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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Top 25 Weekly Sprint Car Poll

Craig Dollansky was the biggest mover of the week,
sliding up 7 spots in the overall rankings

Donny Schatz maintains the top spot in this week's poll, although his cushion over 2nd was narrowed significantly by a surging Greg Hodnett. Memphis, Tenn.'s Hodnett used Port Royal Speedway's "Weikert Memorial" as a springboard into the 2nd position. The eight first-place votes were split between Donny Schatz (4), Daryn Pittman (3) and Danny Lasoski (1).

The biggest mover of the week was Craig Dollansky, who moved up seven spots to the 10th position. Moving up six spots and landing in the 9th position was Kerry Madsen.

Five drivers made their debut in our Top 25 rankings, led by Rico Abreu in the 17th spot. Other drivers joining the rankings for the first time are Lucas Wolfe (18), Cole Duncan (21), Tim Kaeding (24), & Byron Reed (25).

The five drivers who dropped out of the rankings from last week's poll are Logan Schuchart, Danny Holtgraver, Jason Johnson, Brent Marks, & Bryan Clauson.

Our panel of voting members for Week 2 included the following:
Blake Anderson, Brian Liskai, Bobby Gerould, Tony Bokhoven, Mike Leone, Kyle Symons, Anthony Corini and Tyler Beichner.



1. Donny Schatz, 195 points (4)
Recent Results: 5th & 6th place runs at Charlotte and Lawrenceburg, respectively.
Previous Ranking: 1st (NC)

2. Greg Hodnett, 189 points
Recent Results: Won both Weikert Memorial features at Port Royal (pocketing $15,000) and a 4th at Williams Grove.
Previous Ranking: 5th (+3)

3. Daryn Pittman, 185 points (3)
Recent Results: A win at New Egypt followed up with a 4th at Charlotte & a 5th at Lawrenceburg.
Previous Ranking: 3rd (NC)

4. Shane Stewart, 175 points
Recent Results: Got the win at Lawrenceburg, finished runner-up at Charlotte, and 7th at New Egypt.
Previous Ranking: 6th (+2)

5. Danny Lasoski, 152 points (1)
Recent Results: Notched a 2nd at Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway and a 4th at Knoxville in NSL action.
Previous Ranking: 2nd (-3)

6. Brad Sweet, 151 points
Recent Results: Cracked the Top 5 just once in the past week with a 4th at New Egypt.
Previous Ranking: 4th (-2)

6. Dale Blaney, 151 points
Recent Results: Snagged the win at Attica & finished runner-up at Wayne County in ASCoC action.
Previous Ranking: 8th (+2)

8. David Gravel, 131 points
Recent Results: Top 5 finishes in the last week consist of two 2nd's (Port Royal, Lawrenceburg) & a 4th (Port Royal).
Previous Ranking: 10th (+2)

9. Kerry Madsen, 118 points
Recent Results: Found victory lane at Knoxville and finished 4th at Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway in NSL action.
Previous Ranking: 15th (+6)

10. Craig Dollansky, 113 points
Recent Results: Good weekend with the NSL resulting in a win (Iowa State Fairgrounds) & a 3rd (Knoxville).
Previous Ranking: 17th (+7)

11. Joey Saldana, 112 points
Recent Results: Best finish in the past week was an 8th place (New Egypt & Charlotte).
Previous Ranking: 7th (-4)

12. Terry McCarl, 99 points
Recent Results: Wins 100th career race at Badlands worth $10,000. Also finished 8th at Knoxville.
Previous Ranking: 16th (+4)

13. Chad Kemenah, 87 points
Recent Results: A 3rd place run at Attica followed by 12th at Wayne County and a DNQ at Lawrenceburg.
Previous Ranking: 13th (NC)

14. Danny Dietrich, 82 points
Recent Results: Finishes of 2nd & 7th at Port Royal's Weikert Memorial. 8th at Williams Grove.
Previous Ranking: 11th (-3)

15. Brian Brown, 77 points
Recent Results: Loses his Top 3 streak at Knoxville by finishing 5th. Also ran 8th at Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Previous Ranking: 15th (-1)

16. Lance Dewease, 70 points
Recent Results: Impressive 3rd place run at Port Royal followed up by a 23rd place finish the next night.
Previous Ranking: 9th (-7)

17. Rico Abreu, 62 points
Recent Results: Beats the All Stars at Wayne County and finishes 3rd at Lawrenceburg with the WoO.
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked

18. Lucas Wolfe, 54 points
Recent Results: A win at Williams Grove followed by back-to-back Top 5 runs at Port Royal.
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked

19. Sheldon Haudenschild, 46 points
Recent Results: Disappointing weekend with the All Stars salvaged by a 9th place run at Lawrenceburg.
Previous Ranking: 12th (-7)

20. Mark Dobmeier, 41 points
Recent Results: Racks up another win at River Cities and also finishes 3rd at Badlands.
Previous Ranking: 22nd (+2)

21. Cole Duncan, 36 points
Recent Results: Snags a 3rd at Charlotte with WoO & a 4th at Wayne County with the All Stars.
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked

22. Dusty Zomer, 28 points
Recent Results: Musters a runner-up finish at Knoxville with NSL & also finishes 9th at Badlands.
Previous Ranking: 23rd (+1)

22. Ian Madsen, 28 points
Recent Results: Notches a 5th at Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway & 6th at Knoxville with the National Sprint League.
Previous Ranking: 19th (-4)

22. Tim Kaeding, 28 points
Recent Results: Finishes 2nd at Badlands in his only '410' start of the weekend.
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked

25. Byron Reed, 23 points
Recent Results: Wins the $5,000 F.A.S.T. race at Fremont & finishes 2nd at Attica with the All Stars.
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked

Dropped Out of Rankings
Logan Schuchart (18), Danny Holtgraver (20), Jason Johnson (21), Brent Marks (24), Bryan Clauson (25).

1 comment:

  1. While this poll is close to being correct, it is selected by media or press members. Not having a fan or fans to make there selections or to have some representation in the process, which I feel fans should have more of a say in this selection process.

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