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All Star Circuit of Champions -- Wednesday 2-8-06

On night #2 of the 35th Annual WinterNationals at Volusia Speedway Park, 37 cars signed into the pits with the All Star Circuit of Champions. With Jac Haudenschild, Donny Schatz, and Brooke Tatnell joining the talent already present at the Volusia County Speedway, making the 24 car starting field would again prove to be a tall order. Greg Hodnett would get the night started by setting quick time in qualifying, and backed that up with a run to the front to win the first heat race. The other three heats were won by Bob Felmlee, Donny Schatz, and Jeff Shepard. The Al Hamilton owned #77 again showed they would be the team to beat as Hodnett took the All Star dash. For the second straight night Brock Mayes led the B feature to the checkers.

New track record holder Chad Kemenah and night one's hard charger Joey Saldana would lead the 24 car starting field to the green. The duo would battle side by side for the first five laps with Kemenah running the bottom line and Saldana running the same top groove that proved so effective the night before. A lap 6 spin by Lance Dewease would bring Donny Schatz into the fold. When the green fell for the restart, Schatz was too much for Saldana to hold off. A caution for Daryn Pittman's motor expiring on a lap 11 would set up an exciting duel to the finish between early race leader Kemenah and the hard charging Schatz. With the two encountering lapped traffic, Kemenah was forced to move the #15K off the bottom groove where he had been so fast, and as Schatz searched the track for a faster line the gap between them quickly closed. As the laps wound down Schatz was able to work the higher line around Kemenah and hang on for his first career All Star Circuit of Champions victory.

Volusia County Speedway - All-Star Circuit of Champions

1. 77-Greg Hodnett, 13.210; 2. 8-Brook Tatnell, 13.232; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.299; 4. 24-Terry McCarl, 13.377; 5. 9-Joey Saldana, 13.385; 6. 15K-Chad Kemenah, 13.387; 7. R19-Jason Solwold, 13.406; 8. 25-Lance Dewease, 13.432; 9. 83-Danny Lasoski, 13.443; 10. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 13.466; 11. 7-Craig Dollansky, 13.479; 12. 26-Shane Stewart, 13.489; 13. 21-Daryn Pittman, 13.510; 14. OO-Danny Martin Jr., 13.515; 15. 12-Chad Layton, 13.517; 16. 35-Jac Haudenchield, 13.555; 17. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.568; 18. 6-Bob Felmlee, 13.612; 19. 36-Brian Brown, 13.640; 20. 4-Danny Smith, 13.652; 21. 63-Barry Ruble, 13.656; 22. 5B-Chad Blonde, 13.657; 23. 18-Tony Bruce, 13.715; 24. 92-Jeff Shepard, 13.717; 25. 19-Becca Anderson, 13.719; 26. 22-Fred Rahmer, 13.719; 27. 15S-Sam Hafertepe, 13.769; 28. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 13.845; 29. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.900; 30. 35R-Ron Blair, 13.963; 31. 71M-Paul May, 14.040; 32. 12M-James Mosher, 14.093; 33. 94S-Natalie Sather, 14.167; 34. 4G-Spud Gustin, 14.281; 35. 47J-Jeff Busby, 14.304; 36. 72J-Randy Johnson, 15.786; 37. 19J-Kenny Jacobs,

Heat 1-

1. 77-Greg Hodnett; 2. 83-Danny Lasoski; 3. 9-Joey Saldana; 4. 21-Daryn Pittman; 5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6. 11B-Brock Mayes; 7. 63-Barry Ruble; 8. 19-Becca Anderson; 9. 94S-Natalie Sather;

Heat 2-

1. 6-Bob Felmlee; 2. 5B-Chad Blonde; 3. 8-Brook Tatnell; 4. 15K-Chad Kemenah; 5. 10C-Jeremy Campbell; 6. 22-Fred Rahmer; 7. OO-Danny Martin Jr.; 8. 35R-Ron Blair; 9. 4G-Spud Gustin;

Heat 3-

1. 15-Donny Schatz; 2. 36-Brian Brown; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky; 4. R19-Jason Solwold; 5. 12-Chad Layton; 6. 18-Tony Bruce; 7. 15S-Sam Hafertepe; 8. 71M-Paul May; 9. 47J-Jeff Busby;

Heat 4-

1. 92-Jeff Shepard; 2. 26-Shane Stewart; 3. 24-Terry McCarl; 4. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 5. 25-Lance Dewease; 6. 35-Jac Haudenchield; 7. 12M-James Mosher; 8. 4-Danny Smith; 9. 72J-Randy Johnson;

Dash 1 -

1. 77-Greg Hodnett; 2. 25-Lance Dewease; 3. R19-Jason Solwold; 4. W20-Greg Wilson; 5. 5B-Chad Blonde;

"B" Main -

1. 11B-Brock Mayes; 2. OO-Danny Martin Jr.; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 22-Fred Rahmer; 5. 35-Jac Haudenchield; 6. 18-Tony Bruce; 7. 71M-Paul May; 8. 15S-Sam Hafertepe; 9. 19-Becca Anderson; 10. 35R-Ron Blair; 11. 4G-Spud Gustin; 12. 47J-Jeff Busby; 13. 63-Barry Ruble; 14. 12M-James Mosher; 15. 94S-Natalie Sather;

"A" Main - Starting Position []

1. 15-Donny Schatz[4]; 2. 15K-Chad Kemenah[1]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl[3]; 4. 8-Brook Tatnell[5]; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky[11]; 6. 83-Danny Lasoski[9]; 7. 26-Shane Stewart[12]; 8. 12-Chad Layton[15]; 9. R19-Jason Solwold[7]; 10. 9-Joey Saldana[2]; 11. 11B-Brock Mayes[16]; 12. 36-Brian Brown[18]; 13. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[10]; 14. 77-Greg Hodnett[6]; 15. 22-Fred Rahmer[22]; 16. 92-Jeff Shepard[21]; 17. 4-Danny Smith[19]; 18. 6-Bob Felmlee[17]; 19. 5B-Chad Blonde[20]; 20. OO-Danny Martin Jr.[14]; 21. W20-Greg Wilson[24]; 22. 21-Daryn Pittman[13]; 23. 25-Lance Dewease[8]; 24. 1X-Randy Hannagan[23];

• Ross Paulson on Mar 26, 2020
• Article Date: 2/8/2006