Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (September 7, 2022) – The war for the top spot in the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings wages on as C.J. Leary has moved back around Justin Grant to reclaim the number one position.
After a podium finish at the Kokomo Smackdown, Leary added his ninth win of the season on Friday night at Bloomington’s Josh Burton Memorial and posted runner-up honors in Sunday’s Kokomo season finale to reclaim the lead by just four points.
Leary is gunning for the top final ranking for the second time after earning number one honors in 2019 while Grant vies for the top ranking for the first time after finishes of second on three previous occasions in 2017, 2019 and 2021.
While Leary and Grant lead the way, Brady Bacon is just 49 points off the lead pace as he guns for a third consecutive top ranking after topping the charts in both 2020 and 2021.
Robert Ballou is another nine points back in fourth while Jake Swanson has moved back into the top five after a solid Smackdown outing.
Chase Stockon falls out of the top five to sixth while Smackdown champ Kyle Cummins climbs a position to seventh after adding his seventh win of the season in Sunday’s Kokomo finale.
Emerson Axsom sits eighth with Jason McDougal moving up to ninth as Jadon Rogers breaks into the 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 | C.J. Leary | 9 | 537 | 2 |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 7 | 533 | 1 |
| 3 | Brady Bacon | 5 | 488 | 3 |
| 4 | Robert Ballou | 6 | 479 | 4 |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 6 | 407 | 6 |
| 6 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 398 | 5 |
| 7 | Kyle Cummins | 7 | 397 | 8 |
| 8 | Emerson Axsom | 3 | 392 | 7 |
| 9 | Jason McDougal | 1 | 309 | 10 |
| 10 | Jadon Rogers | 2 | 273 | 12 |
| 11 | Logan Seavey | 2 | 260 | 9 |
| 12 | Matt Westfall | 4 | 256 | 11 |
| 13 | Thomas Meseraull | 6 | 243 | 14 |
| 14 | Shane Cottle | 1 | 217 | 13 |
| 15 | Tye Mihocko | 2 | 210 | 15 |
| 16 | Mitchel Moles | 3 | 203 | 16 |
| 17 | Alex Bright | 7 | 177 | 17 |
| 18 | Briggs Danner | 8 | 175 | 18 |
| 19 | Geoff Ensign | 5 | 175 | 23 |
| 20 | Shane Cockrum | 3 | 168 | 19 |
| 21 | Damion Gardner | 5 | 163 | 20 |
| 22 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 4 | 163 | 27 |
| 23 | Scotty Weir | 2 | 157 | 22 |
| 24 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 155 | 21 |
| 25 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 1 | 139 | 24 |
| 26 | Wesley Smith | 5 | 132 | 32 |
| 27 | Brody Roa | 3 | 122 | 26 |
| 28 | Isaac Chapple | 1 | 116 | 25 |
| 29 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 114 | 30 |
| 30 | Austin Williams | 0 | 109 | 28 |
| 31 | Brent Beauchamp | 2 | 108 | 29 |
| 32 | Wyatt Burks | 3 | 106 | 37 |
| 33 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 100 | 31 |
| 34 | Mario Clouser | 1 | 99 | 34 |
| 35 | Max Adams | 1 | 97 | 44 |
| 36 | Kory Schudy | 3 | 96 | 35 |
| 37 | A.J. Hopkins | 2 | 92 | 33 |
| 38 | Brian Hayden | 1 | 89 | 42 |
| 39 | Nick Bilbee | 1 | 87 | 36 |
| 40 | Ricky Lewis | 2 | 82 | 38 |
| 41 | Justin Zimmerman | 6 | 81 | 39 |
| 42 | Cody Williams | 2 | 81 | 40 |
| 43 | Xavier Doney | 3 | 80 | 41 |
| 44 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 76 | 45 |
| 45 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 75 | 43 |
| 46 | Dave Darland | 0 | 70 | 48 |
| 47 | Koby Barksdale | 0 | 68 | 58 |
| 48 | Critter Malone | 1 | 67 | 53 |
| 49 | Brayden Fox | 0 | 67 | 46 |
| 50 | R.J. Johnson | 7 | 66 | 47 |
Breaking into the Top 50: Koby Barksdale, Critter Malone
Falling Out of the Top 50: Carson Short, Brady Short.
Features Completed: 196 (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: 82 (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: 232 (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.