Sanders Shoots to Top of Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings

The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume III, No. 46

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 15, 2015) – Prunedale, California’s Justin Sanders has been on fire in recent weeks.

So much so that he has rocketed to the top of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Ranking to become the third different leader over the past three weeks.

Sanders has topped three feature events over the past two weekends including two consecutive Ocean Speedway scores and then a Marysville triumph last Saturday to run his season total to five wins.

With last weekend’s pair of wins, Sanders moved from third to first, 13 points ahead of last week’s top-ranked Mark Smith and 25 points ahead of Aaron Reutzel, who has led much of the early portion of the season.

With Seth Bergman still in fourth, Danny Martin, Jr., moved back into the top five after collecting his fifth win of the year in Top Gun Sprint action at Volusia Speedway Park last Saturday.

Terry Gray and Robbie Stillwaggon both broke into the top 25 for the first time this season.

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Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings – Top 50 (Through May 10):

Rank – Name, Hometown (Wins) – Points (+/- previous ranking)

  1. Justin Sanders, Prunedale CA (5) 229 (+2)
  2. Mark Smith, Tower City PA (5) 216 (-1)
  3. Aaron Reutzel, Clute TX (5) 204 (-1)
  4. Seth Bergman, Snohomish WA (3) 179
  5. Danny Martin, Jr., Sarasota FL (5) 160 (+1)
  6. Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque NM (1) 154 (-1)
  7. Matt Kurtz, Jacksonville FL (4) 124
  8. Colby Wiesz, Colfax CA (2) 114 (+2)
  9. Dusty Zomer, Brandon SD (3) 112 (-1)
  10. Andy Forsberg, N. Auburn CA (3) 109 (-1)
  11. A.J. Maddox, Tampa FL (3) 107
  12. Tony Bruce, Jr., Liberal KS 101 (+3)
  13. Shane Golobic, Fremont CA (1) 95
  14. Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills MO 95 (-2)
  15. Terry Gray, Bartlett TN (2) 85 (+13)
  16. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA 84 (-2)
  17. Blake Hahn, Sapulpa OK (2) 82 (-1)
  18. Steven Tiner, Elverta CA (2) 81 (+4)
  19. Davie Franek, Lafayette NJ (1) 81 (-2)
  20. Josh Baughman, Odessa TX 81 (+1)
  21. Robbie Stillwaggon, Burlington NJ 78 (+9)
  22. Robbie Price, Cobble Hill BC (2) 76 (-4)
  23. John Carney II, El Paso TX (1) 76 (-4)
  24. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO (1) 76 (-4)
  25. Doug Hammaker, Grantville PA (2) 72 (-1)

Also in the Top 50: 26. Kevin Ramey 72, 27. Morgan Turpen 70, 28. Rick Ziehl (2) 69, 29. Greg DeCaires (1) 69, 30. Wayne Johnson 69, 31. Trey Starks (2) 68, 32. Sean Becker (1) 68, 33. Logan Forler (1) 67, 34. Jason Sides (1) 63, 35. Craig Stidham 62, 36. Matt Peterson 61, 37. Matt Covington 61, 38. Jeff Swindell 61, 39. Bradley Terrell (2) 60, 40. Lee Grosz (2) 58, 41. Randy Hannagan (1) 58, 42. Curt Michael (1) 57, 43. T.J. Stutts 57, 44. Tommy Tarlton (2) 56, 45. Scottie McDonald (2) 55, 46. Mark Ruel, Jr. (1) 54, 47. Dominic Scelzi 53, 48. Tim Crawley 53, 49. Greg Hodnett 53, 50. Eric Riggins, Jr. (3) 51.

On the Rise (Breaking into the Top 50): Lee Grosz, Scottie McDonald, Eric Riggins, Jr.

Falling Down (Out of the Top 50): Brian Brown, Brandon Hanks, Travis Rilat.

Features Completed: 124

Number of Different Winners: 78

Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 431

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, Infinity Shocks Non-Wing 410s, Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360s, www.Midgetmadness.com Midgets and 305s presented by Dodge City Raceway Park. Title sponsorships is still available for the 305 Power Rankings.

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 2015 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.