Bacon Tops Non-Wing Sprint Car Rankings Again in 2021!

Lonnie Wheatley, BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (January 6, 2022) – Brady Bacon made it two years in a row by topping the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings once again in 2021.

Bacon became the third different driver to top the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings in consecutive years since its inception in 2013 along with Robert Ballou (2014 and 2015) and Kevin Thomas, Jr. (2016, 2017 and 2018).

Five of Bacon’s eight overall Non-Wing Sprint Car wins in 2021 came in USAC National Sprint Car competition as he raced to a fourth career Sprint Car championship. Victories came at Lawrenceburg, Grandview and Bloomington along with preliminary wins at Perris Auto Speedway’s “Oval Nationals” and Arizona Speedway’s “Western World Championships”.

Finishing among the top-ten in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings for the ninth consecutive year, Bacon took the top spot by 91 points over Justin Grant. With a Kokomo Smackdown triumph among his 10 wins on the season, Grant finished among the top-five for a fifth consecutive year.

2021 Oval Nationals champion Kevin Thomas, Jr., finished out the year ranked third, his sixth time among the top three including three times at the top rung of the ladder.

Jake Swanson put together his best season to date by ranking fourth with his first USAC Sprint Car win in Oval Nationals preliminary action among his eight feature wins for the year.

With a victory in the Inaugural USAC Sprint Car Nationals at Huset’s Speedway among his seven overall wins, C.J. Leary rounded out the top five to make it four years in a row among the top five including the top ranking in 2019.

Tanner Thorson ranked sixth with the balance of the top ten including Chris Windom, Logan Seavey, Robert Ballou and Jadon Rogers.

While Bacon has finished amongst the top ten during each of the nine years of the Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings, Swanson, Thorson, Seavey and Rogers each broke into the top ten for the first time.

Separated into Non-Wing 410 and Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings through 2018, those were consolidated into a single Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Ranking for 2019 and beyond with all Non-Wing 410 and injected Non-Wing 360 events included in the Rankings.

A look at the 2021 Top 50 in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings is as follows:

Rank	Name	Hometown	Wins	Points	*2020 Rank*	*2019 Rank*	*2018 Rank*	*2017 Rank*	*2016 Rank*	*2015 Rank*	*2014 Rank*	*2013 Rank*
1	Brady Bacon	Broken Arrow, OK	8	863	1	5	7	10	2	5	8	10
2	Justin Grant	Ione, CA	10	772	3	2	5	2	16	11	5	14
3	Kevin Thomas, Jr.	Cullman, AL	11	771	6	3	1	1	1	3	15	6
4	Jake Swanson	Anaheim, CA	8	635	23	14	22	20	29	29	87	242
5	C.J. Leary	Greenfield, IN	7	614	4	1	4	6	10	8	14	23
6	Tanner Thorson	Minden, NV	5	556	39	NR	NR	NR	145	NR	NR	NR
7	Chris Windom	Canton, IL	2	500	2	6	2	3	3	12	18	8
8	Logan Seavey	Sutter, CA	8	474	16	38	31	75	NR	NR	NR	NR
9	Robert Ballou	Rocklin, CA	2	428	10	29	8	5	7	1	1	7
10	Jadon Rogers	Worthington, IN	8	389	15	31	85	112	158	163	NR	NR
11	Kyle Cummins	Princeton, IN	5	380	7	9	15	17	13	21	22	30
12	Chase Stockon	Fort Branch, IN	2	371	5	8	9	11	8	4	7	5
13	Shane Cottle	Kokomo, IN	1	307	9	20	19	12	9	10	10	12
14	A.J. Hopkins	Brownsburg, IN	8	266	11	23	16	19	33	46	51	33
15	Tye Mihocko	Peoria, AZ	7	258	29	110	161	NR	NR	NR	238	NR
16	Damion Gardner	Concord, CA	7	252	65	15	12	15	14	14	12	11
17	Thomas Meseraull	San Jose, CA	5	252	17	7	10	8	4	9	29	61
18	Brody Roa	Buena Park, CA	3	245	75	11	11	16	25	30	46	70
19	Shane Cockrum	Benton, IL	6	227	19	19	14	27	27	104	64	NR
20	Jason McDougal	Broken Arrow, OK	2	224	73	10	28	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
21	Wesley Smith	Nixa, MO	10	202	38	67	70	216	NR	NR	NR	NR
22	Alex Bright	Collegeville, PA	11	198	57	NR	NR	206	NR	NR	NR	NR
23	Charles Davis, Jr.	Buckeye, AZ	3	198	33	35	79	199	131	97	175	156
24	Austin Williams	Yorba Linda, CA	2	195	52	17	18	32	26	23	42	46
25	Scotty Weir	Marion, IN	3	192	21	18	48	35	50	36	19	13
26	Matt Westfall	Ludlow Falls, OH	2	182	13	13	21	45	38	NR	26	26
27	Mario Clouser	Chatham, IL	8	173	25	44	51	95	120	NR	NR	NR
28	Kory Schudy	Springfield, MO	7	154	56	65	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
29	Max Adams	Loomis, CA	5	142	18	30	25	57	56	NR	NR	247
30	Briggs Danner	Allentown, PA	9	140	114	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
31	Nick Bilbee	Indianapolis, IN	4	137	28	33	36	55	42	28	55	44
32	Chase Johnson	Penngrove, CA	4	125	60	58	225	90	145	NR	NR	NR
33	Isaac Chapple	Willow Branch, IN	5	123	45	26	20	51	106	84	NR	NR
34	Brayden Fox	Avon, IN	0	122	40	154	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
35	Cole Bodine	Rossville, IN	0	122	59	225	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
36	Chris Gansen	Verdemont Heights, CA	0	113	NR	86	83	107	124	NR	NR	NR
37	Stevie Sussex	Laveen, AZ	1	108	41	32	42	52	67	NR	80	220
38	R.J. Johnson	Phoenix, AZ	9	107	38	24	37	28	43	51	82	85
39	Tyler Courtney	Indianapolis, IN	2	102	12	4	3	4	17	37	56	34
40	Cody Williams	Yorba Linda, CA	0	101	153	79	38	46	74	65	NR	45
41	Brady Short	Bedford, IN	0	99	32	21	81	7	12	7	6	3
42	Xavier Doney	Odessa, MO	1	97	165	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
43	Justin Zimmerman	Athens, TX	4	92	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
44	Zach Daum	Pocahontas, IL	0	87	80	89	60	96	62	87	NR	NR
45	Critter Malone	Speedway, IN	1	86	49	82	192	170	71	123	NR	277
46	Davey Ray	Loves Park, IL	2	81	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
47	Tyler Kendall	Connerville, IN	1	78	NR	169	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
48	Paul Nienhiser	Chapin, IL	1	78	147	236	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
49	Jake Scott	Morgantown, IN	1	77	42	122	63	77	57	61	134	120
50	Tommy Malcolm	Corona, CA	0	76	NR	52	75	89	114	154	NR	NR

Features Completed: 284 (153 in 2020, 243 in 2019, 197 in 2018, 225 in 2017, 206 in 2016, 218 in 2015, 224 in 2014, 235 in 2013)

Number of Different Winners: 93 (61 in 2020, 91 in 2019, 71 in 2018, 76 in 2017, 72 in 2016, 75 in 2015, 85 in 2014, 92 in 2013)

Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 294 (203 in 2020, 267 in 2019, 204 in 2018, 226 in 2017, 231 in 2016, 268 in 2015, 293 in 2013, 336 in 2013)

Note: Prior to 2019, Non-Wing Power Rankings were broken into 410-ci and 360-ci categories instead of combined into one overall ranking.

Past Top Tens in Non-Wing Sprint Car Power Rankings:

2020 – 1. Brady Bacon (11) 618, 2. Chris Windom (7) 557, 3. Justin Grant (7) 530, 4. C.J. Leary (4) 503, 5. Chase Stockon (3) 503, 6. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (3) 466, 7. Kyle Cummins (7) 383, 8. Dave Darland (1) 340, 9. Shane Cottle (3) 313, 10. Robert Ballou 312.

2019 – 1. C.J. Leary (4) 701, 2. Justin Grant (8) 697, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (7) 689, 4. Tyler Courtney (9) 678, 5. Brady Bacon (8) 671, 6. Chris Windom (8) 632, 7. Thomas Meseraull (12) 492, 8. Chase Stockon (1) 486, 9. Kyle Cummins (14) 468, 10. Jason McDougal (1) 354.

2018 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (15) 917, 2. Chris Windom (9) 863, 3. Tyler Courtney (12) 785, 4. C.J. Leary (6) 664, 5. Justin Grant (10) 655, 6. Dave Darland (4) 642, 7. Brady Bacon (5) 578, 8. Robert Ballou (5) 553, 9. Chase Stockon (2) 529, 10. Thomas Meseraull (7) 384.

2017 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (18) 928, 2. Justin Grant (9) 682, 3. Chris Windom (10) 667, 4. Tyler Courtney (7) 616, 5. Robert Ballou (4) 599, 6. C.J. Leary (8) 479, 7. Brady Short (7) 465, 8. Thomas Meseraull (6) 454, 9. Chad Boespflug (2) 437, 10. Brady Bacon (3) 436.

2016 – 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (13) 782, 2. Brady Bacon (3) 742, 3. Chris Windom (5) 661, 4. Thomas Meseraull (8) 658, 5. Dave Darland (2) 632, 6. Chad Boespflug (6) 555, 7. Robert Ballou (4) 503, 8. Chase Stockon (3) 497, 9. Shane Cottle (4) 451, 10. C.J. Leary (3) 446.

2015 – 1. Robert Ballou (18) 959, 2. Dave Darland (6) 895, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (6) 649, 4. Chase Stockon (5) 607, 5. Brady Bacon (9) 601, 6. Jon Stanbrough (2) 577, 7. Brady Short (16) 561, 8. C.J. Leary (4) 517, 9. Thomas Meseraull (9) 466, 10. Shane Cottle (5) 419.

2014 – 1. Robert Ballou (11) 822, 2. Dave Darland (11) 750, 3. Jon Stanbrough (8) 705, 4. Bryan Clauson (9) 671, 5. Justin Grant (8) 625, 6. Brady Short (12) 605, 7. Chase Stockon (4) 532, 8. Brady Bacon (4) 477, 9. Chad Boespflug (7) 438, 10. Shane Cottle (3) 410.

2013 – 1. Dave Darland (9) 631, 2. Bryan Clauson (11) 627, 3. Brady Short (10) 531, 4. Jon Stanbrough (3) 509, 5. Chase Stockon (3) 507, 6. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (10) 496, 7. Robert Ballou (5) 474, 8. Chris Windom (6) 414, 9. Chad Boespflug (6) 390, 10. Brady Bacon (2) 389.

The Open Wheel Power Rankings are determined by cumulative points based on a sliding scale dependent upon car count at Sprint Car and Midget events across all sanctions and non-sanctions throughout North America.

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