Sweet Closing in on Gravel in STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings!

Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (April 4, 2023) – David Gravel continues to hold on to the top spot in the STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

But, following last weekend’s Texas Outlaw Nationals at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the lead is a slim one as Brads Sweet has closed to within eight points after capturing his third win of the season on Friday night.

Sweet, who has topped the STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings in both 2019 and 2021, makes a move from fifth into second after reeling off five consecutive WoO top-five finishes including four among the top two.

Holding the early advantage, Gravel is looking to improve upon previous best STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings of third in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

After finishing second to Brent Marks in last year’s STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings, Carson Macedo sits third in the early going with Buddy Kofoid holding down fourth after a Talladega Short Track WoO win along with three runner-up finishes.

Running a true Outlaw slate in ’23, Justin Peck has slipped from second to fifth with Logan Schuchart, Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Danny Dietrich and Donny Schatz filling out the current top ten.

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The STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Rod End Supply Winged 360s and Midgets.

A look at this year’s current Top 25 in STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:

RankNameWinsPtsPrev
1David Gravel32091
2Brad Sweet32015
3Carson Macedo21803
4Buddy Kofoid11566
5Justin Peck11552
6Logan Schuchart01344
7Anthony Macri11197
8James McFadden21119
9Danny Dietrich01098
10Donny Schatz010810
11Brent Marks09212
12Spencer Bayston09013
13Sheldon Haudenschild08114
14Devon Borden06618
15Freddie Rahmer26515
16Tyler Courtney26111
17Rico Abreu155NR
18Jacob Allen04823
19Giovanni Scelzi04534
20Kasey Kahne04419
21Aaron Reutzel03920
22Lucas Wolfe135NR
23Brian Brown03516
24Brock Zearfoss03421
25Parker Price-Miller13228

Features Completed: 23 (439 in 2022, 438 in 2021, 316 in 2020, 377 in 2019, 382 in 2018, 446 in 2017, 472 in 2016, 462 in 2015, 452 in 2014, 447 in 2013)

Number of Different Winners: 15 (139 in 2022, 146 in 2021, 97 in 2020, 123 in 2019, 121 in 2018, 141 in 2017, 146 in 2016, 156 in 2015, 148 in 2014, 147 in 2013)

Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 75 (393 in 2022, 361 in 2021, 331 in 2020, 344 in 2019, 376 in 2018, 406 in 2017, 439 in 2016, 451 in 2015, 470 in 2014, 468 in 2013)

Past Top Tens in STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings:

2022 – 1. Brent Marks (18) 1,256, 2. Carson Macedo (14) 1,202, 3. Anthony Macri (23) 1,171, 4. Brad Sweet (5) 1,159, 5. David Gravel (7) 1,131, 6. Justin Peck (9) 1,126, 7. Tyler Courtney (10) 1,037, 8. Danny Dietrich (14) 1,020, 9. Donny Schatz (5) 1,010, 10. Sheldon Haudenschild (9) 940.

2021 – 1. Brad Sweet (17) 1,261, 2. Donny Schatz (5) 1,223, 3. Carson Macedo (12) 1,195, 4. David Gravel (14) 1,136, 5. Logan Schuchart (8) 1,002, 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (9) 983, 7. Danny Dietrich (6) 925, 8. Brent Marks (13) 889, 9. Anthony Macri (11) 866, 10. Tyler Courtney (9) 851.

2020 – 1. Kyle Larson (32) 1,431, 2. Brad Sweet (10) 1,070, 3. Logan Schuchart (7) 1,003, 4. David Gravel (9) 931, 5. Aaron Reutzel (13) 892, 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (7) 874, 7. Donny Schatz (5) 848, 8. Danny Dietrich (13) 781, 9. Bent Marks (4) 729, 10. Anthony Macri (9) 703.

2019 – 1. Brad Sweet (17) 1,251, 2. Donny Schatz (11) 1,184, 3. David Gravel (14) 1,171, 4. Aaron Reutzel (18) 985, 5. Logan Schuchart (8) 978, 6. Daryn Pittman (5) 940, 7. Danny Dietrich (15) 937, 8. Sheldon Haudenschild (2) 674, 9. Cory Eliason (4) 672, 10. Carson Macedo (4) 594.

2018 – 1. Donny Schatz (24) 1,398, 2. Brad Sweet (11) 1,192, 3. David Gravel (5) 883, 4. Tim Shaffer (9) 804, 5. Daryn Pittman (9) 772, 6. Danny Dietrich (10) 753, 7. Aaron Reutzel (11) 707, 8. Greg Hodnett (5) 685, 9. Shane Stewart (1) 682, 10. Carson Macedo (6) 665.

2017 – 1. Donny Schatz (23) 1,631, 2. Brad Sweet (5) 1,324, 3. David Gravel (20) 1,225, 4. Shane Stewart (8) 909, 5. Daryn Pittman (3) 892, 6. Kerry Madsen (8) 874, 7. Danny Dietrich (13) 842, 8. Tim Shaffer (9) 811, 9. Jason Johnson (5) 747, 10. Ian Madsen (7) 739.

2016 – 1. Donny Schatz (26) 1,516, 2. Daryn Pittman (9) 1,292, 3. Greg Hodnett (19) 1,283, 4. Shane Stewart (12) 1,172, 5. David Gravel (9) 1,172, 6. Brad Sweet (8) 1,114, 7. Joey Saldana (5) 966, 8. Dale Blaney (8) 877, 9. Danny Dietrich (9) 816, 10. Chad Kemenah (2) 784.

2015 – 1. Donny Schatz (31) 1,480, 2. Greg Hodnett (17) 1,089, 3. Shane Stewart (11) 1,033, 4. Danny Dietrich (16) 961, 5. Dale Blaney (16) 931, 6. Joey Saldana (3) 923, 7. Kerry Madsen (4) 920, 8. Danny Lasoski (14) 903, 9. Daryn Pittman (6) 876, 10. Brad Sweet (6) 874.

2014 – 1. Donny Schatz (26) 1,476, 2. Daryn Pittman (14) 1,219, 3. Kerry Madsen (7) 1,083, 4. Paul McMahan (5) 1,040, 5. Dale Blaney (21) 975, 6. Joey Saldana (8) 895, 7. Greg Hodnett (11) 871, 8. Brad Sweet (5) 783, 9. David Gravel (5) 715, 10. Danny Dietrich (10) 624.

2013 – 1. Donny Schatz (26) 1,089, 2. Daryn Pittman (8) 925, 3. Fred Rahmer (7) 764, 4. Paul McMahan (4) 728, 5. Lance Dewease (3) 673, 6. Greg Hodnett (8) 668, 7. Tim Kaeding (12) 624, 8. Dale Blaney (7) 591, 9. Tim Shaffer (3) 549, 10. Brian Montieth (9) 545.

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.

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