Sprint Rankings: Dietz Is Still The Man

Fueled by his national-best 21^st victory of the season, Chase Dietz leads the National Sprint Car Rankings for the fifth straight week.

Dietz, who won Friday night at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway, boasts a 2.736 average finish in 68 starts this season.

Buddy Kofoid has moved up to second in the rankings with an average finish of 3.260 in 65 races. David Gravel is third with an average finish of 3.275 in 66 races, while Sheldon Haudenschild is fourth with a 3.863 average finish in 66 events.

The top four are among13 drivers who have reached the 65 start mark for feature events. Their starts now have to be better than their 51 start to adjust their average finishing position.

High Limit Racing point leader Rico Abreu ranks fifth with a 4.220 average finish in 63 starts.

One hundred and 48 drivers have reached the required 20 starts to be eligible for the National Sprint Car Rankings, while 688 drivers have run at least one 410 winged sprint car feature this season.

Joe B. Miller has taken the top spot in the Mid-America region.

Other regional leaders are Brandon Spithaler (PA-OH), Ryan Timms (Great Plains), Cap Henry (Great Lakes), Dietz (Eastern), Trey Starks (Northwestern) and Justin Sanders (Western).

The Northwestern region has run 23 races this season, which is the most for this region since 2009.

One hundred and 43 drivers have combined to win 410 features run this season. Twenty-four races were run over Labor Day week.

Dietz leads the country with 21 wins.

The Rankings

National

1. Chase Dietz 2.736 68 starts
2. Buddy Kofoid 3.260 65 starts
3. David Gravel 3.275 66 starts
4. Sheldon Haudenschild 3.863 66 starts
5. Rico Abreu 4.220 63 starts
6. Danny Dietrich 4.353 66 starts
7. Kyle Larson 4.714 21 starts
8. Aaron Reutzel 4.451 66 starts
9. Cap Henry 4.750 32 starts
10. Carson Macedo 5.00 69 starts

Eastern Region

1. Chase Dietz 1,200
2. Danny Dietrich 1,132
3. Troy Wagaman Jr. 1,088
4. Freddie Rahmer 1,074
5. Anthony Macri 1,060

Western Region

1. Justin Sanders 970
2. Tim Kaeding 799
3. Shane Golobic 771
4. J. Netto 760
5. Landon Brooks 756

Mid-America Region

1. Joe B. Miller 960
2. Gage Montgomery 946
3. Xavier Doney 855
4. Ayrton Gennetten 846
5. Landon Crawley 830

Great Plains

1. Ryan Timms 1,144
2. Sheldon Haudenschild 1,118
3. Buddy Kofoid 1,064
4. David Gravel 1,042
5. Garet Williamson 1,014

PA-OH Region

1. Brandon Spithaler 1,070
2. J. Flick 1,064
3. Brandon Matus 986
4. Jeremy Weaver 876
5. John Jerich 874

Great Lakes

1. Cap Henry 1,116
2. Darin Naida 962
3. Zeth Sabo 960
4. Kalib Henry 905
5. Trey Jacobs 866

Northwestern

1. Trey Starks 858
2. Levi Hillier 831
3. Tyler Thompson 716
4. Levi Klatt 685
5. Justin Sanders 620

Winners

Chase Dietz     21

Aaron Reutzel 14

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid         14

Ryan Timms    13

David Gravel    10

Kyle Larson      10

Sheldon Haudenschild            10

Cap Henry       9

Justin Sanders 9

Paul Nienhiser 9

Rico Abreu      9

Anthony Macri            8

Brandon Spithaler       8

A.J. Flick          7

Corey Day        7

Danny Dietrich            7

Cale Thomas   6

Joel Myers Jr.   6

Kory Crabtree  6

Mark Dobmeier          6

Trey Starks      6

Brent Marks    5

Carson Macedo           5

Andy Pake       4

Brad Bowden  4

Brad Sweet      4

Kalib Henry     4

Tanner Thorson           4

Travis Arnez     4

Troy Wagaman Jr.        4

Tyler Courtney 4

Austin McCarl 3

Cameron Smith           3

Cole Duncan    3

Craig Mintz      3

Danny Sams III 3

Dylan Bloomfield        3

Freddie Rahmer          3

Gage Montgomery      3

Howard Moore           3

Jack Dover       3

Jake Neuman  3

Logan Schuchart         3

Nate Dussel     3

Parker Price-Miller      3

Ryan Smith      3

Sterling Cling   3

Xavier Doney   3

Zeth Sabo        3

Bob Felmlee    2

Brandon Matus           2

Brock Hallett   2

Brock Zearfoss 2

Bryce Lucius    2

Chris Andrews 2

Christopher Thram      2

Dale Blaney     2

Dominic Gorden          2

Dominic Scelzi 2

Donny Schatz  2

Doug Hammaker         2

Gage Pulkrabek           2

Henry Malcuit 2

James McFadden        2

James McFadden        2

Jett Barnes      2

Lance Dewease           2

Logan Julien    2

Logan McCandless      2

Ryan Newton  2

Ryder McCutcheon     2

Sam Hatertepe Jr.        2

Tanner Thorson           2

Will Armitage  2

Aiden Price      1

Austin Hartmann        1

Ayrton Gennetten       1

Brandon Rahmer        1

Bryce Norris    1

Cale Stinson    1

Carl Bowser     1

Chance Grasty 1

Chris Martin    1

Chris Windom 1

Clinton Boyles 1

Cody Bova       1

Cole Schroeder           1

Cole Vanderheiden     1

Colin Mackey  1

Danny Smith   1

Dayne Kingshott          1

Doug Hammaker         1

Dylan Norris    1

Emerson Axsom          1

Garet Williamson        1

Giovanni Scelzi            1

Greg Nikitenko            1

Greg Wilson    1

Hank Davis      1

Jace Park         1

Jade Hastings  1

Jake Blackhurst           1

Jake Karklin     1

Jamie Myers    1

Jason Blonde   1

Jaxton Wiggs   1

Jeff Wurst        1

Jeremy Weaver           1

Jesse Schlotfeldt         1

Joe B. Miller    1

John Jerich      1

Jordan Goldesberry    1

Jordan Ryan    1

Justin Peck      1

Justin Whittall 1

Kaleb Montgomery     1

Karter Sarff      1

Kasey Kane      1

Kerry Madsen 1

Kody Hartlaub 1

Landon Crawley          1

Levi Hillier       1

Logan Rumsey 1

Logan Wagner 1

Mark Smith     1

Matt Campbell            1

Matt Farnham 1

Max Stambaugh          1

Rees Moran     1

Ricky Peterson 1

Robbie Price    1

Scotty Neitzel  1

Scotty Thiel     1

Shane Golobic 1

Spencer Bayston         1

Steven Snyder Jr         1

Tanner Holmes            1

Tim Kaeding    1

Trey Jacobs      1

Tyler Street     1

Tyler Thompson          1

Weston Olson 1

Zane DeVault  1