NEWS & PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVES

16-Oct-06 2ND PLACE FINISH ENDS UP BEING 4TH
Returning to the USAC pavement midget series this weekend, Kevin Swindell made another impressive run finishing a close second to winner Dave Steele at the AllState Texas Lightning 40 in Kyle, Texas Saturday night.
15-Jul-06 SALDANA CROWNED KING
Joey Saldana was in a class all by himself on Saturday night, a royal class, as he picked up his second Kings Royal by Crown Royal title at Eldora Speedway.  He was all smiles when he was handed the $50,000 check for his efforts.
10-Jul-06 KEVIN SWINDELL WINS TOLEDO USAC MIDGET RUN
In only his 7th start, Kevin Swindell scored an impressive win against the country's best USAC pavement midget stars at Toledo Motor Speedway Saturday night.
12-Jun-06 CARQUEST EXTREME TUESDAY TO FEATURE BEST IN MOTORSPORTS

Stafford Motor Speedway's CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday program has once again put together an all-star cast of drivers who will match their driving talents against one another in the CARQUEST Clash.

09-Jun-06 IN APPLEBEE'S STYLE
Applebee's restaurants across the country are undergoing facelifts and many have chosen to showcase their "hometown heroes".
03-Jun-06 2006 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

You can pretty much explain the modern era of sprint car racing in three words:  Steve, Doug, and Sammy.  'The Big Three' as they were affectinately known.

25-May-06 KEVIN SWINDELL WINS 1ST WORLD OF OUTLAW EVENT
Kevin Swindell has been in victory lane many times at World of Outlaws events, usually helping his father, Sammy, celebrate one of his many victories in his Hall of Fame career.
03-Apr-06 WoO WEEKEND UPDATE - KEVIN SWINDELL
I-55 Raceway is a track I had been waiting to race on since I was old enough to think about it.
25-Feb-06 KEVIN SWINDELL EARNS TOP-10 FINISH

Kevin Swindell's first sprint car race of the year produced a top-10 finish Saturday night at Thurderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California.

24-Feb-06 SAMMY SWINDELL LEADS "CLASS OF '06" INTO NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME
Three-time World of Outlaws (WoO) and 1983 Knoxville Nationals champion Sammy Swindell leads the induction "Class of 2006" into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
19-Dec-05 KEVIN SWINDELL WINS INDOOR SPRINT EVENT
Kevin Swindell of Germantown, Tennessee was a man on a mission and would not be denied the win Friday night at the 1st Annual Mason/Dixon Dixieland Challenge.
02-Dec-05 SWINDELL TOPS 410 POLL

Congratulations to Kevin Swindell for claiming the "410 Rookie of the Year" honors in the National Sprint Car Poll.

01-Dec-05 KEVIN SWINDELL NAMED 360 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to Kevin Swindell for being named the 2005 "360 Rookie of the Year" by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers.
30-Nov-05 SWINDELL RECEIVES ROOKIE NOMINATIONS
Kevin Swindell received word today that he has been nominated in both the 410 and 360 Rookie of the Year National Sprint Car Poll categories.
28-Nov-05 KEVIN SWINDELL CAPTURES "ROOKIE" HONORS AT TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX

Kevin Swindell was named "Rookie of the Race" at the 65th annual running of the "Turkey Night Grand Prix" at Irwindale Speedway Thursday night.

22-Nov-05 SWINDELL SET FOR USAC TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX
Kevin Swindell, sone of World of Outlaws star Sammy Swindell, has been named to drive the No. 20s entry for Tony Stewart Racing Enterprises in the 65th Annual Turkey Night Grand Prix.
04-Nov-05 KEVIN SWINDELL EARNS 2ND PLACE FINISH AT I-30

Sometimes the caution flag is your friend and sometimes it's not.  The latter was the case for Kevin Swindell Saturday night when he had to move back to second after taking the lead during the running of the Short Track Nationals in Little Rock, Arkansas.

08-Sep-05 K. SWINDELL TO DRIVE FOR WESTERN SPEED
Kevin Swindell has been called up to pilot a USAC midget for Western Speed Racing this weekend.  Swindell has been asked to fill in for Billy Wease during the "Fred Gerhardt Open Wheel Classic" on Sunday, September 11 at Stockton 99 Speedway in Stockton, CA. 
05-Sep-05 KEVIN SWINDELL FAST AT LANIER

Kevin Swindell had the crowd at Lanier Speedway standing and cheering after he turned two amazing laps during qualifying at the United Sprint Car Association event on Saturday night.

21-Aug-05 KEVIN SWINDELL FINISHES SECOND IN 13TH ANNUAL GOLD CUP

Going into Saturday's Gold Cup at Huset's Speedway, Kevin Swindell felt really good about his chances to win.

25-Jul-05 K. SWINDELL SCORES STRONG FINISH AT SUMMER CLASSIC
Wanting more time on the famed 1/2 mile track before the Knoxville Nationals was the purpose for running the two day show at Knoxville this past weekend and Kevin got an added bonus.
26-May-05 SWINDELL IS IMPRESSIVE IN AWR STAR MAZDA TEST

Kevin Swindell, the 16-year-old son of Sammy Swindell who has been turning heads in the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series and on the World of Outlaws sprint car trail, did the same thing to Anderson Walko Racing's John Walko on Monday.

03-May-05 KEVIN SWINDELL MAKES KNOXVILLE GOAL A REALITY

Goals are reached in all sorts of ways and this weekends trip to the famous Knoxville Raceway proved to be successful for Kevin Swindell.

04-Apr-05 KEVIN SWINDELL SCORES BIG WIN AT CONCORD

Kevin Swindell enjoyed victory lane once again Saturday night with a flag-to-flag victory in the USCS Asphalt Thunder Series at Concord Motorsports Park.

21-Mar-05 SWINDELL WINS 1ST USCS PAVEMENT EVENT OF HIS CAREER
Kevin Swindell definitely showed the versatility that has the racing community taking once again this weekend when he competed in his first pavement sprint car competition.
13-Mar-05 COMPETITION IS IN THE BLOOD OF YOUNG RACER

The first thing Kevin Swindell learned to race wasn't some measly bicycle.

11-Feb-05 MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF
Kevin Swindell may start this 2005 season generally referred to as "the son of Sammy Swindell," but if things continue on the path he has set forth early on he will simply be Kevin by the end of the year.
26-Jan-05 THE WORLD BEFORE HIM

Big things await young Kevin Swindell.  CHRIS JORDAN spoke to him about sprint cars, his father and dreams of cracking Formula One.