It was Slammin Sammy Swindell winning his 3rd King's Royal tonight in one hell of a race throughout the entire field! He was crowned by Doug Wolfgang!
Kerry Madsen 2nd and Jac Haudenschild 3rd. Awesome broadcast once again on Dirtvision! Can't wait to see it on Speed very soon!
Sure was a great show. Madsen was coming with 10 laps to go and I thought tried his slider about a lap or two early. Wasnt near close enough to try it and still had 5 laps to go. Easy for me to say but he looked faster at that point, but Sammy seemed to find another gear after that. May have been the biggest sprint car crowd ever at Eldora. There were a boatload of people there and probably rivaled the World 100. Great time.
I really wish Madsen would have got him. I hate sammy and I always will! I loved it last year when he lost the LR tire. HA! couldn't have happened to a better guy.
I know a lot of people dislike Sammy. I was a big fan since I was a little kid, when he drove the Old Milwaukee car. The Outlaws aren't the same without Wolfgang and they sure won't be the same without Steve and Sammy! It was awesome to see and hear the WOLF again at the Big E too!
Originally Posted by treecitytornado:
It was Slammin Sammy Swindell winning his 3rd King's Royal tonight in one hell of a race throughout the entire field! He was crowned by Doug Wolfgang!
Kerry Madsen 2nd and Jac Haudenschild 3rd. Awesome broadcast once again on Dirtvision! Can't wait to see it on Speed very soon!
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While the speed and the sound of those high $$$$ motors was incredible, I didn't see the same racing some of you saw. Almost every heat on both Friday and Saturday seemed like the cars had sensors on them that kept them about 150 to 200 ft apart all of the way around the track after the first couple of laps. The only thing that made the Friday feature even remotely interesting was lapped traffic allowing some of the leaders close up. The only really significant passing on Saturday seemed to be on the double file restarts. I might be wrong but, I don't remember a pass for the lead under racing conditions after the start/restarts. The actual racing was disappointing at best. However, we did camp from Friday to Sunday with some friends and had a great time and.......after all, it was openwheel racing!!!! Over all, I'm glad I went.
The track was great and the racing exciting Sat. night. Tim Kaeding was awesome in his heat race. There doesn't have to be a pass for the lead to be a great race. Kraig Kinser motored up to the top five from the last row and Madsen got under Sammy a few times to really keep things interesting. The weather was great, too. I hadn't been to the King's Royal in a while and my friend and I had a ball. He had never been to Eldora before and he enjoyed the racing and watching the crowd as well. What a party!
Originally Posted by cecil98:
While the speed and the sound of those high $$$$ motors was incredible, I didn't see the same racing some of you saw. Almost every heat on both Friday and Saturday seemed like the cars had sensors on them that kept them about 150 to 200 ft apart all of the way around the track after the first couple of laps. The only thing that made the Friday feature even remotely interesting was lapped traffic allowing some of the leaders close up. The only really significant passing on Saturday seemed to be on the double file restarts. I might be wrong but, I don't remember a pass for the lead under racing conditions after the start/restarts. The actual racing was disappointing at best. However, we did camp from Friday to Sunday with some friends and had a great time and.......after all, it was openwheel racing!!!! Over all, I'm glad I went.
Cecil, you're right - you must not have been watching the same race as everyone else. I just re-watched their highlight video - I see LOTS of passing. Short of a photo finish or last lap pass, I don't know how much more you could want.
