Career
Sammy has hundreds of A-main victories to his cartulary-register He also competed in the CART series in 1985 and 1986 and failed to qualify for the 1987 Indianapolis 500 in a March-Pontiac. Following his release he returned to sprint car racing.
Swindell ran a limited schedule in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series in 1993.
The team closed mid-season, and he returned to sprint car racing once more. Swindell also competed in a full season of the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Craftsman Truck Series in 1995, driving for Akins-Sutton Motorsports.
He finished 12th in points, scoring five top-ten finishes in the series" inaugural season. In his career he has over 300 WoO feature wins.
2007 was his 35th consecutive year as a race car driver, racing beside his 18-year-old son Kevin.
During the 2008 season he raced in northern California winning a main event in the California Civil War Series in Placerville and also at the famed Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. Swindell is considered one of the best driver/setup men in the business. He is known for experimenting with innovative technology.
On August 25, 2014, Swindell announced he was retiring from racing, though he intends to race in the Chili Bowl Nationals.