Event statistics following the fifth race of the 2018 Arctic
Cat All-Star Circuit of Champions season and the second race of the DIRTcar
Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida.
Donny Schatz became the first driver this season to win two
A-Main Features, passing Chad Kemenah late in the race to win by nearly
two-and-a-half seconds over Kemenah. The race took just over 16 minutes.
Race Statistics
DIRTcar Nationals, Night 2
Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, Florida
- Winner (starting position): Donny Schatz (1st)
- Top Five: Donny Schatz, Chad Kemenah, Brad Sweet, David
Gravel, Kyle Larson
- Full Results: Donny Schatz, Chad Kemenah, Brad Sweet,
David Gravel, Kyle Larson, Kerry Madsen, Joey Saldana, Paul McMahan, Greg
Hodnett, Tim Shaffer, Brian Brown, Daryn Pittman, Ian Madsen, Kasey Kahne,
Brent Marks, Lucas Wolfe, Cory Eliason, Tony Stewart, Dave Blaney, Parker
Price-Miller, Trey Starks, Cale Conley, Sheldon Haudenschild, Danny Dietrich
- Laps Completed: 30
- Laps Led: Chad Kemenah (16), Donny Schatz (14)
- Fast Qualifier: Brian Brown (13.660 seconds)
- B-Feature Winner: Sheldon Haudenschild
- Dash Winners: Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana
- Heat Winners: Kasey Kahne, Paul McMahan, Donny Schatz,
Kerry Madsen
- Hard Charger: David Gravel (+5; 9th to 4th)
- Margin of Victory: 2.439 seconds
- Car Count: 32 (season low)
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (DIRTcar Nationals, Night 2)
- This was Donny Schatz’s 18th career All-Star Circuit of
Champions A-Main Feature victory and second of the season. Schatz is now in
sole possession of 30th all-time in A-Main Feature victories. His next target
is Joe Gaerte, who is 29th all-time with 19 victories.
- Schatz has won at least two All-Star Circuit of Champions
A-Main Features in seven seasons and each of the last three.
- Schatz is the first driver this season to win his heat,
dash and the A-Main Feature.
- Schatz is the second polesitter this season to win the
A-Main Feature, joining Sheldon Haudenschild, who won the third race of the
season at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala.
- Chad Kemenah led his third of five races this season, the
most of any driver.
- Kemenah has now competed in 41 consecutive A-Main
Features. He was the only driver of the eight who have raced in every event
this season that competed in the A-Main in last year’s season finale at Eldora
Speedway. Kemenah last missed an A-Main Feature on May 26, 2017, at Attica
Raceway Park in Ohio.
- Eight drivers have competed in every race this season.
Rico Abreu missed his first A-Main Feature of the year after failing to
transfer out of the B-Main.
- There were no drivers that made their first A-Main Feature
of the season Thursday.
- Six drivers earned or tied their best A-Main Feature
finishes of the season: Kyle Larson (5th); Brian Brown (T-11th); Daryn Pittman
(12th); Ian Madsen (13th); Kasey Kahne (14th); and Cory Eliason (17th).
- Sixteen of the 24 A-Main Feature competitors finished on
the lead lap, with Lucas Wolfe the final driver to finish on the same lap as
Schatz.
- Four of the top five drivers in Thursday’s race were also
in the top five in Wednesday’s race – Schatz, Kemenah, Sweet and Gravel. Kyle
Larson was the only driver in Thursday’s top five not in Wednesday’s top five,
replacing Jason Johnson (did not make A-Main Feature).
- Sheldon Haudenschild picked up his season-best second
B-Main Feature win.
- Paul McMahan picked up a season-high third heat win.
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2018 All-Star Circuit of Champions Statistics – Following Race 5
(February 8, 2018)
Season statistics following the fifth race of the 2018
Arctic Cat All-Star Circuit of Champions season and the second race of the
DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida.
2018 All-Star Circuit of Champions Season Statistics
- Races: 5
- By State: Florida
(5)
- By Track Length: 3/8-mile
(3), 1/2-mile (2)
- Race Winners: Donny Schatz (2), Chad Kemenah (1), Tim Shaffer
(1), Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
- Most Top Threes: Chad Kemenah (3), Kerry Madsen (2), Donny
Schatz (2), Brad Sweet (2), Tony Stewart (1), Dave Blaney (1), Tim Shaffer (1),
Mark Smith (1), Sheldon Haudenschild (1), David Gravel (1)
- Most Top Fives: Chad Kemenah (4), Kerry Madsen (2), Tim
Shaffer (2), Parker Price-Miller (2), Donny Schatz (2), Brad Sweet (2), David
Gravel (2), Tony Stewart (1), Dave Blaney (1), Carson Short (1), Mark Smith
(1), Coleman Gulick (1), Paul McMahan (1), Sheldon Haudenschild (1), Jason
Johnson (1), Kyle Larson (1)
- Laps Competed: 150
- Most A-Main Feature Laps Led: Tim Shaffer (30), Sheldon
Haudenschild (30), Chad Kemenah (26), Donny Schatz (23), Parker Price-Miller
(21), Brad Sweet (20)
- Most A-Main Feature Races Led: Chad Kemenah (3), Donny
Schatz (2), Parker Price-Miller (1), Tim Shaffer (1), Sheldon Haudenschild (1),
Brad Sweet (1)
- Most A-Main Feature Races Led All Laps: Tim Shaffer (1),
Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
- Fewest A-Main Feature Laps Led in a Win: 9 – Chad Kemenah
(Bubba Raceway Park, February 1); Donny Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park, February
7)
- Number of Drivers to Compete in At Least One A-Main
Feature: 42
- Number of Drivers to Compete in Every Race This Season: 8
- Most A-Main Feature Races: Chad Kemenah (5), Kerry Madsen
(5), Paul McMahan (5), Tim Shaffer (5), Tony Stewart (5), Dave Blaney (5),
Sheldon Haudenschild (5), Danny Dietrich (5), Rico Abreu (4), Greg Hodnett (4),
Lucas Wolfe (4), Parker Price-Miller (4), Cane Conley (4), Tyler Clem (3), Mark
Smith (3), Max Stambaugh (3), Carson Short (3), Coleman Gulick (3), John Garvin
(3), Ian Madsen (3), Trey Starks (3), Caleb Helms (2), Steve Buckwalter (2),
Danny Smith (2), Trevor Baker (2), Wayne Johnson (2), Donny Schatz (2), Brad
Sweet (2), David Gravel (2), Kyle Larson (2), Joey Saldana (2), Brian Brown
(2), Daryn Pittman (2), Kasey Kahne (2), Brent Marks (2), Cory Eliason (2), Hunter
Mackison (1), Jordan Mackison (1), Anthony Fiore (1), Jason Johnson (1), Shane
Stewart (1), Kraig Kinser (1)
- Victories By Starting Position: 1st (2); 2nd (1); 12th
(1); 17th (1)
- B-Feature Winners: Sheldon Haudenschild (2), Trevor Baker
(1), Coleman Gulick (1), Kasey Kahne (1)
- Dash Winners: Parker Price-Miller (2), Tony Stewart (1),
Tyler Clem (1), Tim Shaffer (1), Sheldon Haudenschild (1), Chad Kemenah (1),
Brad Sweet (1), Donny Schatz (1), Joey Saldana (1)
- Heat Winners: Paul McMahan (3), Tyler Clem (2), Cale
Conley (2), Tim Shaffer (2), Kerry Madsen (2), Carson Short (1), Mark Smith
(1), Coleman Gulick (1), Sheldon Haudenschild (1), David Gravel (1), Kyle
Larson (1), Chad Kemenah (1), Kasey Kahne (1), Donny Schatz (1)
- Fast Qualifiers: Ian Madsen (1), Kerry Madsen (1), Parker
Price-Miller (1), Brad Sweet (1), Brian Brown (1)
- Hard Chargers: Chad Kemenah (2), Steve Buckwalter (1), Donny
Schatz (1), David Gravel (1)
- Drivers to Win Dash, Heat and A-Main Feature in Same
Event: Donny Schatz (1)
- Highest Car Count: 35 (February 1: Ocala, Florida)
- Lowest Car Count: 32 (February 8: Barberville, Florida)
Notes of Interest
- Donny Schatz is the only driver to win multiple races this
season and only driver to win back-to-back races this season. Schatz is the
first driver since Brian Brown late in the 2017 season to win consecutive
races; Brown won races at Selinsgrove Speedway and Bedford Speedway in
Pennsylvania last September.
- Tim Shaffer and Sheldon Haudenschild have both won A-Main
Features in which they led every lap of that race (Bubba Raceway Park; February
2-3, Races #2 and #3).
- Nine different drivers have won a dash this season, with
Parker Price-Miller owning a season-high two.
- A total of 14 drivers have won heat races this season.
- The next All-Star Circuit of Champions races will also be
held April 6 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio.
- Eight drivers have competed in every A-Main Feature this
season.
- Sixteen drivers have earned a top-five finish this season.
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