Schatz Moves atop STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings after Eldora Triumph
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 15, 2019) – Battling Mother Nature at every turn in recent weeks, Donny Schatz finally made his way back to the top of the STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings after topping the opening leg of Eldora Speedway’s #LetsRaceTwo last Friday night.
The lead is a slight one with only eight points separating the top three that also includes Brad Sweet and Daryn Pittman.
Gunning for the top spot in STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings for a seventh consecutive year, Schatz climbed from third into the lead with his second score of the year. Schatz sits just five points ahead of Brad Sweet going into Wednesday’s card at Lincoln Speedway with previous leader Pittman just another three points back in third.
Taking advantage of some opportunities to race in Posse territory, Danny Dietrich has climbed to fourth on the strength of four wins with Logan Schuchart rounding out the current top five.
David Gravel holds the sixth position with Lucas Wolfe, Carson Macedo, Tim Shaffer and Shane Stewart filling out the current top ten.
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The STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Rod End Supply Winged 360s and www.midgetmadness.com Midgets.
The current top 50 in this year’s STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donny Schatz | Fargo, ND | 2 | 252 | 3 |
| 2 | Brad Sweet | Grass Valley, CA | 3 | 247 | 2 |
| 3 | Daryn Pittman | Owasso, OK | 2 | 244 | 1 |
| 4 | Danny Dietrich | Gettysburg, PA | 4 | 207 | 11 |
| 5 | Logan Schuchart | Hanover, PA | 2 | 206 | 5 |
| 6 | David Gravel | Watertown, CT | 2 | 184 | 6 |
| 7 | Lucas Wolfe | Mechanicsburg, PA | 2 | 176 | 9 |
| 8 | Carson Macedo | Lemoore, CA | 1 | 166 | 8 |
| 9 | Tim Shaffer | Aliquippa, PA | 3 | 162 | 4 |
| 10 | Shane Stewart | Bixby, OK | 1 | 157 | 7 |
| 11 | Aaron Reutzel | Clute, TX | 1 | 156 | 10 |
| 12 | Ian Madsen | Sydney, NSW | 1 | 124 | 13 |
| 13 | Cory Eliason | Santa Cruz, CA | 1 | 121 | 12 |
| 14 | Sheldon Haudenschild | Wooster, OH | 0 | 110 | 14 |
| 15 | Freddie Rahmer | Salfordville, PA | 2 | 109 | 20 |
| 16 | Ryan Smith | Kunkletown, PA | 0 | 109 | 16 |
| 17 | Brock Zearfoss | Jonestown, PA | 0 | 108 | 15 |
| 18 | Anthony Macri | Dillsburg, PA | 0 | 105 | 17 |
| 19 | Brian Montieth | Phoenixville, PA | 1 | 97 | 21 |
| 20 | Brian Brown | Grain Valley, MO | 2 | 95 | 25 |
| 21 | Christopher Bell | Norman, OK | 0 | 89 | 18 |
| 22 | Alan Krimes | Denver, PA | 2 | 87 | 31 |
| 23 | Parker Price-Miller | Kokomo, IN | 0 | 82 | 38 |
| 24 | Tim Kaeding | San Jose, CA | 0 | 77 | 24 |
| 25 | Adam Wilt | York, PA | 0 | 74 | 40 |
| 26 | Rico Abreu | St. Helena, CA | 0 | 74 | 19 |
| 27 | Tony Stewart | Columbus, IN | 1 | 73 | 23 |
| 28 | Logan Wagner | Harrisonville, PA | 1 | 62 | 63 |
| 29 | Jacob Allen | Hanover, PA | 0 | 62 | 36 |
| 30 | Lance Dewease | Fayetteville, PA | 3 | 60 | 126 |
| 31 | Shane Golobic | Fremont, CA | 0 | 57 | 29 |
| 32 | Cale Conley | Vienna, WA | 1 | 54 | 26 |
| 33 | Cory Haas | York, PA | 0 | 54 | 43 |
| 34 | Justin Peck | Monrovia, IN | 2 | 50 | 30 |
| 35 | Cap Henry | Bellevue, OH | 1 | 50 | 42 |
| 36 | Steve Buckwalter | Royersford, PA | 0 | 49 | 39 |
| 37 | Carson Short | Marion, IL | 1 | 48 | 22 |
| 38 | Kerry Madsen | St. Marys, NSW | 0 | 48 | 114 |
| 39 | Dylan Cisney | Port Royal, PA | 1 | 46 | 44 |
| 40 | Jim Siegel | New Oxford, PA | 0 | 46 | 72 |
| 41 | Giovanni Scelzi | Fresno, CA | 0 | 46 | 37 |
| 42 | Chase Dietz | York, PA | 1 | 44 | 64 |
| 43 | Blane Heimbach | Selinsgrove, PA | 1 | 44 | 48 |
| 44 | Chad Kemenah | Alvada, OH | 0 | 41 | 35 |
| 45 | Kyle Moody | Lewisberry, PA | 0 | 41 | 28 |
| 46 | Kyle Larson | Elk Grove, CA | 0 | 41 | 27 |
| 47 | Dale Blaney | Hartford, OH | 0 | 40 | 41 |
| 48 | Chad Trout | Dover, PA | 0 | 40 | 56 |
| 49 | Bill Balog | Fairbanks, AK | 1 | 39 | 83 |
| 50 | Paul McMahan | Elk Grove, CA | 0 | 38 | 34 |
Features Completed: 61
Number of Different Winners: 43
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 178
Past Top Tens in STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings:
2018 – 1. Donny Schatz (24) 1,398, 2. Brad Sweet (11) 1,192, 3. David Gravel (5) 883, 4. Tim Shaffer (9) 804, 5. Daryn Pittman (9) 772, 6. Danny Dietrich (10) 753, 7. Aaron Reutzel (11) 707, 8. Greg Hodnett (5) 685, 9. Shane Stewart (1) 682, 10. Carson Macedo (6) 665.
2017 – 1. Donny Schatz (23) 1,631, 2. Brad Sweet (5) 1,324, 3. David Gravel (20) 1,225, 4. Shane Stewart (8) 909, 5. Daryn Pittman (3) 892, 6. Kerry Madsen (8) 874, 7. Danny Dietrich (13) 842, 8. Tim Shaffer (9) 811, 9. Jason Johnson (5) 747, 10. Ian Madsen (7) 739.
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.
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.
