12/11/2014
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Keizer Wheels Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings
Ballou Tops Keizer Wheels Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings!
The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume II, No. 76
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 11, 2014) – Robert Ballou emerged from a heated battle for the top spot to come away with the number in ranking in the 2014 edition of the Keizer Wheels Non-Wing 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings.
Winless until June 21, the Rocklin, CA, native closed out strong by racking up 11 wins over the last half of the season including a sweep of Perris Auto Speedway’s Oval Nationals to secure the number one ranking with a 72-point margin over second.
Ballou climbed from a ranking of seventh in 2013 while Dave Darland, last year’s top-ranked driver, settled for second this time around.
Darland, who matched Ballou in the win column with 11 triumphs, took second by 45 markers over Jon Stanbrough with Bryan Clauson and Justin Grant rounding out the top five.
The balance of the top ten included Brady Short, Chase Stockon, USAC champ Brady Bacon (who mixed in a healthy dose of winged Sprint Car racing over the course of the season), Chad Boespflug and Shane Cottle.
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The Keizer Wheels Non-Wing 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410s, Rod End Supply Winged 360s, Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360s, Downforce Designs Midgets and 305s presented by Dodge City Raceway Park. R.J. Johnson topped the Non-Wing 360s while Jeb Sessums bested the 305 portion with the final standings for the remaining divisions to be released in the coming weeks.
A look at this year’s Top 100 in Keizer Wheels Non-Wing 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings are listed in full at http://www.racinboys.com/2014/12/11/ballou-tops-keizer-wheels-non-wing-410-power-rankings/.
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.
Article Credit: Lonnie Wheatley
