Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (April 5, 2023) – Mark Smith has supplanted previous leader Davie Franek for the top spot in the Iatest Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
After picking up his second win of the year last Friday night in USCS action at Travelers Rest, SC, Smith has nabbed the number one ranking by just one single point over Franek. Smith topped the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings in 2020.
With Smith and USCS Winter Heat champ Franek out front, Oklahoma City teen Ryan Timms sits third with Terry McCarl and Floridian Tyler Clem rounding out the current top five.
North Carolina young gun Gavan Boschele has climbed from 22nd to sixth with Chris Martin, Cole Macedo, Justin Sanders and Aaron Reutzel filling out the top ten. After topping last year’s Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings, Sanders is two-for-two in Cali action with a pair of Placerville triumphs including one in the recent SCCT season opener.
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The Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410s along with the unsponsored Non-Wing Sprint Cars and unsponsored Midgets.
A look at this year’s current Top 25 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | Prev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Smith | 2 | 152 | 2 | |
| 2 | Davie Franek | 3 | 151 | 1 | |
| 3 | Ryan Timms | 1 | 84 | 3 | |
| 4 | Terry McCarl | 2 | 75 | 4 | |
| 5 | Tyler Clem | 1 | 61 | 5 | |
| 6 | Gavan Boschele | 0 | 59 | 22 | |
| 7 | Chris Martin | 0 | 54 | 6 | |
| 8 | Cole Macedo | 1 | 52 | 17 | |
| 9 | Justin Sanders | 2 | 50 | NR | |
| 10 | Aaron Reutzel | 1 | 49 | 7 | |
| 11 | Corey Day | 0 | 49 | NR | |
| 12 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | 1 | 46 | 8 | |
| 13 | Zeb Wise | 0 | 45 | 9 | |
| 14 | Danny Smith | 0 | 44 | 19 | |
| 15 | Dylan Westbrook | 0 | 44 | 10 | |
| 16 | Lance Moss | 0 | 42 | 26 | |
| 17 | D.J. Netto | 1 | 39 | NR | |
| 18 | Tanner Carrick | 1 | 37 | NR | |
| 19 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 36 | 11 | |
| 20 | Paulie Colagiovanni | 0 | 36 | 12 | |
| 21 | Corbin Gurley | 1 | 34 | 28 | |
| 22 | Dominic Scelzi | 0 | 34 | NR | |
| 23 | Danny Martin, Jr. | 0 | 33 | 13 | |
| 24 | Jordan Poirier | 0 | 32 | 14 | |
| 25 | Parker Price-Miller | 0 | 32 | 15 |
Features Completed: 24 (485 in 2022, 461 in 2021, 262 in 2020, 565 in 2019, 565 in 2018, 614 in 2017, 635 in 2016, 645 in 2015, 676 in 2014, 687 in 2013)
Number of Different Winners: 18 (201 in 2022, 187 in 2021, 125 in 2020, 221 in 2019, 219 in 2018, 245 in 2017, 249 in 2016, 237 in 2015, 265 in 2014, 257 in 2013)
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 98 (633 in 2022, 608 in 2021, 489 in 2020, 753 in 2019, 737 in 2018, 774 in 2017, 820 in 2016, 828 in 2015, 867 in 2014, 869 in 2013)
Past Top Tens in Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2022 – 1. Justin Sanders (12) 686, 2. Blake Hahn (5) 575, 3. Shane Golobic (8) 558, 4. Wayne Johnson (7) 557, 5. Dylan Westbrook (7) 555, 6. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (7) 480, 7. Davie Franek (4) 465, 8. Chase Randall (7) 452, 9. Aaron Reutzel (9) 451, 10. Derek Hagar (13) 447.
2021 – 1. J.J. Hickle (6) 748, 2. Justin Sanders (16) 655, 3. Blake Hahn (9) 652, 4. Dominic Scelzi (14) 569, 5. Ryan Timms (9) 556, 6. Dylan Westbrook (5) 555, 7. Shane Golobic (7) 515, 8. Tanner Carrick (7) 506, 9. Matt Covington (4) 480, 10. Dale Howard (8) 458.
2020 – 1. Mark Smith (20) 682, 2. Shane Golobic (7) 536, 3. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (10) 497, 4. J.J. Hickle (2) 456, 5. Dale Howard (6) 400, 6 Blake Carrick (3) 366, 7. Blake Hahn (5) 346, 8. Derek Hagar (7) 339, 9. Tanner Carrick (3) 336, 10. Jack Dover (7) 329.
2019 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (12) 708, 2. Mark Smith (14) 638, 3. Seth Bergman (6) 558, 4. Davie Franek (9) 542, 5. Blake Hahn (7) 532, 6. Andy Forsberg (13) 514, 7. Dylan Westbrook (10) 508, 8. Justin Sanders (9) 493, 9. Shane Golobic (8) 476, 10. Wayne Johnson (7) 447.
2018 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (14) 723, 2. Seth Bergman (10) 637, 3. Mark Smith (14) 611, 4. Andy Forsberg (14) 560, 5. Blake Hahn (2) 536, 6. Wayne Johnson (5) 522, 7. Justin Sanders (12) 515, 8. Dylan Westbrook (11) 507, 9. Steve Poirier (9) 475, 10. Jack Dover (12) 456.
2017 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (19), 901, 2. Aaron Reutzel (6) 653, 3. Seth Bergman (3) 627, 4. Wayne Johnson (3) 564, 5. Derek Hagar (8) 512, 6. Matt Covington (1) 490, 7. Johnny Herrera (3) 470, 8. Justin Sanders (10) 468, 9. Morgan Turpen (10) 466, 10. Dylan Westbrook (14) 440.
2016 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (10) 716, 2. Aaron Reutzel (8) 713, 3. Johnny Herrera (7) 623, 4. Derek Hagar (13) 607, 5. Mark Smith (11) 604, 6. Seth Bergman (7) 587, 7. Wayne Johnson (4) 525, 8. Blake Hahn (4) 521, 9. Jason Barney (5) 487, 10. Andy Forsberg (12) 482.
2015 – 1. Seth Bergman (13) 717, 2. Justin Sanders (20) 649, 3. Aaron Reutzel (10) 613, 4. Johnny Herrera (9) 596, 5. Wayne Johnson (5) 581, 6. Mark Smith (10) 542, 7. Derek Hagar (9) 437, 8. Andy Forsberg (11) 434, 9. Mitch Brown (6) 410, 10. Shane Golobic (5) 409.
2014 – 1. Jason Johnson (5) 626, 2. Aaron Reutzel (8) 601, 3. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (6) 510, 4. Seth Bergman (10) 501, 5. Johnny Herrera (3) 491, 6. Tim Crawley (11) 487, 7. Wayne Johnson (6) 448, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. (4) 445, 9. Brian Brown (8) 441, 10. Jeff Swindell (4) 441.
2013 – 1. Jason Johnson (12) 699, 2. Johnny Herrera (5) 673, 3. Tim Crawley (14) 561, 4. Brian Brown (12) 537, 5. Logan Forler (8) 492, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. (4) 488, 7. Roger Crockett (17) 479, 8. Jeff Swindell (5) 455, 9. Andy Forsberg (10) 430, 10. Steve Poirier (8) 420.
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.