Tanner Swanson

WESTERN SPRINTS AT ALTAMONT JUNE 28

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. will lead the USAC Western Sprint Cars back to Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, Calif. June 28, holding a 14-point lead over Nick Rescino Jr. in the latest series standings. Swanson will be aiming for a third consecutive series triumph and he also won the main event at Tracy May 17.

Swanson scored his second 100-lap USAC Sprint Car feature win of the season Saturday night at All-American Speedway, leading the final seven laps of “Sprint Mania” in the TK Motorsports Keith Williams Eagle/Chevy. Swanson also won the 100-lap USAC National race at Anderson, Ind. May 21. Trailing Swanson at the finish were Rescino, who led the first 93 laps, Porter Smith, Eric Humphries and John Sarale. Swanson was also Saturday’s fastest qualifier at Roseville.

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1.	Tanner Swanson	308	6.	Greg Anderson	236
2.	Nick Rescino Jr.	294	7.	Chase Scott	161
3.	Eric Humphries	282	8.	Tim Skoglund	150
4.	JoJo Helberg	250	9.	Snake Livernash	141
5.	Porter Smith	246	10.	Tony Hunt	139

Swanson Gets Second 100 Lap win of 2008 in Roseville
Saturday, May 31, 2008

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. scored his second 100-lap USAC Sprint Car feature win of the season Saturday night at All-American Speedway, leading the final seven laps of “Sprint Mania” in the TK Motorsports Keith Williams Eagle/Chevy. Swanson also won the 100-lap USAC National race at Anderson, Ind. May 21. Trailing Swanson at the finish were Nick Rescino, Jr., who led the first 93 laps, Porter Smith, Eric Humphries and John Sarale

Swanson’s 1st National Start Results in “Glen Niebel Classic” Victory!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. made his first USAC National Sprint Car start memorable, winning Wednesday night’s 100-lap 9th Annual “Glen Niebel Classic” presented by Sam Pierce Chevrolet at Anderson Speedway. Swanson, who leads USAC’s Western Sprint standings, trailed Levi Jones for the first 51 laps, then led the final 49 in his Construction Solutions/Bilstein Beast/Gaerte Mopar.

Brad Sweet finished a close second, followed by Bobby Santos III, Cole Whitt and Chris Windom. Jones was lapping another car when the two tangled, sending Jones into the second-turn wall. He eventually restarted the race but finished 16th. A multi-car accident erupted on lap 79 which included a flip by Brady Short, who escaped injury. Brady Bacon, who finished seventh in the 100-lap race, emerged as the new National Sprint series point leader going into Thursday night’s 38th First Financial “Tony Hulman Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. leads the 2008 USAC Western Sprint Car standings going into a May 31 race at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

Swanson, USAC’s 2007 Carolina Ford Focus Champion and “Rookie of the Year,” earned his third career USAC Western Sprint feature win Saturday at Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, Calif. He led the final 37 laps in his TK Motorsports Keith Williams Eagle/Chevy. Greg Anderson finished second ahead of Eric Humphries, Nick Rescino Jr. and JoJo Helberg.

Swanson was also the fastest qualifier, while Rescino led the first 13 laps of the feature. Swanson leads Rescino by just five points going into the Roseville race.

Shane Hmiel won the 2008 series opener at All American Speedway, a race in which Swanson and Rescino finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Swanson Takes 50-Lap Altamont Sprint
Saturday, May 17, 2008 Tracy, CA

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. won Saturday night’s 50-lap USAC Western Sprint Car race at Altamont Raceway Park, leading the final 37 laps in his TK Motorsports Keith Williams Eagle/Chevy. Greg Anderson finished second ahead of Eric Humphries, Nick Rescino Jr. and JoJo Helberg. Swanson was also the fastest qualifier and leads the new series standings. Rescino led the first 13 laps.

Monday, April 21, 2008
The opening event of Rocky Mountain Raceways “Super Oval Season” is slated Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah and Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. takes a two-point Western Sprint Car lead into the event which includes a 40-lap feature.

Swanson finished third at Tracy, Calif. Saturday after posting the fastest qualifying time. Nick Rescino Jr.
is second in the new standings after finishing second at Tracy.

Brian McClish of Santa Rosa Calif. led the final 37 laps to win the “Pacific Coast Spring Nationals”
Western Sprint opener at Altamont Motorsports Park in his McClish Excavating Beast/Hansen Chevy. He was followed at the checkered flag by Rescino, Swanson, Greg Anderson and Chase Scott. Tim Barber led the first three laps, then defending series champion Ryan Kaplan led the next 10 before yielding to McClish.

This Saturday’s Salt Lake City race is the opener for the 2008 Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Series and also offers points toward the 2008 Western Sprint championship.

Ryan Burdett of West Jordan, Utah won last year’s Rocky Mountain title and recorded two feature wins at the Salt Lake oval.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. who became the youngest driver in USAC history to win a Sprint car feature last June at Tracy, Calif., has emerged as the champion of the 2007 USAC Carolina Ford Focus Midget Car Series presented by the Richard Petty Driving Experience.

The inability to secure a suitable reschedule date for the October 27 rained-out race at Jacksonville, N.C. leaves Tanner with a final margin of 30 points over runner-up Michael Sboro of Watertown, N.Y.

Tanner, who won last year’s All-American Driver Challenge, piloted Tracy Trotter’s All American Driver Challenge/Calico Coatings Beast to feature victories at Shenandoah, Va., Elkin, N.C., Rougemont, N.C. and Hickory, N.C. and also finished third in the USAC Ford Focus National Championship race at Anderson, Ind. in October behind winner James Robertson and runner-up Alison MacLeod.

Tanner is the brother of Kody Swanson, who ranks fifth in the Lucas Oil USAC Western Sprint points as a result of four feature victories this year.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. continued his drive to the 2007 USAC Carolina Ford Focus Championship by winning Friday night's 35-lap feature at Hickory Motor Speedway. Swanson led all 35 laps in his All American Driver Challenge/Calico Coatings Beast to beat Kyle Bonsignore, Michael Sboro, Andre Villareal and Scott Hunter.
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SWANSON EXTENDS CAROLINA LEAD WITH ORANGE COUNTY VICTORY
Saturday, 15 September 2007 - Rougemont, NC

Tanner Swanson on Kingsburg, Calif. won Saturday night's 35-lap USAC Carolina Ford Focus feature presented by the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Orange County Speedway. Swanson trailed Mark Burt for 33 laps, then led the final two driving a Tracy Trotter entry, to beat Michael Sboro, Michael Mohelski, Chris Lamb and Scott Hunter.

SWANSON AGAIN TOPS IN CAROLINA FOCUSES, WINNING AT ELKIN
Sunday, 5 August 2007 - Elkin, NC

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. paced all 35 laps to win Saturday night's Carolina Ford Focus feature at Friendship Motor Speedway, presented by the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Swanson was followed by Andre Villareal, Mark Burt, Rick Fedrizzi and Michael Sboro. Swanson's victory in the Tracy Trotter Focus gave him the new series point lead.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. earned his first victory in USAC's Carolina Ford Focus Series Saturday night, leading all 35 laps in his Tracy Trotter machine to win at Shenandoah Speedway. Series point leader Michael Sboro was second ahead of Mark Burt, Scott Hunter and Michael Mohelski.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. led the final 25 laps to win Saturday's 50-lap Lucas Oil USAC/CASA Western Sprint Car feature at Altamont Motorsports Park in his Keith Williams Eagle/Chevy. Tony Hunt, Greg Anderson, JoJo Helberg and Nick Green rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag. Green led the first 25 laps of the race. Hunt sliced Ryan Kaplan's series point lead to just two points. Kaplan finished 10th at Tracy.

WESTERN SPRINTS “OFF” UNTIL MADERA JULY 7; AADC CHAMP SWANSON WIRE-TO-WIRE IN ALTAMONT 50-LAPPER TO BECOME YOUNGEST USAC SPRINT WINNER EVER!

Ryan Kaplan is atop the Lucas Oil Western Sprint Car Series standings as the series is idle until July 7 when it returns to action at the Madera (Calif.) Speedway. Kaplan finished third in Saturday’s 50-lapper at Tracy, Calif. and has an 11-point lead over JoJo Helberg, who was sixth at Tracy.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. earned his first series triumph in the “Open Wheel Madness” event at Tracy’s Altamont Motorsports Park, leading wire-to-wire. Three-time defending series champion Tony Hunt finished second, ahead of Kaplan, fast qualifier Nick Rescino Jr. and Greg Anderson.

Swanson thus becomes the youngest USAC Sprint Car feature winner in history at 16 years and five months, breaking the previous record held by Bryan Clauson at 16 years and 10 months. Swanson could be the one to beat when the series travels to the 1/3-mile Madera oval. His brother Kody won both USAC Western Sprint features there last year!

Equally impressive was the fact that Swanson’s victory came in only his second Sprint car start ever! He was fifth in the May 26 race at Roseville, Calif. Swanson won this year’s “All-American Driver Challenge” championship.

Tanner Swanson, Matt Mitchell and Tom Dyer scored USAC feature victories in Saturday’s “triple header” at Altamont Motorsports Park. Swanson, of Kingsburg, Calif., led all 50 laps of the Lucas Oil Western Sprint Car race to beat Tony Hunt, Ryan Kaplan, Nick Rescino Jr. and Greg Anderson. Mitchell, of Yorba Linda, Calif., led the final nine laps of the 30-lap Western Midget feature to beat Dallas Melby, Paul Zimmerly, Scott Pierovich and Justin Melton.