Pavement sprint car statistician and social media outlet Pavement Pounders manager David Sink today announced the inaugural results and current rankings of the recently announced National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings.
Sink announced his intention to create a pavement sprint car rankings system last week based on points rather than averages due to fewer events pavement sprint car drivers compete in versus their dirt counterparts.
“I toyed around with a number of different formulas before finally settling on the current formula,” Sink said. “Basically, you get points for every top 3 showing you achieve. The more races you run the more chances to accumulate points. The tougher the series you compete in the more points you can accumulate.”
Sink announced the formula and point breakdown late last week.
“My formula awards drivers points who finish in the top three at most races regardless of what series it is. Each track, series or event will be placed in one of five groups.”
Group 1 will be the top group and includes the premier races in the sport, sucha as The Little 500, Open Wheel Showdown and Pink Lady Classic. The top three drivers will receive 8-5-3 points.
Group 2 will include USAC Silver Crown pavement, Must See Racing, 500 Sprint Car Tour, Colorado National Sprints, War of the Wings event, Children’s Dream Fund 50 event and both Dave Steele championship events. The top three in this group will receive 5-4-3.
Group 3 will include the Granite Super Sprints, Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series, Northwest Sprint Tour, Speed Tour and Empire Super Sprints. The top three in this group will receive 2-1-1/2.
Group 4 will include Inland Winged Sprints, NCMA, MSR Lights, CAN-AM Sprints, Tri-State Sprints, Pepsi Crates and Virginia Sprint Series. The top three in this group will receive 1-1/2-1/2.
Group 5 will include Showtime Sprints, Agassiz Sprints and Saratoga Speedway Sprints. The top three in this group will receive ½-0-0.
“Based on the outcome of the inaugural rankings, I’m extremely pleased” stated Sink. “I believe this formula works based on several factors. It can be altered in future years based on car counts and number of total events. I know I can’t please everyone, but we must remember, at the end of the day it’s just fun. Just like the dirt world, us pavement guys now have a rankings system to see how drivers stack up against one another throughout the season.
The top 20 will be announced every 1-2 weeks throughout the summer months. In the winter months, the rankings will be announced monthly.
1. 40 – Aaron Willison
2. 38 – Kody Swanson
3. 37 – Bobby Santos III
4. 23 – Colton Bettis
5. 19 – Dakoda Armstrong
6. 18.5 – Davey Hamilton Jr.
7. 15 – Tyler Roahrig
8. 13 – Kyle O’Gara
9. 10 – CJ Leary
Jeff Montgomery
Casey Tillman
12. 9 – Joe Liguori
13. 8 – Ryan Litt
14. 7 – Jake Trainor
15. 6.5 – Sport Allen
16. 6 – James Miller
Mike Murgoitio
18. 5.5 – Colton Nelson
19. 5 – Evan Margeson
20. 4 – Jason Blonde
Steven Hollinger
Shane Hollingsworth
Kate Jackson
Jimmy McCune
Charlie Schultz