Mark Smith Leads the Way in 2020 Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings

By admin December 17, 2020 Uncategorized

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (December 17, 2020) – After coming close over each of the past two years, Mark Smith finally reached the top rung of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings ladder during the 2020 season.

Finishing third in 2018 and then second in 2019, the Sunbury, PA, racer broke out of the gates quickly in 2020 with six wins by the end of February and went on to amass 20 victories in Winged 360 Sprint Car action at 14 different tracks throughout eight different states to take the number one ranking by 146 points over California’s Shane Golobic.

Fourteen of Smith’s triumphs came in USCS action with other victories including a pair of ASCS National Tour wins in Hockett/McMillin Memorial preliminary action at Lucas Oil Speedway, a pair of URC wins, an ASCS Regional win at I-30 Speedway and an East Bay “King of 360’s” preliminary win.

Smith’s top ranking is the fifth time he has landed among the top-six in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings over the past six years.

Golobic picked up seven wins over the course of the season including a $5,000 MSTS prelim win at Huset’s in September and then the $5,094 “Tribute to Mac Tiner” at Placerville in October to land a career-best finish of second in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

After topping the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings for the previous four years, Texas’ Sam Hafertepe, Jr., settled for third in 2020. Racing to a fifth consecutive ASCS National championship, Hafertepe, Jr., made the most of a covid-limited tour slate by racking up ten overall wins including prestigious Short Track Nationals and Hockett/McMillin Memorial wins.

Washington’s J.J. Hickle compiled a strong year to finish fourth with Dale Howard rounding out the top five.

Blake Carrick ranked sixth with the balance of the top ten including Blake Hahn, Derek Hagar, Tanner Carrick and Jack Dover.

While Hafertepe, Jr., has finished among the top-ten six times since the inception of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings in 2013, Hickle, Howard, Blake Carrick and Tanner Carrick each cracked the top ten for the first time.

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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 along with the STIDA Late Model Power Rankings.

A look at this year’s Top 100 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 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	Mark Smith	Sunbury, PA	20	682	2	3	16	5	6	34	36
2	Shane Golobic	Fremont, CA	7	536	9	16	12	40	10	11	33
3	Sam Hafertepe, Jr.	Sunnyvale, TX	10	497	1	1	1	1	44	3	162
4	J.J. Hickle	Quilcene, WA	2	456	92	67	83	82	36	60	168
5	Dale Howard	Byhalia, MS	6	400	37	108	127	409	303	495	771
6	Blake Carrick	Lincoln, CA	3	366	121	445	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
7	Blake Hahn	Sapulpa, OK	5	346	5	5	14	8	32	32	58
8	Derek Hagar	Marion, AR	7	339	14	21	5	4	7	19	12
9	Tanner Carrick	Lincoln, CA	3	336	238	126	496	NR	NR	NR	NR
10	Jack Dover	Springfield, NE	7	329	18	10	67	16	16	15	14
11	Andy Forsberg	N. Auburn Hills, CA	4	312	6	4	39	10	8	16	9
12	Seth Bergman	Snohomish, WA	7	302	3	2	3	6	1	4	11
13	Scott Bogucki	Mclaren Vale, SA	1	292	36	48	225	NR	NR	NR	NR
14	D.J. Netto	Hanford, CA	5	291	61	23	38	64	153	89	132
15	Dylan Westbrook	Scotland, ONT	2	280	7	8	10	20	NR	NR	NR
16	Justin Sanders	Prunedale, CA	4	266	8	7	8	31	2	17	18
17	Sean Becker	Roseville, CA	4	254	12	15	19	47	15	41	24
18	Dominic Scelzi	Fresno, CA	1	246	67	32	78	147	112	393	176
19	Carson McCarl	Altoona, IA	2	245	39	135	114	NR	95	55	161
20	Jordon Mallett	Greenbrier, AR	0	245	82	14	22	129	187	151	348
21	Mitchell Faccinto	Hanford, CA	3	242	22	52	34	86	215	124	324
22	Roger Crockett	Medford, OR	1	231	20	74	29	49	127	30	7
23	Connor Leoffler	Myrtle Beach, SC	3	220	343	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
24	Colby Copeland	Roseville, CA	2	219	29	44	71	169	71	115	673
25	Harli White	Lindsay, OK	1	218	42	115	100	293	309	225	419
26	Matt Covington	Glenpool, OK	2	217	15	22	6	18	54	22	29
27	Ayrton Gennetten	Verailles, MO	3	210	80	207	180	NR	NR	NR	NR
28	Bud Kaeding	Campbell, CA	2	207	31	57	147	187	80	54	75
29	Michael Faccinto	Hanford, CA	0	196	148	NR	NR	NR	383	NR	NR
30	Garet Williamson	Columbia, MO	2	195	729	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
31	Terry McCarl	Altoona, IA	1	195	34	41	23	22	43	38	77
32	Terry Gray	Bartlett, TN	0	189	28	28	27	34	37	13	28
33	Howard Moore	Memphis, TN	2	182	65	70	87	160	107	193	217
34	Colton Heath	Marysville, WA	4	177	40	76	45	76	30	76	100
35	Austin McCarl	Altoona, IA	2	177	152	426	568	NR	NR	664	639
36	Max Stambaugh	Lima, OH	0	177	93	72	288	65	46	111	179
37	Ryan Robinson	Foresthill, CA	5	176	119	279	255	317	365	NR	NR
38	Lynton Jeffrey	Prairie City, IA	2	175	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
39	Morgan Turpen	Cordova, TN	0	173	41	25	9	37	29	45	104
40	Jared Horstman	Cloverdale, CA	4	167	26	31	32	44	40	92	80
41	Justyn Cox	Clarksburg, CA	3	165	11	20	30	116	64	233	34
42	Eric Lutz	Sioux Falls, SD	0	161	163	38	131	336	88	67	76
43	Devon Borden	Raymond, WA	3	160	50	510	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
44	Chris Martin	Ankeny, IA	1	154	107	110	90	42	184	550	458
45	Danny Smith	Chillicothe, OH	0	154	57	73	102	191	434	154	440
46	Chase Majdic	Redding, CA	2	145	219	715	176	304	487	NR	NR
47	Brock Zearfoss	Jonestown, PA	0	141	291	437	437	NR	NR	85	271
48	Jamie Ball	Knoxville, IA	1	140	71	84	28	43	100	136	187
49	Justin Henderson	Tea, SD	5	139	99	200	134	38	17	63	333
50	Trey Starks	Puyallup, WA	1	138	105	119	108	25	12	108	61
51	Clint Garner	Sioux Falls, SD	0	137	84	54	33	32	51	486	43
52	Brian Brown	Grain Valley, MO	2	136	168	104	97	60	58	9	4
53	Ryan Ruhl	Coldwater, MI	3	131	125	238	476	331	52	52	147
54	Ryan Bickett	Ramona, SD	3	126	294	122	92	199	121	243	47
55	Brandon Anderson	Glenpool, OK	0	126	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
56	Tanner Holmes	Medford, OR	3	125	207	565	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
57	Kyle Amerson	Montgomery, AL	2	124	276	210	205	188	670	504	NR
58	Paulie Colagiovanni	Marcellus, NY	2	123	13	94	65	101	291	NR	NR
59	Justin Barger	Montrose, NY	1	119	53	164	411	136	45	221	46
60	Sean McClelland	Tulsa, OK	0	119	88	139	265	364	400	104	223
61	Lee Grosz	Harwood, ND	1	118	38	27	63	68	68	91	48
62	Adam Carberry	Bensalem, PA	1	118	141	253	229	212	NR	NR	NR
63	Miles Paulus	Marshall, MO	1	118	72	59	110	589	NR	NR	NR
64	Tim Kaeding	San Jose, CA	1	115	59	42	140	29	269	269	122
65	Robbie Price	Cobble Hill, BC	1	114	69	178	120	182	97	391	NR
66	Tim Crawley	Benton, AR	2	113	47	39	24	14	14	6	3
67	Kaleb Montgomery	Templeton, CA	1	111	205	642	287	674	NR	NR	NR
68	Matt Juhl	Tea, SD	1	111	56	231	404	411	643	202	109
69	Paul Nienhiser	Chapin, IL	1	109	113	112	296	NR	487	567	129
70	Kerry Madsen	St. Marys, NSW	1	109	NR	NR	NR	325	NR	NR	NR
71	Austin Alumbaugh	Higginsville, MO	1	106	273	421	200	313	249	404	493
72	Shane Hopkins	Placerville, CA	0	106	150	278	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
73	Tim Shaffer	Aliquippa, PA	0	105	308	150	162	80	335	335	118
74	Brooke Tatnell	San Souci, NSW	0	105	200	143	191	166	250	138	96
75	Danny Martin, Jr.	Sarasota, FL	1	103	217	97	190	102	22	70	92
76	Hayden Martin	Olive Branch, MS	1	102	353	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
77	Davie Franek	Wantage, NJ	2	101	4	33	21	13	42	27	89
78	Ernie Ainsworth	Bartlett, TN	0	101	116	195	142	110	459	338	NR
79	Dustin Daggett	Grand Ledge, MI	1	100	51	36	69	69	47	25	35
80	John Carney II	El Paso, TX	1	100	16	56	58	15	57	149	237
81	Jason Solwold	Burlington, WA	0	100	24	26	18	17	25	155	380
82	Carson Macedo	Lemoore, CA	0	98	275	135	114	NR	95	55	161
83	Kalib Henry	Citrus Heights, CA	1	95	17	40	294	369	752	NR	NR
84	Aaron Reutzel	Clute, TX	1	95	108	NR	2	2	3	2	22
85	Josh Weller	Mertztown, PA	0	95	54	154	118	54	101	153	69
86	Cody Gardner	Benton, AR	0	94	357	221	116	153	165	131	52
87	Chase Ridenour	Perry, MI	2	91	106	137	59	113	185	183	NR
88	Kyle Larson	Elk Grove, CA	3	90	400	NR	272	NR	NR	NR	108
89	Greg Wilson	Benton Ridge, OH	0	87	262	524	454	NR	314	74	246
90	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Olive Branch, MS	2	86	NR	NR	NR	562	NR	NR	NR
91	Travis Jacobson	Lake Stevens, WA	1	86	183	NR	NR	214	438	NR	235
92	Kaleb Johnson	Sioux Falls, SD	0	86	457	452	673	NR	NR	NR	NR
93	Garen Linder	Central Point, OR	1	85	250	43	192	176	133	147	160
94	Gregg Dalman	Bellevue, MI	0	85	52	71	263	270	147	167	90
95	Jody Rosenboom	Rock Rapids, IA	1	84	208	91	104	171	86	179	142
96	Ryan Bernal	Hollister, CA	0	83	128	106	73	120	146	NR	639
97	Giovanni Scelzi	Fresno, CA	0	83	111	65	64	238	NR	NR	NR
98	Gregg Bakker	Sioux Falls, SD	0	82	379	81	80	70	56	68	40
99	Riley Goodno	Knoxville, IA	0	82	417	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
100	Cory Eliason	Santa Cruz, CA	0	82	60	92	20	41	63	232	652

Features Completed: 262 (565 in 2019, 565 in 2018, 614 in 2017, 635 in 2016, 645 in 2015, 676 in 2014, 687 in 2013)

Number of Different Winners: 125 (221 in 2019, 219 in 2018, 245 in 2017, 249 in 2016, 237 in 2015, 265 in 2014, 257 in 2013)

Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 489 (753 in 2019, 737 in 2018, 774 in 2017, 820 in 2016, 828 in 2015, 867 in 2014, 869 in 2013)

Past Top Tens in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings:

2019 – 1. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (12) 708, 2. Mark Smith (14) 638, 3. Seth Bergman (6) 558, 4. Davie Franek (9) 542, 5. Blake Hahn (7) 532, 6. Andy Forsberg (13) 514, 7. Dylan Westbrook (10) 508, 8. Justin Sanders (9) 493, 9. Shane Golobic (8) 476, 10. Wayne Johnson (7) 447.

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 (14) 440.

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.

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