Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (June 27, 2022) – Cannon McIntosh has had the hot hand in Midget racing as of late, hot enough to move to the top rung of the Midget Power Rankings.
After topping USAC’s Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway on June 11, the Bixby, OK, racer topped three of five POWRi Illinois Midget Week events this past weekend to land the POWRi Speedweek title.
McIntosh currently sits atop both POWRi and Xtreme Outlaw Midget points, pending the appeal of an Xtreme Outlaw penalty report released on June 24 regarding a tire that was deemed illegal at the May 25 event at Millbridge.
The hot streak for McIntosh that his pushed his win total for the season to six has moved him atop the Midget Power Rankings by 12 points over Buddy Kofoid, who has busied himself more so in the winged 410-ci Sprint Car ranks in the past pair of weekends.
Justin Grant is another 46 points back in third with Bryan Wiedeman in fourth while Brenham Crouch has jumped a handful of positions to fifth.
Thomas Meseraull is sixth, while Jacob Denney has jumped five positions to seventh with Kaylee Bryson, Mitchel Moles and Zach Daum filling out the current top ten.
Jade Avedisian, who became the first female driver to win a POWRi National event on Sunday night at Jacksonville, has climbed 13 positions to 23rd.
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 | Cannon McIntosh | 6 | 311 | 3 |
| 2 | Buddy Kofoid | 7 | 299 | 1 |
| 3 | Justin Grant | 5 | 253 | 2 |
| 4 | Bryant Wiedeman | 1 | 245 | 4 |
| 5 | Brenham Crouch | 0 | 158 | 10 |
| 6 | Thomas Meseraull | 2 | 153 | 5 |
| 7 | Jacob Denney | 1 | 144 | 12 |
| 8 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 132 | 6 |
| 9 | Mitchel Moles | 1 | 124 | 7 |
| 10 | Zach Daum | 0 | 122 | 9 |
| 11 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 8 |
| 12 | Taylor Reimer | 0 | 109 | 13 |
| 13 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 105 | 11 |
| 14 | Chance Crum | 0 | 104 | 14 |
| 15 | Chase McDermand | 1 | 91 | 15 |
| 16 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 76 | 21 |
| 17 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 75 | 16 |
| 18 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 17 |
| 19 | Jace Park | 0 | 71 | 27 |
| 20 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 67 | 18 |
| 21 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 67 | 29 |
| 22 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 67 | 19 |
| 23 | Jade Avedisian | 1 | 65 | 36 |
| 24 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 65 | 20 |
| 25 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 64 | 34 |
| 26 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 63 | 22 |
| 27 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 58 | 23 |
| 28 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 54 | 24 |
| 29 | Kaidon Brown | 0 | 53 | NR |
| 30 | C.J. Leary | 0 | 53 | 25 |
| 31 | Karter Sarff | 1 | 52 | 53 |
| 32 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 52 | 26 |
| 33 | Gavan Boschele | 1 | 51 | 43 |
| 34 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 48 | 28 |
| 35 | Blake Hahn | 0 | 43 | 30 |
| 36-tie | Nick Hoffman | 0 | 42 | 31 |
| 36-tie | Jerry Coons, Jr. | 0 | 42 | 32 |
| 38 | Kyle Jones | 2 | 41 | 33 |
| 39 | Ryan Timms | 1 | 40 | 35 |
| 40-tie | Sam Johnson | 0 | 40 | 37 |
| 40-tie | Jason McDougal | 0 | 40 | 38 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Kaidon Brown, Karter Sarff, Gavan Boschele.
Falling out of the Top 40: Chase Johnson, Chris Windom.
Features Completed: 46 (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: 26 (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: 130 (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.