Chad
Kemenah Charges to
Barberville, FL — Feb. 9, 2006 — By Chris
Dolack, VP Public Relations
The
Kemenah, who won the past four All Star Circuit of Champions titles, has been
one of the fastest cars throughout the 35th Annual Winternationals, setting the
track record earlier in the week and posting the quick time Thursday night in
the Underground Utilities Inc. Eagle.
With Kemenah setting the early pace, Chad Layton, Joey Saldana and Schatz raced
back-and-forth and top-to-bottom on big half mile before catching traffic. When
the three cleared the lapped cars, Schatz emerged in second and set his sights
on Kemenah.
But Kemenah maneuvered cleanly through the field and locked his machine back
into the bottom groove to take the $10,000 checkered flag just ahead of
Schatz’s ParkerStore J&J to kick off the
Saldana was third in the Dodge/Curb Records JEI with
Brooke Tatnell charged from 14th to finish sixth in the Garlic Jim’s/Castrol
Eagle as Greg Wilson in the All Star Plumbing and Heating Maxim, Greg Hodnett
in the Wirtgen J&J, Lance Dewease in the Vogele JEI and Daryn Pittman in
the Titan Garages and Carports Maxim completed the top 10.
The night belonged to Kemenah in his
“We were pretty good and that’s all because of my crew,” said Kemenah, a native
of
Despite an accomplished career, Kemenah knew competing in the
“It’s kind of a make believe story to think that,” he said about expectations
of winning right away. “No doubt about it, my starting spot helped, but you
still have to be fast enough to stay there. I guess it’s just the best way to
get started.”
For Schatz, who posted eight main-event victories in 2005, to grab the
runner-up position, he had to recover from a tough qualifying session.
“We kind of dug ourselves out of a hole and came up smelling like roses after
qualifying 10th and pulling a zero invert,” said Schatz, of
Schatz used the traffic running in the low groove to blast from fourth to
second with 12 laps down.
“It was going to take stuff like that to be able to get through there,” Schatz
said. “I had been trying to make the top work in Turns 3 and 4 and Joey got a
run there. I just darted out and got a run through the rubber and got past all
of them at once. It made the race for us.”
Saldana has continued to shine during Race Weeks in his new Kasey Kahne ride.
At one point during the second dash, Saldana split the leaders to go three-wide
into Turn 1. He was fast again in the main event, sliding around the half-mile
oval on the cushion.
“I felt me and Schatz were pretty much the same and when we got to lapped cars,
we both moved around on the track and gained position,” said Saldana, the 1996
With Mean 15 racer Jason Martin healing an injury from a race two weeks ago,
“Dan [Martin] and Jason and all the crew with NOS sponsorship made me feel like
family,” said Brown, of Higginsville, Mo. “They let me do what I want with the
car and we’ve been fast right out of the get-go. You can’t really expect much
more out of a team that’s been together only two days to run with Donny Schatz
and Joey Saldana and
“We’re on cloud nine right now, hoping just to build on our momentum. I
couldn’t be more happy than how we’re going right now.”
The
The
VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK NOTEBOOK
• FAST QUALIFIER: Chad Kemenah paced the 35 cars that went through
time trials in the Underground Utilities Inc. Eagle with an AMB i.t.-timed lap
around the half-mile oval in 14.129 seconds. Kemenah shattered the track record
on Tuesday night in an All Star Circuit of Champions event when he turned a lap
in 13.164 seconds. In a new rule for 2006, the top five fastest qualifiers on a
single-day event are awarded points, with five points going to the quickest car
and driver in time trials sliding to one point for the fifth-fastest qualifier.
• SCHEDULING: The
• A BUSY WINTER: DIRT MotorSports and many
• VICTORY PARADE:
• HALF-MILE WINNERS:
• ON TELEVISION: Following the action on Thursday night, several
• QUALIFYING EVENTS: Paul May, Fred Rahmer, Jeff Shepard and Terry
McCarl captured heat race wins. … Chad Kemenah and Chad Layton won the dashes
to lineup the top six rows of the main event. … Daryn Pittman raced to victory
in the B-main.
• UP NEXT: The
• ON THE WEB: The Official
• LISTEN ONLINE: If fans can’t get to a track to see the series, they
can experience the excitement of the
World of
Qualifying
1)
Chad Kemenah, CK Racing 15K, 14.129
2)
3) Greg Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 14.293
4) Chad Layton. Apple 12, 14.354
5) Kaley Gharst, Gharst 44G, 14.257
6) Barry Ruble, Ruble 63, 14.391
7) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 14.394
8) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 14.443
9) Joey Saldana, Kahne 9, 14.436
10) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 14.467
11) Lance Dewease, Postupack 25, 14.488
12) Ron Blair, Blair 35B, 14.522
13) Terry McCarl, McCarl 14, 14.525
14) Tony Bruce, Jr., Bruce 18B, 14.532
15) Greg Hodnett, Hamilton 77, 14.565
16) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 14.572
17) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 14.578
18) Bob Felmlee, Felmlee 6F, 14.634
19) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 14.635
20) Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 14.674
21) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 14.676
22) Jeff Shepard, Ashworth 92, 14.745
23) Fred Rahmer, Kline 22, 14.777
24) Paul May, May 71M, 14.788
25) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 14.873
26) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 14.877
27) Chad Blonde, Tucky Motorsports 5B, 14.883
28) Danny Martin, Martin 00, 14.893
29) Jeff Busby, Busby 47J, 14.898
30) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 14.903
31) Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Hafertepe 15H, 14.963
32) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 15.003
33) Natalie Sather, Sather 94S, 15.058
34) Spud Gustin, Gustin 4G, 15.738
35)
36) James Mosher, Mosher 12M, No time
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Paul May
2) Joey Saldana
3) Chad Kemenah
4) Jeremy Campbell
5) Craig Dollansky
6) Daryn Pittman
7) Becca Anderson
8) Natalie Sather
9) Jeff Busby
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Fred Rahmer
2) Greg Hodnett
3) Donny Schatz
4)
5) Jac Haudenschild
6) Brooke Tatnell
7) Bob Felmlee
8) Randy Hannagan
9) Spud Gustin
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Jeff Shepard
2) Lance Dewease
3) Greg Wilson
4) Sam Hafertepe, Jr.
5) Justin Henderson
6) Chad Blonde
7) Tony Bruce, Jr.
8) Barry Ruble
9) James Mosher (DNS)
Fourth Heat Race (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Terry McCarl
2) Chad Layton
3) Brock Mayes
4) Bill Rose
5) Kaley Gharst
6) Danny Martin
7) Ron Blair
8) Dion Hindi
9)
First Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined inside first 6 rows of
A-feature)
1) Chad Kemenah
2) Donny Schatz
3) Greg Wilson
4) Terry McCarl
5) Jeremy Campbell
6) Kaley Gharst
Second Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined outside first 6 rows of
A-feature)
1) Chad Layton
2) Joey Saldana
3)
4) Lance Dewease
5) Greg Hodnett
6) Justin Henderson
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) Daryn Pittman
2) Brooke Tatnell
3) Barry Ruble
4) Ron Blair
5) Becca Anderson [$200]
6) Chad Blonde [$180]
7) Tony Bruce, Jr. [$175]
8) Randy Hannagan [$160]
9) Danny Martin [$150]
10) Jeff Busby [$150]
11) Bob Felmlee [$150]
12) Dion Hindi [$150]
13) Natalie Sather [$150]
14) Spud Gustin [$150]
15)
16) James Mosher (DNS) [$150]
A-main (25 laps)
1) Chad Kemenah [$10,000]
2) Donny Schatz [$5,500]
3) Joey Saldana [$3,200]
4) Chad Layton [$2,800]
5)
6) Brooke Tatnell [$2,300]
7) Greg Wilson [$2,200]
8) Greg Hodnett [$2,100]
9) Lance Dewease [$2,050]
10) Daryn Pittman [$2,000]
11) Justin Henderson [$1,500]
12) Jeremy Campbell [$1,200]
13) Brock Mayes [$1,100]
14) Fred Rahmer [$1,050]
15) Jeff Shepard [$1,000]
16) Terry McCarl [$900]
17) Jac Haudenschild [$800]
18) Paul May [$800]
19) Bill Rose [$800]
20) Craig Dollansky [$800]
21) Sam Hafertepe, Jr. [$800]
22) Barry Ruble [$800]
23) Ron Blair [$800]
24) Kaley Gharst [$800]
Lap leaders: Chad Kemenah 1-25
Driver Team Team Team Team A-feature
Rank Driver Points Points Earnings Diff. Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Chad Kemenah 160 160 $10,000 0 1 1 1
2 Donny Schatz 146 146 $5,500 -14 0 1 1
3 Joey Saldana 144 144 $3,200 -16 0 1 1
4 Chad Layton 144 144 $2,800 -16 0 1 1
5
6 Greg Wilson 139 139 $2,200 -21 0 0 1
7 Brooke Tatnell 138 138 $2,300 -22 0 0 1
8 Greg Hodnett 134 134 $2,100 -26 0 0 1
9 Lance DeWease 132 132 $2,050 -28 0 0 1
10 Daryn Pittman 130 130 $2,000 -30 0 0 1
11 Justin Henderson 128 128 $1,500 -32 0 0 0
12 Jeremy Campbell 126 126 $1,200 -34 0 0 0
13 Brock Mayes 124 124 $1,100 -36 0 0 0
14 Fred Rahmer 122 122 $1,050 -38 0 0 0
15 Jeff Shepard 120 120 $1,000 -40 0 0 0
16 Terry McCarl 118 118 $900 -42 0 0 0
17 Jac Haudenschild 116 116 $800 -44 0 0 0
18 Paul May 114 114 $800 -46 0 0 0
19 Bill Rose 112 112 $800 -48 0 0 0
20 Craig Dollansky 110 110 $800 -50 0 0 0
STANDINGS NOTES: This season, the top five
cars and drivers in time trials are awarded points, with the fastest team
earning five points descending to one point for the fifth-fastest team. ... The
driver who leads the most laps in the feature earns a five-point bonus.