1/4/2010
Written By: Brian Stickel, Director of Marketing Knoxville Raceway
Category: CASEY'S Pit Pass  

KNOXVILLE  -  National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Sammy Swindell of Tennessee and native New Zealander Ian Easton have joined previously entered drivers Ricky Logan of Arkansas and Jonathan Allard of California as entrants in this Friday night’s 2010 Knoxville World Challenge qualifier at the Robertson Holden International Speedway in Palmerston North, New Zealand.  They will be joined by current New Zealand sprint car champion Dean Brindle, Greg Pickerill and twenty other drivers in the $4,000-to-win, 30-lap contest on Friday, January 1, 2010.  Allard has already qualified for the 2010 Knoxville World Challenge, as have Americans Joey Saldana and Craig Dollansky, while kiwi Easton is expected to make his Knoxville debut at the August 11-14, 2010, 50th Goodyear Knoxville Nationals, presented by Lucas Oil.
 
Friday night’s event at Palmerston North is the second of three confirmed Knoxville World Challenge qualifying events for Americans, fitted between the November 28 race at the Western Springs Speedway in Auckland, New Zealand, and the January 23-24, 2010, Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.  International sprint car drivers from Australia, Canada and New Zealand will continue to be eligible for the Knoxville World Challenge simply by competing in the 50th annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals at the world-famous Knoxville Raceway in Iowa.  The starting line-up for the 2010 World Challenge will remain a sixteen-car inversion based upon a driver’s qualifying night points.
 
For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and its World Challenge, fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com.