For photos from both tracks, be sure to visit track photographer Jim Wittke's site - www.speedwaysouvenir.com.
INDEPENDENCE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
The statistics included here are through the first eight nights of weekly points racing and do not include the May 24 Open Wheel Shootout.
Car Count
Division
- Average - High - Low
Late
Model - 22.5 - 26 - 19
Modified
– 22.5 - 25 - 18
Stock
Car – 13.1 - 16 - 10
SportMod
– 24.3 - 28 - 22
Hobby
Stock – 20.9 - 26 - 14
Sport
Compact – 9.4 - 15 - 6
TOTAL
– 112.6 - 128 - 103
Points
* 220 drivers have earned points this season.
*
Among those 220 drivers, 83 different hometowns have been represented.
*
Tyler Bruening (Late Model) and Benji Irvine
(Hobby Stock) have led the standings following each night
this season. Tyler Droste (Modified) has led since week five, John Emerson (Stock Car) led the first three weeks before dropping to second for three weeks. He has returned to the top of the standings for the last two weeks. Alex Zwanziger (SportMod) has led the last three weeks and Merv Chandler (Sport Compact) has led since week two.
IN THE HUNT
* 36 drivers have remained in the top-10 in the points every week of the season. Those
drivers include:
Late Model (7): Darren Ackerman, Tyler Bruening, Dale Hackwell Jr., Greg Kastli, Curt Martin, Jon Passick, Dean Wagner;
Modified (4): Patrick Flannagan, Vern Jackson, Adam Johnson, Ronn Lauritzen;
Stock Car (8): Jesse Brown, Norman Chesmore, John Emerson, Tim Helle, Jason Hocken, Jerome Jacoby, Sean Johnson, Jarod Weepie;
SportMod (5): Jim Buhlman, Danny Dvorak, Shane Ebaugh, Lucas Lundry, Dakoda Sellers;
Hobby Stock (6): Jim Ball, Vince Buchholz, Benji Irvine, Chris Luloff, Justin Stander, Jamie Whitaker;
Sport Compact (6): Merv Chandler, Adam Gates, Mike Tedesco, Justin Vargason, Jeffrey Vislisel, A.J. Witten.
* 12 drivers have remained in the top-5 in the points every week of the season. Those
drivers include:
Late Model (2): Tyler Bruening, Greg Kastli;
Modified (0): None;
Stock Car (4): Norman Chesmore, John Emerson, Sean Johnson, Jarod Weepie;
SportMod (1): Lucas Lundry;
Hobby Stock (2): Benji Irvine, Chris Luloff;
Sport Compact (3): Merv Chandler, Adam Gates, A.J. Witten.
Feature Winners
*
There have been 25 different feature winners in 48 feature events this season.
*
The points leaders account for only 13 of the 48 total feature
wins.
* Through the first half of the season, there have already been six different winners in the IMCA SportMods. That mark is just two shy of the record set last season.
* Adam Gates has won six straight IMCA Sport Compact features to match the longest such streak in track history, which was set by Jack Mitchell (IMCA Modified) in 1984 and later matched by Stock Car drivers Dan Trimble and Larry Portis.
Top-10s
* Through the first half of the season, there have already been six different winners in the IMCA SportMods. That mark is just two shy of the record set last season.
* Adam Gates has won six straight IMCA Sport Compact features to match the longest such streak in track history, which was set by Jack Mitchell (IMCA Modified) in 1984 and later matched by Stock Car drivers Dan Trimble and Larry Portis.
Top-10s
* 138 drivers have earned at least one top-10 finish this season. The
number of top-10 finishes per driver in each division are as follows:
Late Model (22 drivers with at least one top 10): Tyler Bruening (8); Darren Ackerman, Jon Passick (7 each); Curt Martin, Greg Kastli, Dale Hackwell Jr. (6 each); Dean Wagner, Jeff Aikey (5 each); Dirk Hamilton, Drew Johnson (4 each); Luke Pestka, Dain Sires, Rick Dralle, Chad Lerch (3 each); Luke Merfeld, Greg Hunter (2 each); Rory Metcalf, Travis Smock, Luke Goedert, Kelly Pestka, Keith Kiernan, Stephan Kammerer (1 each);
Modified (21): Tyler Droste, Ronn Lauritzen (7 each); J.D. Auringer, Troy Cordes, Vern Jackson, Mark Schulte, Patrick Flannagan (6 each); Adam Johnson (5); Scott Hogan, Kevin Pittman, Shawn Ryan (4 each); Darin Duffy, Jason Snyder, Ed Thomas (3 each); Keith Pittman, Mike Burbridge, Racer Hulin (2 each); Justin O'Brien, Joe Docekal, Jeff Kriz, Jerry King (1 each);
Stock Car (23): Sean Johnson, John Emerson, Jarod Weepie, Norman Chesmore (8 each); Tim Helle, Jesse Brown (6 each); Jason Hocken, Phil Holtz (5 each); Jerome Jacoby (4); Austin Evens, Ken Taylor (3 each); Justin Temeyer, Blake Cole, Cole Mather, Chris Wiltse (2 each); Stefan Klym, Jason Niedert, Aaron Matthias, Mitchell Evens, Tony Schimmels, Reggie Rema, Travis Shipman, Roger Ciesielski (1 each);
SportMod (28): Alex Zwanziger (7); Brennen Chipp, Lucas Lundry, Shane Ebaugh (6 each); Kip Siems, Danny Dvorak, Curt Hilmer, Matt McCahen (5 each); Jim Buhlman, Dave Schulze (4 each); Kevin Hurst, Dakoda Sellers, Sean Vogt (3 each); Rod McDonald, Scott Thomas, Ryan Maitland (2 each); Sam Wieben, Joel Rust, Austin Kaplan, Colby Heishman, Brandon Smith, Stephen Streeter, Lee Kinsella, Sean Wyett, Synjun Bauer, Mike Hogencamp, Troy Bauer, Creston Williams (1 each);
Hobby Stock (23): Brian Irvine, Jamie Whitaker (8 each): Justin Stander, Jim Ball (7 each); Chris Luloff, Nathan Ballard, Shawn Kuennen (6 each); Justin Wacha, Quinton Miller (5 each); Vince Buchholz, Justin Lichty (4 each); T.J. Mortenson, Brad Forbes (2 each); Jeremiah Wilson, Josh Irvine, Curt Graham, Milo Matthias, Matt Lundry, Matt Burmeister, Justin Hanson, Brian Happel, Jacob Keiser, Dave Wheeler (1 each);
Sport Compact (21): Merv Chandler (8); Adam Gates (7); A.J. Witten, Derek Ihde (6 each); Mike Tedesco (5); Zach Marmann, Travis Ross (4 each); Mitchell Balik, Jeffrey Vislisel (3 each); Reggie Rema, Dylan Clinton, Justin Vargason, Travis Losenicky (2 each); Brad Chandler, Will Schott, Bryan Klein, Jeff Dvorak, Nick West, Arthur Schott, Dakota Schroyer, Jeremy Lerch (1 each).
Top-5s
* 83 drivers have earned at least one top-5 finish this season. The number of top-5 finishes per driver in each division are as follows:
Late Model (16): Tyler Bruening (8); Curt Martin (4); Darren Ackerman, Greg Kastli, Dean Wagner, Luke Pestka (3 each); Jon Passick, Dale Hackwell Jr., Jeff Aikey, Dirk Hamilton, Dain Sires, Luke Merfeld (2 each); Drew Johnson, Rick Dralle, Rory Metcalf, Travis Smock (1 each);
Modified (14): Tyler Droste, J.D. Auringer (5 each); Troy Cordes, Vern Jackson (4 each); Mark Schulte, Patrick Flannagan, Scott Hogan (3 each); Ronn Lauritzen, Adam Johnson, Kevin Pittman, Shawn Ryan, Darin Duffy, Jason Snyder (2 each); Ed Thomas (1);
Stock Car (10): Sean Johnson, John Emerson, Jarod Weepie (7 each); Norman Chesmore (6); Jason Hocken (4); Tim Helle (3); Phil Holtz, Justin Temeyer (2); Jesse Brown, Austin Evens (1);
SportMod (16): Brennen Chipp (6); Alex Zwanziger, Lucas Lundry (5 each); Kip Siems (4); Shane Ebaugh, Danny Dvorak, Jim Buhlman (3 each); Curt Hilmer, Dave Schulze (2 each); Matt McCahen, Kevin Hurst, Dakoda Sellers, Rod McDonald, Sam Wieben, Joel Rust, Austin Kaplan (1 each);
Hobby Stock (12): Benji Irvine (8); Chris Luloff, Nathan Ballard (6 each); Justin Stander (5); Justin Wacha, Vince Buchholz (3 each); Jamie Whitaker, Shawn Kuennen, Quinton Miller (2 each); Justin Lichty, T.J. Mortenson, Brad Forbes (1 each);
Sport Compact (15): Merv Chandler (8); Adam Gates (7); A.J. Witten (4); Zach Marmann, Mitchell Balik (3 each); Mike Tedesco, Travis Ross, Reggie Rema, Dylan Clinton (2 each); Derek Ihde, Justin Vargason, Brad Chandler, Will Schott, Bryan Klein, Jeff Dvorak (1 each).
Top-3s
* 60 drivers have earned at least one top-3 finish this season. The number of top-3 finishes per driver in each division are as follows:
Late Model (12): Tyler Bruening (8); Darren Ackerman (3); Greg Kastli, Dain Sires, Luke Merfeld (2 each); Jon Passick, Dale Hackwell Jr., Dean Wagner, Jeff Aikey, Luke Pestka, Rick Dralle, Rory Metcalf (1 each);
Modified (11): J.D. Auringer (4); Tyler Droste, Troy Cordes (3 each); Ronn Lauritzen, Vern Jackson, Mark Schulte, Scott Hogan, Kevin Pittman, Darin Duffy (2 each); Patrick Flannagan, Shawn Ryan (1 each);
Stock Car (6): John Emerson, Sean Johnson (7 each); Jarod Weepie, Norman Chesmore, Jason Hocken (3 each); Justin Temeyer (1);
SportMod (12): Lucas Lundry (5); Brennen Chipp (4); Kip Siems (3); Shane Ebaugh, Danny Dvorak, Curt Hilmer (2 each); Alex Zwanziger, Dave Shulze, Kevin Hurst, Sam Wieben, Joel Rust, Austin Kaplan (1 each);
Hobby Stock (9): Benji Irvine (7); Chris Luloff (6); Nathan Ballard (5); Jamie Whitaker, Justin Stander, Justin Wacha, Quinton Miller, Vince Buchholz, Justin Lichty (1 each);
Sport Compact (10): Merv Chandler, Adam Gates (7 each); Zach Marmann, Reggie Rema (2 each); Mike Tedesco, Travis Ross, Mitchell Balik, Dylan Clinton, Justin Vargason, Brad Chandler (1 each).
Feature Lap Leaders
* 55 drivers have led at least one lap of feature competition.
*
Division lap leaders include:
Late Model (10 total different lap leaders): Tyler Bruening (50 laps led); Rick Dralle, Luke Merfeld (25 each); Luke Pestka (23); Darren Ackerman (21); Dain Sires, Jon Passick (17 each); Curt Martin (12); Kelly Pestka (6); Greg Hunter (4);
Modified (13): Ronn Lauritzen (31 laps led); Troy Cordes, J.D. Auringer (29 each); Scott Hogan (16); Mark Schulte (15); Darin Duffy (12); Shawn Ryan, Vern Jackson (9); J.J. Scott, Tyler Droste (4 each); Patrick Flannagan, Mike Burbridge, Mike Manson (1 each);
Stock Car (8): John Emerson (47 laps led), Sean Johnson (37), Tim Helle (19), Jarod Weepie (18), Jason Hocken (8), Tim Helle (6), Jesse Brown (4), Austin Evens (3);
SportMod (9): Brennen Chipp (21 laps led); Kip Siems (25); Dave Schulze (16); Sam Wieben, Joel Rust (15 each); Lucas Lundry (9); Shane Ebaugh (6); Danny Dvorak (4); Kevin Hurst (3);
Hobby Stock (12): Benji Irvine (39 laps led); Chris Luloff (24); Vince Buchholz (17); Nathan Ballard (15); Justin Wacha (7); Quinton Miller (5); Matt Lundry (4); Justin Stander, Shawn Kuennen, Brad Forbes, Brett Vanous (2 each); Jamie Whitaker (1);
Sport Compact (3): Adam Gates (76 laps led), Dylan Clinton (12), Dakota Schroyer (2).
Heat Races
*
There have been 63 different heat race winners in 117 heat races.
*
The heat race winners in each division are as follows:
Late Model (15 winners in 24 heats): Luke Pestka, Tyler Bruening (3 each); Curt Martin, Dean Wagner, Jeff Aikey, Rory Metcalf, Darren Ackerman (2 each); Jon Passick, Dirk Hamilton, Luke Merfeld, Dain Sires, Greg Hunter, Chad Lerch, Rick Wendling, Rick Dralle (1 each);
Modified (14 winners in 23 heats): Ronn Lauritzen (5); Vern Jackson (4); Shawn Ryan, Troy Cordes (2 each); J.D. Auringer, Tyler Droste, Mark Schulte, Adam Johnson, Ed Thomas, Scott Hogan, Darin Duffy, Mike Burbridge, J.J. Scott, Buck Swanson (1 each);
Stock Car (8 winners in 14 heats): John Emerson, Tim Helle (3 each); Norman Chemsore, Jason Hocken (2 each); Phil Holtz, Sean Johnson, Justin Temeyer, Tony Schimmels (1 each);
SportMod (10 winners in 23 heats): Danny Dvorak (5); Kip Siems, Brennen Chipp, Kevin Hurst (4 each); Curt Hilmer, Alex Zwanziger, Joel Rust, Brandon Smith, Sam Wieben, Josh Burrell (1 each);
Hobby Stock (11 winners in 22 heats): Benji Irvine (5); Chris Luloff, Nathan Ballard (4); Justin Wacha (2); Quinton Miller, Jamie Whitaker, Shawn Kuennen, Brad Forbes, Vince Buchholz, Matt Lundry, Jacob Keiser (1 each);
Sport Compact (5 winners in 11 heats): Adam Gates (6); Dylan Clinton (2); Zach Marmann, Mitchell Balik, Justin Vargason (1 each).
Efficiency Stats
*
A total of 167 races have been run this season.
*
A total of 1,742 laps have been completed.
*
A total of 153 caution flags have been thrown (an overall average of 0.91 per race)
Cautions Per Race Ratio
Cautions Per Race Ratio
Sport
Compact: 9 cautions in 19 races (0.47 cautions per race)
Hobby
Stock: 21 / 30 (0.70)
Late
Model: 29 / 32 (0.91)
SportMod: 32 / 33 (0.97)
Stock Car: 24 / 22 (1.09)
SportMod: 32 / 33 (0.97)
Stock Car: 24 / 22 (1.09)
Modified: 38 / 31 (1.23)
Race Laps Per Caution Ratio
Sport
Compact: 152 laps with 9 cautions (average of 16.89 green flag laps between
cautions)
Hobby
Stock: 293 / 21 (13.95)
Late
Model: 386 / 29 (13.31)
Stock
Car: 251 / 24 (10.46)
SportMod: 315 / 32 (9.84)
Modified: 345 / 38 (9.08)
Races with No Caution Flags
SportMod: 315 / 32 (9.84)
Modified: 345 / 38 (9.08)
Races with No Caution Flags
Late
Model: 21 of 32 races have gone flag-to-flag without a caution (65.62%)
Modified: 18 / 31 (58.06%)
Sport Compact: 11 /19 (57.89%)
Modified: 18 / 31 (58.06%)
Sport Compact: 11 /19 (57.89%)
SportMod: 19 / 33 (57.58%)
Hobby Stock: 16 / 30 (53.33%)
Hobby Stock: 16 / 30 (53.33%)
Stock
Car: 11 / 22 (50.00%)
96 of 167 races have gone green to checkers without a caution.
96 of 167 races have gone green to checkers without a caution.
Feature Cautions
Stock
Car: 20 of 24 total cautions have been thrown in feature races (83.33%)
Modified: 31 / 38 (81.58%)
Late Model: 23 / 29 (79.31%)
Sport Compact: 7 / 9 (77.78%)
SportMod: 24 / 32 (75.00%)
Hobby Stock: 14 / 21 (66.67%)
Modified: 31 / 38 (81.58%)
Late Model: 23 / 29 (79.31%)
Sport Compact: 7 / 9 (77.78%)
SportMod: 24 / 32 (75.00%)
Hobby Stock: 14 / 21 (66.67%)
119 of 153 total cautions have been thrown during feature racing.
Average Lap of First Feature Caution
Late Model: 7.00
Sport Compact: 6.00
Average Lap of First Feature Caution
Late Model: 7.00
Sport Compact: 6.00
Hobby
Stock: 5.63
Stock Car: 5.00
SportMod: 2.63
Modified: 2.38
Stock Car: 5.00
SportMod: 2.63
Modified: 2.38
Since the year 1967...
*
681 Late Model feature events have been completed in weekly competition with 97
different winners. On average, a new Late Model winner visits victory lane
every 7.0 events.
*
451 Modified feature events have been completed in weekly competition with 81
different winners. On average, a new Modified winner visits victory lane every
5.5 events.
*
299 Stock Car feature events have been completed in weekly competition
with 43 different winners. On average, a new Stock Car winner visits
victory lane every 6.9 events.
* 74 SportMod feature events have been completed in weekly competition with 20
different winners. On average, a new SportMod winner visits victory lane every
3.7 events.
*
360 Hobby Stock feature events have been completed in weekly competition with
90 different winners. On average, a new Hobby Stock winner visits victory lane
every 4.0 events.
* 14 Sport Compact feature events have been complete in weekly competition with 5
different winners. On average, a new Sport Compact winner visits victory lane
every 2.8 events.
*
Overall, in the last 47 seasons, 1,879 features have been completed in the
six divisions that currently compete at the speedway.
Qualifying Streaks
*
The longest currently active feature qualifying streaks for weekly competition
in each division include:
Late Model: Drew Johnson has qualified for 57 consecutive features. His last miss was July 11, 2009.
Modified: Patrick Flannagan has qualified for 54 consecutive features. His last miss was August 8, 2009.
Stock Car: Norman Chesmore has qualified for 110 consecutive features. His last miss was July 9, 2005.
Hobby Stock: Vince Buchholz has qualified for 51 consecutive features. His last miss was August 29, 2009.
SportMod: Jim Buhlman has qualified for all 74 features dating back to the first one at the speedway on June 21, 2008.
Sport Compact: Merv Chandler and A.J. Witten have qualified for all 14 features dating back to the first one at the speedway on July 7, 2012.
Stuff Nobody Should Know…
*
Of the 48 feature winners this season, 29 came from inside starting spots and 19 from the
outside.
*
Every starting position throughout the first six rows has
produced at least one feature winner this season
*
No feature winner in the Hobby Stock division has
come from the first two rows. In fact, seven of eight Hobby Stock winners have come from
the fourth and fifth rows.
* 84 different drivers have cracked the top-10 in his division’s points for at least
one week this season.
* 14
different drivers have held or shared their division's points lead at some point
during the season.
* Tyler Bruening (Late Model) is the only driver to finish in the top three every night through eight weeks.
* No Modified driver has finished in the same top-10 position more than twice this season.
* In each of John Emerson's five Stock Car wins this season, Sean Johnson finished second.
* Tyler Droste (Modified) has finished in each top-5 finishing position exactly one time. Jarod Weepie (Stock Car) is the only other driver at the speedway to have finishes in each of the top-5 finishing spots.
* No Modified driver has finished in the same top-10 position more than twice this season.
* In each of John Emerson's five Stock Car wins this season, Sean Johnson finished second.
* Tyler Droste (Modified) has finished in each top-5 finishing position exactly one time. Jarod Weepie (Stock Car) is the only other driver at the speedway to have finishes in each of the top-5 finishing spots.
*
Benji Irvine (Hobby Stock) and Adam Gates (Sport Compact) are the only drivers to finish in the top-3 in all of their heat races.
* Six feature events have gone flag-to-flag without a single caution. Only four features have seen their first caution prior to the completion of the first lap.
* There has been exactly one lead change in feature racing in the Sport Compact division. Drivers who have taken the lead on lap one have gone on to win in seven of eight events. Feature winners have led for 88 of 90 total laps.
* There were six lead changes in the final 10 laps of the June 22 Stock Car feature
* Five of eight Sport Compact winners have come from inside row two.
* Through eight nights and 120 laps of Hobby Stock feature racing, the feature winners have led only a combined 39 laps of the races they won. The earliest any winner took the lead for good was on opening night when Benji Irvine got to the front on lap six. No other winner has taken the lead in the first half of any of the 15-lap features. The average lap when feature winners have taken the lead is 11.3. That has made for some mighty fine racing in the Hobby Stocks this season. Support class? Get real.
Weather trends...
* Independence has held six straight nights of points racing without a weather-related cancellation. If we are able to race July 6, it will match the 32nd longest stretch of weekly racing in track history. If we can get through July 13, we will match the 20th longest stretch. If we can make it all the way through July without a rainout, we will have seen 10 straight programs without a rainout. That would tie for 11th longest all-time. In short, while other tracks have lost many shows to wet weather this season, we have been very, very fortunate. In fact, in three of the last four weeks, they were calling for 50-plus percent chance of rain and we were still able to get all those shows in.
* Looking ahead, July is the driest month on record at the speedway. The month accounts for only 28 of 178 rainouts of weekly racing programs, dating back to 1967. Two of the July dates scheduled for racing this year (6th and 20th) have never been rained out in Independence. July 13 has been rained out once (1985) and July 27 has been rained out twice (1996 and 2002). Coincidentally, 1996 and 2002 were the last two times July 27 fell on a Saturday. Let's hope that trend falls by the wayside this year.
* Keep in mind, despite it being the driest month at the track, there has been at least one July rainout in each of the last four seasons. Aside from all that, we should consider ourselves fortunate that we've seen racing in eight of 10 scheduled nights through the first half of the season.
And finally...
* In 48 feature events, 13 times the winner took the lead with five laps or fewer remaining. Of those, three times the winner took the lead on the final lap.
BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY
Below are the numbers through 11 nights of weekly points racing in Vinton. These numbers do not include the Frostbuster special that was held prior to the April 14 track points opener or the Hawkeye Dirt Tour special in May. None of the information below includes the Late Models, which were part of the last two weekly programs.
Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Modified – 15.1 - 18 - 11
Stock Car – 9.5 - 16 - 6
SportMod – 20.8 - 25 - 17
Hobby Stock – 11.5 - 16 - 9
Sport Compact – 8.3 - 11 - 6
TOTAL – 65.3 - 82 - 54
Points
* 167 drivers have earned points this season.
* No driver has led the points of his division after all 11 weeks. J.D. Auringer (Modified) has led the standings every week since week two, John Emerson (Stock Cars) led following week three and every week since night five, Joel Rust (SportMod) led following week four and every week since night six, Chris Luloff led following opening night and every week since night six, and Merv Chandler (Sport Compact) has led the last two weeks.
IN THE HUNT
* 31 drivers have remained in the top-10 in the points every night of the season. Those drivers include:
Modified (6): J.D. Auringer, Troy Cordes, Joe Docekal, Patrick Flannagan, Ronn Lauritzen, Jerry Luloff;
Stock Car (7): Bob Ahrendsen, Scott Beauregard, John Emerson, Mike Galli, Jerry Miles, Damon Murty, Scott Pippert;
SportMod (7): Jim Buhlman, Danny Dvorak, Curt Hilmer, Nick Roberts, Joel Rust, John Schaefer, Dave Schulze;
Hobby Stock (6): Matt Brown, Jacob Keiser, Chris Luloff, Kyle Parizek, Justin Stander, Justin Wacha;
Sport Compact (5): Merv Chandler, Nathan Chandler, Shawn Cooney, Jeremy Lerch, Bill Whalen Jr.
* 7 drivers have remained in the top-5 in the points every night of the season. Those drivers include:
Modified (1): J.D. Auringer;
Stock Car (2): John Emerson, Scott Pippert;
SportMod (1): Joel Rust;
Hobby Stock (1): Kyle Parizek;
Sport Compact (2): Nathan Chandler, Bill Whalen Jr.
* Current points leaders account for only 9 of the 55 feature wins.
* Entering July, there have been five straight different Modified winners. There were six straight different winners to start the season. The longest streak of different winners in the division? Ten, during the middle of the 2011 season. Well, we're halfway there. For those wondering, the last five Modified winners were Richie Gustin, J.D. Auringer, Kyle Brown, Ronn Lauritzen and Troy Cordes. Keep in mind, the Hogan Memorial in two weeks is not a weekly points race and will not have an impact on the string of weekly winners (assuming we get our sixth straight different winner this coming Sunday).
Top-10s
* 125 drivers have earned at least one top-10 finish this season. The top-10 leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (23 drivers with at least one top-10): J.D. Auringer (11); Ronn Lauritzen, Troy Cordes, Kyle Brown, Jerry Luloff, Patrick Flannagan (9 each); Joe Docekal (8); Mike Burbridge, Jerry Dedrick (7); Scott Hogan (6); Vern Jackson, Brandon Banks, Tony Olson (4); Richie Gustin (3); Tyler Droste, Buck Swanson (2); Ty Glass, Mike Krall, Mark Schulte, Todd Jensen, Tim McBride, Darin Duffy, Andy Eckrich (1 each);
Stock Car (22): John Emerson, Scott Pippert, Mike Galli (11 each); Norman Chesmore, Scott Beauregard (10 each); Curtis Roster, Bob Ahrendsen (9 each); Damon Murty (6); Jay Schmidt (4); Jerry Miles, Rick Kriegel (2 each); John Watson, Jarod Weepie, Bob Daniels, Shane Richardson, Trent Jeanes, Thomas Thompson, Ben Walding, Justin Temeyer, Mitch Evens, Jared Daggett, Dalton Simonsen (1 each);
SportMod (29): Joel Rust (11); Curt Hilmer, Jim Buhlman (10 each); Danny Dvorak, Dave Schulze (9 each); Nick Roberts (8); John Schaefer (7); Kyle Olson, Ryan King (6 each); Brett Lowry, Colby Heishman, Ryan Maitland, Brady Graham (3 each); Mike McDonald, Tom Rawlins, Brennen Chipp, Mike Hogencamp, Brian Anderson, Dakoda Sellers (2 each); Kurt Moeding, Jenae Gustin, Austin Kaplan, Brad Iverson, Shane Ebaugh, Kip Siems, Josh Burrell, Brett Moffitt, Troy Burkhart, Ross Neal (1 each);
Hobby Stock (31): Kyle Parizek, Justin Wacha (11 each); Chris Luloff, Matt Brown, Justin Stander (10 each); Brian Happel (9); Jacob Keiser (8); Benji Irvine, Leah Wroten (4 each); Paul Nagle, Andrew Torkelson (3 each); Garrett Eilander, Nick Murty, Jim Ball, Brett Vanous, Brayden Forbes, Doug Laughridge (2 each); Shannon Anderson, Andy Coffman, Andrew Burg, Jamie Songer, Gabe Phelps, Jerome Wilson, David Rieks, Brad Forbes, David Castellano Jr., Jeremy Floyd, Jonathon Juett, Paul Shepherd, Jason Williams, Dale Kite (1 each);
Sport Compact (20): Merv Chandler, Bill Whalen Jr. (11 each); Nathan Chandler, Jeremy Lerch (9 each); Travis Losenicky, Toby Denning (8 each); A.J. Witten (6); Brad Chandler, Shawn Cooney (5 each); Gary Peiffer (4); Mike Barton, Buster Pate, Craig Streeter (2 each); Tyler Whalen, Steve Miedke, Jacob McVay, Corbin McCombs, Matthew Moore, Jeff Ash, Joe Goodenbaur (1 each).
Top-5s
* 75 drivers have earned at least one top-5 finish this season. The top-5 leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (15): J.D. Auringer, Ronn Lauritzen (8 each); Troy Cordes (7); Joe Docekal (6); Kyle Brown, Mike Burbridge, Scott Hogan (4 each); Richie Gustin (3); Jerry Luloff, Patrick Flannagan, Vern Jackson, Tyler Droste (2 each); Jerry Dedrick, Brandon Banks, Ty Glass (1 each);
Stock Car (15): Norman Chesmore (10); John Emerson, Scott Pippert (9 each); Curtis Roster, Damon Murty (6 each); Bob Ahrendsen (4); Jay Schmidt, Jerry Miles (2 each); Mike Galli, Scott Beauregard, Rick Kriegel, John Watson, Jarod Weepie, Bob Daniels, Shane Richardson (1 each);
SportMod (18): Joel Rust (10); Danny Dvorak, Nick Roberts (7 each); Curt Hilmer, John Schaefer, Kyle Olson (4 each); Jim Buhlman, Dave Schulze (3 each); Brett Lowry, Mike McDonald, Tom Rawlins (2 each); Brennen Chipp, Mike Hogencamp, Kurt Moeding, Jenae Gustin, Austin Kaplan, Brad Iverson, Shane Ebaugh (1 each);
Hobby Stock (13): Chris Luloff (10); Brian Happel (8); Kyle Parizek, Matt Brown, Justin Stander (7 each); Justin Wacha (6); Benji Irvine (4); Paul Nagle, Garrett Eilander, Nick Murty, Shannon Anderson, Andy Coffman, Andrew Burg (1 each);
Sport Compact (14): Merv Chandler, Bill Whalen Jr. (10 each); Nathan Chandler (8); Travis Losenicky (6); Jeremy Lerch (5); A.J. Witten (4); Brad Chandler (3); Shawn Cooney, Gary Peiffer (2 each); Toby Denning, Mike Barten, Tyler Whalen, Steve Miedke, Jacob McVay (1 each).
Top-3s
* 46 drivers have earned at least one top-3 finish this season. The top-3 leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (12): Ronn Lauritzen (6); J.D. Auringer (5); Joe Docekal (4); Troy Cordes, Kyle Brown, Scott Hogan, Richie Gustin (3 each); Mike Burbridge (2); Jerry Luloff, Patrick Flannagan, Brandon Banks, Tyler Droste (1 each);
Stock Car (8): Norman Chesmore (10); John Emerson (9); Damon Murty (6); Scott Pippert (5); Curtis Roster (2); Jay Schmidt, Jerry Miles, Rick Kriegel (1 each);
SportMod (14): Joel Rust (8); Nick Roberts (7); Danny Dvorak (6); Kyle Olson (2); Curt Hilmer, Jim Buhlman, Dave Schulze, John Schaefer, Brett Lowry, Mike McDonald, Brennen Chipp, Kurt Moeding, Jenae Gustin, Austin Kaplan (1 each);
Hobby Stock (11): Chris Luloff (8); Brian Happel (7); Kyle Parizek (4); Justin Wacha, Matt Brown (3 each); Justin Stander, Benji Irvine (2 each); Paul Nagle, Garrett Eilander, Shannon Anderson, Andy Coffman (1 each);
Sport Compact (8): Merv Chandler (9); Bill Whalen Jr., Nathan Chandler (8 each); Brad Chandler (3); Travis Losenicky (2); A.J. Witten, Mike Barten, Tyler Whalen (1 each).
Feature Lap Leaders
* 55 drivers have led at least one lap of feature competition.
* Division lap leaders include:
Modified (13 different lap leaders): Kyle Brown (35 laps led); Troy Cordes (29); Ronn Lauritzen (26); Joe Docekal (25); Mike Burbridge, Richie Gustin (24 each); Jerry Luloff (17); Tony Olson (16); Brandon Banks (11); Scott Hogan (6); Jerry Dedrick (5); Tyler Droste (2); J.D. Auringer (1);
Stock Car (9): John Emerson (54 laps led); Damon Murty (38); Norman Chesmore (28); Scott Pippert (20); Curtis Roster (15); Bob Ahrendsen (5); Mike Galli (3); Jarod Weepie, Jay Schmidt (1 each);
SportMod (14): Danny Dvorak (40 laps led); Nick Roberts (38); Joel Rust (18); Jenae Gustin (14); Mike McDonald (12); Colby Heishman (10); Mike Hogencamp (8); Jim Buhlman (7); Tom Rawlins (6); Brady Graham (5); Kyle Olson, Curt Hilmer, Austin Kaplan, Ryan King (1 each);
Hobby Stock (11): Brian Happel (30 laps led), Justin Wacha (27), Matt Brown (25), Paul Nagle (15), Chris Luloff (14), Shannon Anderson (13), Andy Coffman (12), Kyle Parizek (11), Leah Wroten (9), Garrett Eilander (7), Jacob Keiser (3);
Sport Compact (8): Nathan Chandler (59 laps led); Brad Chandler (19); Bill Whalen Jr., Merv Chandler (16 each); Travis Losenicky (11); Gary Peiffer (6); Mike Barten (3); A.J. Witten (2).
* The heat race wins leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (12 winners in 23 heats): Troy Cordes, Tony Olson, Jerry Dedrick (3 each); Patrick Flannagan, Mike Burbridge, Joe Docekal, Scott Hogan, Kyle Brown (2 each); J.D. Auringer, Richie Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen, Jerry Luloff (1 each);
Stock Car (7 winners in 14 heats): Norman Chesmore, Scott Pippert, Damon Murty (3 each); Curtis Roster (2); Jerry Miles, Scott Beauregard, Jay Schmidt (1 each);
SportMod (17 winners in 33 heats): Mike McDonald, Joel Rust, Nick Roberts (5 each); Danny Dvorak (3); Kyle Olson, Mike Hogencamp (2 each); Dave Schulze, Colby Heishman, Jim Buhlman, Tom Rawlins, Jenae Gustin, Brett Lowry, John Schaefer, Dakoda Sellers, Ryan King, Troy Burkhart, Austin Kaplan (1 each);
Hobby Stock (8 winners in 18 heats): Brian Happel (5); Matt Brown (4); Chris Luloff (3); Kyle Parizek (2); Justin Wacha, Paul Nagle, Justin Stander, Shannon Anderson (1 each);
Sport Compact (6 winners in 13 heats): Merv Chandler (6); Nathan Chandler, Brad Chandler (2 each); Travis Losenicky, A.J. Witten, Gary Peiffer (1 each).
Efficiency Stats
* 155 races have been run this season.
* 1,597 green flag laps have been completed.
* 146 caution flags have been thrown (an overall average of 0.94 per race).
Cautions Per Race Ratio
Sport Compact: 10 cautions in 25 races (0.40 cautions per race)
Stock Car: 20 / 25 (0.80)
Hobby Stock: 26 / 28 (0.93)
Modified: 34 / 34 (1.00)
SportMod: 56 / 43 (1.30)
Race Laps Per Caution Ratio
Sport Compact: 209 laps with 10 cautions (average of 20.90 green flag laps between cautions)
Stock Car: 273 / 20 (13.65)
Modified: 400 / 34 (11.76)
Hobby Stock: 305 / 26 (11.73)
SportMod: 410 / 56 (7.32)
Races with No Caution Flags
Sport Compact: 17 of 25 races have run green to checkers without a caution (68.00%)
Stock Car: 14 / 25 (56.00%)
Hobby Stock: 15 / 28 (53.57%)
SportMod: 22 / 43 (51.16%)
Modified: 17 / 34 (50.00%)
85 of 150 (54.86%) races have gone green to checkers without a caution
Feature Cautions
Sport Compact: 9 of 10 total cautions have been thrown in feature races (90.00%)
SportMod: 42 / 56 (75.00%)
Hobby Stock: 19 / 26 (73.08%)
Stock Car: 14 / 20 (70.00%)
Modified: 23 / 34 (67.65%)
107 of 146 (73.29%) total cautions have been thrown during feature racing
Average Lap of First Feature Caution
Hobby Stock: 8.09
Stock Car: 8.00
Modified: 7.18
Sport Compact: 6.45
SportMod: 4.27
Stuff Nobody Should Know…
* Of the 55 feature winners, 24 have come from inside starting spots and 31 from the outside.
* Each of the first 11 starting positions have produced at least two feature winners. Those 11 starting spots are the only starting spots to produce a feature winner through 11 weeks.
* The starting position to produce the most feature winners is outside row four (9 times).
* No driver has won from the pole in the Modifieds, Stock Cars or Sport Compacts. Only one pole-sitter has won a SportMod feature, but three times the Hobby Stock winner has started on the pole.
* The deepest any feature winner has started this season is inside sixth row: Tyler Droste (Modified) on May 5 and Austin Kaplan (SportMod) on June 23.
* Joel Rust (SportMod) has finished second three weeks in a row to three different drivers.
* 70 different drivers have cracked the top-10 in his division’s points for at least one week this season.
* 15 different drivers have held or shared their division's points lead at some point during the season (exactly three different drivers in each of the five divisions).
* J.D. Auringer (Modified), John Emerson (Stock Car), Joel Rust (SportMod) and Bill Whalen Jr. (Sport Compact) have remained in the top three in points all year.
* Of 55 feature events, only 11 winners led those races in their entirety. The Modifieds have not produced a wire-to-wire winner yet this season.
* Each of the last 10 SportMod feature winners have come from the fourth, fifth or six rows. The only one who didn't was opening night winner Nick Roberts. He won from the pole. Roberts' four other wins came from ninth, tenth, eighth and ninth. But you can win from anywhere, right, Nick?
* Speaking of Roberts, he has placed in the top-3 in 10 of 11 heat races. That's more than any other driver at the speedway.
* Cars containing no number other than "2" (2, 2ND, 22, 22T) have led 105 of 132 Sport Compact feature laps.
* 15 of the 55 feature events have gone caution-free this season while in eight features the caution flag has flown before the completion of the first lap. The Hobby Stocks are the only division without a caution prior to the completion of the first lap of feature racing.
* Dating back to June 9, the Sport Compacts have run 58 consecutive feature laps without a single caution. That spans three complete features, plus the final 10 laps of the June 9 feature.
* Justin Wacha (Hobby Stock) has finished in every top-10 position at least once this season. That may not sound like that big of a deal, but remember, that's only through 11 nights of racing. The only position in which he's finished more than once is fifth, which he has done two times. He's the only driver at the speedway to have the entire top-10 covered.
And finally...
* In 55 features this season, 15 winners passed for the lead with five laps or fewer remaining. Of those, seven took the lead on the final lap.
That's it for the month of June. I'll be back at the end of July with the latest sets of numbers for both tracks. Thanks for reading and have a great week!
* Six feature events have gone flag-to-flag without a single caution. Only four features have seen their first caution prior to the completion of the first lap.
* There has been exactly one lead change in feature racing in the Sport Compact division. Drivers who have taken the lead on lap one have gone on to win in seven of eight events. Feature winners have led for 88 of 90 total laps.
* There were six lead changes in the final 10 laps of the June 22 Stock Car feature
* Five of eight Sport Compact winners have come from inside row two.
* Through eight nights and 120 laps of Hobby Stock feature racing, the feature winners have led only a combined 39 laps of the races they won. The earliest any winner took the lead for good was on opening night when Benji Irvine got to the front on lap six. No other winner has taken the lead in the first half of any of the 15-lap features. The average lap when feature winners have taken the lead is 11.3. That has made for some mighty fine racing in the Hobby Stocks this season. Support class? Get real.
Weather trends...
* Independence has held six straight nights of points racing without a weather-related cancellation. If we are able to race July 6, it will match the 32nd longest stretch of weekly racing in track history. If we can get through July 13, we will match the 20th longest stretch. If we can make it all the way through July without a rainout, we will have seen 10 straight programs without a rainout. That would tie for 11th longest all-time. In short, while other tracks have lost many shows to wet weather this season, we have been very, very fortunate. In fact, in three of the last four weeks, they were calling for 50-plus percent chance of rain and we were still able to get all those shows in.
* Looking ahead, July is the driest month on record at the speedway. The month accounts for only 28 of 178 rainouts of weekly racing programs, dating back to 1967. Two of the July dates scheduled for racing this year (6th and 20th) have never been rained out in Independence. July 13 has been rained out once (1985) and July 27 has been rained out twice (1996 and 2002). Coincidentally, 1996 and 2002 were the last two times July 27 fell on a Saturday. Let's hope that trend falls by the wayside this year.
* Keep in mind, despite it being the driest month at the track, there has been at least one July rainout in each of the last four seasons. Aside from all that, we should consider ourselves fortunate that we've seen racing in eight of 10 scheduled nights through the first half of the season.
And finally...
* In 48 feature events, 13 times the winner took the lead with five laps or fewer remaining. Of those, three times the winner took the lead on the final lap.
BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY
Below are the numbers through 11 nights of weekly points racing in Vinton. These numbers do not include the Frostbuster special that was held prior to the April 14 track points opener or the Hawkeye Dirt Tour special in May. None of the information below includes the Late Models, which were part of the last two weekly programs.
Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Modified – 15.1 - 18 - 11
Stock Car – 9.5 - 16 - 6
SportMod – 20.8 - 25 - 17
Hobby Stock – 11.5 - 16 - 9
Sport Compact – 8.3 - 11 - 6
TOTAL – 65.3 - 82 - 54
Points
* 167 drivers have earned points this season.
* No driver has led the points of his division after all 11 weeks. J.D. Auringer (Modified) has led the standings every week since week two, John Emerson (Stock Cars) led following week three and every week since night five, Joel Rust (SportMod) led following week four and every week since night six, Chris Luloff led following opening night and every week since night six, and Merv Chandler (Sport Compact) has led the last two weeks.
IN THE HUNT
* 31 drivers have remained in the top-10 in the points every night of the season. Those drivers include:
Modified (6): J.D. Auringer, Troy Cordes, Joe Docekal, Patrick Flannagan, Ronn Lauritzen, Jerry Luloff;
Stock Car (7): Bob Ahrendsen, Scott Beauregard, John Emerson, Mike Galli, Jerry Miles, Damon Murty, Scott Pippert;
SportMod (7): Jim Buhlman, Danny Dvorak, Curt Hilmer, Nick Roberts, Joel Rust, John Schaefer, Dave Schulze;
Hobby Stock (6): Matt Brown, Jacob Keiser, Chris Luloff, Kyle Parizek, Justin Stander, Justin Wacha;
Sport Compact (5): Merv Chandler, Nathan Chandler, Shawn Cooney, Jeremy Lerch, Bill Whalen Jr.
* 7 drivers have remained in the top-5 in the points every night of the season. Those drivers include:
Modified (1): J.D. Auringer;
Stock Car (2): John Emerson, Scott Pippert;
SportMod (1): Joel Rust;
Hobby Stock (1): Kyle Parizek;
Sport Compact (2): Nathan Chandler, Bill Whalen Jr.
Feature Winners
* There have been 28 different feature winners in 55 feature events this season.* Current points leaders account for only 9 of the 55 feature wins.
* Entering July, there have been five straight different Modified winners. There were six straight different winners to start the season. The longest streak of different winners in the division? Ten, during the middle of the 2011 season. Well, we're halfway there. For those wondering, the last five Modified winners were Richie Gustin, J.D. Auringer, Kyle Brown, Ronn Lauritzen and Troy Cordes. Keep in mind, the Hogan Memorial in two weeks is not a weekly points race and will not have an impact on the string of weekly winners (assuming we get our sixth straight different winner this coming Sunday).
Top-10s
* 125 drivers have earned at least one top-10 finish this season. The top-10 leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (23 drivers with at least one top-10): J.D. Auringer (11); Ronn Lauritzen, Troy Cordes, Kyle Brown, Jerry Luloff, Patrick Flannagan (9 each); Joe Docekal (8); Mike Burbridge, Jerry Dedrick (7); Scott Hogan (6); Vern Jackson, Brandon Banks, Tony Olson (4); Richie Gustin (3); Tyler Droste, Buck Swanson (2); Ty Glass, Mike Krall, Mark Schulte, Todd Jensen, Tim McBride, Darin Duffy, Andy Eckrich (1 each);
Stock Car (22): John Emerson, Scott Pippert, Mike Galli (11 each); Norman Chesmore, Scott Beauregard (10 each); Curtis Roster, Bob Ahrendsen (9 each); Damon Murty (6); Jay Schmidt (4); Jerry Miles, Rick Kriegel (2 each); John Watson, Jarod Weepie, Bob Daniels, Shane Richardson, Trent Jeanes, Thomas Thompson, Ben Walding, Justin Temeyer, Mitch Evens, Jared Daggett, Dalton Simonsen (1 each);
SportMod (29): Joel Rust (11); Curt Hilmer, Jim Buhlman (10 each); Danny Dvorak, Dave Schulze (9 each); Nick Roberts (8); John Schaefer (7); Kyle Olson, Ryan King (6 each); Brett Lowry, Colby Heishman, Ryan Maitland, Brady Graham (3 each); Mike McDonald, Tom Rawlins, Brennen Chipp, Mike Hogencamp, Brian Anderson, Dakoda Sellers (2 each); Kurt Moeding, Jenae Gustin, Austin Kaplan, Brad Iverson, Shane Ebaugh, Kip Siems, Josh Burrell, Brett Moffitt, Troy Burkhart, Ross Neal (1 each);
Hobby Stock (31): Kyle Parizek, Justin Wacha (11 each); Chris Luloff, Matt Brown, Justin Stander (10 each); Brian Happel (9); Jacob Keiser (8); Benji Irvine, Leah Wroten (4 each); Paul Nagle, Andrew Torkelson (3 each); Garrett Eilander, Nick Murty, Jim Ball, Brett Vanous, Brayden Forbes, Doug Laughridge (2 each); Shannon Anderson, Andy Coffman, Andrew Burg, Jamie Songer, Gabe Phelps, Jerome Wilson, David Rieks, Brad Forbes, David Castellano Jr., Jeremy Floyd, Jonathon Juett, Paul Shepherd, Jason Williams, Dale Kite (1 each);
Sport Compact (20): Merv Chandler, Bill Whalen Jr. (11 each); Nathan Chandler, Jeremy Lerch (9 each); Travis Losenicky, Toby Denning (8 each); A.J. Witten (6); Brad Chandler, Shawn Cooney (5 each); Gary Peiffer (4); Mike Barton, Buster Pate, Craig Streeter (2 each); Tyler Whalen, Steve Miedke, Jacob McVay, Corbin McCombs, Matthew Moore, Jeff Ash, Joe Goodenbaur (1 each).
* 75 drivers have earned at least one top-5 finish this season. The top-5 leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (15): J.D. Auringer, Ronn Lauritzen (8 each); Troy Cordes (7); Joe Docekal (6); Kyle Brown, Mike Burbridge, Scott Hogan (4 each); Richie Gustin (3); Jerry Luloff, Patrick Flannagan, Vern Jackson, Tyler Droste (2 each); Jerry Dedrick, Brandon Banks, Ty Glass (1 each);
Stock Car (15): Norman Chesmore (10); John Emerson, Scott Pippert (9 each); Curtis Roster, Damon Murty (6 each); Bob Ahrendsen (4); Jay Schmidt, Jerry Miles (2 each); Mike Galli, Scott Beauregard, Rick Kriegel, John Watson, Jarod Weepie, Bob Daniels, Shane Richardson (1 each);
SportMod (18): Joel Rust (10); Danny Dvorak, Nick Roberts (7 each); Curt Hilmer, John Schaefer, Kyle Olson (4 each); Jim Buhlman, Dave Schulze (3 each); Brett Lowry, Mike McDonald, Tom Rawlins (2 each); Brennen Chipp, Mike Hogencamp, Kurt Moeding, Jenae Gustin, Austin Kaplan, Brad Iverson, Shane Ebaugh (1 each);
Hobby Stock (13): Chris Luloff (10); Brian Happel (8); Kyle Parizek, Matt Brown, Justin Stander (7 each); Justin Wacha (6); Benji Irvine (4); Paul Nagle, Garrett Eilander, Nick Murty, Shannon Anderson, Andy Coffman, Andrew Burg (1 each);
Sport Compact (14): Merv Chandler, Bill Whalen Jr. (10 each); Nathan Chandler (8); Travis Losenicky (6); Jeremy Lerch (5); A.J. Witten (4); Brad Chandler (3); Shawn Cooney, Gary Peiffer (2 each); Toby Denning, Mike Barten, Tyler Whalen, Steve Miedke, Jacob McVay (1 each).
* 46 drivers have earned at least one top-3 finish this season. The top-3 leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (12): Ronn Lauritzen (6); J.D. Auringer (5); Joe Docekal (4); Troy Cordes, Kyle Brown, Scott Hogan, Richie Gustin (3 each); Mike Burbridge (2); Jerry Luloff, Patrick Flannagan, Brandon Banks, Tyler Droste (1 each);
Stock Car (8): Norman Chesmore (10); John Emerson (9); Damon Murty (6); Scott Pippert (5); Curtis Roster (2); Jay Schmidt, Jerry Miles, Rick Kriegel (1 each);
SportMod (14): Joel Rust (8); Nick Roberts (7); Danny Dvorak (6); Kyle Olson (2); Curt Hilmer, Jim Buhlman, Dave Schulze, John Schaefer, Brett Lowry, Mike McDonald, Brennen Chipp, Kurt Moeding, Jenae Gustin, Austin Kaplan (1 each);
Hobby Stock (11): Chris Luloff (8); Brian Happel (7); Kyle Parizek (4); Justin Wacha, Matt Brown (3 each); Justin Stander, Benji Irvine (2 each); Paul Nagle, Garrett Eilander, Shannon Anderson, Andy Coffman (1 each);
Sport Compact (8): Merv Chandler (9); Bill Whalen Jr., Nathan Chandler (8 each); Brad Chandler (3); Travis Losenicky (2); A.J. Witten, Mike Barten, Tyler Whalen (1 each).
* 55 drivers have led at least one lap of feature competition.
* Division lap leaders include:
Modified (13 different lap leaders): Kyle Brown (35 laps led); Troy Cordes (29); Ronn Lauritzen (26); Joe Docekal (25); Mike Burbridge, Richie Gustin (24 each); Jerry Luloff (17); Tony Olson (16); Brandon Banks (11); Scott Hogan (6); Jerry Dedrick (5); Tyler Droste (2); J.D. Auringer (1);
Stock Car (9): John Emerson (54 laps led); Damon Murty (38); Norman Chesmore (28); Scott Pippert (20); Curtis Roster (15); Bob Ahrendsen (5); Mike Galli (3); Jarod Weepie, Jay Schmidt (1 each);
SportMod (14): Danny Dvorak (40 laps led); Nick Roberts (38); Joel Rust (18); Jenae Gustin (14); Mike McDonald (12); Colby Heishman (10); Mike Hogencamp (8); Jim Buhlman (7); Tom Rawlins (6); Brady Graham (5); Kyle Olson, Curt Hilmer, Austin Kaplan, Ryan King (1 each);
Hobby Stock (11): Brian Happel (30 laps led), Justin Wacha (27), Matt Brown (25), Paul Nagle (15), Chris Luloff (14), Shannon Anderson (13), Andy Coffman (12), Kyle Parizek (11), Leah Wroten (9), Garrett Eilander (7), Jacob Keiser (3);
Sport Compact (8): Nathan Chandler (59 laps led); Brad Chandler (19); Bill Whalen Jr., Merv Chandler (16 each); Travis Losenicky (11); Gary Peiffer (6); Mike Barten (3); A.J. Witten (2).
Heat Races
* There have been 50 different heat race winners in 101 heat races.* The heat race wins leaders in each division are as follows:
Modified (12 winners in 23 heats): Troy Cordes, Tony Olson, Jerry Dedrick (3 each); Patrick Flannagan, Mike Burbridge, Joe Docekal, Scott Hogan, Kyle Brown (2 each); J.D. Auringer, Richie Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen, Jerry Luloff (1 each);
Stock Car (7 winners in 14 heats): Norman Chesmore, Scott Pippert, Damon Murty (3 each); Curtis Roster (2); Jerry Miles, Scott Beauregard, Jay Schmidt (1 each);
SportMod (17 winners in 33 heats): Mike McDonald, Joel Rust, Nick Roberts (5 each); Danny Dvorak (3); Kyle Olson, Mike Hogencamp (2 each); Dave Schulze, Colby Heishman, Jim Buhlman, Tom Rawlins, Jenae Gustin, Brett Lowry, John Schaefer, Dakoda Sellers, Ryan King, Troy Burkhart, Austin Kaplan (1 each);
Hobby Stock (8 winners in 18 heats): Brian Happel (5); Matt Brown (4); Chris Luloff (3); Kyle Parizek (2); Justin Wacha, Paul Nagle, Justin Stander, Shannon Anderson (1 each);
Sport Compact (6 winners in 13 heats): Merv Chandler (6); Nathan Chandler, Brad Chandler (2 each); Travis Losenicky, A.J. Witten, Gary Peiffer (1 each).
Efficiency Stats
* 155 races have been run this season.
* 1,597 green flag laps have been completed.
* 146 caution flags have been thrown (an overall average of 0.94 per race).
Cautions Per Race Ratio
Sport Compact: 10 cautions in 25 races (0.40 cautions per race)
Stock Car: 20 / 25 (0.80)
Hobby Stock: 26 / 28 (0.93)
Modified: 34 / 34 (1.00)
SportMod: 56 / 43 (1.30)
Race Laps Per Caution Ratio
Sport Compact: 209 laps with 10 cautions (average of 20.90 green flag laps between cautions)
Stock Car: 273 / 20 (13.65)
Modified: 400 / 34 (11.76)
Hobby Stock: 305 / 26 (11.73)
SportMod: 410 / 56 (7.32)
Races with No Caution Flags
Sport Compact: 17 of 25 races have run green to checkers without a caution (68.00%)
Stock Car: 14 / 25 (56.00%)
Hobby Stock: 15 / 28 (53.57%)
SportMod: 22 / 43 (51.16%)
Modified: 17 / 34 (50.00%)
85 of 150 (54.86%) races have gone green to checkers without a caution
Feature Cautions
Sport Compact: 9 of 10 total cautions have been thrown in feature races (90.00%)
SportMod: 42 / 56 (75.00%)
Hobby Stock: 19 / 26 (73.08%)
Stock Car: 14 / 20 (70.00%)
Modified: 23 / 34 (67.65%)
107 of 146 (73.29%) total cautions have been thrown during feature racing
Average Lap of First Feature Caution
Hobby Stock: 8.09
Stock Car: 8.00
Modified: 7.18
Sport Compact: 6.45
SportMod: 4.27
Stuff Nobody Should Know…
* Of the 55 feature winners, 24 have come from inside starting spots and 31 from the outside.
* Each of the first 11 starting positions have produced at least two feature winners. Those 11 starting spots are the only starting spots to produce a feature winner through 11 weeks.
* The starting position to produce the most feature winners is outside row four (9 times).
* No driver has won from the pole in the Modifieds, Stock Cars or Sport Compacts. Only one pole-sitter has won a SportMod feature, but three times the Hobby Stock winner has started on the pole.
* The deepest any feature winner has started this season is inside sixth row: Tyler Droste (Modified) on May 5 and Austin Kaplan (SportMod) on June 23.
* Joel Rust (SportMod) has finished second three weeks in a row to three different drivers.
* 70 different drivers have cracked the top-10 in his division’s points for at least one week this season.
* 15 different drivers have held or shared their division's points lead at some point during the season (exactly three different drivers in each of the five divisions).
* J.D. Auringer (Modified), John Emerson (Stock Car), Joel Rust (SportMod) and Bill Whalen Jr. (Sport Compact) have remained in the top three in points all year.
* Of 55 feature events, only 11 winners led those races in their entirety. The Modifieds have not produced a wire-to-wire winner yet this season.
* Each of the last 10 SportMod feature winners have come from the fourth, fifth or six rows. The only one who didn't was opening night winner Nick Roberts. He won from the pole. Roberts' four other wins came from ninth, tenth, eighth and ninth. But you can win from anywhere, right, Nick?
* Speaking of Roberts, he has placed in the top-3 in 10 of 11 heat races. That's more than any other driver at the speedway.
* Cars containing no number other than "2" (2, 2ND, 22, 22T) have led 105 of 132 Sport Compact feature laps.
* 15 of the 55 feature events have gone caution-free this season while in eight features the caution flag has flown before the completion of the first lap. The Hobby Stocks are the only division without a caution prior to the completion of the first lap of feature racing.
* Dating back to June 9, the Sport Compacts have run 58 consecutive feature laps without a single caution. That spans three complete features, plus the final 10 laps of the June 9 feature.
* Justin Wacha (Hobby Stock) has finished in every top-10 position at least once this season. That may not sound like that big of a deal, but remember, that's only through 11 nights of racing. The only position in which he's finished more than once is fifth, which he has done two times. He's the only driver at the speedway to have the entire top-10 covered.
And finally...
* In 55 features this season, 15 winners passed for the lead with five laps or fewer remaining. Of those, seven took the lead on the final lap.
That's it for the month of June. I'll be back at the end of July with the latest sets of numbers for both tracks. Thanks for reading and have a great week!
Absolutely amazing stuff Ryan!!
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