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2024 Knoxville Nationals Preview

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Wins

• 1 Steve Kinser 12
• 2 Donny Schatz 11
• 3 Doug Wolfgang 5
• 4 Danny Lasoski 4
• Kenny Weld 4
• 6 Mark Kinser 3
• 7 Eddie Leavitt 2
• Kyle Larson 2
• 9 Bobby Allen 1
• Brad Sweet 1
• Dave Blaney 1
• David Gravel 1
• Dick Gaines 1
• Greg Weld 1
• Jan Opperman 1
• Jason Johnson 1
• Jay Woodside 1
• Jerry Richert 1
• Joe Saldana 1
• Ken Gritz 1
• Kraig Kinser 1
• Ray Lee Goodwin 1
• Ron Shuman 1
• Roy Robbins 1
• Sammy Swindell 1
• Thad Dosher 1
• Tim Shaffer 1

Win Streaks

• 5 Steve Kinser ('91-'95)
• 5 Donny Schatz ('11-'15)
• 4 Donny Schatz ('06-'09)
• 3 Steve Kinser ('80-'82)
• 3 Steve Kinser ('86-'88)
• 2 Kenny Weld ('64-'65)
• 2 Kenny Weld ('72-'73)
• 2 Eddie Leavitt ('75-'76)
• 2 Doug Wolfgang ('77-'78)
• 2 Doug Wolfgang ('84-'85)
• 2 Mark Kinser ('99-'00)
• 2 Danny Lasoski ('03-'04)

A-Main Starts

• 1 Steve Kinser 35
• 2 Sammy Swindell 34
• 3 Danny Lasoski 26
• 4 Donny Schatz 25
• 5 Terry McCarl 22
• 6 Stevie Smith 21
• 7 Paul McMahan 20
• Shane Stewart 20
• 9 Mark Kinser 19
• Craig Dollansky 19
• Joey Saldana 19
• 12 Jac Haudenschild 18
• Jeff Swindell 18
• Greg Hodnett 18
• Daryn Pittman 18
• 16 Kerry Madsen 16
• 17 Doug Wolfgang 15
• 18 Dave Blaney 15
• Tim Shaffer 15
• 20 Bobby Davis Jr 14
• 21 Danny Smith 13
• Brian Brown 13

Lap Leaders

• 1 Donny Schatz 339
• 2 Steve Kinser 301
• 3 Doug Wolfgang 152
• 4 Danny Lasoski 101
• 5 Mark Kinser 95
• 6 Sammy Swindell 89
• 7 David Gravel 78
• Kyle Larson 78
• 9 Jan Opperman 75
• 10 Kenny Weld 74
• 11 Brad Sweet 52

Attempts

• 1 Sammy Swindell 47
• 2 Steve Kinser 39
• 3 Danny Smith 37
• Jac Haudenschild 37
• 5 Terry McCarl 36
• 6 Danny Lasoski 34
• 7 Don Droud Jr 33
• 8 Jeff Swindell 32
• 9 Donny Schatz 29
• Shane Stewart 29
• Brooke Tatnell 29

2nd Place Finishes

• 1 Donny Schatz 8
• 2 Brian Brown 3
• Jan Opperman 3
• Joey Saldana 3
• Sammy Swindell 3
• 6 Bobby Davis Jr 2
• Danny Lasoski 2
• Dave Blaney 2
• David Gravel 2
• Doug Wolfgang 2
• Jeff Swindell 2
• Jerry Blundy 2
• Steve Kinser 2

Top 3s

• 1 Donny Schatz 20
• 2 Steve Kinser 14
• 3 Danny Lasoski 10
• 4 Doug Wolfgang 9
• 5 Mark Kinser 8
• Sammy Swindell 8
• 7 Kenny Weld 5
• 8 Craig Dollansky 4
• Dave Blaney 4
• Eddie Leavitt 4
• Jan Opperman 4
• Joey Saldana 4
• Kyle Larson 4
• Ron Shuman 4
• Stevie Smith 4

Top 5s

• 1 Donny Schatz 21
• 2 Steve Kinser 17
• 3 Danny Lasoski 15
• 4 Sammy Swindell 14
• 5 Doug Wolfgang 11
• 6 Mark Kinser 9
• 7 Craig Dollansky 8
• 8 Shane Stewart 7
• Dave Blaney 7
• 10 Jeff Swindell 6
• Stevie Smith 6
• Jan Opperman 6
• Kenny Weld 6

Top 10s

• 1 Steve Kinser 27
• 2 Donny Schatz 23
• 3 Sammy Swindell 20
• 4 Danny Lasoski 18
• 5 Craig Dollansky 14
• Stevie Smith 14
• 7 Mark Kinser 13
• 8 Doug Wolfgang 12
• 9 Jeff Swindell 11
• Shane Stewart 11
• 11 Joey Saldana 10
• Jac Haudenschild 10

Active A-Main Streaks

• 1 Donny Schatz 25
• 2 David Gravel 11
• 3 Kerry Madsen 10
• Brad Sweet 10
• 5 Rico Abreu 8
• 6 Logan Schuchart 7
• 7 Gio Scelzi 5
• 8 Sheldon Haudenschild 4
• 9 Brian Brown 3
• Kyle Larson 3
• Carson Macedo 3
• Justin Peck 3

Longest A-Main Streaks

• 1 Steve Kinser 34
• 2 Donny Schatz 25 (active)
• 3 Danny Lasoski 20
• Shane Stewart 20
• 5 Mark Kinser 19
• 6 Sammy Swindell 17
• 7 Dave Blaney 15
• 8 Bobby Davis Jr 12
• 9 David Gravel 11 (active)
• 10 Sammy Swindell 10
• Paul McMahan 10
• Daryn Pittman 10
• Kerry Madsen 10 (active)
• Brad Sweet 10 (active)
• 13 Jeff Shepard 9
• Craig Dollansky 9
• Ron Shuman 9

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I sure appreciate these facts shared in lists for comparison. Surprised donny has missed his attempt at the A main 4 times and neat to see he finishes on the podium 2/3rds of the time. Thanks for the stats.

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Steve Kinser

• Wins: 12
• Years: 39
• A-Mains: 35
• Average Finish: 10.6
• Top 5s: 17
• Top 10s: 27
• First Year: 1977
• Last Year: 2015

Donny Schatz

• Wins: 11
• Years: 28
• A-Mains: 25
• Average Finish: 8.3
• Top 5s: 21
• Top 10s: 23
• First Year: 1995

David Gravel

• Wins: 1
• Prelim Wins: 4
• Years: 13
• A-Mains: 11
• Average Finish: 15.1
• Top 5s: 3
• Top 10s: 5
• First Year: 2010

Brad Sweet

• Wins: 1
• Prelim Wins: 1
• Years: 14
• A-Mains: 11
• Average Finish: 16.9
• Top 5s: 4
• Top 10s: 8
• First Year: 2009

Rico Abreu

• Years: 10
• A-Mains: 8
• Best Finish: 7th (2023)
• Average Finish: 26.0
• Top 10s: 2
• First Year: 2013

Sheldon Haudenschild

• Years: 11
• A-Mains: 5
• Best Finish: 7th (2019)
• Average Finish: 30.4
• Top 10s: 4
• First Year: 2012

Brent Marks

• Years: 10
• A-Mains: 4
• Best Finish: 6th (2021)
• Average Finish: 28.4
• Top 10s: 2
• First Year: 2013

Gio Scelzi

• Years: 5
• A-Mains: 5
• Best Finish: 4th (2021, 2023)
• Average Finish: 10.8
• Top 5s: 2
• Top 10s: 3
• First Year: 2018

Kyle Larson

• Wins: 2
• Prelim Wins: 2
• Years: 9
• A-Mains: 8
• Average Finish: 16.1
• Top 5s: 5
• Top 10s: 7
• First Year: 2012

Carson Macedo

• Prelim Wins: 1
• Years: 6
• A-Mains: 4
• Best Finish: 5th (2023)
• Average Finish: 19.3
• Top 5s: 1
• Top 10s: 3
• First Year: 2017

Logan Schuchart

• Prelim Wins: 1
• Years: 11
• A-Mains: 7
• Best Finish: 2nd (2019)
• Average Finish: 28.9
• Top 5s: 3
• Top 10s: 4
• First Year: 2012

James McFadden

• Years: 11
• A-Mains: 4
• Best Finish: 7th (2021)
• Average Finish: 34.8
• Top 10s: 2
• First Year: 2012

Jacob Allen

• Prelim Wins: 1
• Years: 9
• A-Mains: 2
• Best Finish: 5th (2022)
• Average Finish: 47.6
• Top 5s: 1
• First Year: 2013

Aaron Reutzel

• Years: 7
• A-Mains: 5
• Best Finish: 4th (2018)
• Average Finish: 21.3
• Top 5s: 2
• Top 10s: 3
• First Year: 2015

Brian Brown

• Prelim Wins: 3
• Years: 20
• A-Mains: 13
• Best Finish: 2nd (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Average Finish: 26.6
• Top 5s: 3
• Top 10s: 6
• First Year: 2003

Tim Shaffer

• Wins: 1
• Prelim Wins: 1
• Years: 25
• A-Mains: 16
• Average Finish: 25.4
• Top 5s: 2
• Top 10s: 6
• First Year: 1996

Sammy Swindell

• Wins: 1
• Years: 47
• A-Mains: 32
• Average Finish: 18.1
• Top 5s: 14
• Top 10s: 20
• First Year: 1975

Kraig Kinser

• Wins: 1
• Years: 21
• A-Mains: 8
• Average Finish: 34.5
• Top 5s: 2
• Top 10s: 4
• First Year: 2001

Terry McCarl

• Prelim Wins: 2
• Years: 36
• A-Mains: 22
• Best Finish: 3rd (2007)
• Average Finish: 25.7
• Top 5s: 3
• Top 10s: 6
• First Year: 1985

Daryn Pittman

• Years: 25
• A-Mains: 18
• Best Finish: 3rd (2019)
• Average Finish: 21.2
• Top 5s: 3
• Top 10s: 8
• First Year: 1998

Danny Lasoski

• Wins: 4
• Years: 34
• A-Mains: 26
• Average Finish: 15.5
• Top 5s: 15
• Top 10s: 18
• First Year: 1983
• Last Year: 2017

Mark Kinser

• Wins: 3
• Years: 21
• A-Mains: 19
• Average Finish: 12.7
• Top 5s: 9
• Top 10s: 13
• First Year: 1984
• Last Year: 2004

Doug Wolfgang

• Wins: 5
• Years: 18
• A-Mains: 15
• Average Finish: 10.8
• Top 5s: 11
• Top 10s: 12
• First Year: 1975
• Last Year: 1997

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I like reading stats like this. It gives a little more objectivity regarding drivers and their accomplishments. Looking this over, here's something I noticed concerning the Knoxville Nationals title:

Kyle Larson has won 25% of the time he made the feature(2 out of 8).
Doug Wolfgang won 33% of the times he made the feature (5 out of 15).
Steve Kinser won 34% of the times he made the feature (12 out of 35).
Donny Schatz won 44% of the times he made the feature (11 out of 25).

Looks like Larson needs to up his game a bit.

And how many times has Donny finished 2nd in those 14 non-wins? I'd guess 6 or 7 times.

Yea, right... somebody needs to tell him that!

Donny won 11, second 8 times and 20 top 3s so I'd say 1 3rd in 29 attemps

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A-Main Qualifiers From Wed/Thur

1. Kyle Larson (9th A-Main start, 4th in a row)
2. Daryn Pittman (19th start, 2nd in a row)
3. Tyler Courtney (3rd start, 3rd in a row)
4. Carson Macedo (5th start, 4th in a row)
5. Gio Scelzi (6th A-Main start, in 6 attempts)
6. Rico Abreu (9th start, 9th in a row)
7. Brian Brown (14th start, 4th in a row)
8. Anthony Macri (3rd start, 2nd in a row)
9. Brady Bacon (1st A-Main start)
10. Scott Bogucki (2nd start, 2nd in a row)
11. Corey Day (2nd start, in 2 attempts)
12. Brent Marks (5th start)
13. Bill Balog (1st A-Main start)
14. Sheldon Haudenschild (6th start, 5th in a row)
15. Chase Randall (2nd start, in 2 attempts)
16. Jacob Allen (3rd start)

Awesome.  Congrats to Bacon and Balog on their first and all the lock ins 

A-Main Qualifiers From Friday

• 21st Donny Schatz (26th A-Main start, 26th in a row)
• 22nd Logan Schuchart (8th start, 8th in a row)
• 23rd Justin Henderson (6th start)
• 24th Emerson Axsom (1st start in 1st attempt)

Is it "Anybody But Larson" time yet????

A-Main Qualifiers From B-Main

• 17th @BradSweetRacing (12th start, 11th in a row)
• 18th @Justin_Peck5 (4th start, 4th in a row)
• 19th @DavidGravel (14th start, 12th in a row)
• 20th @JamesMcFadden25 (5th start)

Some Final stats...

2024 Notes

• Number of Drivers: 106
• Total Money: $1,151,605
• Sat Winner: Kyle Larson (2nd Nationals win in a row, 3rd in last 4)
• Wed Winner: Gio Scelzi
• Thr Winner: Kyle Larson
• Fri Winner: Donny Schatz

Money

1. Kyle Larson $204,100
2. Gio Scelzi $98,590
3. Corey Day $47,090
4. Carson Macedo $37,650
5. Jacob Allen $30,250
6. Tyler Courtney $29,090
7. Anthony Macri $27,020
8. Justin Peck $26,350
9. Scott Bogucki $26,100
10. Brian Brown $25,840
11. Rico Abreu $25,350
12. Donny Schatz $24,750
13. Daryn Pittman $23,650
14. Logan Schuchart $23,430
15. Bill Balog $22,600
16. Sheldon Haudenschild $22,490
17. Emerson Axsom $21,955
18. David Gravel $21,720
19. Chase Randall $21,650
20. Brad Sweet $21,600
21. Brent Marks $21,100
22. Brady Bacon $21,090
23. James McFadden $20,500
24. Justin Henderson $19,495
25. Brock Zearfoss $13,625

Money Since 2009

1. Donny Schatz $1,731,915
2. Kyle Larson $813,860
3. David Gravel $532,460
4. Brad Sweet $480,140
5. Brian Brown $475,605
6. Shane Stewart $405,400
7. Kerry Madsen $360,410
8. Tim Shaffer $319,155
9. Jason Johnson $301,550
10. Daryn Pittman $279,925

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