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Super Kart Illustrated Driver Rankings – November
 


This edition of the Super Kart Illustrated Driver Rankings includes all the races leading up to the Stars of Karting National Finals. This month, there is no change in the ICC category as Kyle Wiegand continues to stay atop. Wiegand has a narrow lead (54 points) over two-time Stars of Karting ICC National Champion Alex Speed. With the Stars finale included in the December issue, it will be interesting to see if Speed can go out on top of the SKI Driver Rankings as he did in Stars competition before heading off to school.

One man who moved up in big fashion was Matt Jaskol. While jumping in an ICC ride when not behind the ASA truck, Jaskol was able to record his sixth and seventh event to count toward the SKI rankings. With six top ten finishes, including big events such as last year’s SKUSA SuperNationals and the Stars ‘Race of the Americas’, Jaskol capped off the ’05 karting season with a podium finish at the Stars Infineon event. Though he did miss the Stars Finale, he went on to win the championship in the truck series, first ever by a rookie in the series’ history.

Next month, watch for Stars National Finals winner David Jurca and runner-up Tad Funakoshi to move up. Jurca moved up 22 spots this month after collecting his seven ICC races while Funakoshi dropped out of the top ten after missing the Infineon event. Watch for both to possible move up into the top ten.

One driver who has been on a role in ICA toward the end of the season has been Phil Giebler. The newly crowned Stars of Karting ICA National Champion used a victory on Sunday at Woodbine to clinch the Eastern Division title and help him move up to the number 1 spot in the SKI Driver Rankings. With National Championship now his, it is certain he will remain at the top next month.

On the move this month is Cole Whitt. Whitt moved into the top 10 with his two victories at the Western Division finale at Infineon. His fourth place finish at the Stars National Finals could possibly move him up further in the rankings as well next month. Another driver who moved up due to his Infineon weekend was Jurca. He managed to finish behind Whitt both days, moving him up three spots in the rankings to third. The DNF at the Stars finale may or may not affect his spot in the next rankings, where he could be in the top ten of both the ICC and ICA at the same time.

ICC Driver Rankings – as of September 12, 2005
RankDriverScore
1.Kyle Wiegand7491
2.Alex Speed7437
3.Jason Bowles7346
4.Wesley Boswell7273
5.Alan Rudolph7126
6.Jan Velez-Walter7118
7.Phillippe Gelinas7035
8.Gary Carlton6986
9.Troy Hottmann6976
10.Keith Spicer6971
11.Josh Schreiber6969
12.Matt Jaskol6961
13.Joe White6873
14.Tad Funakoshi6829
15.Logan Gomez6805
16.Ryan Yop6798
17.Ryan Phinny6795
18.Daniel Morad6774
19.Ron White6709
20.Collin Lynn6703
21.Nick Maddison6606
22.Juliana Chiovitti6601
23.Chris Carmody6510
24.David Jurca6478
25.John Zartarian6396
26.Lorenzo Mandarino6388
27.Ryan Kinnear6385
28.Sean Noonan6339
29.Alexander Rose6319
30.Tom Cadieux6294
31.AJ Whisler6218
32.Marc Elliott6058
33.Jake Thompson6039
34.Nicholas Halen6003
35.Jonathan Vitolo5979
36.Adam Kretschmer5962
37.Rene Silva5942
38.Christopher Miller5909
39.Chris Kuenning5883
40.Richard Boake5862
41.Adam Kaempfer5838
42.Bobby Wilson5748
43.Alex Tollefson5539
44.Jeff Oleen5449
45.Jonathan Allen5421
46.Matt Pritiko5388
47.Joseph Barros5249
48.Shane Terrel5230
49.Mike Hill5219
50.Cole Mathewson5126
51.Ashley Betts5002
52.Colin Snyder4945
53.Scott Rettich4898
54.Darren Elliott4836
55.Sean Meier4630
56.Fritz Leesmann4562
57.Chance Terrel4359
58.Jonathan Wright4295
59.Neil McCoy4251
60.Marc Flood4174
61.Darren Peterson4109
62.Jonathan Koorson4011
63.Tim Hollowell3982
64.Erik Leishman3848
65.Chris Jackson3589
66.Kyle Ray3532
67.Jordan Dick3520
68.Dane Cameron3466
69.Don McGregor3423
70.Jeff Carter3300
71.Marshall Vortriede3251
72.Kyle Lawrence3190
73.Stuart Marsell3147
74.Paul Draper3008
75.Tom Dyer2721
76.Curtis Fox2551
77.BJ Anderson2525
78.Kurt Mathewson2454
79.Gian Cavaciuti2446
80.Matthew Wihlen2363
81.Tim Hallowell2327
82.Ron Peterson2289
83.Nick Johnson2241
84.Rory Jones2192
85.Bryan Driver2168
86.Jordy Vorrath2134
87.Adam Johnson1988
88.Jamie Sieracki1956
89.Phil Giebler1951
90.AJ Noud1858
91.Alan Sciuto1857
92.Scott Montoya1849
93.Simon Martin1840
94.Voytek Burdzy1809
95.Jesse Dunham1790
96.Mike Beeny1785
97.Craig Sender1756
98.Reed Froehlich1754
99.Matt Alcorn1719
100.Miguel Pajon1702


ICA Driver Rankings – as of September 12, 2005
RankDriverScore
1.Phil Giebler5187
2.Johnny Johnson5165
3.David Jurca5118
4.Chris Wehrheim5073
5.Christopher Stage5067
6.Steve Welk5043
7.Tyler Dueck5030
8.Kevin Glover4986
9.Caleb Loniewski4983
10.Cole Whitt4968
11.Chris Larson4967
12.Joel Miller4964
13.Thomas Hartsenveld4950
14.Grant Hebner4947
15.Helmut Sanden4940
16.Matt Johnson4850
17.Joey King4826
18.Nicholas Tonkin4751
19.Chris Chidgey4740
20.Chris Keller4723
21.Giacomo Patrono4723
22.Sean MacDonnell4701
23.Richard Campollo4659
24.Nicholas Johnston4657
25.Christopher Livengood4654
26.Chris Friel4599
27.Camille Hamel4569
28.Alfonso Perri4567
29.Mark Vielgut4567
30.Joshua Harris4553
31.Joseph Genest4543
32.Garrett Napier4502
33.Antoine Genest4499
34.Dominic Scheer4486
35.Kevin Kopp4366
36.Victor Pedrosa4363
37.Steve Krock4348
38.Jennifer Williams4142
39.Jake Rosenzweig3979
40.Michael Giessen3768
41.Reed Stevens3703
42.Ariel Castro3613
43.Jess Peterson3583
44.Eric Bartolero3553
45.Casey Neal3322
46.Devon Sandeen2820
47.Tony Loniewski2674
48.Jonaton Jorge2612
49.Adam Johnson2458
50.Charlie Pastorio2311
51.Damiano Chiesa2053
52.Johan Lindbrant1991
53.Drew Cattell1933
54.Justin Anfinson1918
55.Landon Yee1882
56.Clayton Beier1877
57.Colby Jenn1867
58.Cody Lindsay1867
59.Michael Ryall1857
60.Mathias Calderon1805
61.Mark Dismore1795
62.Jeevan Banwait1737
63.Keith Spicer1732
64.Chris Grektorp1723
65.Randolph Ferguson1722
66.Corey Smith1707
67.Paul Harraka1702
68.Erik Molin1691
69.Thomas Belli1620
70.Armando Arends1569
71.Davide Fore1153
72.Marco DiLeo1072
73.Jordy Vorrath1037
74.Omar Bergo948
75.Sean Gilmartin934


SKI Driver Rankings Calculation Process
The SKI Driver Rankings are calculated using a driver’s best finishes in major North American races. Assembled using events from the last 12 months, we use a driver’s top seven finishes in ICC to determine their overall current point total. The top five as used for ICA due to the lower number of available events. With each new month, results from the previous year are discarded. To deliver this current ranking list, we tabulated the results of all the WKA Manufacturer’s Cup (East and West) and the Snap-on Stars of Karting national events run over the last 12 months. We have also included the results for the major one-off events such as the Rock Island Grand Prix, SKUSA King of the Streets, Black Rock Summer Shootout and the SKUSA SuperNationals.

Each race was initially weighted based on the prestige and history of the event or series with a score of 10 being the highest attainable base ranking. For 2005, the Stars of Karting Race of the Americas and the SKUSA SuperNationals are the only events to receive a score of 10 in their initial weighting. The Stars of Karting national series events draw a base ranking of 9 while the WKA Manufacturer’s Cup races were given a base ranking of 8.

Added to these initial rankings are two variables that help confirm the true importance of an event to the ranking process – field size and field strength. A percentage of one weighting point is added for the size of the field while the number of existing top 50 drivers entered offers another fraction of a point. The sum of these numbers becomes the overall ranking for any race.

Following a race, drivers receive points based on their finishing positions with 100 points earned for a win. Each subsequent position drops by one point with 99 points given to the second place driver and so on throughout the field. These points are then multiplied by the overall ranking to produce a driver’s final point total from each event. Using a driver’s best seven races for ICC and the best five for ICA, we calculate each driver’s overall score and subsequent ranking.
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