Schatz & Hafertepe atop Winged Power Rankings
The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume V, No. 20
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 25, 2017) – A pair of cars numbered 15 lead the way in the latest winged portion of the Open Wheel Power Rankings with Donny Schatz and Sam Hafertepe, Jr., atop the charts.
While David Gravel has enjoyed a hot hand as of late, it’s still Schatz atop the STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings while Hafertepe, Jr., has reclaimed the top spot in the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings from previous leader Thomas Kennedy.
STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings
The STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings has a familiar face atop the charts with Donny Schatz continuing to hold down the top position with a dozen overall wins thus far in 2017.
But, David Gravel is trying to keep the race for the number one ranking interesting by picking off three of the last four World of Outlaws wins to run his overall season total to nine triumphs and stay within 100 points of Schatz. Schatz has finished atop the STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings over each of the last four years with his smallest final advantage at 164 points over Daryn Pittman in 2013.
Currently, Gravel is just 98 points off Schatz’ pace with Brad Sweet another 76 points back in third. The lead trio has separated from the pack that is tightly bunched in the distance behind them, as fourth-ranked Jason Johnson is 131 points behind Sweet and just two points ahead of fifth-ranked Pittman.
While Johnson (from seventh) and Pittman (from tenth) have cracked the top five, the balance of the current top ten includes Tim Shaffer, Shane Stewart (from 14th), Brian Brown, Danny Dietrich and Chad Kemenah.
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The current top 50 in STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings through May 24…
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donny Schatz | Fargo, ND | 12 | 574 | 1 |
| 2 | David Gravel | Watertown, CT | 9 | 476 | 2 |
| 3 | Brad Sweet | Grass Valley, CA | 2 | 400 | 3 |
| 4 | Jason Johnson | Eunice, LA | 2 | 269 | 7 |
| 5 | Daryn Pittman | Owasso, OK | 0 | 267 | 10 |
| 6 | Tim Shaffer | Aliquippa, PA | 0 | 247 | 4 |
| 7 | Shane Stewart | Bixby, OK | 1 | 241 | 14 |
| 8 | Brian Brown | Grain Valley, MO | 3 | 207 | 8 |
| 9 | Danny Dietrich | Gettysburg, PA | 3 | 204 | 5 |
| 10 | Chad Kemenah | Alvada, OH | 1 | 203 | 6 |
| 11 | Sheldon Haudenschild | Wooster, OH | 1 | 192 | 9 |
| 12 | Rico Abreu | St. Helena, CA | 2 | 191 | 12 |
| 13 | Ian Madsen | Sydney, NSW | 1 | 188 | 15 |
| 14 | Logan Schuchart | Hanover, PA | 2 | 185 | 19 |
| 15 | Greg Hodnett | Thomasville, PA | 1 | 180 | 16 |
| 16 | Kerry Madsen | St. Marys, NSW | 2 | 179 | 17 |
| 17 | Lucas Wolfe | Mechanicsburg, PA | 1 | 169 | 11 |
| 18 | Dale Blaney | Hartford, OH | 0 | 159 | 13 |
| 19 | Lance Dewease | Fayetteville, PA | 4 | 149 | 23 |
| 20 | Brian Montieth | Phoenixville, PA | 1 | 143 | 18 |
| 21 | Kyle Hirst | Loomis, CA | 3 | 131 | 31 |
| 22 | Freddie Rahmer | Salfordville, PA | 1 | 120 | 25 |
| 23 | Jason Sides | Bartlett, TN | 0 | 119 | 21 |
| 24 | Carson Macedo | Lemoore, CA | 1 | 118 | 30 |
| 25 | Paul McMahan | Elk Grove, CA | 0 | 117 | 22 |
| 26 | Joey Saldana | Brownsburg, IN | 0 | 115 | 27 |
| 27 | Parker Price-Miller | Kokomo, IN | 3 | 108 | 78 |
| 28 | Doug Esh | Lancaster, PA | 2 | 106 | 20 |
| 29 | Kraig Kinser | Bloomington, IN | 0 | 106 | 29 |
| 30 | Cole Duncan | Lockbourne, OH | 0 | 100 | 24 |
| 31 | Caleb Helms | Findlay, OH | 2 | 97 | 26 |
| 32 | Brock Zearfoss | Jonestown, PA | 1 | 96 | 28 |
| 33 | Brent Marks | Myerstown, PA | 1 | 96 | 32 |
| 34 | Bud Kaeding | Campbell, CA | 1 | 94 | 46 |
| 35-tie | Aaron Ott | East Berlin, PA | 0 | 88 | 38 |
| 35-tie | Aaron Reutzel | Clute, TX | 0 | 88 | 45 |
| 37 | Mark Dobmeier | Grand Forks, ND | 2 | 83 | 150 |
| 38 | Cory Eliason | Santa Cruz, CA | 1 | 79 | 65 |
| 39 | Alan Krimes | Denver, PA | 0 | 78 | 33 |
| 40 | T.J. Stutts | Liverpool, PA | 0 | 78 | 39 |
| 41 | Ryan Smith | Kunkletown, PA | 0 | 78 | 34 |
| 42 | D.J. Netto | Hanford, CA | 0 | 76 | 60 |
| 43 | Tim Kaeding | San Jose, CA | 0 | 73 | 62 |
| 44 | Christopher Bell | Norman, OK | 0 | 72 | 35 |
| 45 | Brad Loyet | Sunset Hills, MO | 1 | 68 | 55 |
| 46 | A.J. Flick | Apollo, PA | 1 | 67 | 67 |
| 47 | Caleb Armstrong | New Castle, IN | 0 | 67 | 36 |
| 48 | Rick Lafferty | Pennington, NJ | 0 | 66 | 44 |
| 49 | Byron Reed | Monclova, OH | 1 | 65 | 37 |
| 50 | Lynton Jeffrey | Prairie City, IA | 1 | 65 | 58 |
Features Completed: 104
Number of Different Winners: 61
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 255
Past Top Tens in STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2016 – 1. Donny Schatz (26) 1,516, 2. Daryn Pittman (9) 1,292, 3. Greg Hodnett (19) 1,283, 4. Shane Stewart (12) 1,172, 5. David Gravel (9) 1,172, 6. Brad Sweet (8) 1,114, 7. Joey Saldana (5) 966, 8. Dale Blaney (8) 877, 9. Danny Dietrich (9) 816, 10. Chad Kemenah (2) 784.
2015 – 1. Donny Schatz (31) 1,480, 2. Greg Hodnett (17) 1,089, 3. Shane Stewart (11) 1,033, 4. Danny Dietrich (16) 961, 5. Dale Blaney (16) 931, 6. Joey Saldana (3) 923, 7. Kerry Madsen (4) 920, 8. Danny Lasoski (14) 903, 9. Daryn Pittman (6) 876, 10. Brad Sweet (6) 874.
2014 – 1. Donny Schatz (26) 1,476, 2. Daryn Pittman (14) 1,219, 3. Kerry Madsen (7) 1,083, 4. Paul McMahan (5) 1,040, 5. Dale Blaney (21) 975, 6. Joey Saldana (8) 895, 7. Greg Hodnett (11) 871, 8. Brad Sweet (5) 783, 9. David Gravel (5) 715, 10. Danny Dietrich (10) 624.
2013 – 1. Donny Schatz (26) 1,089, 2. Daryn Pittman (8) 925, 3. Fred Rahmer (7) 764, 4. Paul McMahan (4) 728, 5. Lance Dewease (3) 673, 6. Greg Hodnett (8) 668, 7. Tim Kaeding (12) 624, 8. Dale Blaney (7) 591, 9. Tim Shaffer (3) 549, 10. Brian Montieth (9) 545.
Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings
After surrendering the point to Thomas Kennedy at the outset of May, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. has recaptured the top spot in the latest Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings.
Adding his sixth win of the season in ASCS Regional action at Oklahoma’s Lawton Speedway last weekend, Hafertepe, Jr., holds a 24-point advantage over Kennedy with Johnny Herrera maintaining the third position.
Morgan Turpen has cracked the top five in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings for the first time in her career after running her USCS win total to six last Friday night at Needmore Speedway while “King of 360’s” Mark Smith is back in the top five after URC (Bedford) and ESS (Selinsgove) wins this past weekend.
The balance of the current top ten includes Shane Golobic, Sean Becker, Matt Covington, Jordon Mallett and Robbie Stillwaggon.
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 current top 50 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings through May 21…
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Hafertepe, Jr. | Sunnyvale, TX | 6 | 196 | 2 |
| 2 | Thomas Kennedy | Winnipeg, CAN | 3 | 172 | 1 |
| 3 | Johnny Herrera | Albuquerque, NM | 3 | 158 | 3 |
| 4 | Morgan Turpen | Cordova, TN | 6 | 151 | 7 |
| 5 | Mark Smith | Tower City, PA | 4 | 150 | 9 |
| 6 | Shane Golobic | Fremont, CA | 1 | 134 | 6 |
| 7 | Sean Becker | Roseville, CA | 1 | 133 | 4 |
| 8 | Matt Covington | Glenpool, OK | 0 | 132 | 18 |
| 9 | Jordon Mallett | Greenbrier, AR | 1 | 125 | 14 |
| 10 | Robbie Stillwaggon | Burlington, NJ | 2 | 123 | 12 |
| 11 | Travis Rilat | Forney, TX | 1 | 123 | 13 |
| 12 | Seth Bergman | Snohomish, WA | 1 | 121 | 28 |
| 13 | Terry Gray | Bartlett, TN | 0 | 121 | 17 |
| 14 | Davie Franek | Wantage, NJ | 2 | 120 | 16 |
| 15 | Derek Hagar | Marion, AR | 2 | 119 | 5 |
| 16 | Terry McCarl | Altoona, IA | 1 | 119 | 11 |
| 17 | Wayne Johnson | Oklahoma City, OK | 0 | 116 | 15 |
| 18 | Brian Bell | Memphis, TN | 3 | 110 | 8 |
| 19 | A.J. Maddox | Tampa, FL | 1 | 110 | 10 |
| 20 | Cory Eliason | Santa Cruz, CA | 3 | 108 | 19 |
| 21 | Justin Sanders | Prunedale, CA | 1 | 106 | 30 |
| 22 | Geoff Ensign | Sebastopol, CA | 2 | 104 | 35 |
| 23 | Andy Forsberg | N. Auburn Hills, CA | 1 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Blake Hahn | Sapulpa, OK | 1 | 94 | 31 |
| 25 | Kyle Hirst | Loomis, CA | 0 | 86 | 23 |
| 26 | Tony Stewart | Rushville, IN | 1 | 84 | 22 |
| 27 | Danny Smith | Chillicothe, OH | 0 | 84 | 21 |
| 28 | Danny Martin, Jr. | Tampa, FL | 0 | 82 | 37 |
| 29 | Mitchell Faccinto | Hanford, CA | 1 | 78 | 40 |
| 30 | Coleman Gulick | Binghamton, NY | 1 | 78 | 36 |
| 31 | Jason Barney | Constantia, NY | 1 | 77 | 51 |
| 32 | Aaron Reutzel | Clute, TX | 1 | 77 | 47 |
| 33 | Dylan Westbrook | Scotland, ONT | 1 | 76 | 57 |
| 34 | Jared Horstman | Cloverdale, OH | 3 | 75 | 72 |
| 35 | Josh Baughman | Odessa, TX | 0 | 72 | 62 |
| 36 | Ryan Roberts | Aurora, NE | 1 | 71 | 79 |
| 37 | Marshall Skinner | W. Memphis, AR | 0 | 71 | 24 |
| 38 | Harli White | Lindsay, OK | 0 | 71 | 41 |
| 39 | Mason Moore | Princeton, CA | 0 | 71 | 42 |
| 40 | Doug Hammaker | Grantville, PA | 3 | 70 | 39 |
| 41 | Matt Kurtz | Jacksonville, FL | 2 | 69 | 29 |
| 42 | Colton Hardy | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 69 | 34 |
| 43-tie | Rick Ziehl | Las Cruces, NM | 1 | 68 | 38 |
| 43-tie | Jonathan Cornell | Sedalia, MO | 1 | 68 | 122 |
| 45 | Michael Miller | Ocean Springs, MS | 1 | 68 | 25 |
| 46 | Clint Garner | Sioux Falls, SD | 1 | 68 | 70 |
| 47 | Jared Zimbardi | Bradford, PA | 2 | 67 | 76 |
| 48 | Gio Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 1 | 67 | 46 |
| 49 | Carson McCarl | Altoona, IA | 1 | 67 | 66 |
| 50 | Rico Abreu | St. Helena, CA | 1 | 67 | 26 |
Features Completed: 145
Number of Different Winners: 102
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 453
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 Open Wheel Power Rankings also include STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings, Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings, the Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings, the www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings and 305 Power Rankings presented by Dodge City Raceway Park.
Past Top Tens in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2016 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (10) 716, 2. Aaron Reutzel (8) 713, 3. Johnny Herrera (7) 623, 4. Derek Hagar (15) 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 Open Wheel Power Rankings also include the Momentum Racing Suspensions Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings, the Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings, the www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings and 305 Power Rankings presented by Dodge City Raceway Park.
The Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2017 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.
