Seavey with Slim Lead over Bell in Midget Power Rankings
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 10, 2019) – With the 2019 Midget racing season kicking into high gear after last weekend’s Kokomo Grand Prix, Logan Seavey holds the slimmest of leads over two-time and reigning Chili Bowl champion Christopher Bell in the www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings.
After a pair of POWRi “Turnpike Challenge” wins in March, a pair of Kokomo Grand Prix top tens was just enough to push Seavey ahead of Bell as he vies for the top spot in the Midget Power Rankings for a second consecutive year.
Seavey is just three points ahead of Keith Kunz Racing stablemate Bell with the Clauson-Marshall Racing duo of Zeb Wise and Tyler Courtney next on the charts in third and fourth. A third KKR rep rounds out the top five with Tucker Klaasmeyer in fifth.
Justin Grant sits sixth in the early going with C.J. Leary, Zach Daum, Brady Bacon and Chad Boat rounding out the early top ten.
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A look at the current Top 40 in www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logan Seavey | Sutter, CA | 3 | 185 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | Norman, OK | 3 | 182 |
| 3 | Zeb Wise | Angola, IN | 0 | 141 |
| 4 | Tyler Courtney | Indianapolis, IN | 3 | 140 |
| 5 | Tucker Klaasmeyer | Paola, KS | 0 | 119 |
| 6 | Justin Grant | Ione, CA | 1 | 108 |
| 7 | C.J Leary | Greenfield IN | 0 | 100 |
| 8 | Zach Daum | Pocahontas, IL | 0 | 98 |
| 9 | Brady Bacon | Broken Arrow, OK | 0 | 94 |
| 10 | Chad Boat | Phoenix, AZ | 0 | 91 |
| 11 | Kevin Thomas, Jr. | Cullman, AL | 1 | 88 |
| 12 | Kyle Larson | Elk Grove, CA | 1 | 75 |
| 13 | Jonathan Beason | Broken Arrow, OK | 1 | 73 |
| 14 | Jake Neuman | New Berlin, IL | 0 | 72 |
| 15 | Tanner Thorson | Minden, NV | 0 | 65 |
| 16 | Chris Windom | Canton, IL | 0 | 62 |
| 17 | Brad Sweet | Grass Valley, CA | 0 | 53 |
| 18 | Jesse Colwell | Red Bluff, CA | 0 | 51 |
| 19 | Cannon McIntosh | Bixby, OK | 1 | 49 |
| 20 | Jake Swanson | Anaheim, CA | 0 | 48 |
| 21 | Michael Faccinto | Hanford, CA | 0 | 48 |
| 22 | Tanner Carrick | Lincoln, CA | 0 | 48 |
| 23 | Tyler Thomas | Collinsville, OK | 0 | 47 |
| 24 | Rico Abreu | St. Helena, CA | 1 | 45 |
| 25-tie | Danny Stratton | Riverside, CA | 0 | 42 |
| 25-tie | Cole Bodine | Rosville, IN | 0 | 42 |
| 27 | Andrew Layser | Collegeville, PA | 0 | 42 |
| 28 | Jerry Coons, Jr. | Tucson, AZ | 0 | 41 |
| 29 | David Gravel | Watertown, CT | 0 | 37 |
| 30 | Jason McDougal | Broken Arrow, OK | 0 | 36 |
| 31 | Chris Andrews | Tulsa, OK | 0 | 36 |
| 32 | Blake Hahn | Sapulpa, OK | 0 | 33 |
| 33 | Shane Golobic | Fremont, CA | 0 | 32 |
| 34 | Colby Copeland | Roseville, CA | 0 | 29 |
| 35 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | Olive Branch, MS | 0 | 27 |
| 36 | Robert Dalby | Anaheim, CA | 0 | 25 |
| 37 | Hank Davis | Sand Springs, OK | 0 | 25 |
| 38 | Ben Worth | Coalinga, CA | 1 | 23 |
| 39-tie | Trey Marcham | Newcaste. OK | 0 | 22 |
| 39-tie | Andrew Felker | Carl Junction, MO | 0 | 22 |
Features Completed: 17
Number of Different Winners: 11
Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 98
Past Top Tens in www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings:
2018 – 1. Logan Seavey (9) 734, 2. Tucker Klaasmeyer (6) 483, 3. Ryan Robinson (1) 457, 4. Tanner Carrick (2) 442, 5. Christopher Bell (9) 345, 6. Chad Boat (2) 321, 7. Tyler Courtney (3) 312, 8. Zach Daum (1) 295), 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (5) 294, 10. Justin Grant (2) 281.
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.
