Bacon Best in 2020 Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings

By admin December 16, 2020 USAC, USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (December 16, 2020) – Brady Bacon proved to be the class of the Non-Wing field in a topsy-turvy 2020, topping the Non-Wing Sprint Car portion of the Open Wheel Power Rankings for the first time since its inception in 2013.

Bacon served noticed by sweeping through Bubba Raceway Park’s “Winter Dirt Games” in Florida to open the season in February and went on to rack up 11 overall wins to top the Non-Wing Power Rankings by 61 points over Chris Windom.

The only driver to finish among the top ten in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings since 2013, it is the first time Bacon has finished out the year at the top of the charts after a previous best of second in 2016.

Six of Bacon’s 11 overall wins came en route to a third USAC National Sprint Car championship including a second consecutive Corn Belt Nationals triumph at Knoxville and the season finale at Lawrenceburg to seal the deal.

Bacon put a margin of 61 points between himself and Windom, who finished among the top three in Non-Wing Power Rankings for the fourth time in the past five years.

Justin Grant filled out the podium in third after a runner-up finish in 2019 with C.J. Leary (top-ranked in 2019) edging Chase Stockon for fourth on the strength of more feature wins.

After finishing atop the Non-Wing Power Rankings for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018, Kevin Thomas, Jr., finished out 2020 in sixth with Kyle Cummins posting his best finish yet in seventh. Dave Darland broke back into the top ten at eighth after a year’s absence with Shane Cottle and Robert Ballou both returning to the top ten as well.

Bacon is the fifth different driver to top the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings since Darland topped the inaugural edition in 2013 followed up by Ballou in 2014 and 2015, Thomas, Jr., in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and then Leary in 2019.

Separated into Non-Wing 410 and Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings through 2018, those were consolidated into a single Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Ranking for 2019 and beyond with all Non-Wing 410 and injected Non-Wing 360 events included in the Rankings.

The Non-Wing Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410s, Rod End Supply Winged 360s and www.midgetmadness.com Midgets along with the STIDA Super Late Models.

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A look at this year’s Top 50 in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:

Rank	Name	Hometown	Wins	Points	*2019 Rank*	*2018 Rank*	*2017 Rank*	*2016 Rank*	*2015 Rank*	*2014 Rank*	*2013 Rank*
1	Brady Bacon	Broken Arrow, OK	11	618	5	7	10	2	5	8	10
2	Chris Windom	Canton, IL	7	557	6	2	3	3	12	18	8
3	Justin Grant	Ione, CA	7	530	2	5	2	16	11	5	14
4	C.J. Leary	Greenfield, IN	4	503	1	4	6	10	8	14	23
5	Chase Stockon	Ft. Branch, IN	3	503	8	9	11	8	4	7	5
6	Kevin Thomas, Jr.	Cullman, AL	3	466	3	1	1	1	3	15	6
7	Kyle Cummins	Princeton, IN	7	383	9	15	17	13	21	22	30
8	Dave Darland	Lincoln, IN	1	340	16	6	13	5	2	2	1
9	Shane Cottle	Kokomo, IN	3	313	20	19	12	9	10	10	12
10	Robert Ballou	Rocklin, CA	0	312	29	8	5	7	1	1	7
11	A.J. Hopkins	Brownsburg, IN	8	305	23	16	19	33	46	51	33
12	Tyler Courtney	Indianapolis, IN	5	216	4	3	4	17	37	56	34
13	Matt Westfall	Ludlow Falls, OH	4	209	13	21	45	38	NR	26	26
14	Carson Short	Marion, IL	0	204	12	13	24	37	42	28	125
15	Jadon Rogers	Worthington, IN	3	195	31	85	112	158	163	NR	NR
16	Logan Seavey	Sutter, CA	1	183	38	31	75	NR	NR	NR	NR
17	Thomas Meseraull	San Jose, CA	2	180	7	10	8	4	9	29	61
18	Max Adams	Loomis, CA	2	158	30	25	57	56	NR	NR	247
19	Shane Cockrum	Benton, IL	4	154	19	14	27	27	104	64	NR
20	Wyatt Burks	Topeka, KS	9	145	71	46	54	81	74	95	NR
21	Scotty Weir	Marion, IN	0	142	18	48	35	50	36	19	13
22	Brandon Mattox	Center Point, IN	1	131	51	44	43	68	54	54	89
23	Jake Swanson	Anaheim, CA	2	125	14	22	20	29	29	87	242
24	Brent Beauchamp	Fairland, IN	2	124	46	26	21	28	38	33	40
25	Mario Clouser	Auburn, IL	3	120	44	51	95	120	NR	NR	NR
26	Clinton Boyles	Greenwood, MO	3	115	42	24	70	32	NR	NR	NR
27	Travis Berryhill	American Canyon, CA	0	113	40	65	145	116	250	111	215
28	Nick Bilbee	Indianapolis, IN	3	104	33	36	55	42	28	55	44
29	Tye Mihocko	Peoria, AZ	1	97	110	161	NR	NR	NR	238	NR
30	Dallas Hewitt	Troy, OH	2	81	28	27	39	41	39	70	25
31	Steven Drevicki	Reading, PA	5	80	55	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
32	Brady Short	Bedford, IN	1	79	21	81	7	12	7	6	3
33	Charles Davis, Jr.	Buckeye, AZ	0	79	35	79	199	131	97	175	156
34	Josh Cunningham	Spencer, IN	0	77	105	64	65	61	90	71	76
35	Jordan Kinser	Bedford, IN	1	76	25	35	29	31	40	45	35
36	Garrett Aitken	Paris, IL	2	72	80	57	134	NR	NR	NR	NR
37	Dakota Jackson	Columbus, IN	1	70	36	73	74	69	86	93	88
38	Wesley Smith	Nixa, MO	2	68	67	70	216	NR	NR	NR	NR
39	Tanner Thorson	Minden, NV	0	65	NR	NR	NR	145	NR	NR	NR
40	Brayden Fox	Avon, IN	0	62	154	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
41	Stevie Sussex	Tempe, AZ	0	60	32	42	52	67	NR	80	220
42	Jake Scott	Morgantown, IN	0	58	122	63	77	57	61	134	120
43	Buddy Kofoid	Penngrove, CA	0	54	NR	NR	214	NR	NR	NR	NR
44	Don Droud, Jr.	Lincoln, NE	3	52	223	185	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
45	Isaac Chapple	Willow Branch, IN	0	50	26	20	51	106	84	NR	NR
46	Sterling Cling	Tempe, AZ	0	49	119	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
47	Anton Hernandez	Arlington, TX	0	49	133	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
48	Ryan Bernal	Hollister, CA	0	46	53	49	47	30	35	57	37
49	Critter Malone	Speedway, IN	0	44	82	192	170	71	123	NR	277
50	Jarett Andretti	Mooresville, NC	0	41	37	17	14	15	24	35	65

Features Completed: 153 (243 in 2019, 197 in 2018, 225 in 2017, 206 in 2016, 218 in 2015, 224 in 2014, 235 in 2013)

Number of Different Winners: 61 (91 in 2019, 71 in 2018, 76 in 2017, 72 in 2016, 75 in 2015, 85 in 2014, 92 in 2013)

Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 203 (267 in 2019, 204 in 2018, 226 in 2017, 231 in 2016, 268 in 2015, 293 in 2013, 336 in 2013)

Note: Prior to 2019, Non-Wing Power Rankings were broken into 410-ci and 360-ci categories instead of combined into one overall ranking.

Past Top Tens in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings:

2019 – 1. C.J. Leary (4) 701, 2. Justin Grant (8) 697, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (7) 689, 4. Tyler Courtney (9) 678, 5. Brady Bacon (8) 671, 6. Chris Windom (8) 632, 7. Thomas Meseraull (12) 492, 8. Chase Stockon (1) 486, 9. Kyle Cummins (14) 468, 10. Jason McDougal (1) 354.

2018 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (15) 917, 2. Chris Windom (9) 863, 3. Tyler Courtney (12) 785, 4. C.J. Leary (6) 664, 5. Justin Grant (10) 655, 6. Dave Darland (4) 642, 7. Brady Bacon (5) 578, 8. Robert Ballou (5) 553, 9. Chase Stockon (2) 529, 10. Thomas Meseraull (7) 384.

2017 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (18) 928, 2. Justin Grant (9) 682, 3. Chris Windom (10) 667, 4. Tyler Courtney (7) 616, 5. Robert Ballou (4) 599, 6. C.J. Leary (8) 479, 7. Brady Short (7) 465, 8. Thomas Meseraull (6) 454, 9. Chad Boespflug (2) 437, 10. Brady Bacon (3) 436.

2016 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (13) 782, 2. Brady Bacon (3) 742, 3. Chris Windom (5) 661, 4. Thomas Meseraull (8) 658, 5. Dave Darland (2) 632, 6. Chad Boespflug (6) 555, 7. Robert Ballou (4) 503, 8. Chase Stockon (3) 497, 9. Shane Cottle (4) 451, 10. C.J. Leary (3) 446.

2015 – 1. Robert Ballou (18) 959, 2. Dave Darland (6) 895, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (6) 649, 4. Chase Stockon (5) 607, 5. Brady Bacon (9) 601, 6. Jon Stanbrough (2) 577, 7. Brady Short (16) 561, 8. C.J. Leary (4) 517, 9. Thomas Meseraull (9) 466, 10. Shane Cottle (5) 419.

2014 – 1. Robert Ballou (11) 822, 2. Dave Darland (11) 750, 3. Jon Stanbrough (8) 705, 4. Bryan Clauson (9) 671, 5. Justin Grant (8) 625, 6. Brady Short (12) 605, 7. Chase Stockon (4) 532, 8. Brady Bacon (4) 477, 9. Chad Boespflug (7) 438, 10. Shane Cottle (3) 410.

2013 – 1. Dave Darland (9) 631, 2. Bryan Clauson (11) 627, 3. Brady Short (10) 531, 4. Jon Stanbrough (3) 509, 5. Chase Stockon (3) 507, 6. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (10) 496, 7. Robert Ballou (5) 474, 8. Chris Windom (6) 414, 9. Chad Boespflug (6) 390, 10. Brady Bacon (2) 389.

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.

Sources: Lonnie Wheatley