Granite City, Ill. (October 8, 1988) - Sammy Swindell completed a sweep of Shaheen's Super Weekend, winning features Friday, October 7 at Godfrey, Ill., and Saturday, October 8 at Tri-City Speedway. Swindell took home an additional $1,000 bonus for the sweep, bring his two-day earnings to more than $6,000.
Swindell set a new track record in qualifying with a scorchering 10.76 seconds and won the 40-lap sprint car feature to dominate the first round on Friday night at Godfrey. Donnie Beechler led the first half of the main event despite two restarts and the persistent challenges of Jim Moughan and Joe Gaerte. However, Beechler saw his half-lap lead disintegrate midway through the battle when his drive line gave way, eliminating him.
Swindell, who had been running fourth, shot into the lead on the restart and then held off Robbie Stanley's late charge to secure the win. Stanley, Gaerte, Mike Thurman and Moughan would round out the top five. Moughan won the B main while Beechler took C main honors. Terry Sheperd, Chuck Amati, Rodney Duncan and Ron Standridge were heat winners.
Danny Lasoski would take the top spot to start Saturday's 30-lap affair at Granite City, and Lasoski opened up a commanding lead before Swindell would close the gap 7 laps into the battle. After a caution bunched the field, Swindell took to the low groove and overhauled Lasoski to gain the upper hand with 20 circuits remaining.
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