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| IKN Driver Rankings - June 30, 2010 |
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In its continuing efforts to promote premier indoor karting in North America, IndoorKartingNews.com is pleased to announce the introduction of the IKN Driver Rankings. The newly-created program will take results from IKN’s Partner Tracks from across North America, as well as premier championships and special one-off events, and drop them into our own proven ranking equation to produce a listing that, for the first time, will combine all of the top indoor kart drivers into one offering. The IKN Driver Rankings package has been carefully designed to take into consideration the many different variables in an effort to properly weigh the results, with an emphasis placed on the field strength and field size.
The following is an explanation of how the points are calculated:
The IKN Driver Rankings are calculated using a driver’s best finishes in IKN Partner Track competition (Apex Karting, Dromo 1, F1 Boston, F1 Race Factory, Grand Prix New York, Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Sykart Indoor Racing Center, Victory Lane Karting, and Xtreme Indoor Karting), as well as selected championships (Indoor Karting World Championship and U.S. Indoor Karting Championship). Assembled using events from the last 12 months, we use a driver’s best six finishes in the official IKN Partner Track events in order to determine their overall current point total. With each new month, results from the same month of the previous year are discarded to deliver the current ranking list.
Each race was initially weighted based on its prestige and history, and of course the depth of talent, with a score of 10 being the highest attainable base ranking. For the initial driver rankings, which is based on race results from July 2008 through July 2009, the Indoor Karting World Championship and U.S. Indoor Karting Championship were given a base ranking of 10, several special endurance events garnered a 9 score (12 Hours of Dromo, LVGP 12 Hour Race, GPNY 12 Hour Race, NIKA Grand Prix of Olympia, Xtreme Grand Prix 12-Hour, 24 Hours of Charlotte, F1 Race Factory 10-Hour, NIKA Grand Prix of Portland), while regular league races received a base ranking of 8.
Added to the initial base ranking is the variable of field size, which helps confirm the importance, strength and competitiveness of the series. A percentage of one weighting point is added for the size of the field, with a full field of 30 drivers or more providing one full point. Another full point or fraction of a point will be added to any future event ranking and will be based on the field strength of each event. The percentage of the top-50 ranked drivers in the race will also be factored into the final event ranking. 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 six races, we calculate each driver’s overall score and subsequent ranking.
IKN Driver Rankings - June 30, 2010
Unlike most forms of motorsports, the hot summer months are the quiet time of the year in the indoor karting ranks. With drivers electing to spend time with friends and families enjoying the good weather outside via long weekends and holidays, a vast majority of the IndoorKartingNews.com partner tracks scale back their leagues. As a result, the June edition of the IKN Driver Rankings – for the first time ever – features no changes among the top-five and little movement among the top-50.
Jordan Pembleton – the reigning IKN Driver of the Year – remains the points leader in the IKN Driver Rankings, ending June with 6088 markers. The Victory Lane Karting, like many of the top indoor karters in North America, took the month off from league and endurance competition. Pembleton therefore still relies on is fifth place finish in the ’09 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (1094 pts), fifth place in the ’09 Indoor Kart World Championship (1066 pts), a runner-up placing in the 24 Hours Charlotte endurance race (1032 pts) and a runner-up result in the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix 12 Hour Race (1010 pts) for the majority of the points. The North Carolina racer has now led IKN Driver Rankings for an impressive nine consecutive months.
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IKN Driver Rankings - May 31, 2010
While most of North America is currently thinking about barbeques, beach, pools and backyard get togethers during the summer months, a core group of racers are focused on continually challenging for top honors at IndoorKartingNews.com partner tracks via league and endurance races. With that in mind, it is time to see who the best of the best are via the May edition of the IKN Driver Rankings.
As has been the case for over half a year, Jordan Pembleton leads the way on the IKN Driver Rankings table, ending the month of May with a total of 6088 points. The star racer from Victory Lane Karting is one of two karters to break the elusive 6000 points barrier, thanks to a superb month on-track. In addition to winning both the Lightweight (927 pts) and Heavyweight (922 pts) races in his first Spring League outing of the season, the North Carolina native was part of the runner-up squad (1032 pts) in the 2010 edition of the prestigious 24 Hours Charlotte endurance race. When combined with his fifth place in the ’09 Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts), fifth place in the ’09 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (1094 pts) and runner-up result in the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix 12 Hour Race (1010 pts), Pembleton now has four 1000+ races on his current rankings resume. Adding in two 900+ scores, Pembleton continues to be the top dog in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - April 30, 2010
As the temperatures begin to rise outdoors, thoughts begin turn to getting outside and enjoying the weather. That being said, the action at the IndoorKartingNews.com partner tracks still rages on, with many top racers looking to add another championship title to their resumes. For that reason, it is the ideal time to unveil the April edition of the IKN Driver Rankings.
For a seventh consecutive month, North Carolina’s Jordan Pembleton tops the IKN Driver Rankings table, ending the month with a points tally of 5988. The Victory Lane Karting star, who is believed to be preparing for strong summer run at the Indoor Karting World Championship – being hosted by F1 Race Factory in Arizona – did not go racing during the month of April. As a result, Pembleton continues to rely on three +1000 scores – ’09 Indoor Karting World Championship (5th place - 1066 pts), ’09 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (fifth place - 1094 pts) and Lehigh Valley Grand Prix 12 Hour Race (second place – 1010 pts) – for the majority of his points. When added with three 900+ scores, it is easy to understand why Pembleton remains the driver everyone is chasing in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - March 31, 2010
With many of the IndoorKartingNews.com partner tracks ending their winter leagues and starting up their spring runs, there is plenty of action still taking indoors on a day to day basis. With this in mind, it is time to reveal the delayed March IKN Driver Rankings.
Jordan Pembleton, as been the case since late 2009, remains the driver every one is chasing in the IKN Driver Rankings, thanks to a increased points total of 5988. The Victory Lane Karting standout may have only made one appearance behind the wheel during the month of March, but he made it count. As part of multi-driver VLK effort, Pembleton headed north to Pennsylvania to to take part in the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix 12 Hour race. While the reigning No. 1 man didn’t score the win, he added another +1000 score to his IKN rankings resume with a second place result (1010 pts). When added to his already impressive fifth place results in both the Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts) and U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (1094 pts), as well as 900+ totals from VLK Winter League Lightweight wins in Round One (954 pts) and Round Two (932 pts), Pembleton retains the first place in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - February 28, 2010
Much like the weather outside, the on-track action at the IndoorKartingNews.com partner tracks is steadily heating up. As a result, it is time to reveal the latest edition of the IKN Driver Rankings, which features a new driver in the top-three and plenty of movement among the top-10.
As has been the case since the 2009 November edition of the rankings, Jordan Pembleton is the No. 1 racer at month’s end thanks to a points total of 5907. This is the same total as one month ago, due to the fact that the Victory Lane Karting standout did not take part in any league or endurance race competition during the month of February. Pembleton therefore continues to rely on his fifth place results in both the Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts) and U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (1094 pts) as his top-two point scores, with additional 900+ totals coming from VLK Winter League Lightweight wins in Round One (954 pts), Round Two (932 pts) and Round Three (929 pts). As a result, Pembleton continues to be the man every one is chasing in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - January 31, 2010
With several indoor karting winter leagues now underway at the IndoorKartingNews.com partner tracks, it is time to unveil the latest edition of the IKN Driver Rankings. Thanks to plenty of races and one of the leading endurance races taking place during the month, there was a good deal of shuffling among the top-10.
Jordan Pembleton is still the racer everyone is chasing, holding the No. 1 position for a third consecutive month via a points total of 5907. After taking the month December off, the Victory Lane Karting pilot wasted little time regaining his winning ways in January, with wins in three of his first four VLK league races. While his fifth place results in both the Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts) and U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (1094 pts) remain his top-two point scores, his Lightweight class wins in Round One (954 pts), Round Two (932 pts) and Round Three (929 pts) of the VLK Winter League in January helped raise his points total. The end result, is Pembleton begins the new decade the same was as he ended 2009, P1 on the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - December 31, 2009
With the festive holiday season behind us, it is now time to look at the final IKN Driver Rankings for 2009. With limited on-track action at the IndoorKartingNews.com Partner tracks during the month of December, the entire top-16 remained unchanged from the previous rankings.
Jordan Pembleton, remains the No. 1 pilot in the IKN Driver Rankings, ending 2009 with a points total of 5857. The standout Victory Lane Karting driver, having not gotten behind the wheel in December continues to rely on his fifth place results in both the Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts) and USIKC (1094 pts) for his top-two point score. A further four 900+ scores ensure he ends the year as the IKN Driver Rankings leader.
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IKN Driver Rankings - November 30, 2009
Adding in all the results from the IndoorKartingNews.com Partner tracks during the month of November, it is now time to unveil the penultimate edition of the 2009 IKN Driver Rankings.
Jordan Pembleton, having taking over the No. 1 spot in the IKN Driver Rankings following the U.S. Indoor Karting Championship, retained the top spot at the end of November via a points total of 5857. The Victory Lane Karting standout, having finished fifth in the USIKC against 24 of the top 50 ranked driver early in the month, added to his points tally at the end of November with a Round Seven Winter Adult League victory in the Heavyweight class (918 pts). When combined with his 1000+ point scores at the USIKC (1094 pts) and the Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts), where he finished fifth overall, Jordan Pembleton is once again the No. 1 driver in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - November 8, 2009
With the 2009 edition of the U.S. Indoor Karting Championship now in the record books following some highly entertaining race action in Phoenix, its is time to unveil the updated IKN Driver Rankings, utilizing the results from IndoorKartingNews.com Partner tracks.
Jordan Pembleton, having entered the USIKC as the fourth ranked driver, leaves the prestigious year-end gathering of the top indoor karters as the new No. 1 race pilot in the IKN Driver Rankings. The Victory Lane Karting standout finished fifth in the USIKC, and as result improved his points total by 251 markers, taking over the top spot on the leader board with 5845. Not surprising, given the level of talent present at the USIKC – 24 of the top-50 – Pembleton’s fifth place finish is now his leading points score (1094 pts), just ahead of his fifth place result at Indoor Karting World Championship (1066 pts). Add in the fact his remaining top-six results are all 900+ pts, it really is no surprise that Jordan Pembleton is once again the No. 1 driver in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - October 31, 2009
Just prior to the top indoor karters from across the U.S.A. gathering in Phoenix for the 2009 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship, it is time to reveal the October edition of the IKN Driver Rankings, utilizing the results from IndoorKartingNews.com Partner tracks.
Mike Smith, the reigning U.S. Indoor National Champion, will enter the 2009 edition of the USIKC as the new No. 1 racer in the IKN Driver Rankings, thanks to a points total of 5731. The Apex Karting takes over the lead position for the first time since the rankings were introduced primarily due to a recent run of podium finishes in the Sykart Indoor Race Series. In addition to the GT2 class wins in Rounds Two (852 pts) and Round Four (852 pts) this past month, the Washington-based driver adds race wins at the 2008 USIKC (1100 pts), Dromo 12 Hours (1000 pts) and Oregon Indoor Karting Championship (933 pts) to his leading points total. The end result, is Smith is the new top dog in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - September 31, 2009
The end of the month of September means it is time once again to unveil the latest edition of the IKN Driver Rankings, utilizing the results from IndoorKartingNews.com Partner tracks.
Truman Godfrey, after relinquishing the top-spot for one month, is once again No. 1 in the IKN Driver Rankings via points total of 5623. The F1 Race Factory standout regained the top spot ahead of more than 930 drivers due primarily to his superb run of victories in the Fall League. Godfrey’s runner-up result in the 2008 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship remains his lone 1000+ points score (1089 pts), however the Arizona native adds four 900+ results thanks to the win in Round One of the North Carolina Indoor Karting Championship (900 pts), a runner-up finish in the Midwest Regional Indoor Karting Championship (931 pts), and wins in Rounds Three and Four of the F1 Race Factory Fall League (903 pts). As a result Godfrey is once again P1 in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - August 31, 2009
With the addition of all the results from IKN Partner tracks through August 31, the third edition of the IKN Driver Rankings is now complete.
North Carolina’s Jordan Pembleton is the new No. 1 driver in the IKN Driver Rankings, thanks to a points total of 5576. Pembleton, who races out of Victory Lane Karting, moved up 10 places during the month, thanks to a superb run in the recent Indoor Karting World Championship in Brazil, where he finished fifth. In addition to the 1066 points score from Brazil, Pembleton adds significant points from the North Carolina Indoor Karting Championship, winning Round Two (900 pts), Round Three (900 pts), Round Five (883 pts) and Round Six (897 pts) en route to the series title. The end result is P1 in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - July 31, 2009
The second edition of the IKN Driver Rankings are complete, following the addition of all the results through July 31 from the IKN Partner tracks into the master spreadsheet. As expected, changes occurred throughout the rankings, however many of the top regarded indoor race pilots remain at top of the point charts.
American Truman Godfrey remains the driver everyone is chasing in the IKN Driver Rankings, retaining the No. 1 spot for a second consecutive month. Godfrey, who races under the F1 Race Factory banner, has an updated points total of 5586 via his best six results during the one year period ending July 31, 2009. The primary source of his points total come from his runner-up finish in the 2008 U.S. Indoor Kart Championship (1089 pts), second place in the Lightweight division of the Midwest Regional Indoor Karting Championship (931 pts), and his top-20 result in the 2008 Indoor Karting World Championship (902 pts). Add in three strong results in the North Carolina Indoor Karting Championship, including a win, and you get P1 in the IKN Driver Rankings.
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IKN Driver Rankings - July 1, 2009
After a great deal of hard work gathering results from all the IndoorKartingNews.com Partner Tracks and spirited discussion by the IKN staff, the inaugural IKN Driver Rankings are ready to be unveiled. Utilizing results from July 2008 to July 2009, the top positions in the rankings feature a virtual who’s who of the North American indoor karting ranks.
Leading the way inaugural IKN driver rankings is Truman Godfrey, who races primarily out of the Victory Lane Karting facility in North Carolina and F1 Race Factory in Phoenix, which is our newest IKN Partner Track. The talented American scored an impressive 5684 points via his best six results from July 2008 to July 2009. Given that Godfrey was the runner-up in the 2008 U.S. Indoor Kart Championship at F1RF, scored one win and four podium finishes in the 2009 North Carolina Indoor Karting Championship series, was part of the third place squad in the 2009 24 Hours of Charlotte endurance race and finished as the Lightweight division runner-up of the Midwest Regional Indoor Karting Championship, it really comes as no surprise he is the top driver in the first edition of the IKN Driver Rankings.
Making it a Victory Lane Karting one-two in the first IKN Driver Rankings, Dan Burke scored 5543 points when all the calculations were completed. The primary source of Mr. Burke’s total was generated via a 10th place finish in the 2008 Indoor Karting World Championship, a ninth place result in the 2008 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship, and multiple wins (seven in total) in Winter and Summer league competition at VLK.
Completing the top-three in the initial IKN Driver Rankings is Dromo 1’s Diego Morales. Racing against several of the top drivers in the country on a regular basis, the American totaled 5528 points. Highlighting his resume during the July to June run was wins in the 12 Hours of Dromo and the Dromo 1 Grand Prix Series, as well a top-20 finishes at both the IKWC and USIKC.
Showcasing the depth of talent at Dromo 1 in California, spots four and five on the IKN Driver Rankings were filled by track standouts Jon Kimbrell and Patrick Britain. Kimbrell amassed 5525 points via a third place finish in the ’09 12 Hours of Dromo race last February and a pair of wins in the highly competitive Dromo 1 Grand Prix Seriesr. Britain scored 5504 pts thanks to one win and several podium finishes in the GP Series.
One of the biggest surprises is the positioning of reigning U.S. Indoor Karting Champion and IKWC standout Mike Smith, who debuts at 49th with 5035 points. Smith ran a limited schedule in 2008, competing in just five races, which left him short on points by one full race. Smith was still trackside, acting as Race Director for the leagues at Sykart Indoor Karting in Tigard, OR, and he has now moved to Apex Karting in Tumwater, WA. We don’t expect this to last for long, hoping that Smith will jump into a couple of league events to post his necessary six events.
Other drivers of note in the inaugural IKN Driver Rankings are Steve Pepka (13th - 5283 pts), the top Sykart Indoor Racing Center race pilot who was a heat race winner at last fall’s USIKC, Jason Drescher (18th - 5223 pts), the leading Xtreme Indoor Karting driver; Kevin Carney (19th – 5211 pts), the highest ranked Lehigh Grand Prix driver; Ryan Horses (34th – 5105), the top Grand Prix Kartways driver; Chad Arndt (46th – 5046), the leading Velocity Indoor Karting race pilot; Adam Labonte (55th – 5006), the top F1 Boston driver; and Shawn Brisco (386th – 1663 pts), top driver from Race Place Motorsports.
The IKN staff will now go to work inputing all the results from July 2009, discarding last July’s performances. The addition of F1 Race Factory to the IKN Partner Track family should also begin shaking things up once their new league gets going in mid-August, as many of their top drivers have strong finishes from last year’s USIKC, which is ranked highest of any of the races in the program.
To discuss the IKN Driver Rankings, please visit the official discussion thread located HERE
IKN Driver Rankings Top-50
July 1, 2009
| Pos | Driver | Home Track | Races | Score| 1. | Truman Godfrey | Victory Lane Karting | 12 | 5684 | | 2. | Dan Burke | Victory Lane Karting | 32 | 5543 | | 3. | Diego Morales | Dromo 1 | 9 | 5528 | | 4. | Jon Kimbrell | Dromo 1 | 9 | 5525 | | 5. | Patrick Britain | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5504 | | 6. | DJ Osmond | Victory Lane Karting | 27 | 5397 | | 7. | Aaron Downs | Dromo 1 | 6 | 5350 | | 8. | Hans Soneson | Victory Lane Karting | 43 | 5349 | | 9. | Jordan Pembleton | Victory Lane Karting | 21 | 5349 | | 10. | Jay Schreiber | Dromo 1 | 8 | 5315 | | 11. | Mike Kai | Dromo 1 | 8 | 5308 | | 12. | Robbie Freeman | Victory Lane Karting | 16 | 5289 | | 13. | Steve Pepka | SyKart Indoor | 10 | 5283 | | 14. | Adam Kellerman | SyKart Indoor | 8 | 5282 | | 15. | Tony Hana | SyKart Indoor | 31 | 5270 | | 16. | Miles Calvin | Dromo 1 | 6 | 5267 | | 17. | Michael Ibach | Victory Lane Karting | 39 | 5263 | | 18. | Jason Drescher | Xtreme Indoor | 22 | 5223 | | 19. | Kevin Carney | Lehigh Valley GP | 7 | 5211 | | 20. | Logan Calvin | Dromo 1 | 7 | 5201 | | 21. | Chris Naficy | SyKart Indoor | 13 | 5199 | | 22. | Eduardo Pardo | Xtreme Indoor | 21 | 5196 | | 23. | Mike Cassino | Victory Lane Karting | 38 | 5185 | | 24. | Brad Carosella | Lehigh Valley GP | 17 | 5150 | | 25. | Zack Skolnick | Victory Lane Karting | 15 | 5143 | | 26. | Antonio Haddad | Lehigh Valley GP | 6 | 5134 | | 27. | DJ Bloomfield | Victory Lane Karting | 10 | 5132 | | 28. | Armin Sedghi | SyKart Indoor | 29 | 5127 | | 28. | Peter Baran | Lehigh Valley GP | 15 | 5127 | | 30. | Brandon Flyte | Lehigh Valley GP | 13 | 5124 | | 31. | Johan Schwartz | Victory Lane Karting | 9 | 5115 | | 32. | Andrew Von Fange | Victory Lane Karting | 20 | 5109 | | 33. | Scott Meadow | Dromo 1 | 8 | 5107 | | 34. | Ryan Horses | Grand Prix Kartways | 17 | 5105 | | 35. | Jean Hoy | Xtreme Indoor | 17 | 5101 | | 36. | Mark Woyslaw | Grand Prix Kartways | 17 | 5099 | | 37. | Scott Gaarde | SyKart Indoor | 26 | 5097 | | 38. | Dario Echeverry | Xtreme Indoor | 13 | 5092 | | 39. | John Seabrooke | Xtreme Indoor | 17 | 5081 | | 40. | Cody Robnett | Victory Lane Karting | 20 | 5080 | | 41. | Walt Sova | Victory Lane Karting | 26 | 5079 | | 42. | Garron Selliken | SyKart Indoor | 21 | 5078 | | 43. | Cody Mosteller | Victory Lane Karting | 25 | 5069 | | 44. | Evan York | Victory Lane Karting | 9 | 5064 | | 45. | Andrew Thoms | Grand Prix Kartways | 16 | 5058 | | 46. | Chad Arndt | Velocity | 11 | 5046 | | 47. | Fred Ogrim | Victory Lane Karting | 19 | 5039 | | 47. | Rob Holubar | Velocity | 9 | 5039 | | 49. | Dave Reeve | Xtreme Indoor | 12 | 5035 | | 49. | Mike Smith | Dromo 1 | 5 | 5035 | |
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