Hafertepe Leads Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings
The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume V, No. 13
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 19, 2017) – Off to a perfect start in ASCS National Tour action, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., has moved atop the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
Reeling off five consecutive wins as he defends his title, Hafertepe, Jr., is just six points ahead of Albuquerque native Johnny Herrera, who recently swept a Regional weekend in Las Cruces.
Winnipeg’s Thomas Kennedy has climbed to third after a recent I-80 weekend sweep with Brian Bell making the jump to fourth after topping both ends of Jackson, Mississippi action this past weekend.
Leading the initial Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Ranking of the year, Terry McCarl has slipped to fifth with the balance of the current top ten including Mark Smith, A.J. Maddox, Travis Rilat, Wayne Johnson and Derek Hagar.
The current top 50 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings…
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | Sunnyvale, TX | 5 | 140 | NR |
| 2 | Johnny Herrera | Albuquerque, NM | 3 | 134 | 27 |
| 3 | Thomas Kennedy | Winnipeg, CAN | 2 | 119 | 6 |
| 4 | Brian Bell | Memphis, TN | 3 | 110 | 15 |
| 5 | Terry McCarl | Altoona, IA | 1 | 108 | 1 |
| 6 | Mark Smith | Tower City, PA | 2 | 101 | 2 |
| 7 | A.J. Maddox | Tampa, FL | 1 | 100 | 4 |
| 8 | Travis Rilat | Forney, TX | 0 | 95 | 3 |
| 9 | Wayne Johnson | Oklahoma City, OK | 0 | 94 | 16 |
| 10 | Derek Hagar | Marion, AR | 2 | 90 | 20 |
| 11 | Shane Golobic | Fremont, CA | 1 | 89 | NR |
| 12 | Robbie Stillwaggon | Burlington, NJ | 2 | 86 | 12 |
| 13 | Sean Becker | Roseville, CA | 1 | 86 | NR |
| 14 | Danny Smith | Chillicothe, OH | 0 | 84 | 13 |
| 15 | Morgan Turpen | Cordova, TN | 3 | 81 | NR |
| 16 | Jordon Mallett | Greenbrier, AR | 0 | 77 | NR |
| 17-tie | Andy Forsberg | N. Auburn Hills, CA | 1 | 75 | 30 |
| 17-tie | Tony Stewart | Rushville, IN | 1 | 75 | NR |
| 19 | Terry Gray | Bartlett, TN | 0 | 74 | NR |
| 20 | Tim Crawley | Benton, AR | 0 | 67 | NR |
| 21 | Matt Kurtz | Jacksonville, FL | 2 | 66 | 17 |
| 22 | Justin Henderson | Tea, SD | 0 | 63 | NR |
| 23 | Matt Covington | Glenpool, OK | 0 | 62 | 31 |
| 24 | Marshall Skinner | W. Memphis, AR | 0 | 60 | NR |
| 25 | Danny Martin, Jr. | Tampa, FL | 0 | 58 | 10 |
| 26 | Chad Kemenah | Alvada, OH | 0 | 54 | 5 |
| 27 | Seth Bergman | Snohomish, WA | 0 | 52 | NR |
| 28 | Aaron Reutzel | Clute, TX | 0 | 52 | 41 |
| 29 | Justin Sanders | Prunedale, CA | 0 | 51 | 28 |
| 30 | Colton Hardy | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 50 | NR |
| 31 | Doug Hammaker | Grantville, PA | 2 | 49 | NR |
| 32-tie | John Carney II | El Paso, TX | 0 | 49 | NR |
| 32-tie | Skylar Gee | Whitehorse, YUK | 0 | 49 | NR |
| 34 | Jason Sides | Bartlett, TN | 0 | 48 | 7 |
| 35 | Shawn Donath | South Onondaga, NY | 0 | 46 | 8 |
| 36-tie | Mark Ruel, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 44 | 29 |
| 36-tie | Davie Franek | Wantage, NJ | 1 | 44 | NR |
| 38 | Rick Ziehl | Las Cruces, NM | 0 | 44 | 32 |
| 39 | Mason Moore | Princeton, CA | 0 | 44 | NR |
| 40 | Blake Hahn | Sapulpa, OK | 0 | 44 | NR |
| 41 | Josh Baughman | Odessa, TX | 0 | 44 | NR |
| 42 | Mitchell Faccinto | Hanford, CA | 0 | 42 | NR |
| 43 | Michael Miller | Ocean Springs, MS | 0 | 41 | 37 |
| 44 | Tim Shaffer | Aliquippa, PA | 0 | 41 | 9 |
| 45 | Carson McCarl | Altoona, IA | 1 | 40 | 25 |
| 46 | Kyle Hirst | Loomis, CA | 0 | 40 | NR |
| 47 | Gio Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 0 | 38 | NR |
| 48 | Harli White | Lindsay, OK | 0 | 38 | 19 |
| 49 | Adrian Shaffer | York, PA | 1 | 37 | NR |
| 50 | Andy McElhannon | Nesbit, MS | 1 | 37 | NR |
Features Completed: 61
Number of Different Winners: 45
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 265
The Winged 360 Power Rankings are presented by Rod End Supply, which offers a wide assortment of rod ends, radius rods, and specialty products that fit the needs of anyone involved in all variety of auto racing and performance related industries including farming equipment. More information regarding Rod End Supply is available at www.rodendsupply.com.
A part of the recurring “The Wheatley Chronicles” series of articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, 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.
The Open Wheel Power Rankings also include STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings, Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings, the Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings, the www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings and 305 Power Rankings presented by Dodge City Raceway Park.
Past Top Tens in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2016 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (10) 716, 2. Aaron Reutzel (8) 713, 3. Johnny Herrera (7) 623, 4. Derek Hagar (15) 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 Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2017 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings on a regular basis. Please send any comments, questions or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.sprintcarmania.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.
