Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (June 2, 2023) – Jake Swanson has moved to the top of the charts in the latest edition of the sponsorless Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings.
The Anaheim native holds a mere two-point edge over Kyle Cummins after notching his second win of the season with a USAC triumph at Circle City on May 25 that was bookended by another pair of podium finishes during the three-day span of racing.
Cummins shared similar numbers with three podium finishes in the same stretch and then added his third win of the year with a Sunday night MSCS score at Haubstadt to stay within a pair of markers of the AZ Racing team.
Previous leader C.J. Leary has slipped to third after topping last year’s Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings with Brady Bacon and Emerson Axsom rounding out the current top five.
A stretch of rough luck has dropped Justin Grant to sixth with Tye Mihocko, Kevin Thomas, Jr., Chase Stockon and Brody Roa filling out the current top ten.
This will be the final release of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings until season’s end unless a title sponsor can be obtained. Anyone interested in Title Sponsorship of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings may contact lonniewheatlley@gmail.com.
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 sponsorless Midgets.
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 50 in 2023 Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Wins | Pts | Prev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Swanson | 2 | 210 | 5 | |
| 2 | Kyle Cummins | 3 | 208 | 8 | |
| 3 | C.J. Leary | 4 | 189 | 1 | |
| 4 | Brady Bacon | 2 | 187 | 4 | |
| 5 | Emerson Axsom | 0 | 156 | 3 | |
| 6 | Justin Grant | 3 | 151 | 2 | |
| 7 | Tye Mihocko | 3 | 135 | 10 | |
| 8 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | 1 | 128 | 6 | |
| 9 | Chase Stockon | 0 | 124 | 9 | |
| 10 | Brody Roa | 5 | 122 | 7 | |
| 11 | Ricky Lewis | 2 | 115 | 11 | |
| 12 | Matt Westfall | 1 | 97 | 15 | |
| 13 | Jadon Rogers | 2 | 91 | 36 | |
| 14 | Mitchel Moles | 0 | 91 | 14 | |
| 15 | Thomas Meseraull | 2 | 87 | 27 | |
| 16 | Robert Ballou | 0 | 87 | 12 | |
| 17 | Logan Seavey | 1 | 75 | 16 | |
| 18 | Daison Pursley | 1 | 75 | 22 | |
| 19 | Charles Davis, Jr. | 0 | 74 | 19 | |
| 20-tie | Tommy Malcolm | 2 | 71 | 24 | |
| 20-tie | Brady Short | 2 | 71 | 39 | |
| 22 | Jordan Kinser | 3 | 69 | 17 | |
| 23 | Austin Williams | 0 | 67 | 20 | |
| 24 | Jake Scott | 2 | 64 | 25 | |
| 25 | R.J. Johnson | 2 | 61 | 13 | |
| 26 | Max Adams | 1 | 55 | 35 | |
| 27 | Carson Garrett | 1 | 55 | 32 | |
| 28 | Cody Williams | 0 | 53 | 18 | |
| 29 | Harley Burns | 1 | 52 | 28 | |
| 30 | Brayden Fox | 0 | 50 | 45 | |
| 31 | Cody (ARK) Gardner | 3 | 49 | 58 | |
| 32 | Brandon Mattox | 0 | 49 | 52 | |
| 33 | Chase Johnson | 2 | 47 | 21 | |
| 34 | Korbyn Hayslett | 0 | 47 | 29 | |
| 35 | Carmen Perigo | 3 | 42 | 23 | |
| 36 | Jack Wagner | 0 | 42 | 38 | |
| 37 | Kory Schudy | 0 | 40 | 50 | |
| 38 | Sterling Cling | 1 | 39 | 26 | |
| 39 | Wyatt Burks | 2 | 36 | 46 | |
| 40 | Brian Hayden | 1 | 36 | 30 | |
| 41 | Geoff Ensign | 0 | 36 | 64 | |
| 42 | Wesley Smith | 0 | 35 | 37 | |
| 43 | Isaac Chapple | 0 | 34 | 34 | |
| 44 | Xavier Doney | 1 | 33 | 67 | |
| 45 | Ty Hulsey | 1 | 32 | 48 | |
| 46 | Briggs Danner | 0 | 31 | 43 | |
| 47 | Quinton Benson | 2 | 29 | 47 | |
| 48 | Matt Mitchell | 1 | 29 | 42 | |
| 49 | Dallas Hewitt | 1 | 29 | 33 | |
| 50 | Scotty Weir | 0 | 28 | 57 |
Features Completed: 94 (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: 59 (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: 199 (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.