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Swindell Posts Calistoga Win with Dramatic Last Lap Pass - Calistoga, CA. 05/25/02 ...Visiting Tennessee pilot, Sammy Swindell took advantage of a yellow flag with a half-lap remaining in the 25-lap A-main at Calistoga Speedway Saturday night, to close up on leader, Tim Kaeding. On the restart, Swindell moved around Kaeding to steal a victory from the third generation California driver. Swindell, driving Dennis Roth's #83 JR., Eagle / Gaerte, didn't look to be in the mix for a win. He was trailing Kaeding by several car-lengths after both had accepted the original white flag. However, as Kaeding raced off turn two on the final lap, the caution came out for a stalled car, forcing a 'green-white-checkered', two-lap dash. Kaeding could not hold back the three time World of Outlaws champion on the restart.
Chico driver, Johnny Gray wrecked hard in turn one in the main-event. He walked away. Gray had the crowd cheering for him when he won the second heat. Sacramento's Stuart Krum was also a flip victim in the feature. Krum was about to be lapped, and was trying to do the right thing by moving out of the leaders groove. However, when his #S2 hit the turn two marbles, he got loose, hit the crash wall, and flipped. Krum was uninjured.
Quick Time: Tommy Tarlton 16.908
First Heat: 1. Peter Murphy, 2. Jason York, 3. Tim Kaeding, 4. Tommy Tarlton, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Jim Skinner, 7. Dennis Binstock
Second Heat: 1. Johnny Gray 2. Toni Lutar, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Rob Johnson, 5. Eric Rossi, 6. Kevin Pylant, 7. Craig Stidham
Third Heat: 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Jason Statler, 3. Garrett Ishii, 4. Steve Kent, 5. Brian Coelho, 6. Stuart Krum
B-Main 1. Pylant, 2. Skinner, 3. Stidham, 4. Krum, 5. Binstock
A-main 1. Swindell, 2. T. Kaeding, 3. Meyers, 4. Lutar, 5. B. Kaeding, 6. Tarlton, 7. Pylant, 8. Kent, 9. Statler, 10. Rossi, 11. Stidham, 12. Coelho, 13. Ishii, 14. York, 15. Binstock, 16. Murphy, 17. Johnson, 18. Krum, 19. Nelson, 20. Skinner, 21. Gray