Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (July 18, 2022) – Michael “Buddy” Kofoid continues to hold down the lead in the Midget Power Rankings after topping Saturday night’s Mid-America Midget Championship at Jefferson County in Fairbury, NE.
After topping the opening two nights of the “USAC Nationals” at Huset’s Speedway before flipping in the finale, Kofoid finished off Mid-America Midget Week with a last-lap win at Jefferson County when race leaders Cannon McIntosh and Ryan Timms made contact on the final circuit to open the door for Kofoid’s tenth Midget feature win of the season, this one worth $10,000.
With the triumph, Kofoid holds a 19-point edge over McIntosh, who pushed his win total for the season seven with a Sunday night score at Sweet Springs, MO.
Justin Grant is another 74 points back in third with Bryant Wiedeman holding down fourth as Thomas Meseraull breaks into the top five.
Brenham Crouch is currently sixth with Jacob Denney, Zach Daum, Mitchel Moles and Kaylee Bryson filling out eh current top ten.
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 | Buddy Kofoid | 10 | 407 | 1 |
| 2 | Cannon McIntosh | 7 | 388 | 2 |
| 3 | Justin Grant | 5 | 314 | 3 |
| 4 | Bryant Wiedeman | 1 | 268 | 4 |
| 5 | Thomas Meseraull | 3 | 221 | 6 |
| 6 | Brenham Crouch | 0 | 217 | 5 |
| 7 | Jacob Denney | 1 | 197 | 7 |
| 8 | Zach Daum | 0 | 191 | 9 |
| 9 | Mitchel Moles | 2 | 184 | 10 |
| 10 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 157 | 8 |
| 11 | Chase McDermand | 2 | 129 | 15 |
| 12 | Taylor Reimer | 1 | 129 | 11 |
| 13 | Chance Crum | 0 | 118 | 14 |
| 14 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 12 |
| 15 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 105 | 13 |
| 16 | Ryan Timms | 2 | 101 | 40 |
| 17 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 95 | 26 |
| 18 | Jade Avedisian | 1 | 90 | 23 |
| 19 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 89 | 22 |
| 20 | Jerry Coons, Jr. | 0 | 87 | 39 |
| 21 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 76 | 16 |
| 22 | Jace Park | 0 | 76 | 19 |
| 23 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 75 | 21 |
| 24 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 75 | 28 |
| 25 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 75 | 17 |
| 26 | Karter Sarff | 2 | 71 | 31 |
| 27 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 18 |
| 28 | Gavan Boschele | 1 | 67 | 33 |
| 29 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 67 | 20 |
| 30 | Logan Seavey | 0 | 67 | 50 |
| 31 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 65 | 24 |
| 32 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 64 | 25 |
| 33 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 58 | 27 |
| 34 | Kaidon Brown | 0 | 53 | 29 |
| 35 | C.J. Leary | 0 | 53 | 30 |
| 36 | Kyle Jones | 2 | 52 | 38 |
| 37 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 52 | 32 |
| 38 | Keith Rauch | 4 | 50 | 34 |
| 39 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 48 | 35 |
| 40 | Nick Hoffman | 0 | 44 | 36 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Logan Seavey.
Falling out of the Top 40: Blake Hahn.
Features Completed: 58 (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.