Sprint Car Rankings: Dietz Leads, But It’s Close

Chase Dietz leads the National Sprint Car Rankings for a seventh straight week, but the race at the top has tightened considerably with several new players entering the fray.

Dietz’s average finish fell to 5.318 in 44 starts and that keeps him slightly ahead of Ohio racer Cap Henry, who reached the 20-start minimum over the weekend, and he ranks second with a 5.4 average finish in 20 races.

Anthony Macri, who won the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway for the second consecutive year, moves to third in the rankings with a 5.5 average finish in 22 races.

World of Outlaws racers David Gravel and Buddy Kofoid round out the top five.

Interestingly, Brent Marks became the first driver to surpass 50 starts on the season and has begun dropping his worst finishes until reaching the 65-start plateau.

Seventy-seven drivers have reached the required 20 starts to be eligible for the National Sprint Car Rankings, while 619 drivers have run at least one 410 winged sprint car feature this season.

Brandon Matus has gained the top spot in the PA-OH region.

Other regional leaders are Ryan Timms (Great Plains), Henry (Great Lakes), Gage Montgomery (Mid-America), Levi Hillier (Northwestern), Dietz (Eastern) and Justin Sanders (Western).

One hundred and 10 drivers have combined to win 260 features run this season.

Dietz leads the country with 16 victories.

The Rankings

National

1. Chase Dietz 5.318 44 starts
2. Cap Henry 5.400 20 starts
3. Anthony Macri 5.500 22 starts
4. David Gravel 6.023 43 starts
5. Buddy Kofoid 6.071 42 starts
6. Troy Wagaman Jr. 6.088 34 starts
7. Justin Sanders 6.130 23 starts
8. Rico Abreu 6.447 38 starts
9. Sheldon Haudenschild 6.636 44 starts
10. J. Flick 6.905 21 starts

Eastern Region

1. Chase Dietz 1,184
2. Danny Dietrich 1,052
3. Freddie Rahmer 1,052
4. Troy Wagaman Jr. 1,050
5. Lance Dewease 982

Western Region

1. Justin Sanders 713
2. J. Netto 639
3. Dominic Gorden 534
4. Tim Kaeding 526
5. Aaron Reutzel 510

Mid-America Region

1. Gage Montgomery 693
2. Joe B. Miller 678
3. Landon Crawley 655
4. Jake Neuman 523
5. Ayrton Gennetten 499

Great Plains

1. Ryan Timms 979
2. Sheldon Haudenschild 861
3. Austin McCarl 849
4. Buddy Kofoid 804
5. David Gravel 786

PA-OH Region

1. Brandon Matus 781
2. J. Flick 772
3. Brandon Spithaler 754
4. Jeremy Weaver 630
5. Jacob Begenwald 617

Great Lakes

1. Cap Henry 927
2. Darin Naida 860
3. Kalib Henry 680
4. Zeth Sabo 611
5. Ricky Peterson 596

Northwestern

1. Levi Hillier 694
2. Trey Starks 565
3. Levi Klatt 525
4. Tyler Thompson 487
5. Colin Mackey 436

Winners

Chase Dietz     16

Aaron Reutzel 11

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid         9

Anthony Macri            8

David Gravel    7

Ryan Timms    7

A.J. Flick          6

Cap Henry       6

Justin Sanders 6

Kyle Larson      6

Paul Nienhiser 6

Sheldon Haudenschild            6

Brandon Spithaler       5

Joel Myers Jr.   5

Kory Crabtree  5

Rico Abreu      5

Brad Sweet      4

Brent Marks    4

Carson Macedo           4

Corey Day        4

Trey Starks      4

Danny Dietrich            3

Danny Sams III 3

Freddie Rahmer          3

Jack Dover       3

Kalib Henry     3

Mark Dobmeier          3

Troy Wagaman Jr.        3

Andy Pake       2

Austin McCarl 2

Bob Felmlee    2

Brad Bowden  2

Brock Hallett   2

Brock Zearfoss 2

Cale Thomas   2

Cole Duncan    2

Dominic Gorden          2

Dominic Scelzi 2

Doug Hammaker         2

Dylan Bloomfield        2

Gage Montgomery      2

Howard Moore           2

James McFadden        2

Lance Dewease           2

Ryan Smith      2

Sam Hatertepe Jr.        2

Tanner Thorson           2

Tyler Courtney 2

Will Armitage  2

Xavier Doney   2

Zeth Sabo        2

Aiden Price      1

Austin Hartmann        1

Brandon Matus           1

Brandon Rahmer        1

Bryce Lucius    1

Bryce Norris    1

Cameron Smith           1

Carl Bowser     1

Chance Grasty 1

Chris Andrews 1

Chris Martin    1

Christopher Thram      1

Clinton Boyles 1

Cole Schroeder           1

Craig Mintz      1

Dale Blaney     1

Dayne Kingshott          1

Donny Schatz  1

Gage Pulkrabek           1

Greg Wilson    1

Hank Davis      1

Henry Malcuit 1

Jade Hastings  1

Jake Blackhurst           1

Jake Karklin     1

Jake Neuman  1

Jeremy Weaver           1

Jesse Schlotfeldt         1

Jett Barnes      1

Joe B. Miller    1

Jordan Goldesberry    1

Justin Peck      1

Kaleb Montgomery     1

Karter Sarff      1

Kasey Kane      1

Kerry Madsen 1

Landon Crawley          1

Levi Hillier       1

Logan Julien    1

Logan McCandless      1

Logan Rumsey 1

Logan Schuchart         1

Logan Wagner 1

Mark Smith     1

Max Stambaugh          1

Nate Dussel     1

Parker Price-Miller      1

Ricky Peterson 1

Robbie Price    1

Ryder McCutcheon     1

Scotty Neitzel  1

Shane Golobic 1

Spencer Bayston         1

Sterling Cling   1

Steven Snyder Jr         1

Tanner Holmes            1

Tim Kaeding    1

Tyler Thompson          1

Weston Olson 1