Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (June 28, 2022) – The battle for the top spot in the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings gets tighter and tighter with each passing weekend.
While C.J. Leary continues to hold the top ranking, the trio of Justin Grant, Brady Bacon and Robert Ballou are all within 17 points with Jake Swanson and Emerson Axsom within striking distance as well.
Leary’s lead is down to just 12 points over Grant with Bacon just another two points back in third and Ballou three more points back in fourth after Sunday’s USAC score at Angell Park.
Swanson rounds out the current top five with Axsom in sixth, just 37 points off of Leary’s pace. Chase Stockon sits seventh while Logan Seavey makes a jump from 15th to eighth after claiming USAC’s Eastern Storm title. Matt Westfall moves into the top ten as well in ninth with Thomas Meseraull filling out the top ten.
A pair of pivotal weekends are on tap for the Non-Wing ranks including this weekend’s USAC/MSCS double at Lincoln Park Speedway and then next weekend’s three-night USAC Nationals at Huset’s Speedway.
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 | 268 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 4 | 256 | 4 |
| 3 | Brady Bacon | 5 | 254 | 6 |
| 4 | Robert Ballou | 4 | 251 | 5 |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 3 | 237 | 2 |
| 6 | Emerson Axsom | 3 | 231 | 3 |
| 7 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 220 | 8 |
| 8 | Logan Seavey | 2 | 173 | 15 |
| 9 | Matt Westfall | 1 | 160 | 14 |
| 10 | Thomas Meseraull | 4 | 149 | 10 |
| 11 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 146 | 7 |
| 12 | Alex Bright | 4 | 143 | 21 |
| 13 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 140 | 9 |
| 14 | Jason McDougal | 1 | 136 | 12 |
| 15 | Shane Cockrum | 1 | 125 | 13 |
| 16 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 119 | 11 |
| 17 | Kyle Cummins | 2 | 118 | 16 |
| 18 | Briggs Danner | 6 | 108 | 26 |
| 19 | Geoff Ensign | 2 | 96 | 18 |
| 20 | Austin Williams | 0 | 96 | 17 |
| 21 | Brody Roa | 1 | 94 | 20 |
| 22 | Tye Mihocko | 2 | 92 | 27 |
| 23 | Shane Cottle | 0 | 89 | 19 |
| 24 | Scotty Weir | 2 | 87 | 35 |
| 25 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 81 | 37 |
| 26 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 78 | 23 |
| 27 | Nick Bilbee | 1 | 76 | 58 |
| 28 | Cody Williams | 2 | 72 | 22 |
| 29 | Isaac Chapple | 0 | 72 | 36 |
| 30 | Jadon Rogers | 0 | 71 | 31 |
| 31 | Mario Clouser | 0 | 67 | 32 |
| 32 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 3 | 65 | 90 |
| 33 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 24 |
| 34 | R.J. Johnson | 7 | 62 | 25 |
| 35 | Justin Zimmerman | 4 | 62 | 30 |
| 36 | A.J. Hopkins | 2 | 58 | 29 |
| 37 | Wesley Smith | 2 | 58 | 39 |
| 38 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 56 | 34 |
| 39 | Buddy Kofoid | 0 | 55 | 28 |
| 40 | Brent Beauchamp | 1 | 53 | 43 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Nick Bilbee, Kevin Thomas, Jr., Brent Beauchamp.
Falling Out of the Top 40: Logan Williams, Ricky Lewis, Chase Johnson.
Features Completed: 96 (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: 54 (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: 186 (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.