Mark Smith Leads the Way in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 5, 2020) – Off to a red-hot start on the 2020 season, Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith is perched atop the early Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
After a career-best ranking of second last year, Smith has already racked up six wins this season including five-for-five in USCS competition along with a “King of 360s” preliminary win at East Bay.
Smith’s lead is a substantial one in the early going at 84 points over Terry McCarl with Danny Martin, Jr., “King of 360s” winner Aaron Reutzel and Canadian Dylan Westbrook filling out the early top five.
Others among the early top ten include Sam Haferetepe, Jr., Brock Zearfoss, ASCS opening night winner Matt Covington, Justin Sanders and Conner Loeffler.
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, Non-Wing and www.midgetmadness.com Midgets along with the STIDA Late Model Power Rankings.
A look at the current Top 30 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Smith | Sunbury, PA | 6 | 166 |
| 2 | Terry McCarl | Altoona, IA | 0 | 82 |
| 3 | Danny Martin, Jr. | Sarasota, FL | 0 | 75 |
| 4 | Aaron Reutzel | Clute, TX | 1 | 66 |
| 5 | Dylan Westbrook | Scotland, ONT | 0 | 65 |
| 6 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | Sunnyvale, TX | 1 | 59 |
| 7 | Brock Zearfoss | Jonestown, PA | 0 | 57 |
| 8 | Matt Covington | Glenpool, OK | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Justin Sanders | Prunedale, CA | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Connor Leoffler | Myrtle Beach, SC | 0 | 43 |
| 11 | Danny Smith | Chillicothe, OH | 0 | 43 |
| 12 | Giovanni Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 0 | 42 |
| 13 | Eric Riggins, Jr. | Charlotte, NC | 0 | 41 |
| 14 | Brett Wright | East Chatham, NY | 0 | 41 |
| 15 | Harli White | Lindsay, OK | 0 | 36 |
| 16 | Dominic Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 0 | 35 |
| 17-tie | Derek Hagar | Marion, AR | 0 | 34 |
| 17-tie | Dale Howard | Byhalia, MS | 0 | 34 |
| 19 | Tim Shaffer | Aliquippa, PA | 0 | 33 |
| 20 | Keith Day, Jr. | Chualar, CA | 1 | 28 |
| 21 | Tony Stewart | Columbus, IN | 0 | 28 |
| 22 | Colby Copeland | Roseville, CA | 0 | 28 |
| 23 | Carson McCarl | Altoona, IA | 0 | 28 |
| 24 | Danny Sams III | North Port, FL | 0 | 27 |
| 25 | Todd Gracey | Glenville, PA | 0 | 26 |
| 26 | Terry Gray | Bartlett, TN | 0 | 26 |
| 27 | Davie Franek | Wantage, NJ | 0 | 25 |
| 28 | Cory Eliason | Santa Cruz, CA | 0 | 25 |
| 29 | Garrett Green | Valrico, FL | 2 | 24 |
| 30 | Justin Barger | Montrose, NY | 0 | 24 |
Features Completed: 16
Number of Different Winners: 9
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 83
Past Top Tens in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2019 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (12) 708, 2. Mark Smith (14) 638, 3. Seth Bergman (6) 558, 4. Davie Franek (9) 542, 5. Blake Hahn (7) 532, 6. Andy Forsberg (13) 514, 7. Dylan Westbrook (10) 508, 8. Justin Sanders (9) 493, 9. Shane Golobic (8) 476, 10. Wayne Johnson (7) 447.
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.
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.
