Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (May 31, 2022) – With USAC’s Indiana Midget Week looming beginning with an appetizer at Granite City on Thursday and then seven Indiana races over the next nine nights, Buddy Kofoid holds down the top position in this year’s Midget Power Rankings.
Primarily busy in the Sprint Car ranks in recent weeks, Kofoid’s advantage remains at 17 points over Justin Grant as as the Penngrove, California racer vies for the number one spot in the Midget Power Rankings for a third year in a row.
Grant holds the edge for second over Cannon McIntosh on his five wins versus just two for McIntosh. McIntosh’s second win came in Xtreme action at Millbridge to match Grant’s point total.
Bryant Wiedeman has climbed three positions to fourth with Christopher Bell filling out the top five.
Thomas Meseraull and Tanner Thorson are next in sixth and seventh, respectively, while Chase McDermand has cracked the top ten by moving up to eighth. Kaylee Bryson and Mitchel Moles fill out the current top ten.
The Midget Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410s, Non-Wing Sprint Cars and Rod End Supply Winged 360s.
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A look at the current Top 40 in Midget Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buddy Kofoid | 4 | 191 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 5 | 174 | 2 |
| 3 | Cannon McIntosh | 2 | 174 | 4 |
| 4 | Bryant Wiedeman | 0 | 134 | 7 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 3 |
| 6 | Thomas Meseraull | 1 | 101 | 5 |
| 7 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 101 | 6 |
| 8 | Chase McDermand | 1 | 84 | 13 |
| 9 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 83 | 9 |
| 10 | Mitchel Moles | 1 | 79 | 8 |
| 11 | Brenham Crouch | 0 | 74 | 19 |
| 12 | Taylor Reimer | 0 | 73 | 34 |
| 13 | Chance Crum | 0 | 72 | 16 |
| 14 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 10 |
| 15 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 65 | 11 |
| 16 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 64 | 21 |
| 17 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 63 | 12 |
| 18 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 58 | 14 |
| 19 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 58 | 15 |
| 20 | Zach Daum | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 21 | C.J. Leary | 0 | 53 | 17 |
| 22 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 52 | 18 |
| 23 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 50 | 20 |
| 24 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 50 | 37 |
| 25 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 48 | 22 |
| 26 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 46 | 23 |
| 27 | Blake Hahn | 0 | 43 | 24 |
| 28 | Nick Hoffman | 0 | 42 | 52 |
| 29 | Ryan Timms | 1 | 40 | 54 |
| 30 | Sam Johnson | 0 | 40 | 32 |
| 31 | Chase Johnson | 0 | 39 | 33 |
| 32 | Jace Park | 0 | 39 | 41 |
| 33 | Chris Windom | 0 | 39 | 25 |
| 34 | Zeb Wise | 0 | 37 | 26 |
| 35 | A.J. Bender | 0 | 36 | 27 |
| 36 | Jade Avedisian | 0 | 36 | 31 |
| 37 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 36 | 29 |
| 38 | Gavan Boschele | 1 | 35 | 68 |
| 39 | Jonathan Beason | 0 | 31 | 28 |
| 40 | Tim Buckwalter | 0 | 30 | 30 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Zach Daum, Nick Hoffman, Ryan Timms, Jace Park, Gavan Boschele.
Falling out of the Top 40: Logan Seavey, Colby Copeland, Andrew Felker, Trey Marcham, Emerson Axsom.
Features Completed: 30 (132 in 2021, 87 in 2020, 124 in 2019, 116 in 2018, 131 in 2017, 158 in 2016, 141 in 2015, 126 in 2014, 154 in 2013)
Number of Different Winners: 20 (50 in 2021, 37 in 2020, 51 in 2019, 56 in 2018, 60 in 2017, 62 in 2016, 65 in 2015, 57 in 2014, 66 in 2013)
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 121 (190 in 2021, 167 in 2020, 214 in 2019, 226 in 2018, 236 in 2017, 278 in 2016, 274 in 2015, 241 in 2014, 248 in 2013)
Past Top Tens in Midget Power Rankings:
20211 – 1. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid (15) 924, 2. Chris Windom (7) 615, 3. Daison Pursley (8) 613, 4. Justin Grant (5) 603, 5. Emerson Axsom (4) 599, 6. Cannon McIntosh (5) 568, 7. Tanner Thorson (7) 492, 8. Bryant Wiedeman (3) 438, 9. Logan Seavey (2) 403, 10. Thomas Meseraull (5) 337.
2020 – 1. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid (10) 689, 2. Cannon McIntosh (8) 687, 3. Tanner Thorson (8) 559, 4. Tyler Courtney (5) 481, 5. Chris Windom (4) 457, 6. Daison Pursley (2) 390, 7. Jake Neuman (2) 317, 8. Logan Seavey (2) 304, 9. Kyle Larson (7) 299, 10. Thomas Meseruall (4) 271.
2019 – 1. Logan Seavey (16) 891, 2. Tyler Courtney (9) 605, 3. Zeb Wise (5) 490, 4. Jesse Colwell (2) 467, 5. Tanner Carrick (2) 435, 6. Chris Windom (2) 404, 7. Cannon McIntosh (1) 382, 8. Zach Daum 375, 9. Tucker Klaasmeyer 363, 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (2) 326.
2018 – 1. Logan Seavey (9) 734, 2. Tucker Klaasmeyer (6) 483, 3. Ryan Robinson (1) 457, 4. Tanner Carrick (2) 442, 5. Christopher Bell (9) 345, 6. Chad Boat (2) 321, 7. Tyler Courtney (3) 312, 8. Zach Daum (1) 295, 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (5) 294, 10. Justin Grant (2) 281.
2017 – 1. Spencer Bayston (8) 668, 2. Tanner Thorson (7) 608, 3. Shane Golobic (1) 444, 4. Tyler Courtney (5) 408, 5. Justin Grant (3) 359, 6. Christopher Bell (10) 346, 7. Brady Bacon (4) 342, 8. Zach Daum (1) 325, 9. Ryan Robinson 289, 10. Tyler Thomas (6) 277.
2016 – 1. Tanner Thorson (16) 795, 2. Spencer Bayston (3) 666, 3. Carson Macedo (3) 551, 4. Zach Daum (4) 469, 5. Brady Bacon (1) 356, 6. Bryan Clauson (5) 317, 7. Chad Boat (3) 310, 8. Tyler Thomas 294, 9. Ryan Robinson 282, 10. Justin Peck (1) 273.
2015 – 1. Tanner Thorson (7) 548, 2. Darren Hagen (5) 522, 3. Spencer Bayston (5) 500, 4. Rico Abreu (9) 488, 5. Christopher Bell (8) 438, 6. Bryan Clauson (6) 422, 7. Andrew Felker (3) 383, 8. Zach Daum (3) 379, 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (3) 373, 10. Tyler Thomas (2) 276.
2014 – 1. Christopher Bell (16) 659, 2. Zach Daum (4) 589, 3. Bryan Clauson (10) 555, 4. Rico Abreu (5) 449, 5. Darren Hagen (6) 421, 6. Tanner Thorson (2) 411, 7. Andrew Felker (3) 313, 8. Tracy Hines (2) 304, 9. Tyler Thomas (1) 283, 10. Alex Bright (5) 244.
2013 – 1. Christopher Bell (10) 543, 2. Zach Daum (8) 504, 3. Darren Hagen (8) 415, 4. Andrew Felker (2) 406, 5. Rico Abreu (7) 402, 6. Bryan Clauson (8) 397, 7. Brad Kuhn (1) 325, 8. Tracy Hines (2) 322, 9. Ronnie Gardner (13) 280, 10. Alex Bright (3) 231.
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.