Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (September 26, 2022) – Even after a rough weekend that included a pair of flips at Gas City and Eldora, Cannon McIntosh still maintains the top spot in the 2022 Midget Power Rankings.
Knotted atop the win charts with 13 triumphs apiece, McIntosh holds a 36-point advantage over Buddy Kofoid, who has topped the Midget Power Rankings over each of the past two years.
McIntosh bounced back from a flip during Qualifying at Gas City to salvage a seventh-place finish and then flipped got into the wall and upside down again while leading Friday night at Eldora before finishing out the weekend with a seventh-place run in Saturday night’s Four Crown Nationals finale. With the pair of top-tens on the weekend, McIntosh has now posted 37 top-ten runs.
After McIntosh topped USAC’s Sweet Springs opener on September 9 to run his win total to 13, Kofoid won the next night and then matched McIntosh in the win total on the opening night of Eldora’s Four Crown before a blown tire ended a potential podium run on Saturday night.
With Oklahoma and California atop the Midget Power Rankings, 17-year-old Bryant Wiedeman of Colby, KS, is another 95 points back in third after a pair of runner-up Four Crown finishes with Justin Grant and POWRi National points leader Brenham Crouch rounding out the current top five.
Current Xtreme Outlaw points leader Zach Daum sits sixth ahead of Thomas Meseraull and Jacob Denney as Kaylee Bryson breaks into the top ten after a runner-up USAC finish at Gas City with Taylor Reimer 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 | 13 | 560 | 1 |
| 2 | Buddy Kofoid | 13 | 524 | 2 |
| 3 | Bryant Wiedeman | 2 | 429 | 3 |
| 4 | Justin Grant | 5 | 384 | 4 |
| 5 | Brenham Crouch | 1 | 370 | 5 |
| 6 | Zach Daum | 0 | 319 | 6 |
| 7 | Thomas Meseraull | 3 | 278 | 7 |
| 8 | Jacob Denney | 1 | 277 | 8 |
| 9 | Kaylee Bryson | 0 | 223 | 11 |
| 10 | Taylor Reimer | 1 | 218 | 9 |
| 11 | Mitchel Moles | 3 | 214 | 10 |
| 12 | Chance Crum | 1 | 210 | 13 |
| 13 | Chase McDermand | 3 | 186 | 12 |
| 14 | Karter Sarff | 4 | 162 | 14 |
| 15 | Dominic Gorden | 0 | 133 | 18 |
| 16 | Brady Bacon | 0 | 118 | 15 |
| 17 | Ryan Timms | 2 | 116 | 16 |
| 18 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 112 | 17 |
| 19 | Kyle Larson | 0 | 110 | 19 |
| 20 | Michael Faccinto | 1 | 107 | 22 |
| 21 | Jade Avedisian | 1 | 107 | 20 |
| 22 | Tanner Thorson | 1 | 105 | 21 |
| 23 | Jerry Coons, Jr. | 0 | 105 | 23 |
| 24 | Ethan Mitchell | 0 | 100 | 27 |
| 25 | Shane Golobic | 1 | 95 | 24 |
| 26 | Chris Windom | 1 | 93 | 38 |
| 27 | Kyle Jones | 3 | 92 | 25 |
| 28 | Gavan Boschele | 1 | 91 | 26 |
| 29 | Keith Rauch | 6 | 81 | 36 |
| 30 | Joe B. Miller | 0 | 78 | 28 |
| 31 | Logan Seavey | 0 | 78 | 33 |
| 32 | Michael Pickens | 1 | 76 | 29 |
| 33 | Jace Park | 0 | 76 | 30 |
| 34 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 74 | 34 |
| 35 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 72 | 31 |
| 36 | Rico Abreu | 1 | 71 | 32 |
| 37 | Daison Pursley | 1 | 67 | 52 |
| 38 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 63 | 35 |
| 39 | C.J. Leary | 0 | 62 | 43 |
| 40 | Tyler Courtney | 0 | 61 | 37 |
Breaking into the Top 40: Daison Pursley, C.J. Leary.
Falling out of the Top 40: Kevin Thomas, Jr., Chase Johnson.
Features Completed: 89 (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: 40 (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: 149 (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.