Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (May 6, 2022) – Wantage, New Jersey’s Davie Franek has climbed to the top rung in the latest edition of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

Franek has posted five top-five finishes in USCS, URC and ESS competition over the past two weekends including four podiums to take the overall lead by just five markers over California shoe Justin Sanders.  Among those four podiums was the second win of the year for the USCSC Winter Heat champion.  Franek’s second win of the year came at North Alabama Speedway on March 19.

While Franek ranks as the only driver to post double-digit top-fives thus far, Sanders has scored four wins to hold down second while Ontario’s Dylan Westbrook climbed to third on the strength of wins at Attica and Crystal Motor Speedway on April 22-23.

Previous leader Mark Smith has slipped to fourth while Shane Golobic holds down fifith.  After winning the 360-ci portion of Knoxville’s opener last weekend, Terry McCarl made a jump from tenth to sixth with Blake Hahn, Wayne Johnson, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., and Tanner Carrick 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	Pts	Prev
1	Davie Franek	2	175	3
2	Justin Sanders	4	170	2
3	Dylan Westbrook	2	169	4
4	Mark Smith	5	160	1
5	Shane Golobic	1	141	5
6	Terry McCarl	3	128	10
7	Blake Hahn	1	120	9
8	Wayne Johnson	1	118	6
9	Sam Hafertepe, Jr.	1	116	7
10	Tanner Carrick	2	113	8
11	Derek Hagar	4	111	13
12	Andy Forsberg	3	109	17
13	Dale Howard	2	106	14
14	Aaron Reutzel	2	97	11
15	Terry Gray	0	94	24
16	Danny Smith	0	94	12
17	Garet Williamson	0	90	16
18	Ryan Smith	0	82	15
19	Danny Martin, Jr.	5	74	22
20	Chase Johnson	3	72	28
21	Howard Moore	0	70	21
22	Chase Majdic	0	68	19
23	Max Stambaugh	0	67	59
24	Ryan Timms	0	66	18
25	Chris Martin	0	63	20
26	Max Mittry	0	59	27
27	Seth Bergman	1	57	23
28	Kalib Henry	1	55	25
29	Shane Hopkins	1	54	34
30	Brandon Anderson	1	53	26
31	Tim Crawley	0	52	35
32	Mitchell Faccinto	1	51	37
33	Dominic Scelzi	0	51	29
34	Joel Myers, Jr.	0	50	30
35	Ryan Bernal	1	49	80
36	Blake Carrick	0	49	31
37	Kaleb Montgomery	0	48	33
38	Joey Ancona	0	47	62
39	Bud Kaeding	0	46	32
40	Sean Becker	0	46	39
41	Jason Shultz	2	45	73
42	Brad Bowden	0	40	68
43	Garrett Green	0	39	43
44	Matt Covington	0	39	57
45	Chase Howard	0	38	91
46	Landon Britt	0	38	50
47	Derek Hauck	0	37	89
48	J.J. Ringo	1	36	130
49	Jacob Dykstra	0	36	70
50	Jason Martin	0	36	36

Breaking into the Top 50:  Max Stambaugh, Ryan Bernal, Joey Ancona, Jason Shultz, Brad Bowden, Matt Covington, Chase Howard, Derek Hauck, J.J. Ringo, Jacob Dykstra.

Falling out of the Top 50:  Carson McCarl, Mark Ruel, Jr., Corey Day, Willie Croft, Brad Bumgarner, Sean McClelland, Slater Helt, Colby Thornhill, Billy Wallace, Craig Stidham.

Features Completed: 75 (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: 49 (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: 288 (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.