Sprint Rankings: Dietz On Top As Gap Closes

As the winged sprint car season winds down, a mere 1.476 seconds separates the drivers at the top of the National Sprint Car Rankings.

Pennsylvania hotshoe Chase Dietz remains at the top of the rankings with an average finish of 2.617 in 75 starts this season. Dietz, who has won a national-best 26 features, leads World of Outlaws traveler Buddy Kofoid by eight-tenths of a point.

Kofoid, who won Saturday’s World of Outlaws race at Belle-Clair Fairgrounds Speedway Park, has an average finish of 3.492 in 74 races.

World of Outlaws point leader David Gravel is third in the rankings with an average finish of 3.500.

Sheldon Haudenschild and High Limit Racing champion Rico Abreu complete the top five. Haudenschild owns a 4.0 average finish compared to Abreu’s 4.093 average.

Regional leaders are A.J. Flick (PA-OH), Ryan Timms (Great Plains), Cap Henry (Great Lakes), Dietz (Eastern), Trey Starks (Northwestern) and Justin Sanders (Western).

One hundred and 59 drivers have reached the required 20 starts to be eligible for the National Sprint Car Rankings, while 704 drivers have run at least one 410 winged sprint car feature this season.

One hundred and 45 drivers have combined to win 445 features run this season.

Dietz leads the country with 26 wins.

The Rankings

National

1. Chase Dietz 2.617 75 starts
2. Buddy Kofoid 3.492 74 starts
3. David Gravel 3.500 75 starts
4. Sheldon Haudenschild 4.0 75 starts
5. Rico Abreu 4.093 69starts
6. Kyle Larson 4.714 21 starts
7. Danny Dietrich 4.638 73 starts
8. Aaron Reutzel 4.679 71 starts
9. Ryan Timms 5.000 62 starts
10. Troy Wagaman Jr. 5.100 59 starts

Eastern Region

1. Chase Dietz 1,200
2. Danny Dietrich 1,140
3. Anthony Macri 1,116
4. Troy Wagaman Jr. 1,090
5. Freddie Rahmer 1,074

Western Region

1. Justin Sanders 1,066
2. Shane Golobic 869
3. Landon Brooks 863
4. Chance Grasty 854
5. Tim Kaeding 854

Mid-America Region

1. Gage Montgomery 1,012
2. Joe B. Miller 980
3. Zach Daum 892
4. Xavier Doney 883
5. Jake Neuman 873

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. J. Flick 1,098
2. Brandon Spithaler 1,088
3. Brandon Matus 986
4. John Jerich 897
5. Carl Bowser 896

Great Lakes

1. Cap Henry 1,116
2. Darin Naida 962
3. Zeth Sabo 961
4. Kalib Henry 908
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     26

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid         16

Aaron Reutzel 15

Ryan Timms    14

Sheldon Haudenschild            12

David Gravel    11

Justin Sanders 11

Kyle Larson      10

Rico Abreu      10

Brandon Spithaler       9

Cap Henry       9

Paul Nienhiser 9

A.J. Flick          8

Anthony Macri            8

Corey Day        8

Danny Dietrich            8

Joel Myers Jr.   8

Mark Dobmeier          7

Cale Thomas   6

Carson Macedo           6

Kory Crabtree  6

Trey Starks      6

Brent Marks    5

Gage Montgomery      5

Andy Pake       4

Brad Bowden  4

Brad Sweet      4

Giovanni Scelzi            4

Jake Neuman  4

Kalib Henry     4

Tanner Thorson           4

Travis Arnez     4

Troy Wagaman Jr.        4

Tyler Courtney 4

Austin McCarl 3

Cameron Smith           3

Christopher Thram      3

Cole Duncan    3

Craig Mintz      3

Danny Sams III 3

Donny Schatz  3

Dylan Bloomfield        3

Freddie Rahmer          3

Howard Moore           3

Jack Dover       3

Logan Schuchart         3

Nate Dussel     3

Parker Price-Miller      3

Ryan Smith      3

Sterling Cling   3

Will Armitage  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

Dale Blaney     2

Dominic Gorden          2

Dominic Scelzi 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 Holmes            2

Tanner Thorson           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

Colby Copeland           1

Cole Schroeder           1

Cole Vanderheiden     1

Colin Mackey  1

Danny Mumaw           1

Danny Smith   1

Dayne Kingshott          1

Doug Hammaker         1

Dylan Norris    1

Emerson Axsom          1

Garet Williamson        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

Tim Kaeding    1

Trey Jacobs      1

Tyler Street     1

Tyler Thompson          1

Weston Olson 1

Zane DeVault  1