AVON, Ind. – The Swindell SpeedLab sprint car team plans to nearly double its race count next week when NASCAR Xfinity Series star Christopher Bell pilots the car during part of Ohio Sprint Speedweek.
The team will join the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions on Monday at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio. That track also hosts the Speedweek finale next Saturday.
The remaining Speedweek tracks are Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, on Tuesday; Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio, on Wednesday; Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio, on Thursday; and Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio, on Friday.
“We’re excited to get to race for a week straight,” team co-owner Kevin Swindell said. “We’ve done well in a start here and there. Now we’ll get to implement little changes night by night and we can see the turnaround a lot quicker.
“We’ve been really close to winning this year, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t contend for wins during Ohio Speedweek.”
Bell has visited one of those tracks already this season, as he guided the Swindell SpeedLab team to a sixth-place run at Eldora Speedway last month.
So far, Bell has four top-five and six top-10 finishes in eight sprint car starts with the Swindell SpeedLab team this season.
“Our team has raced most of these tracks in Ohio and I think Bell has been to most (of them), so we feel comfortable rolling into each race track,” Swindell noted. “I think if we can put a decent qualifying lap down each night that will put us in a good position.
“If we’re in the ballpark, we have a chance to win, and we’re looking forward to that.”
Next weekend is an off weekend for the NASCAR Xfinity Series, which races on Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Bell currently sits second in series points behind leader Tyler Reddick.