 16, 2011 — Everything was going Sammy Swindell’s way on Saturday night in the $50,000-to-win Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway … until the final corner. Swindell, who won his heat race to land on the pole in the specially-formatted event, had the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series crown jewel event locked up when suddenly his right rear tire went down as he came off Turn 4 and headed to the checkered flag. The huge crowd was stunned as it watched Tyler Walker shoot past a helpless Swindell and take the checkered flag. (CLICK FOR FULL RACE REPORT)
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 17-Tyler Walker [2] [$50,000]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [1] [$12,500]; 3. 83-Paul McMahan [8] [$7,500]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [7] [$5,500]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [5] [$4,500]; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky [16] [$3,800]; 7. OO-Jim Nier [23] [$3,300]; 8. 91-Cody Darrah [3] [$2,800]; 9. 92-Kerry Madsen [15] [$2,650]; 10. 14S-Tony Stewart [14] [$2,550]; 11. 11-Steve Kinser [4] [$2,250]; 12. 39-Greg Hodnett [22] [$2,100]; 13. 22H-Randy Hannagan [17] [$2,050]; 14. 14-Jason Meyers [21] [$2,000]; 15. 7S-Jason Sides [24] [$1,950]; 16. 2-Dale Blaney [11] [$1,900]; 17. W20-Greg Wilson [18] [$1,850]; 18. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [10] [$1,800]; 19. 1ZX-Stevie Smith [20] [$1,750]; 20. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. [6] [$1,700]; 21. 9-Joey Saldana [19] [$1,650]; 22. 83X-Tim Shaffer [13] [$1,625]; 23. 27-Daryn Pittman [9] [$1,600]; 24. 63-Chad Kemenah [12] [$1,550]. Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-39, Tyler Walker 40. KSE Hard Charger Award: OO-Jim Nier [+16].
Qualifying – 1. 9-Joey Saldana, 13.497; 2. 83-Paul McMahan, 13.527; 3. 27-Daryn Pittman, 13.532; 4. 1ZX-Stevie Smith, 13.547; 5. 17-Tyler Walker, 13.609; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.610; 7. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 13.622; 8. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.631; 9. 92-Kerry Madsen, 13.635; 10. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.636; 11. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 13.646; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.668; 13. 14-Jason Meyers, 13.673; 14. 14S-Tony Stewart, 13.713; 15. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.721; 16. 91-Cody Darrah, 13.730; 17. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.752; 18. 2B-Ben Gregg, 13.759; 19. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.759; 20. 6-Kraig Kinser, 13.776; 21. 6M-Jac Haudenschild, 13.798; 22. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 13.816; 23. 39-Greg Hodnett, 13.816; 24. 7K-Kyle Sauder, 13.833; 25. 83X-Tim Shaffer, 13.840; 26. 89G-David Gravel, 13.859; 27. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.861; 28. 7-Craig Dollansky, 13.871; 29. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.876; 30. OO-Jim Nier, 13.878; 31. 44W-Austin Wheatley, 13.918; 32. 6R-Bill Rose, 13.929; 33. 7L-Darren Long, 13.953; 34. 1H-Brandon Wimmer, 13.954; 35. 78-Todd Kane, 13.958; 36. O9-Craig Mintz, 14.030; 37. 4-Danny Smith, 14.034; 38. 53-Phil Gressman, 14.046; 39. 7C-Tim Hunter, 14.072; 40. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 14.137; 41. 97-Dean Jacobs, 14.147; 42. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 14.216; 43. 96AU-Bruce White, 14.424; 44. 60-Kory Crabtree, 14.494; 45. 17M-Marty Perovich, 14.520; 46. 1A-Mark Aldrich, 15.076; 47. 3F-Rick Fraley, 15.876; 48. W20-Greg Wilson, nt; 49. 45-Rob Chaney, nt.
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr. [2]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3. 83X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 4. 14-Jason Meyers [1]; 5. 44W-Austin Wheatley [6]; 6. 9-Joey Saldana [3]; 7. 4-Danny Smith [7]; 8. 96AU-Bruce White [8]; 9. 45-Rob Chaney [9]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 83-Paul McMahan [3]; 3. 14S-Tony Stewart [1]; 4. 6-Kraig Kinser [4]; 5. 89G-David Gravel [5]; 6. 53-Phil Gressman [7]; 7. 6R-Bill Rose [6]; 8. 60-Kory Crabtree [8]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [1]; 2. 27-Daryn Pittman [3]; 3. 92-Kerry Madsen [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [5]; 5. 7L-Darren Long [6]; 6. 7C-Tim Hunter [7]; 7. 17M-Marty Perovich [8]; 8. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [4]
Heat 4 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 91-Cody Darrah [1]; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky [5]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [4]; 5. 1ZX-Stevie Smith [3]; 6. 1Z-Jessica Zemken [7]; 7. 1H-Brandon Wimmer [6]; 8. 1A-Mark Aldrich [8]
Heat 5 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 17-Tyler Walker [3]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney [5]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan [2]; 4. 39-Greg Hodnett [4]; 5. 78-Todd Kane [6]; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs [7]; 7. 3F-Rick Fraley [8]; 8. 2M-Dustin Daggett [1]
Heat 6 – (8 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 2. 63-Chad Kemenah [3]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 4. 2B-Ben Gregg [1]; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 6. OO-Jim Nier [5]; 7. O9-Craig Mintz [6]; 8. 7K-Kyle Sauder [4]
C-Main – (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) – 1. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [2] [-]; 2. 6R-Bill Rose [4] [-]; 3. O9-Craig Mintz [5] [$200]; 4. 96AU-Bruce White [6] [$190]; 5. 1A-Mark Aldrich [9] [$180]; 6. 60-Kory Crabtree [7] [$170]; 7. 3F-Rick Fraley [10] [$160]; 8. 17M-Marty Perovich [8] [$150]; 9. 2M-Dustin Daggett [1] [$150]; 10. 7K-Kyle Sauder [3] [$150]; 11. 45-Rob Chaney [11] [$125]
B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 14-Jason Meyers [1] [-]; 2. 39-Greg Hodnett [6] [-]; 3. OO-Jim Nier [9] [-]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [8] [-]; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs [20] [$500]; 6. 78-Todd Kane [14] [$450]; 7. 1Z-Jessica Zemken [19] [$400]; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [21] [$350]; 9. 44W-Austin Wheatley [10] [$300]; 10. O9-Craig Mintz [15] [$250]; 11. 4-Danny Smith [16] [$200]; 12. 7C-Tim Hunter [18] [$200]; 13. 2B-Ben Gregg [2] [$200]; 14. 96AU-Bruce White [22] [$200]; 15. 7L-Darren Long [12] [$200]; 16. 53-Phil Gressman [17] [$200]; 17. 6-Kraig Kinser [3] [$200]; 18. 6M-Jac Haudenschild [4] [$200]; 19. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [5] [$200]; 20. 89G-David Gravel [7] [$200]; 21. 6R-Bill Rose [11] [$200]; 22. 1H-Brandon Wimmer [13] [$200].
