Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (September 6, 2022) – Cannon McIntosh continues to lead the way in the latest edition of the 2022 Midget Power Rankings.
With another pair of top-tens over the past two weekends, McIntosh has stretched his advantage to 49 points over Buddy Kofoid as both drivers have reached victory lane 11 times.
After scoring an Xtreme Outlaw series win at Davenport, Bryant Wiedeman has moved into third, dropping Justin Grant to fourth as Brenham Crouch rounds out the current top five after posting his first win of the season in POWRi action at Lake Ozark on Saturday night.
Zach Daum has climbed a position to sixth with Thomas Meseraull in seventh as Jacob Denney holds down eighth.
With three top-tens over the past two weekends including a POWRi runner-up run on Sunday at Lake Ozark, Taylor Reimer makes her way into the top ten for the first time with Mitchel Moles filling out the 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 | Cannon McIntosh | 11 | 506 | 1 |
| 2 | Buddy Kofoid | 11 | 457 | 2 |
| 3 | Bryant Wiedeman | 2 | 365 | 4 |
| 4 | Justin Grant | 5 | 352 | 3 |
| 5 | Brenham Crouch | 1 | 334 | 5 |
| 6 | Zach Daum | 0 | 283 | 7 |
| 7 | Thomas Meseraull | 3 | 262 | 6 |
| 8 | Jacob Denney | 1 | 259 | 8 |
| 9 | Taylor Reimer | 1 | 197 | 11 |
| 10 | Mitchel Moles | 2 | 191 | 9 |
| 11 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 188 | 10 |
| 12 | Chase McDermand | 3 | 186 | 13 |
| 13 | Chance Crum | 1 | 182 | 12 |
| 14 | Karter Sarff | 4 | 150 | 14 |
| 15 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 118 | 15 |
| 16 | Ryan Timms | 2 | 116 | 16 |
| 17 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 17 |
| 18 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 112 | 23 |
| 19 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 110 | 18 |
| 20 | Jade Avedisian | 1 | 107 | 19 |
| 21 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 105 | 20 |
| 22 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 97 | 24 |
| 23 | Jerry Coons, Jr. | 0 | 96 | 21 |
| 24 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 95 | 22 |
| 25 | Kyle Jones | 2 | 84 | 33 |
| 26 | Gavan Boschele | 1 | 83 | 29 |
| 27 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 80 | 25 |
| 28 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 78 | 26 |
| 29 | Michael Pickens | 1 | 76 | 27 |
| 30 | Jace Park | 0 | 76 | 28 |
| 31 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 72 | 30 |
| 32 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 31 |
| 33 | Logan Seavey | 0 | 67 | 32 |
| 34 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 65 | 34 |
| 35 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 63 | 35 |
| 36 | Keith Rauch | 4 | 61 | 36 |
| 37 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 61 | 37 |
| 38 | Chris Windom | 0 | 60 | 38 |
| 39 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 58 | 39 |
| 40 | Chase Johnson | 1 | 54 | 48 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Chase Johnson.
Falling out of the Top 40: Jason McDougal.
Features Completed: 77 (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: 37 (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: 140 (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.