Mark Smith atop Early Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 6, 2019) – With the 2019 season beginning to pick up momentum after primarily Florida-based festivities in February, Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith is out to the early lead in the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
After finishing the 2018 season ranked third in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings, Smith has already racked up three wins this season with triumphs at Ocala, East Bay and Southern Raceway along with a runner-up finish in the King of 360’s finale.
Smith escaped the month of February with a 15-point edge over Tony Stewart, who tops the charts in both top-fives and top-tens with seven of each including a USCS score at Milton’s Southern Raceway.
After topping the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings over each of the past three years, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., is third in the early going with New Jersey’s Davie Franek and California’s Cory Eliason also among the early top five.
The balance of the early top ten includes King of 360’s winner Terry McCarl, Seth Bergman, Wayne Johnson, Larry Wight and Tim Shaffer.
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, Beaver Stripes Non-Wing and www.midgetmadness.com Midgets.
A look at the current Top 25 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Smith | Sunbury, PA | 3 | 143 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | Columbus, IN | 1 | 128 |
| 3 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | Sunnyvale, TX | 0 | 81 |
| 4 | Davie Franek | Wantage, NJ | 1 | 80 |
| 5 | Cory Eliason | Santa Cruz, CA | 1 | 68 |
| 6 | Terry McCarl | Altoona, IA | 1 | 66 |
| 7 | Seth Bergman | Snohomish, WA | 0 | 53 |
| 8 | Wayne Johnson | Oklahoma City, OK | 0 | 49 |
| 9 | Larry Wight | Fulton, NY | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Tim Shaffer | Aliquippa, PA | 0 | 37 |
| 11 | A.J. Maddox | Tampa, FL | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Danny Smith | Chillicothe, OH | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Dylan Westbrook | Scotland, ONT | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Mitchell Faccinto | Hanford, CA | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Travis Rilat | Forney, TX | 0 | 29 |
| 16 | Danny Martin, Jr. | Sarasota, FL | 0 | 28 |
| 17 | Todd Gracey | Glenville, PA | 0 | 23 |
| 18 | Brandon Grubaugh | Ocala, FL | 0 | 22 |
| 19 | Mark Ruel, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | 0 | 21 |
| 20 | Thomas Kennedy | Winnipeg, ONT | 0 | 21 |
| 21 | D.J. Netto | Hanford, CA | 1 | 20 |
| 22 | Phil Gressman | Helena, OH | 0 | 18 |
| 23-tie | Robbie Smith | Lutz, FL | 0 | 16 |
| 23-tie | Keith Butler | Riverview, FL | 0 | 16 |
| 23-tie | Rico Abreu | St. Helena, CA | 0 | 16 |
Features Completed: 13
Number of Different Winners: 10
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 72
Past Top Tens in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
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 (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.
