Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (September 27, 2022) – After several lead changes along the way this season, C.J. Leary stays atop the charts in the latest edition of the 2022 Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings.
Leary has added another half-dozen top-ten finishes over the past three weekends including a runner-up finish in Saturday’s Four Crown Nationals at Eldora to extend his lead to 30 points over Four Crown winner Justin Grant.
Leary, who topped the 2019 Non-Wing Power Rankings, has posted nine feature wins thus far and leads the way in top-tens with 37.
Grant is just one off the pace in the win column as he takes aim at the top ranking after finishing second in Non-Wing Power Rankings three times in the previous five years.
After topping the Non-Wing Power Rankings over each of the past two years, Brady Bacon is currently 66 points off the lead pace in third with Robert Ballou and September 9-10 weekend sweeper Jake Swanson rounding out the top five.
Kyle Cummins has moved past Chase Stockon for sixth with Stockon holding off rookie shoe Emerson Axsom by eight points for seventh. Jason McDougal is night with Jadon Rogers rounding out the current top ten after capturing his first USAC win at Haubstadt on September 17.
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 50 in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.J. Leary | 9 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 8 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Brady Bacon | 5 | 552 | 3 |
| 4 | Robert Ballou | 6 | 536 | 4 |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 9 | 473 | 5 |
| 6 | Kyle Cummins | 7 | 448 | 7 |
| 7 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 429 | 6 |
| 8 | Emerson Axsom | 3 | 421 | 8 |
| 9 | Jason McDougal | 1 | 356 | 9 |
| 10 | Jadon Rogers | 3 | 316 | 10 |
| 11 | Logan Seavey | 2 | 294 | 11 |
| 12 | Matt Westfall | 4 | 286 | 12 |
| 13 | Thomas Meseraull | 6 | 279 | 13 |
| 14 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 6 | 253 | 22 |
| 15 | Mitchel Moles | 3 | 244 | 16 |
| 16 | Shane Cottle | 1 | 234 | 14 |
| 17 | Tye Mihocko | 2 | 232 | 15 |
| 18 | Geoff Ensign | 6 | 211 | 19 |
| 19 | Alex Bright | 7 | 199 | 17 |
| 20 | Shane Cockrum | 3 | 188 | 20 |
| 21 | Briggs Danner | 9 | 183 | 18 |
| 22 | Damion Gardner | 6 | 183 | 21 |
| 23 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 172 | 24 |
| 24 | Scotty Weir | 2 | 157 | 23 |
| 25 | Wesley Smith | 5 | 151 | 26 |
| 26 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 1 | 148 | 25 |
| 27 | Brent Beauchamp | 3 | 142 | 31 |
| 28 | Brody Roa | 3 | 137 | 27 |
| 29 | Mario Clouser | 2 | 135 | 34 |
| 30 | Wyatt Burks | 3 | 130 | 32 |
| 31 | Isaac Chapple | 1 | 120 | 28 |
| 32 | Austin Williams | 0 | 120 | 30 |
| 33 | Max Adams | 1 | 116 | 35 |
| 34 | Cole Bodine | 0 | 114 | 29 |
| 35 | Eddie Tafoya, Jr. | 0 | 105 | 33 |
| 36 | A.J. Hopkins | 2 | 102 | 37 |
| 37 | Kory Schudy | 3 | 100 | 36 |
| 38 | Brayden Fox | 0 | 91 | 49 |
| 39 | Nick Bilbee | 1 | 90 | 39 |
| 40 | Brian Hayden | 1 | 89 | 38 |
| 41 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 88 | 45 |
| 42 | Xavier Doney | 3 | 85 | 43 |
| 43 | Ricky Lewis | 2 | 85 | 40 |
| 44 | Justin Zimmerman | 6 | 81 | 41 |
| 45 | Cody Williams | 2 | 81 | 42 |
| 46 | Kyle Shipley | 1 | 79 | 44 |
| 47 | Chase Johnson | 2 | 73 | 52 |
| 48 | Dave Darland | 0 | 70 | 46 |
| 49 | Sterling Cling | 0 | 69 | 55 |
| 50 | Koby Barksdale | 0 | 68 | 47 |
Breaking into the Top 50: Chase Johnson, Sterling Cling.
Falling Out of the Top 50: Critter Malone, R.J. Johnson.
Features Completed: 215 (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: 85 (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: 236 (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.