Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (May 5, 2022) – Concord, California’s Damion Gardner continues to lead the way in the 2022 edition of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings.
After adding a fifth USAC/CRA win at Mohave Valley on April 23, Gardner has stretched his advantage from 12 points to 18 over C.J. Leary.
Leary climbed a position from third to second, bypassing Sprint Car rookie contender Emerson Axsom that now sits third. Following a near-win in Saturday’s Sokola Classic at Perris, Charles Davis, Jr., has climbed a position to fourth while Jake Swanson has gained a handful of positions to climb to fifth after posting wins at Lincoln Park Speedway (April 16) and Paragon (April 23).
Shane Cockrum sits sixth with Saturday night Sokola winner Matt Mitchell moving up to seventh as Robert Ballou, Chase Stockon and Justin Grant fill out the current top ten.
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Separated into Non-Wing 410 and Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings through 2018, those were consolidated into a single Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Ranking for 2019 and beyond with all Non-Wing 410 and injected Non-Wing 360 events included in the Rankings.
A look at the current top 40 in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 143 | 1 |
| 2 | C.J. Leary | 4 | 125 | 3 |
| 3 | Emerson Axsom | 2 | 100 | 2 |
| 4 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 97 | 5 |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 2 | 95 | 10 |
| 6 | Shane Cockrum | 1 | 88 | 4 |
| 7 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 85 | 9 |
| 8 | Robert Ballou | 0 | 85 | 8 |
| 9 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 84 | 7 |
| 10 | Justin Grant | 1 | 82 | 6 |
| 11 | Austin Williams | 0 | 82 | 14 |
| 12 | Thomas Meseraull | 2 | 70 | 12 |
| 13 | Brady Bacon | 1 | 64 | 16 |
| 14 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 11 |
| 15 | Buddy Kofoid | 0 | 55 | 13 |
| 16 | Jason McDougal | 0 | 54 | 15 |
| 17 | Alex Bright | 2 | 49 | 32 |
| 18 | Kyle Cummins | 0 | 49 | 19 |
| 19 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 48 | 29 |
| 20 | Brody Roa | 0 | 47 | 18 |
| 21 | Chase Johnson | 1 | 44 | 23 |
| 22 | Briggs Danner | 5 | 43 | 39 |
| 23 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 43 | 21 |
| 24 | Logan Seavey | 0 | 43 | 22 |
| 25 | Matt Westfall | 0 | 41 | 27 |
| 26 | Tanner Thorson | 0 | 41 | 17 |
| 27 | Justin Zimmerman | 2 | 37 | 31 |
| 28 | Cody Williams | 0 | 37 | 30 |
| 29 | Shane Cottle | 0 | 37 | 20 |
| 30 | R.J. Johnson | 5 | 34 | 28 |
| 31 | Geoff Ensign | 1 | 33 | 40 |
| 32 | Mario Clouser | 0 | 30 | 24 |
| 33 | Ricky Lewis | 1 | 29 | 25 |
| 34 | Austin Liggett | 1 | 29 | 26 |
| 35 | J.J. Hughes | 0 | 27 | NR |
| 36 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 26 | 45 |
| 37 | Tye Mihocko | 0 | 25 | 56 |
| 38 | Dalton Stevens | 2 | 23 | 49 |
| 39 | Logan Williams | 0 | 23 | 33 |
| 40 | Chris Gansen | 0 | 22 | 42 |
Features Completed: 50 (284 in 2021, 153 in 2020, 243 in 2019, 197 in 2018, 225 in 2017, 206 in 2016, 218 in 2015, 224 in 2014, 235 in 2013)
Number of Different Winners: 29 (93 in 2021, 61 in 2020, 91 in 2019, 71 in 2018, 76 in 2017, 72 in 2016, 75 in 2015, 85 in 2014, 92 in 2013)
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 130 (294 in 2021, 203 in 2020, 267 in 2019, 204 in 2018, 226 in 2017, 231 in 2016, 268 in 2015, 293 in 2013, 336 in 2013)
Note: Prior to 2019, Non-Wing Power Rankings were broken into 410-ci and 360-ci categories instead of combined into one overall ranking.
Past Top Tens in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2021 – 1. Brady Bacon (8) 863, 2. Justin Grant (10) 772, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (11) 771, 4. Jake Swanson (8) 635, 5. C.J. Leary (7) 614, 6. Tanner Thorson (5) 556, 7. Chris Windom (2) 500, 8. Logan Seavey (8) 474, 9. Robert Ballou (2) 428, 10. Jadon Rogers (8) 389.
2020 – 1. Brady Bacon (11) 618, 2. Chris Windom (7) 557, 3. Justin Grant (7) 530, 4. C.J. Leary (4) 503, 5. Chase Stockon (3) 503, 6. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (3) 466, 7. Kyle Cummins (7) 383, 8. Dave Darland (1) 340, 9. Shane Cottle (3) 313, 10. Robert Ballou 312.
2019 – 1. C.J. Leary (4) 701, 2. Justin Grant (8) 697, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (7) 689, 4. Tyler Courtney (9) 678, 5. Brady Bacon (8) 671, 6. Chris Windom (8) 632, 7. Thomas Meseraull (12) 492, 8. Chase Stockon (1) 486, 9. Kyle Cummins (14) 468, 10. Jason McDougal (1) 354.
2018 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (15) 917, 2. Chris Windom (9) 863, 3. Tyler Courtney (12) 785, 4. C.J. Leary (6) 664, 5. Justin Grant (10) 655, 6. Dave Darland (4) 642, 7. Brady Bacon (5) 578, 8. Robert Ballou (5) 553, 9. Chase Stockon (2) 529, 10. Thomas Meseraull (7) 384.
2017 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (18) 928, 2. Justin Grant (9) 682, 3. Chris Windom (10) 667, 4. Tyler Courtney (7) 616, 5. Robert Ballou (4) 599, 6. C.J. Leary (8) 479, 7. Brady Short (7) 465, 8. Thomas Meseraull (6) 454, 9. Chad Boespflug (2) 437, 10. Brady Bacon (3) 436.
2016 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (13) 782, 2. Brady Bacon (3) 742, 3. Chris Windom (5) 661, 4. Thomas Meseraull (8) 658, 5. Dave Darland (2) 632, 6. Chad Boespflug (6) 555, 7. Robert Ballou (4) 503, 8. Chase Stockon (3) 497, 9. Shane Cottle (4) 451, 10. C.J. Leary (3) 446.
2015 – 1. Robert Ballou (18) 959, 2. Dave Darland (6) 895, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (6) 649, 4. Chase Stockon (5) 607, 5. Brady Bacon (9) 601, 6. Jon Stanbrough (2) 577, 7. Brady Short (16) 561, 8. C.J. Leary (4) 517, 9. Thomas Meseraull (9) 466, 10. Shane Cottle (5) 419.
2014 – 1. Robert Ballou (11) 822, 2. Dave Darland (11) 750, 3. Jon Stanbrough (8) 705, 4. Bryan Clauson (9) 671, 5. Justin Grant (8) 625, 6. Brady Short (12) 605, 7. Chase Stockon (4) 532, 8. Brady Bacon (4) 477, 9. Chad Boespflug (7) 438, 10. Shane Cottle (3) 410.
2013 – 1. Dave Darland (9) 631, 2. Bryan Clauson (11) 627, 3. Brady Short (10) 531, 4. Jon Stanbrough (3) 509, 5. Chase Stockon (3) 507, 6. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (10) 496, 7. Robert Ballou (5) 474, 8. Chris Windom (6) 414, 9. Chad Boespflug (6) 390, 10. Brady Bacon (2) 389.
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.