Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (July 14, 2022) – Justin Grant has made his way to the top of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings point charts.
But not by much, as the Ione, California native’s lead is at just two points over previous leader C.J. Leary with Brady Bacon lurking just another seven points back as he vies for the top ranking for a third year in a row.
Grant posted runner-up finishes in both preliminary nights of “USAC Nationals” action at Huset’s Speedway before a seventh-place finish in the finale, good enough to push him to the top spot over Leary.
Grant has a handful of wins to his credit with Indiana Sprintweek looming a week from now. While the lead trio of Grant, Leary and Bacon are separated by just nine points, USAC Nationals champ Robert Ballou climbed a pair of positions to fourth with rookie contender Emerson Axsom filling out the current top five.
Jake Swanson currently sits sixth with Chase Stockon, Logan Seavey, Matt Westfall and Thomas Meseraull completing 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 | Justin Grant | 5 | 342 | 2 |
| 2 | C.J. Leary | 7 | 340 | 1 |
| 3 | Brady Bacon | 5 | 333 | 3 |
| 4 | Robert Ballou | 5 | 312 | 6 |
| 5 | Emerson Axsom | 3 | 307 | 4 |
| 6 | Jake Swanson | 3 | 285 | 5 |
| 7 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 248 | 7 |
| 8 | Logan Seavey | 2 | 226 | 8 |
| 9 | Matt Westfall | 2 | 193 | 9 |
| 10 | Thomas Meseraull | 4 | 181 | 12 |
| 11 | Kyle Cummins | 3 | 176 | 10 |
| 12 | Jason McDougal | 1 | 172 | 11 |
| 13 | Alex Bright | 5 | 151 | 14 |
| 14 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 146 | 13 |
| 15 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 140 | 15 |
| 16 | Shane Cottle | 0 | 132 | 16 |
| 17 | Shane Cockrum | 1 | 125 | 17 |
| 18 | Tye Mihocko | 2 | 119 | 19 |
| 19 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 119 | 18 |
| 20 | Briggs Danner | 6 | 113 | 20 |
| 21 | Scotty Weir | 2 | 111 | 21 |
| 22 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 100 | 25 |
| 23 | Jadon Rogers | 0 | 100 | 27 |
| 24 | Geoff Ensign | 2 | 96 | 22 |
| 25 | Austin Williams | 0 | 96 | 23 |
| 26 | Mitchel Moles | 2 | 94 | 36 |
| 27 | Brody Roa | 1 | 94 | 24 |
| 28 | Isaac Chapple | 0 | 86 | 26 |
| 29 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 84 | 28 |
| 30 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 3 | 80 | 32 |
| 31 | Nick Bilbee | 1 | 76 | 29 |
| 32 | Cody Williams | 2 | 72 | 30 |
| 33 | Mario Clouser | 0 | 67 | 31 |
| 34 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 33 |
| 35 | R.J. Johnson | 7 | 62 | 34 |
| 36 | Justin Zimmerman | 4 | 62 | 35 |
| 37 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 62 | 39 |
| 38 | Wesley Smith | 2 | 61 | 38 |
| 39 | Brian Hayden | 1 | 61 | 48 |
| 40 | A.J. Hopkins | 2 | 58 | 37 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Brian Hayden.
Falling Out of the Top 40: Buddy Kofoid.
Features Completed: 132 (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: 65 (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: 204 (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.