Hafertepe Leads the Way in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings
The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume VI, No. 11
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 1, 2018) – With the 28th edition of Knoxville’s 360 Nationals set to fire off on Thursday night, Sunnyvale, Texas’ Sam Hafertepe, Jr., sits atop the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
Adding his ninth overall win of the year Sunday night at Mason City, Son of Sam Sr., holds a slim 26-point edge over Seth Bergman for the top spot as he vies for the number one Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Ranking for a third consecutive year.
While Bergman is matching Hafertepe, Jr., in the win column, Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith is just 56 points off the lead in third with ten wins to his credit.
The Oklahoma duo of Wayne Johnson and Blake Hahn round out the current top five with Cali contenders Andy Forsberg and Justin Sanders both racking up ten wins to rank sixth and seventh, respectively. Sammy Swindell has posted a handful of wins to rank eighth with Nebraska’s Jack Dover and Arkansas’ Jordon Mallett rounding out the current top ten.
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.
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, Momentum Racing Suspensions Non-Wing 410s, Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360s, and www.midgetmadness.com Midgets.
A look at the current Top 100 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | Sunnyvale, TX | 9 | 488 |
| 2 | Seth Bergman | Snohomish, WA | 9 | 462 |
| 3 | Mark Smith | Sunbury, PA | 10 | 432 |
| 4 | Wayne Johnson | Oklahoma City, OK | 4 | 394 |
| 5 | Blake Hahn | Sapulpa, OK | 1 | 385 |
| 6 | Andy Forsberg | N. Auburn Hills, CA | 10 | 376 |
| 7 | Justin Sanders | Prunedale, CA | 10 | 345 |
| 8 | Sammy Swindell | Germantown, TN | 5 | 336 |
| 9 | Jack Dover | Springfield, NE | 7 | 282 |
| 10 | Jordon Mallett | Greenbrier, AR | 6 | 277 |
| 11 | Chuck Hebing | Ontario, NY | 6 | 270 |
| 12 | Matt Covington | Glenpool, OK | 3 | 266 |
| 13 | Jason Barney | Constantia, NY | 3 | 260 |
| 14 | Kyle Hirst | Loomis, CA | 4 | 259 |
| 15 | Buddy Kofoid | Penngrove, CA | 3 | 257 |
| 16 | Dylan Westbrook | Scotland, ONT | 7 | 251 |
| 17 | Sean Becker | Roseville, CA | 2 | 247 |
| 18 | Morgan Turpen | Cordova, TN | 2 | 242 |
| 19 | Skylar Gee | Leduc, AB | 2 | 240 |
| 20 | Terry Gray | Bartlett, TN | 1 | 240 |
| 21 | Jason Solwold | Burlington, WA | 4 | 229 |
| 22 | Tanner Thorson | Minden, NV | 4 | 227 |
| 23 | Thomas Kennedy | Winnipeg, MAN | 4 | 223 |
| 24 | Steve Poirier | St. Mathieu de Beloeil, QUE | 2 | 218 |
| 25 | Clint Garner | Sioux Falls, SD | 5 | 213 |
| 26 | Derek Hagar | Marion, AR | 3 | 206 |
| 27 | Travis Rilat | Forney, TX | 0 | 202 |
| 28 | Davie Franek | Wantage, NJ | 2 | 199 |
| 29 | Shane Golobic | Fremont, CA | 0 | 198 |
| 30 | Jared Horstman | Cloverdale, OH | 4 | 196 |
| 31 | Tim Crawley | Benton, AR | 4 | 195 |
| 32 | Dustin Daggett | Grand Ledge, MI | 6 | 193 |
| 33 | Tony Stewart | Columbus, IN | 1 | 190 |
| 34 | Coleman Gulick | Binghamton, NY | 1 | 186 |
| 35 | Lee Grosz | Harwood, ND | 2 | 185 |
| 36 | Ryan Giles | Grimes, IA | 3 | 182 |
| 37 | Danny Varin | Fonda, NY | 3 | 182 |
| 38 | D.J. Netto | Hanford, CA | 2 | 178 |
| 39 | Eric Lutz | Sioux Falls, SD | 1 | 176 |
| 40 | Miles Paulus | Marshall, MO | 3 | 172 |
| 41 | Chad Layton | Harrisburg, PA | 1 | 172 |
| 42 | Johnny Herrera | Albuquerque, NM | 0 | 170 |
| 43 | Garen Linder | Central Point, OR | 2 | 167 |
| 44 | Howard Moore | Memphis, TN | 4 | 164 |
| 45 | Jonathan Cornell | Sedalia, MO | 6 | 163 |
| 46 | Scott Bogucki | McLaren Vale, SA | 1 | 162 |
| 47 | J.J. Hickle | Quilcene, WA | 3 | 157 |
| 48 | Kalib Henry | Citrus Heights, CA | 1 | 156 |
| 49 | Matt Tanner | Stephtown, NY | 2 | 155 |
| 50 | Tim Kaeding | San Jose, CA | 1 | 155 |
| 51 | Kyle Bellm | Nixa, MO | 3 | 152 |
| 52 | Max Stambaugh | Lima, OH | 2 | 152 |
| 53 | John Carney II | El Paso, TX | 1 | 152 |
| 54 | Willie Croft | Sacramento. CA | 3 | 150 |
| 55 | Danny Smith | Chillicothe, OH | 1 | 145 |
| 56 | Cole Macedo | Lemoore, CA | 0 | 144 |
| 57 | Dominic Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 4 | 143 |
| 58 | Paulie Colagiovanni | Marcellus, NY | 0 | 143 |
| 59 | Justyn Cox | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 139 |
| 60 | Colby Copeland | Roseville, CA | 1 | 137 |
| 61 | Mason Daniel | Springville, CA | 2 | 136 |
| 62 | Jason Shultz | Chambersburg, PA | 2 | 136 |
| 63 | Randy Hannagan | San Jose, CA | 3 | 134 |
| 64 | Phil Gressman | Helena, OH | 1 | 133 |
| 65 | Sawyer Phillips | Pleasantville, IA | 0 | 133 |
| 66 | Jason Martin | Liberal, KS | 1 | 131 |
| 67 | Matt Moro | Polk City, IA | 0 | 131 |
| 68 | Steven Tiner | Elverta, CA | 2 | 129 |
| 69 | Cory Turner | Caistor Centre, ONT | 2 | 127 |
| 70 | Jamie Ball | Knoxville, IA | 1 | 126 |
| 71 | Logan Forler | Orting, WA | 3 | 121 |
| 72 | A.J. Maddox | Tampa, FL | 3 | 119 |
| 73 | Kelly Miller | Sterling, ALB | 3 | 119 |
| 74 | Derek Locke | Mechanicsburg, PA | 1 | 115 |
| 75 | Bud Kaeding | Campbell, CA | 3 | 114 |
| 76 | Mason Moore | Princeton, CA | 0 | 114 |
| 77 | Jeff Halligan | Ephrata, PA | 3 | 113 |
| 78 | Dale Howard | Byhalia, MS | 2 | 113 |
| 79 | Marshall Skinner | W. Memphis, AR | 0 | 113 |
| 80 | Tony Gualda, Jr. | Hollister, CA | 0 | 113 |
| 81 | Jody Rosenboom | Rock Rapids, IA | 1 | 111 |
| 82 | Harli White | Lindsay, OK | 0 | 108 |
| 83 | Colton Heath | Marysville, WA | 2 | 107 |
| 84 | Roger Crockett | Medford, OR | 1 | 107 |
| 85 | Devon Dobie | Wapakoneta, OH | 1 | 106 |
| 86 | Shawn Donath | South Onondaga, NY | 1 | 105 |
| 87 | Gregg Dalman | Bellevue, MI | 0 | 105 |
| 88 | Danny Martin, Jr. | Sarasota, FL | 0 | 104 |
| 89 | Chris Martin | Ankeny, IA | 2 | 98 |
| 90 | Trey Starks | Puyallup, WA | 2 | 98 |
| 91 | Jon Agan | Knoxville, IA | 2 | 97 |
| 92 | Taylor Walton | Warrensburg, MO | 2 | 96 |
| 93 | Gregg Bakker | Sioux Falls, SD | 1 | 95 |
| 94 | Mike Mahaney | Kings Ferry, NY | 0 | 95 |
| 95 | Giovanni Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 1 | 94 |
| 96 | Tony Bruce, Jr. | Liberal, KS | 0 | 94 |
| 97 | Jimmy Trulli | Placerville, CA | 1 | 93 |
| 98 | Alex Sewell | Broken Arrow, OK | 0 | 93 |
| 99 | Jeff Cook | Antwerp, NY | 0 | 93 |
| 100 | Troy Wagaman, Jr. | Hanover, PA | 1 | 92 |
Features Completed: 377
Number of Different Winners: 175
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 648
Past Top Tens in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
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 (15) 452.
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.
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 Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2018 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings. Please send any comments, questions or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.sprintcarmania.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.
