As the winged 410 sprint car world heads to Ohio for a full week of racing, including two high stakes events at Eldora Speedway, the top spot in the National Sprint Car Rankings is just about as close as it could get.
High Limit Racing point leader Brad Sweet leads for the seventh straight week, but his lead is less than a tenth of a point over World of Outlaws point leader David Gravel.
Sweet boasts an average finish of 5.029 in 35 starts, while Gravel’s average finish is 5.086 in 35 races.
Carson Macedo is less than a point behind in third, with an average finish of 5.6 in 35 starts.
Tyler Courtney and Donny Schatz complete the top five in the national rankings.
Eighty drivers have reached 20 required starts to be eligible for the national rankings and 722 drivers have run at least one 410 main event this season.
Anthony Macri, who leads the nation with 12 victories, and Danny Dietrich remain tied atop the Eastern regional standings.
Cole Macedo holds the lead in the Western standings and Sweet holds the top of the Mid-America region standings. Cale Thomas leads the Great Lakes region.Â
Mark Dobmeier has moved to the top of the ladder in the Great Plains region. A.J. Flick continues to pace the PA-OH region and Robbie Price leads the Northwestern stanza.
One hundred and 33 drivers have won the 274 features run so far this season.
The points:
National
- Brad Sweet 5.029Â
- David Gravel 5.086Â
- Carson Macedo 5.600Â
- Tyler Courtney 5.641Â
- Donny Schatz 5.735Â
- A.J. Flick 5.917Â
- Giovanni Scelzi 6.324Â
- Troy Wagaman Jr. 6.424Â
- Brandon Spithaler 6.593Â
- Buddy Kofoid 6.629Â