Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (June 1, 2022) – Adding another pair of wins over the past two weekends, C.J. Leary continues to hold down the top spot in the latest Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings.
Leary pushed his win total to six on the year by taking USAC honors at Terre Haute on May 20 and then picking off Sunday night’s BC Indiana Double at Kokomo Speedway to extend his lead to 37 points as he vies for a second top-ranking in the Non-Wing Power Rankings after leading the way in 2019.
While Leary has solidified his lead, Robert Ballou has moved into the second position after topping the second night of USAC action at Terre Haute on May 21. Ballou is shooting for his first top-five ranking since 2017 after topping the Non-Wing Power Rankings in both 2014 and 2015.
Jake Swanson is climbing the charts as well by moving from fifth to third as is Justin Grant, who has climbed from seventh to fourth.
Early leader Damion Gardner has slipped to fifth with Emerson Axsom, Chase Stockon, Brady Bacon, Matt Mitchell and Charles Davis, Jr., filling out 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.
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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 | C.J. Leary | 6 | 211 | 1 |
| 2 | Robert Ballou | 2 | 174 | 3 |
| 3 | Jake Swanson | 2 | 168 | 5 |
| 4 | Justin Grant | 1 | 148 | 7 |
| 5 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 146 | 2 |
| 6 | Emerson Axsom | 2 | 142 | 4 |
| 7 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 133 | 10 |
| 8 | Brady Bacon | 2 | 131 | 6 |
| 9 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 104 | 9 |
| 10 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 104 | 8 |
| 11 | Thomas Meseraull | 3 | 99 | 13 |
| 12 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 93 | 18 |
| 13 | Austin Williams | 0 | 93 | 12 |
| 14 | Shane Cockrum | 1 | 92 | 11 |
| 15 | Jason McDougal | 0 | 92 | 14 |
| 16 | Logan Seavey | 0 | 88 | 15 |
| 17 | Shane Cottle | 0 | 80 | 32 |
| 18 | Matt Westfall | 0 | 78 | 16 |
| 19 | Geoff Ensign | 2 | 72 | 23 |
| 20 | Cody Williams | 2 | 72 | 21 |
| 21 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 17 |
| 22 | Brody Roa | 0 | 62 | 24 |
| 23 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 59 | 20 |
| 24 | Tye Mihocko | 1 | 55 | 31 |
| 25 | Buddy Kofoid | 0 | 55 | 19 |
| 26 | Alex Bright | 2 | 54 | 22 |
| 27 | Briggs Danner | 6 | 51 | 26 |
| 28 | R.J. Johnson | 5 | 51 | 34 |
| 29 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 48 | 39 |
| 30 | Chase Johnson | 1 | 44 | 25 |
| 31 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 43 | 27 |
| 32 | Jadon Rogers | 0 | 43 | 37 |
| 33 | Justin Zimmerman | 2 | 42 | 28 |
| 34 | Tanner Thorson | 0 | 41 | 29 |
| 35 | Mario Clouser | 0 | 41 | 30 |
| 36 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 40 | 43 |
| 37 | Scotty Weir | 0 | 40 | 50 |
| 38 | Logan Williams | 0 | 40 | 36 |
| 39 | Travis Berryhill | 1 | 35 | 33 |
| 40 | Kory Schudy | 1 | 33 | 55 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Cole Bodine, Scotty Weir, Kory Schudy.
Falling Out of the Top 40: Brayden Fox, Ricky Lewis, Austin Liggett.
Features Completed: 75 (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: 44 (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: 162 (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.