Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Stats Blitz! Season statistics through June for Independence Motor Speedway

The following statistics are through six weeks of racing at Independence Motor Speedway.

Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Late Model - 24.7 - 27 - 23
Modified - 31.0 - 35 - 26
Stock Car - 18.7 - 22 - 17
SportMod - 28.5 - 31 - 26
Hobby Stock - 20.3 - 23 - 13
TOTAL - 123.2 - 126 - 122

Points
* 176 drivers have earned points so far this season.
* Among those 176 drivers, 65 different hometowns are represented.
* Only two of five points leaders have won features: Darin Duffy (Modified) and Chris Luloff(SportMod). Points leaders without victories include Darren Ackerman (Late Model), Shane Manson (Stock Car) and Vince Buchholz (Hobby Stock).
* While no driver has held the points lead every week through six weeks, Darin Duffy (Modifieds) has been atop the points for the last five weeks and Vince Buchholz (Hobby Stocks) has been the points leader for four weeks in a row.
* 17 different drivers have held the points lead for at least one week this season: Four different drivers have led the Late Models points, two in Modifieds, five in Stock Cars, three in SportMods and three in Hobby Stocks.
* 27 drivers have remained in the top-10 in the points all six weeks:
Late Model (3): Darren Ackerman, Jon Passick, Bryan Klein;
Modified (6): Darin Duffy, Troy Cordes, Max Corporon, Adam Johnson, Kevin Pittman, Adam Bolin;
Stock Car (6): Shane Manson, Jason Hocken, Brian Irvine, Phil Holtz, Norman Chesmore, Jarod Weepie;
SportMod (5): Kyle Bentley, Kaleb Bentley, Drew Fish, Jim Buhlman, Josh Sherbon, (current points leader Chris Luloff started the season 14th in the standings);
Hobby Stock (7): Vince Buchholz, Josh Irvine, Quinton Miller, Justin Lichty, Wes Stanek, Don Arnold, Jeremiah Wilson.

Feature Winners
* Terry Neal is the only repeat winner in the Late Model division this year. Prior to Rick Dralle's win on June 20, there were eight consecutive different feature winners, dating back to Dralle's win on August 2, 2008.
* Every Modified winner has come from an outside starting position.
* Brian Irvine has won three Stock Car features this season. His career total wins in the division at Independence is 22.
* Every SportMod feature winner's car number is divisible by 3 - Josh Sherbon (75), Danny Dvorak (3), Chris Luloff (18), Kurt Hogan (09). How's that for a stat?
* Josh Irvine has won three Hobby Stock features, all from different starting positions (9, 5, 8).

Top-10s
* 113 drivers have earned at least one top-10 finish this season.
* 5 drivers have earned top-10 finishes in all six features:
Late Model (26 different drivers with at least one top-10 finish): None with all six top-10s;
Modified (27): Darin Duffy;
Stock Car (20): Jason Hocken, Shane Manson;
SportMod (21): None with all six top-10s;
Hobby Stock (19): Vince Buchholz, Quinton Miller.

Top-5s
* 78 drivers have earned at least one top-5 finish this season:
Late Model (19 different drivers with at least one top-5 finish);
Modified (16);
Stock Car (13);
SportMod (18);
Hobby Stock (12).
* Only Darin Duffy (Modifieds) has earned top-5 finishes in all six features.

Top-3s
* 58 drivers have earned at least one top-3 finish this season:
Late Model (16 drivers with at least one top-3 finish);
Modified (9);
Stock Car (11);
SportMod (12);
Hobby Stock (10).
* Darin Duffy (Modified) leads all drivers with five top-3 finishes. Eight drivers are tied for second with three top-3 finishes.
* Travis Smock and Terry Neal are the only Late Model drivers with multiple top-3 finishes. They have two apiece.

Feature Lap Leaders
* 42 drivers have led at least one lap of feature competition.
* Division lap leaders include:
Late Model: Dale Stolte (25 laps led), Darin Burco (23), Jill George (17), Jeff Aikey (17), (Terry Neal led a total of only five laps in his two feature wins);
Modified: Darin Duffy (30 laps led), Don Erger (20), Cory Bauer (18), Max Corporon (13);
Stock Car: Justin Temeyer (45 laps led), Brian Irvine (39), Dan Trimble (24), Jarod Weepie (7);
SportMod: Danny Dvorak (24 laps led), Chris Luloff (19), Josh Sherbon (11), Kurt Hogan (9);
Hobby Stock: Wes Stanek (22 laps led), Josh Irvine (19), Matt Brown (16), Joe Sprague (9).

Heat Races
* There have been 58 different heat race winners in 92 heat races.
* Matt Brown (Hobby Stock) leads all drivers with five heat race wins.
* 24 drivers have won multiple heat races.
Division leaders include:
Late Model: Darren Ackerman, Drew Johnson, Jon Passick, Dale Stolte (2 wins each);
Modified: Adam Johnson (3 wins); Max Corporon, Ronn Lauritzen, Johnathan Thimmesch (2 each);
Stock Car: Justin Temeyer (4 wins); Dan Trimble (3); Norman Chesmore, Shane Manson (2 each);
SportMod: Danny Dvorak, Josh Sherbon, Jake Strayer (3 wins each).
Hobby Stock: Matt Brown (5 wins); Don Arnold, Vince Buchholz, Josh Irvine, Justin Lichty (2 each).

Efficiency Stats
* A total of 140 races have been run this season.
* A total of 1,369 laps have been completed.
* A total of 157 caution flags have been thrown.
* The Stock Car division has had only 11 total caution flags through 19 races and 232 laps of competition.

Since the year 2000...
* 605 feature events have been completed in weekly competition.
* 146 different drivers have visited victory lane.
* A new face finds victory lane every 4.14 races.
* There have been:
30 different Late Model winners in 129 events;
29 Modified winners in 133 events;
23 Stock Car winners in 134 events;
43 Hobby Stock winners in 133 events;
21 SportMod/B Mod winners in 76 events.
* Division leaders include:
Late Model: Curt Martin (37 wins since 2000); Darren Ackerman and Greg Kastli (11 each);
Modified: Vern Jackson (26), Troy Cordes (22), Jerry Luloff (13), Darin Duffy (12);
Stock Car: Dan Trimble (32), Brian Irvine (22), Jarod Weepie (17), Justin Temeyer (15);
Hobby Stock: Brian Irvine (16); Chris Luloff (15); Josh Irvine and Patrick Stansbery (9 each).
SportMod/B Mod: Joe Docekal (18), Brian Kunkle (8), Josh Sherbon (6).

Qualifying Streaks
* The longest currently active feature qualifying streaks for weekly competition in each division include:
Late Model: Drew Johnson has qualified for 47 consecutive Late Model features. His last miss was July 23, 2005. Others include, Darren Ackerman (37), Travis Smock (29), Blake Anderson and Bryan Klein (15 each);
Modified: Jerry Luloff has qualified for 175 consecutive features (July 5, 1997), Johnathan Thimmesch (19), Troy Cordes (16), Adam Johnson (12);
Stock Car: Jarod Weepie has has qualified for 114 consecutive features (June 9, 2001), Norman Chesmore (51), Brian Irvine (40), Jason Hocken (24);
Hobby Stock: Josh Irvine has qualified for 40 consecutive features (May 27, 2006), Jeremiah Wilson (29), Vince Buchholz (27), Matt Brown (23);
SportMod/B Mod: Mary Handberg has qualified for 44 consecutive features (August 27, 2005), Josh Sherbon (42), Jim Buhlman (37), Kevin Robinson (16).
Dale Hackwell Jr. qualified for every Late Model feature since he entered the division at the start of the 1998 season until last week. His streak of 161 consecutive starts came to an end with a flat tire in a B-feature on June 27, 2009.

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