Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (April 21, 2022) – It’s a battle of East versus West thus far in the 2022 edition of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
And currently Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith holds the early edge over California’s Justin Sanders for the top spot by virtue of his five wins opposed to Sanders’ four triumph as both have accumulated 160 points while matching each other in both top-fives and top-ten finishes.
Smith, who topped the 2020 edition of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings, notched his fifth win of the season in a URC tilt at Bloomsburg last Thursday to go along with USCS wins in Florida at Hendry County and a Southern Raceway (Milton) sweep as well an East Bay “King of 360s” preliminary score.
While Smith has run rampant along the eastern seaboard, Sanders has been hot in California with two wins at Placerville, including the SCCT season opener, with other “W’s” coming at Chico and Tulare. Sanders has finished among the top ten in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings five times over the past eight years including runner-up finishes in both 2015 and 2020.
With Smith and Sanders pacing the field early on, New Jersey’s Davie Franek is another 13 points back in third with Dylan Westbrook and Shane Golobic filling out the early top five. Current ASCS points leader Wayne Johnson sits sixth with Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Tanner Carrick, Blake Hahn and Terry McCarl filling out the current top ten.
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The Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410s, Non-Wing Sprint Cars and Midgets.
A look at this year’s current Top 50 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Smith | 5 | 160 |
| 2 | Justin Sanders | 4 | 160 |
| 3 | Davie Franek | 2 | 147 |
| 4 | Dylan Westbrook | 0 | 129 |
| 5 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 127 |
| 6 | Wayne Johnson | 1 | 118 |
| 7 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | 1 | 116 |
| 8 | Tanner Carrick | 2 | 113 |
| 9 | Blake Hahn | 1 | 109 |
| 10 | Terry McCarl | 2 | 108 |
| 11 | Aaron Reutzel | 2 | 97 |
| 12 | Danny Smith | 0 | 94 |
| 13 | Derek Hagar | 3 | 91 |
| 14 | Dale Howard | 1 | 82 |
| 15 | Ryan Smith | 0 | 82 |
| 16 | Garet Williamson | 0 | 79 |
| 17 | Andy Forsberg | 2 | 69 |
| 18 | Ryan Timms | 0 | 66 |
| 19 | Chase Majdic | 0 | 64 |
| 20 | Chris Martin | 0 | 63 |
| 21 | Howard Moore | 0 | 63 |
| 22 | Danny Martin, Jr. | 4 | 62 |
| 23 | Seth Bergman | 1 | 57 |
| 24 | Terry Gray | 0 | 57 |
| 25 | Kalib Henry | 1 | 55 |
| 26 | Brandon Anderson | 1 | 53 |
| 27 | Max Mittry | 0 | 53 |
| 28 | Chase Johnson | 2 | 52 |
| 29 | Dominic Scelzi | 0 | 51 |
| 30 | Joel Myers, Jr. | 0 | 50 |
| 31 | Blake Carrick | 0 | 49 |
| 32 | Bud Kaeding | 0 | 46 |
| 33 | Kaleb Montgomery | 0 | 45 |
| 34 | Shane Hopkins | 1 | 44 |
| 35 | Tim Crawley | 0 | 37 |
| 36 | Jason Martin | 0 | 36 |
| 37 | Mitchell Faccinto | 1 | 35 |
| 38 | Carson McCarl | 0 | 35 |
| 39 | Sean Becker | 0 | 34 |
| 40 | Mark Ruel, Jr. | 1 | 33 |
| 41 | Corey Day | 1 | 33 |
| 42 | Willie Croft | 0 | 33 |
| 43-tie | Garrett Green | 0 | 32 |
| 43-tie | Brad Bumgarner | 0 | 32 |
| 45 | Sean McClelland | 0 | 31 |
| 46 | Slater Helt | 0 | 31 |
| 47 | Colby Thornhill | 1 | 30 |
| 48 | Billy Wallace | 0 | 30 |
| 49 | Craig Stidham | 0 | 29 |
| 50 | Landon Britt | 0 | 29 |
Features Completed: 54 (461 in 2021, 262 in 2020, 565 in 2019, 565 in 2018, 614 in 2017, 635 in 2016, 645 in 2015, 676 in 2014, 687 in 2013)
Number of Different Winners: 36 (187 in 2021, 125 in 2020, 221 in 2019, 219 in 2018, 245 in 2017, 249 in 2016, 237 in 2015, 265 in 2014, 257 in 2013)
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 207 (608 in 2021, 489 in 2020, 753 in 2019, 737 in 2018, 774 in 2017, 820 in 2016, 828 in 2015, 867 in 2014, 869 in 2013)
Past Top Tens in Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2021 – 1. J.J. Hickle (6) 748, 2. Justin Sanders (16) 655, 3. Blake Hahn (9) 652, 4. Dominic Scelzi (14) 569, 5. Ryan Timms (9) 556, 6. Dylan Westbrook (5) 555, 7. Shane Golobic (7) 515, 8. Tanner Carrick (7) 506), 9. Matt Covington (4) 480, 10. Dale Howard (8) 458.
2020 – 1. Mark Smith (20) 682, 2. Shane Golobic (7) 356, 3. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (10) 497, 4. J.J. Hickle (2) 456, 5. Dale Howard (6) 400, 6 Blake Carrick (3) 366, 7. Blake Hahn (5) 346, 8. Derek Hagar (7) 339, 9. Tanner Carrick (3) 336, 10. Jack Dover (7) 329.
2019 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (12) 708, 2. Mark Smith (14) 638, 3. Seth Bergman (6) 558, 4. Davie Franek (9) 542, 5. Blake Hahn (7) 532, 6. Andy Forsberg (13) 514, 7. Dylan Westbrook (10) 508, 8. Justin Sanders (9) 493, 9. Shane Golobic (8) 476, 10. Wayne Johnson (7) 447.
2018 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (14) 723, 2. Seth Bergman (10) 637, 3. Mark Smith (14) 611, 4. Andy Forsberg (14) 560, 5. Blake Hahn (2) 536, 6. Wayne Johnson (5) 522, 7. Justin Sanders (12) 515, 8. Dylan Westbrook (11) 507, 9. Steve Poirier (9) 475, 10. Jack Dover (12) 456.
2017 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (19), 901, 2. Aaron Reutzel (6) 653, 3. Seth Bergman (3) 627, 4. Wayne Johnson (3) 564, 5. Derek Hagar (8) 512, 6. Matt Covington (1) 490, 7. Johnny Herrera (3) 470, 8. Justin Sanders (10) 468, 9. Morgan Turpen (10) 466, 10. Dylan Westbrook (14) 440.
2016 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (10) 716, 2. Aaron Reutzel (8) 713, 3. Johnny Herrera (7) 623, 4. Derek Hagar (13) 607, 5. Mark Smith (11) 604, 6. Seth Bergman (7) 587, 7. Wayne Johnson (4) 525, 8. Blake Hahn (4) 521, 9. Jason Barney (5) 487, 10. Andy Forsberg (12) 482.
2015 – 1. Seth Bergman (13) 717, 2. Justin Sanders (20) 649, 3. Aaron Reutzel (10) 613, 4. Johnny Herrera (9) 596, 5. Wayne Johnson (5) 581, 6. Mark Smith (10) 542, 7. Derek Hagar (9) 437, 8. Andy Forsberg (11) 434, 9. Mitch Brown (6) 410, 10. Shane Golobic (5) 409.
2014 – 1. Jason Johnson (5) 626, 2. Aaron Reutzel (8) 601, 3. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (6) 510, 4. Seth Bergman (10) 501, 5. Johnny Herrera (3) 491, 6. Tim Crawley (11) 487, 7. Wayne Johnson (6) 448, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. (4) 445, 9. Brian Brown (8) 441, 10. Jeff Swindell (4) 441.
2013 – 1. Jason Johnson (12) 699, 2. Johnny Herrera (5) 673, 3. Tim Crawley (14) 561, 4. Brian Brown (12) 537, 5. Logan Forler (8) 492, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. (4) 488, 7. Roger Crockett (17) 479, 8. Jeff Swindell (5) 455, 9. Andy Forsberg (10) 430, 10. Steve Poirier (8) 420.
The Open Wheel Power Rankings are determined by cumulative points based on a sliding scale dependent upon car count at Sprint Car and Midget events across all sanctions and non-sanctions throughout North America.