Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (May 9, 2023) – After topping the unsponsored Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings for the second time in 2022, C.J. Leary once again occupies the top spot at this early juncture of the 2023 season.
C.J. Leary topped the second leg of this past weekend’s #LetsRaceTwo USAC Sprint Car event at Eldora Speedway to run his season win total to three after a previous USAC triumph at Bloomington Speedway as well as a weekly win at Lincoln Park Speedway.
Following Saturday’s Eldora victory, Leary holds the lead by 13 points over Justin Grant. Grant added his third win of the season as well on Friday night before getting caught up in a lapped traffic melee on Saturday.
Emerson Axsom is another eight points back in third with Brady Bacon in fourth after topping the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings in both 2020 and 2021.
Jake Swanson rounds out the current top five after ranking fifth last year with Kevin Thomas, Jr., USAC/CRA points leader Brody Roa, Kyle Cummins, Chase Stockon and Lincoln Park Speedway points leader Tye Mihocko filling out the current 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.
Title sponsorship to continue the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings for 2023 is necessary. Anyone interested in doing so may contact lonniewheatley@gmail.com. If no title sponsor is obtained, there will be just one more update later this month with no further updates until final rankings at the end of the year.
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.
The current Top 30 in 2023 Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.J. Leary | 3 | 149 | |
| 2 | Justin Grant | 3 | 136 | |
| 3 | Emerson Axsom | 0 | 128 | |
| 4 | Brady Bacon | 1 | 126 | |
| 5 | Jake Swanson | 1 | 123 | |
| 6 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 0 | 113 | |
| 7 | Brody Roa | 5 | 110 | |
| 8 | Kyle Cummins | 1 | 109 | |
| 9 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 82 | |
| 10 | Tye Mihocko | 1 | 65 | |
| 11 | Ricky Lewis | 0 | 64 | |
| 12 | Robert Ballou | 0 | 59 | |
| 13 | R.J. Johnson | 2 | 57 | |
| 14 | Mitchel Moles | 0 | 57 | |
| 15 | Matt Westfall | 0 | 56 | |
| 16 | Logan Seavey | 1 | 55 | |
| 17 | Jordan Kinser | 2 | 54 | |
| 18 | Cody Williams | 0 | 53 | |
| 19 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 50 | |
| 20 | Austin Williams | 0 | 47 | |
| 21 | Chase Johnson | 2 | 45 | |
| 22 | Daison Pursley | 1 | 43 | |
| 23 | Carmen Perigo | 3 | 42 | |
| 24 | Tommy Malcolm | 0 | 41 | |
| 25 | Jake Scott | 2 | 40 | |
| 26 | Sterling Cling | 1 | 35 | |
| 27 | Thomas Meseraull | 0 | 34 | |
| 28 | Harley Burns | 1 | 32 | |
| 29 | Korbyn Hayslett | 0 | 32 | |
| 30 | Brian Hayden | 1 | 30 |
Features Completed: 53 (238 in 2022, 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: 37 (90 in 2022, 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: 138 (243 in 2022, 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:
2022 – 1. C.J. Leary (9) 720, 2. Justin Grant (8) 688, 3. Robert Ballou (8) 681, 4. Brady Bacon (7) 674, 5. Jake Swanson (11) 611, 6. Emerson Axsom (4) 536, 7. Kyle Cummins (9) 534, 8. Chase Stockon (1) 437, 9. Jason McDougal (1) 371, 10. Logan Seavey (2) 370.
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.