Lonnie Wheatley, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (August 25, 2022) – Reigning Kokomo Smackdown champion Justin Grant leads the way into this weekend’s event as he sits atop the latest Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings.
With a half-dozen wins on the season and the Indiana Sprintweek title to his credit, Grant holds a 46-point lead over C.J. Leary going into the weekend with Brady Bacon another six points back in third.
Grant is vying for his first number one ranking for the season after finishing among the top five over each of the past five seasons including runner-up rankings in 2021, 2019 and 2017.
Currently second, C.J. Leary topped the Non-Wing Power Rankings 2019 while third-ranked Bacon has finished atop the charts over each of the past two years.
Another six points behind Bacon in fourth is Robert Ballou, who topped the Non-Wing Power Rankings in 2014 and 2015.
Chase Stockon has climbed a pair of positions to break into the top five with Jake Swanson, Emerson Axsom, Kyle Cummins, Logan Seavey and Jason McDougal filling out 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 | 6 | 482 | 1 |
| 2 | C.J. Leary | 8 | 436 | 2 |
| 3 | Brady Bacon | 5 | 430 | 3 |
| 4 | Robert Ballou | 6 | 424 | 4 |
| 5 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 378 | 7 |
| 6 | Jake Swanson | 6 | 357 | 6 |
| 7 | Emerson Axsom | 3 | 350 | 5 |
| 8 | Kyle Cummins | 5 | 290 | 8 |
| 9 | Logan Seavey | 2 | 253 | 9 |
| 10 | Jason McDougal | 1 | 248 | 11 |
| 11 | Matt Westfall | 4 | 246 | 10 |
| 12 | Jadon Rogers | 2 | 234 | 14 |
| 13 | Shane Cottle | 1 | 217 | 12 |
| 14 | Thomas Meseraull | 5 | 206 | 13 |
| 15 | Tye Mihocko | 2 | 193 | 20 |
| 16 | Mitchel Moles | 3 | 181 | 15 |
| 17 | Alex Bright | 7 | 177 | 17 |
| 18 | Briggs Danner | 8 | 175 | 18 |
| 19 | Shane Cockrum | 3 | 168 | 16 |
| 20 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 163 | 19 |
| 21 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 155 | 21 |
| 22 | Scotty Weir | 2 | 153 | 23 |
| 23 | Geoff Ensign | 4 | 142 | 22 |
| 24 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 1 | 139 | 24 |
| 25 | Isaac Chapple | 1 | 116 | 26 |
| 26 | Brody Roa | 2 | 114 | 29 |
| 27 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 3 | 110 | 25 |
| 28 | Austin Williams | 0 | 109 | 28 |
| 29 | Brent Beauchamp | 2 | 108 | 40 |
| 30 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 107 | 27 |
| 31 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 100 | 31 |
| 32 | Wesley Smith | 3 | 95 | 42 |
| 33 | A.J. Hopkins | 2 | 92 | 37 |
| 34 | Mario Clouser | 1 | 91 | 30 |
| 35 | Kory Schudy | 3 | 87 | 34 |
| 36 | Nick Bilbee | 1 | 87 | 33 |
| 37 | Wyatt Burks | 3 | 82 | 45 |
| 38 | Ricky Lewis | 2 | 82 | 36 |
| 39 | Justin Zimmerman | 6 | 81 | 32 |
| 40 | Cody Williams | 2 | 81 | 39 |
| 41 | Xavier Doney | 3 | 80 | 35 |
| 42 | Brian Hayden | 1 | 79 | 41 |
| 43 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 75 | 48 |
| 44 | Max Adams | 1 | 74 | 49 |
| 45 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 73 | 38 |
| 46 | Brayden Fox | 0 | 67 | 52 |
| 47 | R.J. Johnson | 7 | 66 | 46 |
| 48 | Dave Darland | 0 | 66 | 43 |
| 49 | Carson Short | 0 | 64 | 44 |
| 50 | Brady Short | 1 | 63 | 51 |
Breaking into the Top 50: Brayden Fox, Brady Short.
Falling Out of the Top 50: Logan Williams, Buddy Kofoid.
Features Completed: 183 (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: 80 (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: 227 (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.