While chatting with IMCA Modified driver Joe Docekal following his feature win in Vinton last night, in so many words he referred to me as his good luck charm this season. Well, not really, but he did say he thought I was in Vinton for each of his three feature wins this season. Since they were the first three wins of his career in the division, I think he was going to promote me to mascot status for his racing team.
That got me thinking. I know... dangerous. No, not what costume was he going to put me in during his travels around eastern Iowa for the rest of the season, rather how many different drivers have I seen win features this season? How many wins does each of those drivers have?
Of course, realizing I not only wanted to know this, but needed to know this given my very troubling desire to eat, sleep and breathe numbers, I decided to talk to my friend Excel and figure up exactly what I've seen so far this summer.
In the end, I determined I've seen 209 feature races that produced 124 different winners through 47 nights of racing. That means I have seen a lot of different faces in victory lane. In fact, 78 of the names below are one-time winners. Mr. Kaplan, you're in rare company and just plain fast no matter where I go. Those winners and the divisions in which they compete, along with the number of features I've seen them win in 2010, follow below. Keep in mind, some drivers run multiple tracks that run similar divisions under different/no sanction and different names. The division listed with each driver is the division in which he was competing the night I witnessed his first win (to me) this season. So, all of you Sport Compacts/4-Cylinders/Wild Things/Hornets and the like may or may not appear here, but we still know who you are.
By the way, Joe, you'll notice I wasn't there for all three. In fact, I missed your first career win. Apparently, you needed me to be far away to get the ball rolling. Now, we just need to give a kickstart to that Hilmer guy...
Driver, Division, Wins
Austin Kaplan, SportMod, 7 wins
Dan Trimble, Stock Car, 6
Josh Sherbon, SportMod, 6
Justin Temeyer, Stock Car, 5
Bill Whalen Jr., Sport Compact, 4
Brian Irvine, Stock Car, 4
Damon Murty, Stock Car, 4
Jeff Aikey, Late Model, 4
Kurt Hogan, SportMod, 4
Nathan Chandler, Sport Compact, 4
Scott Hogan, Modified, 4
Sean Johnson, Stock Car, 4
Darin Duffy, Modified, 3
Josh Foster, Modified, 3
Justin O'Brien, Modified, 3
Max Corporon, Modified, 3
Richie Gustin, Modified, 3
Vern Jackson, Modified, 3
Vince Buchholz, Hobby Stock, 3
August Bach, Hobby Stock, 2
Brandon Hare, B Mod, 2
Chad Simpson, Late Model, 2
Chris Hovden, Hobby Stock, 2
Dale Hackwell Jr., Late Model, 2
Danny Dvorak, SportMod, 2
Danny Sacquitne, Hobby Stock, 2
Dave Stricker, Stock Car, 2
Derek Kirkland, Hobby Stock, 2
Gary Peiffer, Sport Compact, 2
Greg Kastli, Late Model, 2
Jamie Whitaker, Hobby Stock, 2
Jason Rauen, Late Model, 2
Jeff Mueller, Stock Car, 2
Jerry Luloff, Modified, 2
Joe Docekal, Modified, 2
Justin Lichty, Hobby Stock, 2
Justin Wacha, Sport Compact, 2
Kyle Parizek, Hobby Stock, 2
Mark Burgtorf, Late Model, 2
Mike Van Genderen, Stock Car, 2
Mitch Hovden, Stock Car, 2
Nathan Wood, Stock Car, 2
Phil Holtz, Stock Car, 2
Ray Lundry, SportMod, 2
Scott Pippert, Hobby Stock, 2
Scott Spilde, Hobby Stock, 2
Adam Bell, Modified, 1
Adam Johnson, Modified, 1
Al Sweerin, Hobby Stock, 1
Alex Buffington, Hobby Stock, 1
Austin Lucas, SportMod, 1
Ben Moudry, B Mod, 1
Bobby Mincer, 305 Sprint, 1
Brad Chandler, Sport Compact, 1
Brad Forbes, Hobby Stock, 1
Bryan Webb, Stock Car, 1
Bryce Bailey, 4 Cylinder, 1
Cassidy Kirkpatrick, 4 Cylinder, 1
Cayden Carter, B Mod, 1
Chad Louk, B Mod, 1
Chris Luloff, SportMod, 1
Chris Webb, Stock Car, 1
Chris Wiltse, Hobby Stock, 1
Colt Mather, Modified, 1
Corey Dripps, Modified, 1
Curt Hilmer, SportMod, 1
Darren Ackerman, Late Model, 1
Darren Miller, Late Model, 1
Dennis Elliott, Modified, 1
Derek Coleman, SportMod, 1
Dillon Anderson, Hobby Stock, 1
Dusty Kraklio, Modified, 1
Geoff Olson, SportMod, 1
Greg Rossell, Mod Lite, 1
Jacob Keiser, Hobby Stock, 1
Jacob Waterman, Modified, 1
Jake Wenig, Hobby Stock, 1
Jason Cook, Stock Car, 1
Jason Hartman, Hobby Stock, 1
Jason McDaniel, B Mod, 1
Jeff Waterman, Modified, 1
Jerrod Hull, 360 Sprint, 1
Jimmy May, Mod Lite, 1
Joel Brasch, Late Model, 1
John Watson, Hobby Stock, 1
Josh Irvine, Hobby Stock, 1
Josh May, Mod Lite, 1
Junior Boyer, B Mod, 1
Kent Kositzky, SportMod, 1
Kevin Pittman, Modified, 1
Kyle Brown, SportMod, 1
Lance Matthees, Late Model, 1
Lucas Lundry, SportMod, 1
Lynn Panos, Stock Car, 1
Matt Brown, Hobby Stock, 1
Matt Lettow, B Mod, 1
Matt Werner, Street Stock, 1
Max Leonard, Hobby Stock, 1
Mike Fisher, 4 Cylinder, 1
Mike Nichols, Stock Car, 1
Mike Robinson, Stock Car, 1
Milo Veloz Jr., Modified, 1
Nick Murty, Hobby Stock, 1
Norman Chesmore, Stock Car, 1
Paul Hallett, Mod Lite, 1
Quinton Miller, Hobby Stock, 1
Randy Wachter, Hobby Stock, 1
Ray Guss Jr., Late Model, 1
Rick Dralle, Late Model, 1
Rick Wendling, Late Model, 1
Ricky Kay, 4 Cylinder, 1
Rob Toland, Late Model, 1
Rod Grother, Hobby Stock, 1
Russel Damme Jr., Hobby Stock, 1
Scooter Dulin, Stock Car, 1
Scott Simatovich, Modified, 1
Steve Holthaus, Hobby Stock, 1
Todd Inman, Dirt Truck, 1
Travis Smock, Late Model, 1
Tyler Bruening, Late Model, 1
Tyler Groenendyk, B Mod, 1
Tyler McClure, Stock Car, 1
Wayne Noble, 4 Cylinder, 1
William Michel, Wild Things, 1
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