Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (July 8, 2022) – With the Huset’s “USAC Nationals” kicking off tonight in South Dakota, C.J. Leary and Buddy Kofoid lead the way in their respective Power Rankings.
Leary’s advantage in the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is at just ten points over Justin Grant with Brady Bacon, who has topped the Non-Wing Power Rankings over each of the past two years, just another ten points back in third. Emerson Axsom has climbed a pair of positions to fourth and is just 29 points off the lead pace with Jake Swanson filling out the current top five another ten points back.
In the Midget Power Rankings, Buddy Kofoid has reclaimed the top position after the May 25 Xtreme disqualification of Cannon McIntosh was upheld, elevating Taylor Reimer to her first win.
With the adjusted Millbridge finish, Kofoid now holds a 13-point edge over McIntosh with Justin Grant, Bryant Wiedeman and Brenham Crouch filling out the current top five.
While the USAC Sprint Cars and Midgets take to Huset’s for three nights, other Non-Wing action over the weekend includes a pair of weekly cards in Indiana (Lawrenceburg and Lincoln Park), BOSS at Atomic and the MSCS-sanctioned “Darland Classic” at Kokomo.
The weekend’s USAC Midget action leads into next week’s USAC Mid-America Midget Week as well as a POWRi triple in Missouri.
The Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings and Midget Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Cars and Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Cars.
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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 | 7 | 306 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 5 | 296 | 2 |
| 3 | Brady Bacon | 5 | 286 | 3 |
| 4 | Emerson Axsom | 3 | 277 | 6 |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 3 | 267 | 5 |
| 6 | Robert Ballou | 4 | 263 | 4 |
| 7 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 239 | 7 |
| 8 | Logan Seavey | 2 | 211 | 8 |
| 9 | Matt Westfall | 2 | 182 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyle Cummins | 2 | 156 | 17 |
| 11 | Jason McDougal | 1 | 155 | 14 |
| 12 | Thomas Meseraull | 4 | 149 | 10 |
| 13 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 146 | 11 |
| 14 | Alex Bright | 4 | 143 | 12 |
| 15 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 140 | 13 |
| 16 | Shane Cottle | 0 | 132 | 23 |
| 17 | Shane Cockrum | 1 | 125 | 15 |
| 18 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 119 | 16 |
| 19 | Tye Mihocko | 2 | 111 | 22 |
| 20 | Briggs Danner | 6 | 108 | 18 |
| 21 | Scotty Weir | 2 | 98 | 24 |
| 22 | Geoff Ensign | 2 | 96 | 19 |
| 23 | Austin Williams | 0 | 96 | 20 |
| 24 | Brody Roa | 1 | 94 | 21 |
| 25 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 89 | 25 |
| 26 | Isaac Chapple | 0 | 84 | 29 |
| 27 | Jadon Rogers | 0 | 83 | 30 |
| 28 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 78 | 26 |
| 29 | Nick Bilbee | 1 | 76 | 27 |
| 30 | Cody Williams | 2 | 72 | 28 |
| 31 | Mario Clouser | 0 | 67 | 31 |
| 32 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 3 | 65 | 32 |
| 33 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 33 |
| 34 | R.J. Johnson | 7 | 62 | 34 |
| 35 | Justin Zimmerman | 4 | 62 | 35 |
| 36 | Mitchel Moles | 1 | 59 | 74 |
| 37 | A.J. Hopkins | 2 | 58 | 36 |
| 38 | Wesley Smith | 2 | 58 | 37 |
| 39 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 56 | 38 |
| 40 | Buddy Kofoid | 0 | 55 | 39 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Mitchel Moles, Brent Beauchamp.
Falling Out of the Top 40: Logan Williams, Ricky Lewis, Chase Johnson.
Features Completed: 125 (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: 63 (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: 199 (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.
A look at the current Top 40 in Midget Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buddy Kofoid | 7 | 299 | 2 |
| 2 | Cannon McIntosh | 5 | 286 | 1 |
| 3 | Justin Grant | 5 | 253 | 3 |
| 4 | Bryant Wiedeman | 1 | 247 | 4 |
| 5 | Brenham Crouch | 0 | 158 | 5 |
| 6 | Thomas Meseraull | 2 | 153 | 6 |
| 7 | Jacob Denney | 1 | 144 | 7 |
| 8 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 134 | 8 |
| 9 | Zach Daum | 0 | 125 | 10 |
| 10 | Mitchel Moles | 1 | 124 | 9 |
| 11 | Taylor Reimer | 1 | 113 | 12 |
| 12 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 11 |
| 13 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 105 | 13 |
| 14 | Chance Crum | 0 | 104 | 14 |
| 15 | Chase McDermand | 1 | 91 | 15 |
| 16 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 76 | 16 |
| 17 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 75 | 17 |
| 18 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 18 |
| 19 | Jace Park | 0 | 71 | 19 |
| 20 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 67 | 20 |
| 21 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 67 | 21 |
| 22 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 67 | 22 |
| 23 | Jade Avedisian | 1 | 65 | 23 |
| 24 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 65 | 24 |
| 25 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 64 | 25 |
| 26 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 63 | 26 |
| 27 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 58 | 27 |
| 28 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 57 | 28 |
| 29 | Kaidon Brown | 0 | 53 | 29 |
| 30 | C.J. Leary | 0 | 53 | 30 |
| 31 | Karter Sarff | 1 | 52 | 31 |
| 32 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 52 | 32 |
| 33 | Gavan Boschele | 1 | 51 | 33 |
| 34 | Keith Rauch | 4 | 50 | 45 |
| 35 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 48 | 34 |
| 36 | Nick Hoffman | 0 | 44 | 36 |
| 37 | Blake Hahn | 0 | 43 | 35 |
| 38 | Kyle Jones | 2 | 42 | 38 |
| 39 | Jerry Coons, Jr. | 0 | 42 | 37 |
| 40 | Ryan Timms | 1 | 40 | 39 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Keith Rauch.
Falling out of the Top 40: Sam Johnson.
Features Completed: 48 (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: 28 (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: 133 (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.