Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (June 15, 2022) – Michael “Buddy” Kofoid strengthened his grasp on the Midget Power Rankings after racing to his second consecutive USAC Indiana Midget Week championship.
Kofoid topped the opening two legs of Indiana Midget Week after a score at Granite City and finished among the top five in four of five events to extend his lead to 46 points over Justin Grant, with whom tensions rose during IMW Round Three at Haubstadt.
While Grant holds down the second position, Cannon McIntosh maintains third after finishing off an otherwise troublesome Midget Week with a triumph in the Kokomo finale.
Bryant Wiedeman still sits fourth as Thomas Meseraull climbs a spot to fifth after a Haubstadt win.
A strong Midget Week moves Kaylee Bryson up to sixth with Mitchel Moles tailing her in seventh. Christopher Bell is eighth with Zach Daum breaking into the top ten from 20th and Brenham Crouch making his way into the top ten as well.
The biggest current mover is Jacob Denney, as he jumped from 51st to 12th after a Putnamville win during Midget Week and then a runner-up in the finale at Kokomo.
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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 | 7 | 299 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 5 | 253 | 2 |
| 3 | Cannon McIntosh | 3 | 219 | 3 |
| 4 | Bryant Wiedeman | 0 | 181 | 4 |
| 5 | Thomas Meseraull | 2 | 153 | 6 |
| 6 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 132 | 9 |
| 7 | Mitchel Moles | 1 | 124 | 10 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 5 |
| 9 | Zach Daum | 0 | 111 | 20 |
| 10 | Brenham Crouch | 0 | 107 | 11 |
| 11 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 105 | 7 |
| 12 | Jacob Denney | 1 | 101 | 51 |
| 13 | Taylor Reimer | 0 | 98 | 12 |
| 14 | Chance Crum | 0 | 93 | 13 |
| 15 | Chase McDermand | 1 | 91 | 8 |
| 16 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 75 | 19 |
| 17 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 14 |
| 18 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 67 | 55 |
| 19 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 67 | 23 |
| 20 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 65 | 15 |
| 21 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 64 | 16 |
| 22 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 63 | 17 |
| 23 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 58 | 18 |
| 24 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 54 | 24 |
| 25 | C.J. Leary | 0 | 53 | 21 |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 52 | 22 |
| 27 | Jace Park | 0 | 50 | 32 |
| 28 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 48 | 25 |
| 29 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 46 | 26 |
| 30 | Blake Hahn | 0 | 43 | 27 |
| 31-tie | Nick Hoffman | 0 | 42 | 28 |
| 31-tie | Jerry Coons, Jr. | 0 | 42 | 56 |
| 33 | Kyle Jones | 2 | 41 | 45 |
| 34 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 41 | 37 |
| 35 | Ryan Timms | 1 | 40 | 29 |
| 36 | Jade Avedisian | 0 | 40 | 36 |
| 37-tie | Sam Johnson | 0 | 40 | 30 |
| 37-tie | Jason McDougal | 0 | 40 | 68 |
| 39 | Chase Johnson | 0 | 39 | 31 |
| 40 | Chris Windom | 0 | 39 | 33 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Jacob Denney, Kyle Cummins, Jerry Coons, Jr., Kyle Jones, Jason McDougal.
Falling out of the Top 40: Zeb Wise, A.J. Bender, Gavan Boschele, Jonathan Beason, Tim Buckwalter.
Features Completed: 39 (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: 23 (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: 123 (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:
2021 – 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.