Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (May 18, 2022) – The latest edition of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings finds a new name at the top of the charts as Greenfield, Indiana’s C.J. Leary has taken over the top spot.
A pair of top-five runs this past weekend in USAC competition in Kansas and Missouri was enough to push the driver of the Kodiak Products No. 77m into the lead by a slim 10-point margin over previous leader Damion Gardner.
Leary, currently leading the Xtreme Outlaw points and eighth in USAC points, has claimed four wins thus far in 2022 including a pair of Xtreme triumphs along with a weekly win at Paragon and a BOSS score at Montpelier. Leary topped the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings in 2019 and has finished among the top five over each of the past four years.
Gardner slipped from the top spot to second after finishing outside of the top-ten for the first time in nine USAC/CRA starts this past Saturday at Bakersfield.
Coming off of a runner-up finish at Lakeside and a win at I-70, Robert Ballou vaults from eighth to third with Emerson Axsom and Jake Swanson filling out the current top five.
After winning two of the last three USAC Sprint Car features, Brady Bacon has climbed from 13th to sixth as he vies for the top ranking for a third year in a row.
Justin Grant has gained jumped three positions to seventh with Charles Davis, Jr., Matt Mitchell and Chase Stockon completing the current top ten.
The Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Cars, Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Cars and Midgets. Title sponsorship of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is available, contact lonniewheatley@gmail.com for information.
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 | C.J. Leary | 4 | 153 | 2 |
| 2 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 143 | 1 |
| 3 | Robert Ballou | 1 | 131 | 8 |
| 4 | Emerson Axsom | 2 | 128 | 3 |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 2 | 112 | 5 |
| 6 | Brady Bacon | 2 | 110 | 13 |
| 7 | Justin Grant | 1 | 105 | 10 |
| 8 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 101 | 4 |
| 9 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 97 | 7 |
| 10 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 94 | 9 |
| 11 | Shane Cockrum | 1 | 88 | 6 |
| 12 | Austin Williams | 0 | 82 | 11 |
| 13 | Thomas Meseraull | 2 | 76 | 12 |
| 14 | Jason McDougal | 0 | 70 | 16 |
| 15 | Logan Seavey | 0 | 70 | 24 |
| 16 | Matt Westfall | 0 | 69 | 25 |
| 17 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 14 |
| 18 | Kyle Cummins | 0 | 56 | 18 |
| 19 | Buddy Kofoid | 0 | 55 | 15 |
| 20 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 54 | 19 |
| 21 | Cody Williams | 1 | 52 | 28 |
| 22 | Alex Bright | 2 | 49 | 17 |
| 23 | Geoff Ensign | 1 | 48 | 31 |
| 24 | Brody Roa | 0 | 47 | 20 |
| 25 | Chase Johnson | 1 | 44 | 21 |
| 26 | Briggs Danner | 5 | 43 | 22 |
| 27 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 43 | 23 |
| 28 | Justin Zimmerman | 2 | 42 | 27 |
| 29 | Tanner Thorson | 0 | 41 | 26 |
| 30 | Mario Clouser | 0 | 41 | 32 |
| 31 | Tye Mihocko | 1 | 40 | 37 |
| 32 | Shane Cottle | 0 | 37 | 29 |
| 33 | Travis Berryhill | 1 | 35 | 59 |
| 34 | R.J. Johnson | 5 | 34 | 30 |
| 35 | Ricky Lewis | 1 | 31 | 33 |
| 36 | Logan Williams | 0 | 31 | 39 |
| 37 | Jadon Rogers | 0 | 30 | 45 |
| 38 | Austin Liggett | 1 | 29 | 34 |
| 39 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 28 | 49 |
| 40 | Brayden Fox | 0 | 28 | 61 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Travis Berryhill, Jadon Rogers, Kyle Shipley, Brayden Fox.
Falling Out of the Top 40: J.J. Hughes, Cole Bodine, Chris Gansen, Dalton Stevens.
Features Completed: 62 (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: 38 (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: 144 (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.