Sammy Swindell

Sammy Swindell

Infobox NASCAR driver


Name = Samuel Alan Swindell
Birthdate = birth date and age|1955|10|26 | Birthplace = flagicon|USA Bartlett, Tennessee
Awards = 3-time World of Outlaws champion (1981, 1982, 1997)
1983 Knoxville Nationals winner
4-time Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Champion (1989, 1992, 1996, 1998)
Best_Truck_Pos = 12th - 1995
Truck_Top_Tens = 5
Truck_Poles = 1
First_Truck_Race = 1995 Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last_Truck_Race = 1995 GM Goodwrench / Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix)
Total_Truck_Races = 20
Years_In_Truck = 1

Sammy Swindell (born October 26, 1955 in Bartlett, Tennessee) is a three time World of Outlaws champion, winning the title in 1981, 1982, and 1997, with hundreds of A-main victories to his credit. He also competed in the CART series in 1985 and 1986 and failed to qualify for the 1987 Indianapolis 500 in a March-Pontiac. Swindell also competed in a full season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1995, finishing 12th in points with 1 pole and 5 top-tens in the series' inaugural season. He also counts 10 Busch Series and 2 Winston Cup starts among his NASCAR accomplishments. Swindell still competes in the World of Outlaws. He competed in the rival National Sprint Tour for the 2006 season, winning three events.

In his career he has had over 267 WoO feature wins. 2007 was be his 35th consecutive year as a race car driver, racing beside his 18 year old son Kevin. He ran the 2008 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in a Toyota midget fielded by NHRA champion Cruz Pedregon.

References

* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=swindsa01 Swindell's NASCAR statistics at Racing-Reference.info]

External links

* [http://www.swindellmotorsports.citymaker.com Swindell Racing Official Website]


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