Schatz Snares Top STIDA Winged 410 Power Ranking Again!

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Schatz Snares Top STIDA Winged 410 Power Ranking Again!

 

The Wheatley Chronicles Volume II, No. 78

 

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 18, 2014) Donny Schatz enjoyed a stellar 2014 season that landed him atop the STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings for the second year in a row.

 

Schatz reeled off 26 feature wins in World of Outlaws competition en route to another WoO crown and took the top STIDA Power Ranking by a comfortable 257 point margin over Daryn Pittman. Schatz and Pittman finished 1-2 in 2013 as well with Schatz just 164 points ahead in the previous year.

 

With Schatz atop the point charts again and Pittman bumping his win total up from eight in 2013 to 14 this year, Kerry Madsen improved dramatically with a jump from 20th in 2013 all the way up to third this year.

 

Madsen edged Paul McMahan for the third ranking with Dale Blaney reeling off 21 wins to rank fifth.

 

The balance of the top ten included Joey Saldana, Greg Hodnett, Brad Sweet, David Gravel and Danny Dietrich.

 

Schatz topped a total of 470 different drivers that earned points in the 452 events that awarded points towards the STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

 

Formed in 1998, STIDA (Short Track Independent Drivers and Associates) is an international company serving the safety and insurance needs of drivers competing in any country. Get covered now by calling 1-800-378-4608 or get more information by checking online at www.stida.com.

 

The STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes Keizer Wheels Non-Wing 410s, Rod End Supply Winged 360s, Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360s, Downforce Designs Midgets and 305s presented by Dodge City Raceway Park. Robert Ballou topped the non-wing 410 portion, Jason Johnson took top Winged 360 honors, R.J. Johnson bested the Non-Wing 360s and Jeb Sessums took the top 305 ranking. The final Midget Power Rankings will be released following this weekends POWRi Battle at the Center in Du Quoin, IL.

 

A look at this years Top 150 in STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings is available at http://www.racinboys.com/2014/12/18/schatz-snares-top-stida-winged-410-power-ranking-again/.

 

 

 

A part of the recurring The Wheatley Chronicles series of articles on www.racinboys.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 2014 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings on a regular basis. Please send any comments, questions, critiques or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.racinboys.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.