Seavey Leads Mid-Season Midget Power Rankings
The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume VI, No. 9
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 9, 2018) – Making the most of his first season on the USAC National Midget trail, Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey leads the way in the Mid-Season www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings.
With four wins to his credit through July 1, Seavey holds a 56-point lead over Keith Kunz Motorsports teammate Ryan Robinson. Seavey and Robinson lead a KKM team that occupies four of the top five in current Power Rankings with Tucker Klaasmeyer in third and last year’s top-ranked driver, Spencer Bayston, filling out the top five.
Breaking up the all KKM top five is Nevada native Tanner Thorson in fourth. Thorson topped the Midget Power Rankings in both 2015 and 2016.
Filling out the Mid-Season top ten are current POWRi West points leader Kory Schudy, Chad Boat, Kevin Thomas, Jr., Christopher Bell and Tanner Carrick.
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The www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings at www.sprintcarmania.com that also includes STIDA Winged 410s, Momentum Racing Suspensions Non-Wing 410s, Rod End Supply Winged 360s and Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360s.
A look at the Mid-Season Top 40 in www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings including all events completed through July 1 is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logan Seavey | Sutter, CA | 4 | 358 | 1 |
| 2 | Ryan Robinson | Foresthill, CA | 1 | 302 | 2 |
| 3 | Tucker Klaasmeyer | Paola, KS | 3 | 209 | 3 |
| 4 | Tanner Thorson | Minden, NV | 2 | 168 | 11 |
| 5 | Spencer Bayston | Lebanon, IN | 1 | 153 | 4 |
| 6 | Kory Schudy | Springfield, MO | 1 | 149 | 13 |
| 7 | Chad Boat | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 144 | 5 |
| 8 | Kevin Thomas, Jr | Cullman, AL | 3 | 143 | 6 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | Norman, OK | 4 | 140 | 7 |
| 10 | Tanner Carrick | Lincoln, CA | 1 | 135 | 14 |
| 11 | Tyler Courtney | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 130 | 8 |
| 12 | Zeb Wise | Angola, IN | 0 | 128 | 10 |
| 13 | Zach Daum | Pocahontas, IL | 0 | 119 | 15 |
| 14 | Wesley Smith | Nixa, MO | 4 | 115 | 19 |
| 15 | Justin Grant | Ione, CA | 1 | 115 | 9 |
| 16 | Jake Neuman | New Berlin, IL | 0 | 104 | 21 |
| 17 | Rico Abreu | Rutherford, CA | 1 | 103 | 12 |
| 18 | Tyler Thomas | Collinsville, OK | 0 | 91 | 16 |
| 19 | Joe B. Miller | Millersville, MO | 0 | 90 | 24 |
| 20 | Andrew Felker | Carl Junction, MO | 0 | 87 | 18 |
| 21 | Jason McDougal | Broken Arrow, OK | 0 | 85 | 20 |
| 22 | Holly Shelton | Sacramento, CA | 0 | 85 | 23 |
| 23 | Brady Bacon | Broken Arrow, OK | 0 | 83 | 17 |
| 24 | Hank Davis | Sand Springs, OK | 1 | 77 | 25 |
| 25 | Alex Bright | Collegeville, PA | 3 | 75 | 33 |
| 26 | Jerry Coons, Jr. | Tucson, AZ | 0 | 75 | 26 |
| 27 | Kyle Larson | Elk Grove, CA | 2 | 71 | 22 |
| 28 | Blake Edwards | Claremore, OK | 1 | 68 | 49 |
| 29 | Karter Sarff | Mason City, IL | 0 | 67 | 42 |
| 30 | Trey Marcham | Newcaslte, OK | 0 | 64 | 43 |
| 31 | Chase Johnson | Penngrove, CA | 1 | 63 | 29 |
| 32 | Cannon McIntosh | Bixby, OK | 0 | 63 | 28 |
| 33 | Jonathan Beason | Broken Arrow, OK | 2 | 61 | 31 |
| 34 | Brad Sweet | Grass Valley, CA | 0 | 58 | 27 |
| 35 | Robert Dalby | Anaheim, CA | 0 | 51 | 38 |
| 36 | Ryan Bernal | Hollister, CA | 0 | 49 | 30 |
| 37 | Alex Schutte | Rohnert Park, CA | 1 | 48 | 35 |
| 38 | Terry Babb | Decatur, IL | 0 | 43 | 51 |
| 39 | Grady Chandler | Edmond, OK | 0 | 42 | 39 |
| 40 | Michael Faccinto | Hanford, CA | 2 | 40 | 60 |
Features Completed: 53
Number of Different Winners: 34
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 174
Past Top Tens in www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings:
2017 – 1. Spencer Bayston (8) 668, 2. Tanner Thorson (7) 608, 3. Shane Golobic (1) 444, 4. Tyler Courtney (5) 408, 5. Justin Grant (3) 359, 6. Christopher Bell (10) 346, 7. Brady Bacon (4) 342, 8. Zach Daum (1) 325, 9. Ryan Robinson 289, 10. Tyler Thomas (6) 277.
2016 – 1. Tanner Thorson (16) 795, 2. Spencer Bayston (3) 666, 3. Carson Macedo (3) 551, 4. Zach Daum (4) 469, 5. Brady Bacon (1) 356, 6. Bryan Clauson (5) 317, 7. Chad Boat (3) 310, 8. Tyler Thomas 294, 9. Ryan Robinson 282, 10. Justin Peck (1) 273.
2015 – 1. Tanner Thorson (7) 548, 2. Darren Hagen (5) 522, 3. Spencer Bayston (5) 500, 4. Rico Abreu (9) 488, 5. Christopher Bell (8) 438, 6. Bryan Clauson (6) 422, 7. Andrew Felker (3) 383, 8. Zach Daum (3) 379, 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (3) 373, 10. Tyler Thomas (2) 276.
2014 – 1. Christopher Bell (16) 659, 2. Zach Daum (4) 589, 3. Bryan Clauson (10) 555, 4. Rico Abreu (5) 449, 5. Darren Hagen (6) 421, 6. Tanner Thorson (2) 411, 7. Andrew Felker (3) 313, 8. Tracy Hines (2) 304, 9. Tyler Thomas (1) 283, 10. Alex Bright (5) 244.
2013 – 1. Christopher Bell (10) 543, 2. Zach Daum (8) 504, 3. Darren Hagen (8) 415, 4. Andrew Felker (2) 406, 5. Rico Abreu (7) 402, 6. Bryan Clauson (8) 397, 7. Brad Kuhn (1) 325, 8. Tracy Hines (2) 322, 9. Ronnie Gardner (13) 280, 10. Alex Bright (3) 231.
A part of the recurring “The Wheatley Chronicles” series of articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, 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.
The Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2018 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings. Please send any comments, questions or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.sprintcarmania.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.
