Another one of those coveted Golden Driller trophies is going back to Tennessee. This time though, it's not in Sammy's hands as Kevin Swindell topped Saturday night's 50-lap Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals main event that wrapped up a full slate of Rockstar Energy Drink championship feature events atop the QuikTrip Center's Tulsa Expo Raceway.

The 20-year-old from Germantown, TN, led the final 26 rounds to become the youngest winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history, adding a sixth Golden Driller from the prestigious Midget racing event to the Swindell family collection that already includes hardware from his father's unmatched five wins.

After pole starter Darren Hagen and Cory Kruseman both enjoyed stints at the front of the field, Kevin Swindell took command just prior to the midway point and then survived a late caution in the hotly-contested affair that gave both Cole Whitt and a rallying Sammy Swindell one last opportunity.

"I felt like the best laps I ran all night were on the restarts, so I was somewhat confident but I knew I had to go," the younger Swindell explained.

Swindell went on successfully to Roger Slack's checkered flag to take the win in the Esslinger-powered John Christner Trucking No. 39 Spike in front of Whitt and his father Sammy, who rallied from the tail on several occasions after using a defending race winner's provisional to start the main event.

"This year he (Kevin) had a race that didn't tear up anything, this year I tore up a lot," the five-time Chili Bowl champion explained. "But we salvaged a first and a third, so we'll have to come back next year and try to make it a one-two like it probably could have been last year."

After winning Wednesday night's River Spirit Casino Qualifier, Kevin Swindell started the main event outside the front row only to fall back as far as sixth as pole starter Darren Hagen paced the early rounds.

"I wish I would of have been too tight at the beginning, but I was way too free and that really worried me and I kinda felt that I wasn't gonna be good enough at the end," Kevin Swindell explained.

But after Sammy Swindell was involved in tangles on laps eleven and 18 that Sammy said, "...shortened my race up too much," Kevin made the adjustments he needed.

"The yellows at the beginning helped," Kevin explained. "I got to work with the shocks a whole lot and just keep getting tighter and tighter. It was good enough."

While Friday's E3 Spark Plugs Qualifier winner Cory Kruseman had taken the lead away from Hagen on the ninth round, Cole Whitt and then Kevin Swindell set sail on the high side and began moving to the front.

Whitt battled past Hagen for second on the 20^th round while Kevin Swindell moved past Jerry Coons, Jr., and Michael Pickens for fourth by the time the caution flew for a seven-car scramble in turn three in which Brad Loyet got upside down.

A lap later, Hagen's Chili Bowl victory hopes were doused when he got turned around in turn one, handing third to Swindell.

Swindell blasted past Whitt on the restart and then took the lead away from Kruseman on the 24^th lap as Whitt got shuffled back a pair of positions after an exchange with Michael Pickens on a track conducive to extreme slide job activity.

Whitt worked his way back up to second by the 31^st lap and tailed the leader the rest of the way, trying to mount a charge on several occasions including after the race's final caution set up a green-white-checkered run to the stripe.

Swindell proved too strong, with Whitt settling for second in the Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota-powered Red Bull No. 71 Bullet.

"I was trying everything I could and I couldn't really keep up with Kevin," Whitt explained. "We were close, if Kevin made a few mistakes I could kinda get close to him but he made only a few."

The final restart didn't necessarily work to Whitt's advantage either, with the 18-year-old explaining that, "We were real good on long runs, we could build up a little air pressure in the right rear. On the restarts we'd be real, real tight on the cushion so I couldn't really throw it in there as hard as I wanted. Running second here is huge, there's just so many cars."

In a bid to become the first back-to-back winner in Chili Bowl history, Sammy Swindell's odds were long after being collected in a crash while leading Thursday night's Bully Dog Qualifying feature event.

Rather than risk damage by racing from a "C" Main, the veteran shoe opted to utilize the defending race winner's provisional for the main event. And by the end of the 50-lapper, Sammy had the capacity crowd on its feet as he had the lead duo in his crosshairs.

Starting from 25^th, the opening rounds were rough with Sammy involved in a pair of incidents that prompted Kevin to say, "At the beginning it was easy to keep track of him because he was sittin' there on the yellows."

That changed soon after though. And, after dodging the seven-car scrum on lap 20, he was back in the hunt.

Sammy mixed it up among the top ten over the last 20 circuits, ultimately working his way up to third by the time the race's final caution flew after 48 laps.

Kevin had tracked his father's progress as good as possible, noting that, "With ten to go I saw he was sixth, and then on the green-white-checkered I could just tell by the crowd he was coming."

Sammy's charge for a sixth Golden Driller and second in a row came up short as he followed the young duo across the line to take the show position in the Esslinger-powered John Christner Trucking No. 1 Spike.

Jerry Coons, Jr., finished fourth in the finale for the second year in a row aboard the Wilke Pak Motorsports Toyota-powered Speedway Motors No. 4 Spike, with two-time Chili Bowl Hard Charger Award winner Chris Windom racing from 20^th to a career-best event finish of fifth aboard the Keith Kunz Motorsports Esslinger-powered No. 17 Bullet.

Shane Cottle raced from 15^th to sixth, with Mike Hess charging from 22^nd to seventh. After leading from laps nine through 23, Kruseman was shuffled back to eighth at the finish, with Brad Sweet gaining eight positions to finish ninth in his first career Chili Bowl championship feature start. Sweet bested car owner and teammate Kasey Kahne, who finished 18^th after winning the first "B" Main.

After winning the night's second "B" Main, Kyle Larson completed the top ten in one of two Cory Tucker Racing/BCI entries to crack the feature field.

New Zealand car owner Simon Longdill matched Kasey Kahne Racing, Keith Kunz Motorsports, Swindell Motorsports and Corey Tucker Racing/BCI by placing two entries in the championship finale with Michael Pickens finishing eleventh and 20th-runner Brad Mosen the event's top finishing Chili Bowl rookie contender.

Saturday's 20-race Rockstar Energy Drink slate of championship feature events opened with Ronnie Gardner winning the "K" Main.

Seventy-five year old Floyd Alvis won the first "J" Main, with IRA Sprint Car champ Billy Balog topping the second "J" Main.

Stonington, IL, shoe Derrick Myers provided early entertainment by reeling off an "I" Main win, an "H" Main win and a runner-up "G" Main showing before running out of steam in the first "F" Main.

Eric Sandage won the second "I" Main, while Austen Wheatley made a late move around Kevin Ramey to win the second "H" Main after early leader Aaron Ott decided to test the turn one retaining wall without success.

After Tanner Mullens held off Myers in the first "G" Main, Matt Sherrell bested fellow Owasso, OK, entrant Dex Eaton in the second "G" Main.

Ronnie Burke and Matt Mitchell won the twin "F" Mains, with Randy Hannagan and Gary Taylor best in the "E" Mains.

Johnny Rodriquez and Josh Wise took "D" Main checkered flags, with Shane Hollingsworth and Josh Pelkey first in the "C" Mains.

Kasey Kahne overtook Shane Cottle on the 11^th round en route to winning the first "B" Main, with Cottle, Sweet, Chad Boat, Brad Loyet and Brent Beauchamp earning transfers to the main event. Loyet's night started in the "C" Main.

Kyle Larson made a lap 15 move around Windom to take the checkered flag in the second "B" Main ahead of Thomas Meseraull, Daniel Adler, Windom, Hess and Bobby East.