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Sammy Swindell en route to his third consecutive Ohio Speedweek victory with the All Star Circuit of Champions July 4 at Fremont Speedway. (Steve Frayre photo)

Glory Days: Swindell Rules Ohio Speedweek

Win. Repeat. Three-peat. That’s a common slogan in professional sports. Well, Sammy Swindell scored a three-peat victory July 4 at Fremont Speedway in the 30-lap Ohio Outlaw Sprint Speedweek feature, worth $5,000 and lap money. 

The non-stop race was run before the largest crowd in Fremont Speedway history. Swindell’s flag-to-flag run ended with a half-lap victory over Frankie Kerr.

Afterward, Swindell, aboard Goodyears, described his uneventful wire-to-wire run in Harrold Annett’s Swindell this way: “The car was working good for the circumstances, I guess. The traffic didn’t give me much problem.”

 

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