ANDERSON, Ind. — The fifth and final edition of the 2025 National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings were announced Sunday afternoon with Kody Swanson ranked as the National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings’ top driver.
The National Pavement Sprint Car Rankings debuted in 2024. Kody Swanson won the inaugural rankings with late season momentum that propelled him into the lead on the heels of his Open Wheel Showdown victory last season. Aaron Willison had all but dominated last year’s rankings until Swanson’s late-season surge.
Swanson had a career year on the pavement side of things in 2025. He captured nine feature victories with the USAC Silver Crown Series, Must See Racing and 500 Sprint Car Tour. He was also a Dave Steele Winged Championship Weekend and Children’s Dream Fund 50 winner.
Swanson capped off his season with a $50,000 victory in the Open Wheel Showdown at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Bobb Santos III finished as the No. 2 ranked driver with seven feature victories. The highlight of the season for Santos was sweeping a pair of $10,000-to-win winged weekends at Colorado National Speedway in July and a weekend with Must See Racing in the Southeast in early October for a total of $40,000.
Sixteen-year-old Colton Bettis finished No. 3 after leading the country with 11 feature victories. The highlights of the year for the Lutz, Florida teenager included a $10,000 win in the Children’s Dream Fund 50 and a Little 500 front row starting spot. He was also the Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series champion for the second consecutive season.
2025 PAVEMENT RANKINGS
1 – Kody Swanson – 75
2 – Bobby Santos III – 57
3 – Colton Bettis – 39.5
4 – Aaron Willison – 38.5
5 – Tyler Roahrig – 38
6 – Dakoda Armstrong – 29
7 – Kyle O’Gara – 24
8 – Ryan Litt – 22
- – Justin Grant – 17
10-Davey Hamilton Jr. – 14
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