Sprint Rankings: Marks Reaches 20-Start Plateau

On a weekend when only eight of the scheduled 410 winged sprint car races defeated Mother Nature, Brent Marks became the first driver this season to reach the 20 start mark and officially opening the National Sprint Car Rankings.

Marks, who made his 20^th start at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, has an average finish of 11.650. Six more drivers are expected to reach 20 starts this coming weekend. Three hundred and two drivers have started at least one 410 winged sprint car feature this season.

Cale Thomas, who won Saturday at Fremont (Ohio) Speedway now leads the Great Lakes region, while Chase Dietz continues to lead the Eastern region on the strength of four victories this season.

Other regional leaders are Aaron Reutzel (Western), Michael “Buddy” Kofoid (Mid-America), David Gravel (Great Plains) and Jacob Bergenwald (PA-OH).

Gravel, who won his fourth feature of the season Saturday at Knoxville Raceway, shares the lead in the winners’ standings with Dietz and Kofoid, with all three having four triumphs.

Thirty-six drivers have combined to win the 57 features run this season.

Commissioned by Tom Deery and Brian Carter in 2009, the Sprint Car Rankings are administered by longtime racing official Gary Spaid.

The Rankings

National

1. Brent Marks 650             20 starts

Eastern Region

1. Chase Dietz 778
2. Danny Dietrich 705
3. Freddie Rahmer 611
4. Troy Wagaman Jr. 606
5. Brock Zearfoss 587

Western Region

1. Aaron Reutzel 398
2. Tanner Thorson 268
3. Giovanni Scelzi 360
4. Rico Abreu 358
5. Tyler Courtney 348

Mid-America Region

1. Buddy Kofoid 380
2. Carson Macedo 371
3. Donny Schatz 352
4. David Gravel 350
5. Sheldon Haudenschild 312

Great Plains

1. David Gravel 116
2. Ryan Timms 104
3. Carson Macedo 90
4. Aaron Reutzel 88
5. Buddy Kofoid 88

PA-OH Region

1. Jason Bergenwald 134
2. Kory Crabtree 116
3. Bryan Nuckles 96
4. Carmen Perigo Jr. 96
5. Danny Smith 94

Great Lakes

1. Cale Thomas 162
2. Bryce Lucius 160
3. Cap Henry 154
4. Darin Naida 150
5. Nate Dussel 132

Winners

Chase Dietz     4

David Gravel    4

Michael “Buddy” Kofoid         4

A.J. Flick          3

Anthony Macri            3

Brad Sweet      3

Aaron Reutzel 2

Cale Thomas   2

Corey Day        2

Danny Dietrich            2

Tanner Thorson           2

Troy Wagaman Jr.        2

Brad Bowden  1

Cap Henry       1

Carson Macedo           1

Cole Duncan    1

Danny Sams III 1

Donny Schatz  1

Freddie Rahmer          1

Howard Moore           1

Jake Karklin     1

James McFadden        1

Joel Myers Jr.   1

Justin Peck      1

Justin Sanders 1

Kerry Madsen 1

Kory Crabtree  1

Kyle Larson      1

Lance Dewease           1

Mark Smith     1

Rico Abreu      1

Ryan Smith      1

Sheldon Haudenschild            1

Spencer Bayston         1

Steven Snyder Jr         1

Tyler Courtney 1