TUCSON, Ariz. (November 21, 2009) – It was a salty
veteran and one of the sport's young guns that rose to the top at USA
Raceway on Saturday night, as Tennessee's Sammy Swindell and Oklahoma's
Brady Bacon reigned supreme over the 133 competitors that flocked to
Arizona for the 42nd Annual Kronik Energy Western World Championships
presented by Old Tucson Studios. Both drivers backed up
qualifying night triumphs, with Sprint Car racing legend Swindell
outdueling Tim Kaeding to take Saturday night's $15,000 winner's share
in the season ending 30-lapper for the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented
by K&N Filters after posting his first series win of the year in
Thursday night action. After earning just his second
career ASCS Regional win on Friday night, the 19-year-old Bacon paced
the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region field all 30 laps to pick up
the $5,000 non-wing winner's share. With the title already
tucked securely away before Saturday's finale, Shane Stewart officially
inked his name into the record books as the 2009 Lucas Oil Sprint Cars
presented by K&N Filters champion, a title worth $60,000. Also
securing titles on Saturday night were Rick Ziehl, who claimed his
second consecutive ASCS Southwest winged title, and Charles Davis, Jr.,
who earned the ASCS Canyon Region championship. Fourteen
different drivers pulled double duty over the course of the weekend by
competing in both the winged and non-winged ranks, with Brady Bacon,
Jesse Hockett and Tim Crawley the only three drivers to make the cut
for both championship "A" Main events. Bacon was presented a special
award after the event as the top overall finisher of both divisions.
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