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CHILI BOWL: Swindell Wins Thursday Night’s A Main
Kevin Swindell, stalking his fourth consecutive victory in the prestigious indoor midget race on the dirt, warmed up for his title defense.
Kevin Swindell owned Thursday night at the Chili Bowl. (Photo: Boyd Adams)
Nobody drove harder than Tim McCreadie in Thursday night’s A Main at the Tulsa Expo Center. The 2006 Chili Bowl winner started 10th and stormed to third to transfer into Saturday night’s main event.
But he couldn’t see winner Kevin Swindell at the checkered flag and that may to be the overall view of Saturday night’s 27th annual Chili Bowl.
Swindell, stalking his fourth consecutive victory in the prestigious indoor midget race on the dirt, warmed up for his title defense with a dominating win in the US Fleet Tracking midget designed and build by his famous father.
And Sammy Swindell, a 5-time Chili Bowl champion and the last driver to beat his talented son here, figures to be Kevin’s main competition after an equally impressive triumph on Tuesday night’s preliminary.
“Right now those two Swindells are on cruise control and one of us has to try and put some pressure on them Saturday night,” said McCreadie, who recovered from serious back injuries suffered here three years ago in a nasty flip.
“I’ve got a good car and I’ll be starting closer to Kevin than I did tonight but man they are really hooked up.”
Starting from the pole, young Swindell led all 25 laps after being briefly challenged by Jerry Coons Jr., who pulled alongside him running the low groove during the early laps.
“I saw him but I stayed on the cushion because it’s easier to make a mistake up there than it is on the bottom,” said Swindell, who will start no worse than fourth on Saturday night. “Dad gave me a sign during a yellow that I was fine so I just went back up top and got into a rhythm.”
The battle for second turned out to be the best race as Coons, Cole Whitt and Brad Sweet staged a helluva duel until Sweet took charge with 10 laps to go.
“Man, that was a lot of work,” declared Sweet afterwards. “I know both of those guys real well and they were working good down low for a while but I knew I had to stay on top until it came in and it did.”
McCreadie caught passed both Whitt and Coons to take third place.
Kyle Larson, who won Tuesday night’s initial A Main, joins both Swindells and whoever wins Friday night final prelim in the front of the field and they will draw for positions 1-4.
Tony Stewart qualified for the A main with a third place run on Tuesday but fellow NASCAR star Kasey Kahne got into a tangle and will have to come from one of the C mains on Saturday.
Robin Miller brings 40 years of experience to his role as SPEED.com's senior open-wheel reporter, and serves as a frequent contributor to SPEED Center and Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain.
But he couldn’t see winner Kevin Swindell at the checkered flag and that may to be the overall view of Saturday night’s 27th annual Chili Bowl.
Swindell, stalking his fourth consecutive victory in the prestigious indoor midget race on the dirt, warmed up for his title defense with a dominating win in the US Fleet Tracking midget designed and build by his famous father.
And Sammy Swindell, a 5-time Chili Bowl champion and the last driver to beat his talented son here, figures to be Kevin’s main competition after an equally impressive triumph on Tuesday night’s preliminary.
“Right now those two Swindells are on cruise control and one of us has to try and put some pressure on them Saturday night,” said McCreadie, who recovered from serious back injuries suffered here three years ago in a nasty flip.
“I’ve got a good car and I’ll be starting closer to Kevin than I did tonight but man they are really hooked up.”
Starting from the pole, young Swindell led all 25 laps after being briefly challenged by Jerry Coons Jr., who pulled alongside him running the low groove during the early laps.
“I saw him but I stayed on the cushion because it’s easier to make a mistake up there than it is on the bottom,” said Swindell, who will start no worse than fourth on Saturday night. “Dad gave me a sign during a yellow that I was fine so I just went back up top and got into a rhythm.”
The battle for second turned out to be the best race as Coons, Cole Whitt and Brad Sweet staged a helluva duel until Sweet took charge with 10 laps to go.
“Man, that was a lot of work,” declared Sweet afterwards. “I know both of those guys real well and they were working good down low for a while but I knew I had to stay on top until it came in and it did.”
McCreadie caught passed both Whitt and Coons to take third place.
Kyle Larson, who won Tuesday night’s initial A Main, joins both Swindells and whoever wins Friday night final prelim in the front of the field and they will draw for positions 1-4.
Tony Stewart qualified for the A main with a third place run on Tuesday but fellow NASCAR star Kasey Kahne got into a tangle and will have to come from one of the C mains on Saturday.
Robin Miller brings 40 years of experience to his role as SPEED.com's senior open-wheel reporter, and serves as a frequent contributor to SPEED Center and Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain.
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