Mark Smith Maintains Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings Lead
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 20, 2019) – Off to a scorching start of the 2019 season, Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith continues to lead the way in the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
Smith has already racked up five feature wins, including one this past weekend in USCS action in Mississippi, to hold an early 30 point advantage over Tony Stewart.
With Smith and “Smoke” leading the way, New Jersey’s Davie Franek has climbed to third while Sam Hafertepe, Jr., sits fourth after capturing his first win of the year this past weekend at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway. Hafertepe, Jr., is vying for the top spot in the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings for a fourth year in a row.
Cory Eliason rounds out the early top five with others among the top ten including Terry McCarl, Seth Bergman, Mitchell Faccinto, Morgan Turpen and Danny Smith
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.
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 | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Smith | Sunbury, PA | 5 | 197 | 1 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | Columbus, IN | 1 | 167 | 2 |
| 3 | Davie Franek | Wantage, NJ | 1 | 108 | 4 |
| 4 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | Sunnyvale, TX | 1 | 101 | 3 |
| 5 | Cory Eliason | Santa Cruz, CA | 1 | 68 | 5 |
| 6 | Terry McCarl | Altoona, IA | 1 | 66 | 6 |
| 7 | Seth Bergman | Snohomish, WA | 0 | 66 | 7 |
| 8 | Mitchell Faccinto | Hanford, CA | 2 | 49 | 14 |
| 9-tie | Morgan Turpen | Cordova, TN | 1 | 49 | 41 |
| 9-tie | Danny Smith | Chillicothe, OH | 1 | 49 | 12 |
| 11 | Wayne Johnson | Oklahoma City, OK | 0 | 49 | 8 |
| 12 | Larry Wight | Fulton, NY | 0 | 38 | 9 |
| 13-tie | D.J. Netto | Hanford, CA | 1 | 37 | 21 |
| 13-tie | Matt Covington | Glenpool, OK | 1 | 37 | NR |
| 15 | Tim Shaffer | Aliquippa, PA | 0 | 37 | 10 |
| 16 | A.J. Maddox | Tampa, FL | 2 | 30 | 11 |
| 17 | Dylan Westbrook | Scotland, ONT | 0 | 30 | 13 |
| 18 | Brandon Grubaugh | Ocala, FL | 0 | 29 | 18 |
| 19 | Travis Rilat | Forney, TX | 0 | 29 | 15 |
| 20 | Danny Martin, Jr. | Sarasota, FL | 0 | 28 | 16 |
| 21 | Todd Gracey | Glenville, PA | 0 | 23 | 17 |
| 22 | Mark Ruel, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | 0 | 21 | 19 |
| 23 | Thomas Kennedy | Winnipeg, ONT | 0 | 21 | 20 |
| 24 | Phil Gressman | Helena, OH | 0 | 18 | 22 |
| 25 | Jordon Mallett | Greenbrier, AR | 0 | 17 | 47 |
Features Completed: 22
Number of Different Winners: 16
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 102
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.
