BARBERVILLE, FL (2-7-07) The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions continued the 36th Annual DIRTcar Nationals with another record car count. The pits were packed with 60 winged 410 sprint cars for the second event of the All Star season. Several World of Outlaws drivers joined the All Stars for this event to prepare for their season opener on Feb. 9th. Steve Kinser and Tim Kaeding made their first appearance of the 2007 season. Drivers from all over the country made the trip to Florida this year to participate in the early season racing events.
New track record holder Jason Solwold started on the pole of the A-main and when he took the green flag he never looked back on his way to victory in the 25 lap event. The event only saw one caution for Zach Chappel on lap 3. On the restart McCarl jumped into the 3rd place spot. Craig Dollansky, McCarl, Brian Paulus, and Joey Saldana ran nose to tail and side by side lap after lap. Solwold navigated lapped traffic like a pro and held off several challenges by Dollansky.
McCarl looked as though he was going to make a run on the top two at the midway point of the race but never quite got the momentum to get around them. Paulus was able to hold off the previous night’s winner Saldana who challenged him for the 4th spot time after time. Rounding out the top 10 were Donny Schatz, Tony Bruce, Jr., Danny Smith, Mark Smith, and Greg Hodnett.
“I want to thank Leonard Lee,” said Solwold from victory lane. “We run good here. I had to conserve my tires but we ran them pretty hard at the end. We got lucky.” Solwold went on to thank the fans. “I want to thank everyone for coming out here in the cold weather to watch the race. I hope we have a good week from here on out.”
Craig Dollansky, who finished second the night before, said, “We did pretty good there toward the end but Jason did a great job in lapped traffic. We hope to do a little better tomorrow night. I’m happy with the results but we were just a little short the last two nights.”
Terry McCarl was excited to get a 3rd place finish. “We started 10th and the car got tight early. We had a hard tire on and it started to slip and slide for a few laps. We had a great car and I’m real excited about this year. It’s going to be tough and there will be a lot of tough teams out on the road.”
Once again the high car count forced the need for a Last Chance race for those not making the top 48 spots. The top 4 would tag the tail of the heat races. Robbie Vaughan won the event followed by Justin Collett, Brandon Martin, and O’Reilly All Star rookie contender Craig Mintz who has had mechanical problems since arriving in the sunshine state.
Heat races were won by Terry McCarl, Jason Meyers, Jeff Busby, and Randy Hannagan. Heat race action was fast and furious fighting for the final transfer spots.
It was evident that the number of cars on hand combined with the talent level of those drivers would make for a very tough night for a lot of teams. The C-main was packed with a star studded cast trying to make their way into the B-main. Lucas Wolfe won over Daryn Pittman, Lance Dewease, and Fred Rahmer. Ten other drivers were done for the evening.
The B-main was just as packed with 18 drivers that would make for a great A-main anywhere in the country. Huggins Cams fast Danny Martin Jr. ran away with the race followed by Chad Kemenah, Dustin Lindquist, and Greg Hodnett. Paul McMahan just missed the transfer spot and loaded up early. McMahan has been chasing mechanical problems and has had a frustrating week so far.
O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Statistical Report
Volusia Speedway Park 2-7-07
Qualifying - Huggins Cams
1. OO-Danny Martin Jr., 13.831; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.833; 3. 5-Dustin Lindquest, 13.854; 4. 70-Chad Kemenah, 13.865; 5. 6F-Bob Felmlee, 13.909; 6. 22-Greg Hodnett, 13.946; 7. 35-Ron Blair, 13.979; 8. 9-Joey Saldana, 14.036; 9. 28-Brian Paulus, 14.066; 10. 94S-Natalie Sather, 14.076; 11. 55-Mark Smith, 14.091; 12. 7-Craig Dollansky, 14.118; 13. R19-Jason Solwold, 14.124; 14. D1-Justin Henderson, 14.143; 15. 18-Tony Bruce, 14.167; 16. 4-Danny Smith, 14.186; 17. 24-Terry McCarl, 14.201; 18. 71M-Paul May, 14.207; 19. 8K-Zach Chappell, 14.235; 20. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 14.236; 21. 6S-Brad Sweet, 14.240; 22. 36-Jason Martin, 14.245; 23. 47J-Jeff Busby, 14.258; 24. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 14.274; 25. 20-Paul McMahan, 14.276; 26. 5C-Chad Hillier, 14.299; 27. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe, 14.309; 28. 6-Tim Shaffer, 14.374; 29. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 14.384; 30. 11-Steve Kinser, 14.396; 31. 32-Justin Barger, 14.446; 32. 22B-Ben Gregg, 14.498; 33. 1Z-Dusty Zomer, 14.544; 34. 83-Danny Lasoski, 14.589; 35. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe, 14.591; 36. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 14.663; 37. 14-Jason Myers, 14.672; 38. 16-Lee Stark, 14.683; 39. 11K-Tim Keading, 14.688; 40. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard, 14.700; 41. 25-Lance Dewease, 14.718; 42. 11T-T.J. Winegardner, 14.738; 43. 51-Fred Rahmer, 14.742; 44. 21-Daryn Pittman, 14.779; 45. 6W-Josh Wells, 14.825; 46. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.848; 47. 12M-James Mosher, 14.862; 48. 89-Cody Darrah, 14.950; 49. 69-Justin Collett, 14.974; 50. 96-Bronson Maechen, 15.015; 51. 11M-Brandon Martin, 15.017; 52. 4R-Robbie Vaughan, 15.053; 53. 3-Kaley Gharst, 15.076; 54. 30C-Steve Clabaugh, 15.113; 55. 42-John Smith, 15.198; 56. 4G-Spud Gustin, 15.358; 57. 93-Johnathon Eriksen, 15.389; 58. 6X-Mark Cole, 15.694; 59. 72J-Johnny Johnson, 18.460; 60. 8S-Craig Mintz, NT
Last Chance Race (Top 4 tag the tail of the heats)
1. 4R-Robbie Vaughan; 2. 69-Justin Collett; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 8S-Craig Mintz; 5. 42-John Smith; 6. 6X-Mark Cole; 7. 3-Kaley Gharst; 8. 72J-Johnny Johnson; 9. 93-Johnathon Eriksen; 10. 4G-Spud Gustin
Heat 1 - Crown Battery (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 24-Terry McCarl; 2. 6S-Brad Sweet; 3. 28-Brian Paulus; 4. R19-Jason Solwold; 5. 14-Jason Myers; 6. 20-Paul McMahan; 7. OO-Danny Martin Jr.; 8. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 9. 25-Lance Dewease; 10. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 11. 4R-Robbie Vaughan; 12. 1Z-Dusty Zomer; 13. 6W-Josh Wells
Heat 2 - B & B Oval Track Products (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 36-Jason Martin; 2. 15-Donny Schatz; 3. D1-Justin Henderson; 4. 11-Steve Kinser; 5. 5C-Chad Hillier; 6. 71M-Paul May; 7. 22-Greg Hodnett; 8. 83-Danny Lasoski; 9. W20-Greg Wilson; 10. 69-Justin Collett; 11. 11T-T.J. Winegardner; 12. 16-Lee Stark; 13. 94S-Natalie Sather
Heat 3 - Engler Machine & Tool (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 47J-Jeff Busby; 2. 8K-Zach Chappell; 3. 18-Tony Bruce; 4. 55-Mark Smith; 5. 11K-Tim Keading; 6. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe; 7. 35-Ron Blair; 8. 51-Fred Rahmer; 9. 5-Dustin Lindquest; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe; 11. 11M-Brandon Martin; 12. 32-Justin Barger; 13. 12M-James Mosher
Heat 4 - Taylor Wings (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell; 3. 9-Joey Saldana; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky; 5. 4-Danny Smith; 6. 70-Chad Kemenah; 7. 6-Tim Shaffer; 8. 21-Daryn Pittman; 9. 22B-Ben Gregg; 10. 8S-Craig Mintz; 11. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard; 12. 89-Cody Darrah; 13. 20E-Brian Ellenberger
C-main - Outerwears Co. Inc. (Top 4 Transfer to the B-main)
1. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe; 2. 21-Daryn Pittman; 3. 25-Lance Dewease; 4. 51-Fred Rahmer; 5. 89-Cody Darrah; 6. 69-Justin Collett; 7. 4R-Robbie Vaughan;
8. 16-Lee Stark; 9. 6W-Josh Wells; 10. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard; 11. 11M-Brandon Martin; 12. 11T-T.J. Winegardner; 13. 8S-Craig Mintz; 14. W20-Greg Wilson
B-main - University of Northwest Ohio (Top 4 Transfer to the A-main)
1. OO-Danny Martin Jr.; 2. 70-Chad Kemenah; 3. 5-Dustin Lindquest; 4. 22-Greg Hodnett; 5. 20-Paul McMahan; 6. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 7. 32-Justin Barger; 8. 21-Daryn Pittman; 9. 1Z-Dusty Zomer; 10. 51-Fred Rahmer; 11. 25-Lance Dewease; 12. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe; 13. 15H-Sam Hafertepe; 14. 22B-Ben Gregg; 15. 94S-Natalie Sather; 16. 71M-Paul May; 17. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 18. 35-Ron Blair
A-main - MSD Ignition Starting Position [#]
1. R19-Jason Solwold[1]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky[2]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl[10]; 4. 28-Brian Paulus[4]; 5. 9-Joey Saldana[5]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 7. 18-Tony Bruce[8]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[9]; 9. 55-Mark Smith[3]; 10. 22-Greg Hodnett[14]; 11. 11K-Tim Keading[24]; 12. 70-Chad Kemenah[13]; 13. 5-Dustin Lindquest[12]; 14. D1-Justin Henderson[7]; 15. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[16]; 16. 5C-Chad Hillier[21]; 17. 1X-Randy Hannagan[20]; 18. OO-Danny Martin Jr.[11]; 19. 6S-Brad Sweet[17]; 20. 8K-Zach Chappell[15]; 21. 47J-Jeff Busby[19]; 22. 14-Jason Myers[23]; 23. 36-Jason Martin[18]; 24. 11-Steve Kinser[22]
New track record holder Jason Solwold started on the pole of the A-main and when he took the green flag he never looked back on his way to victory in the 25 lap event. The event only saw one caution for Zach Chappel on lap 3. On the restart McCarl jumped into the 3rd place spot. Craig Dollansky, McCarl, Brian Paulus, and Joey Saldana ran nose to tail and side by side lap after lap. Solwold navigated lapped traffic like a pro and held off several challenges by Dollansky.
McCarl looked as though he was going to make a run on the top two at the midway point of the race but never quite got the momentum to get around them. Paulus was able to hold off the previous night’s winner Saldana who challenged him for the 4th spot time after time. Rounding out the top 10 were Donny Schatz, Tony Bruce, Jr., Danny Smith, Mark Smith, and Greg Hodnett.
“I want to thank Leonard Lee,” said Solwold from victory lane. “We run good here. I had to conserve my tires but we ran them pretty hard at the end. We got lucky.” Solwold went on to thank the fans. “I want to thank everyone for coming out here in the cold weather to watch the race. I hope we have a good week from here on out.”
Craig Dollansky, who finished second the night before, said, “We did pretty good there toward the end but Jason did a great job in lapped traffic. We hope to do a little better tomorrow night. I’m happy with the results but we were just a little short the last two nights.”
Terry McCarl was excited to get a 3rd place finish. “We started 10th and the car got tight early. We had a hard tire on and it started to slip and slide for a few laps. We had a great car and I’m real excited about this year. It’s going to be tough and there will be a lot of tough teams out on the road.”
Once again the high car count forced the need for a Last Chance race for those not making the top 48 spots. The top 4 would tag the tail of the heat races. Robbie Vaughan won the event followed by Justin Collett, Brandon Martin, and O’Reilly All Star rookie contender Craig Mintz who has had mechanical problems since arriving in the sunshine state.
Heat races were won by Terry McCarl, Jason Meyers, Jeff Busby, and Randy Hannagan. Heat race action was fast and furious fighting for the final transfer spots.
It was evident that the number of cars on hand combined with the talent level of those drivers would make for a very tough night for a lot of teams. The C-main was packed with a star studded cast trying to make their way into the B-main. Lucas Wolfe won over Daryn Pittman, Lance Dewease, and Fred Rahmer. Ten other drivers were done for the evening.
The B-main was just as packed with 18 drivers that would make for a great A-main anywhere in the country. Huggins Cams fast Danny Martin Jr. ran away with the race followed by Chad Kemenah, Dustin Lindquist, and Greg Hodnett. Paul McMahan just missed the transfer spot and loaded up early. McMahan has been chasing mechanical problems and has had a frustrating week so far.
O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Statistical Report
Volusia Speedway Park 2-7-07
Qualifying - Huggins Cams
1. OO-Danny Martin Jr., 13.831; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.833; 3. 5-Dustin Lindquest, 13.854; 4. 70-Chad Kemenah, 13.865; 5. 6F-Bob Felmlee, 13.909; 6. 22-Greg Hodnett, 13.946; 7. 35-Ron Blair, 13.979; 8. 9-Joey Saldana, 14.036; 9. 28-Brian Paulus, 14.066; 10. 94S-Natalie Sather, 14.076; 11. 55-Mark Smith, 14.091; 12. 7-Craig Dollansky, 14.118; 13. R19-Jason Solwold, 14.124; 14. D1-Justin Henderson, 14.143; 15. 18-Tony Bruce, 14.167; 16. 4-Danny Smith, 14.186; 17. 24-Terry McCarl, 14.201; 18. 71M-Paul May, 14.207; 19. 8K-Zach Chappell, 14.235; 20. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 14.236; 21. 6S-Brad Sweet, 14.240; 22. 36-Jason Martin, 14.245; 23. 47J-Jeff Busby, 14.258; 24. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 14.274; 25. 20-Paul McMahan, 14.276; 26. 5C-Chad Hillier, 14.299; 27. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe, 14.309; 28. 6-Tim Shaffer, 14.374; 29. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 14.384; 30. 11-Steve Kinser, 14.396; 31. 32-Justin Barger, 14.446; 32. 22B-Ben Gregg, 14.498; 33. 1Z-Dusty Zomer, 14.544; 34. 83-Danny Lasoski, 14.589; 35. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe, 14.591; 36. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 14.663; 37. 14-Jason Myers, 14.672; 38. 16-Lee Stark, 14.683; 39. 11K-Tim Keading, 14.688; 40. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard, 14.700; 41. 25-Lance Dewease, 14.718; 42. 11T-T.J. Winegardner, 14.738; 43. 51-Fred Rahmer, 14.742; 44. 21-Daryn Pittman, 14.779; 45. 6W-Josh Wells, 14.825; 46. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.848; 47. 12M-James Mosher, 14.862; 48. 89-Cody Darrah, 14.950; 49. 69-Justin Collett, 14.974; 50. 96-Bronson Maechen, 15.015; 51. 11M-Brandon Martin, 15.017; 52. 4R-Robbie Vaughan, 15.053; 53. 3-Kaley Gharst, 15.076; 54. 30C-Steve Clabaugh, 15.113; 55. 42-John Smith, 15.198; 56. 4G-Spud Gustin, 15.358; 57. 93-Johnathon Eriksen, 15.389; 58. 6X-Mark Cole, 15.694; 59. 72J-Johnny Johnson, 18.460; 60. 8S-Craig Mintz, NT
Last Chance Race (Top 4 tag the tail of the heats)
1. 4R-Robbie Vaughan; 2. 69-Justin Collett; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 8S-Craig Mintz; 5. 42-John Smith; 6. 6X-Mark Cole; 7. 3-Kaley Gharst; 8. 72J-Johnny Johnson; 9. 93-Johnathon Eriksen; 10. 4G-Spud Gustin
Heat 1 - Crown Battery (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 24-Terry McCarl; 2. 6S-Brad Sweet; 3. 28-Brian Paulus; 4. R19-Jason Solwold; 5. 14-Jason Myers; 6. 20-Paul McMahan; 7. OO-Danny Martin Jr.; 8. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 9. 25-Lance Dewease; 10. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 11. 4R-Robbie Vaughan; 12. 1Z-Dusty Zomer; 13. 6W-Josh Wells
Heat 2 - B & B Oval Track Products (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 36-Jason Martin; 2. 15-Donny Schatz; 3. D1-Justin Henderson; 4. 11-Steve Kinser; 5. 5C-Chad Hillier; 6. 71M-Paul May; 7. 22-Greg Hodnett; 8. 83-Danny Lasoski; 9. W20-Greg Wilson; 10. 69-Justin Collett; 11. 11T-T.J. Winegardner; 12. 16-Lee Stark; 13. 94S-Natalie Sather
Heat 3 - Engler Machine & Tool (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 47J-Jeff Busby; 2. 8K-Zach Chappell; 3. 18-Tony Bruce; 4. 55-Mark Smith; 5. 11K-Tim Keading; 6. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe; 7. 35-Ron Blair; 8. 51-Fred Rahmer; 9. 5-Dustin Lindquest; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe; 11. 11M-Brandon Martin; 12. 32-Justin Barger; 13. 12M-James Mosher
Heat 4 - Taylor Wings (Top 5 Transfer to the A-main)
1. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell; 3. 9-Joey Saldana; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky; 5. 4-Danny Smith; 6. 70-Chad Kemenah; 7. 6-Tim Shaffer; 8. 21-Daryn Pittman; 9. 22B-Ben Gregg; 10. 8S-Craig Mintz; 11. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard; 12. 89-Cody Darrah; 13. 20E-Brian Ellenberger
C-main - Outerwears Co. Inc. (Top 4 Transfer to the B-main)
1. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe; 2. 21-Daryn Pittman; 3. 25-Lance Dewease; 4. 51-Fred Rahmer; 5. 89-Cody Darrah; 6. 69-Justin Collett; 7. 4R-Robbie Vaughan;
8. 16-Lee Stark; 9. 6W-Josh Wells; 10. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard; 11. 11M-Brandon Martin; 12. 11T-T.J. Winegardner; 13. 8S-Craig Mintz; 14. W20-Greg Wilson
B-main - University of Northwest Ohio (Top 4 Transfer to the A-main)
1. OO-Danny Martin Jr.; 2. 70-Chad Kemenah; 3. 5-Dustin Lindquest; 4. 22-Greg Hodnett; 5. 20-Paul McMahan; 6. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 7. 32-Justin Barger; 8. 21-Daryn Pittman; 9. 1Z-Dusty Zomer; 10. 51-Fred Rahmer; 11. 25-Lance Dewease; 12. 5WX-Lucas Wolfe; 13. 15H-Sam Hafertepe; 14. 22B-Ben Gregg; 15. 94S-Natalie Sather; 16. 71M-Paul May; 17. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 18. 35-Ron Blair
A-main - MSD Ignition Starting Position [#]
1. R19-Jason Solwold[1]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky[2]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl[10]; 4. 28-Brian Paulus[4]; 5. 9-Joey Saldana[5]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 7. 18-Tony Bruce[8]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[9]; 9. 55-Mark Smith[3]; 10. 22-Greg Hodnett[14]; 11. 11K-Tim Keading[24]; 12. 70-Chad Kemenah[13]; 13. 5-Dustin Lindquest[12]; 14. D1-Justin Henderson[7]; 15. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[16]; 16. 5C-Chad Hillier[21]; 17. 1X-Randy Hannagan[20]; 18. OO-Danny Martin Jr.[11]; 19. 6S-Brad Sweet[17]; 20. 8K-Zach Chappell[15]; 21. 47J-Jeff Busby[19]; 22. 14-Jason Myers[23]; 23. 36-Jason Martin[18]; 24. 11-Steve Kinser[22]
