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| September 11, 2009 News |
| 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.
Jordan Pembleton
Victory Lane Karting – Charlotte, N.C.
IKN Driver Rankings Points Breakdown
| Race | Finish | Points| NCIKC Round #1 | 2nd | 891 | | NCIKC Round #2 | 1st | 900 | | NCIKC Round #3 | 1st | 900 | | NCIKC Round #5 | 1st | 883 | | NCIKC Round #6 | 1st | 897 | | IKWC | 5th | 1066 | |
Truman Godfrey, having led the way through the month July, is now the No. 2 driver in the rankings. The F1 Race Factory driver, who has a points total of 5563, continues to rely on a runner-up finish in the 2008 U.S. Indoor Karting Championship (1089 pts), a runner-up result in the Midwest Regional Indoor Karting Championship (931 pts) and the NCKIC Round One win (900 pts) for the majority of his points. He finished fifth in the F1 Race Factory Fall League season-opener during the month.
Retaining third place in the IKN Driver Rankings for a second month is Jon Kimbrell. The first of three consecutive Dromo 1 drivers inside the top-10, he has a total of 5544 pts thanks to strong results in some of the premier indoor karting events. Kimbrell’s top-three point scores continue to be from 11th in the 2008 USIKC (990 pts), third in the 12 Hours of Dromo (980 pts) and the race win Round One of the GP Series (900 pts). His lone result in the month of August was sixth in Round Six of the GP Series.
Completing the top-five in the August edition of the IKN Driver Rankings are Patrick Britain and Diego Morales. Britain moved up one spot in the rankings this past month, thanks to a new points total of 5543. While the Dromo 1 driver’s top scores still come from the 12 Hours of Dromo (970 pts) and 24 Hours of Charlotte (970 pts), his Round Six GP Series win (921 pts) during the month added another 900+ score to his overall total. While Morales improved his points total to 5525 by the end of the month, he still fell from second to fifth in the rankings. The Dromo 1 race pilot continues to have a win in the 12 Hours of Dromo (1000 pts) and a top-20 at the 2008 USIKC (924 pts) as his top-two scores, while the race win in Round Five of the GP series (910 pts) is his new number three result.
Other drivers of note in the August edition of the IKN Driver Rankings are Michael Appuzzo (up 339 places to eighth - 5454 pts), the leading Xtreme Indoor Karting driver; Steve Pepka (down eight positions to 23rd - 5283 pts), the top Sykart Indoor Racing Center race pilot; Kevin Carney (down 11 spots to 33rd – 5211 pts), the highest ranked Lehigh Grand Prix driver; Ryan Horses (falling 13 spots to 52nd – 5105 pts), the top Grand Prix Kartways driver; Chad Arndt (down 13 position to 62nd – 5046 pts), the leading Velocity Indoor Karting race pilot; Adam Labonte (dropping 12 spots to 72nd – 5006 pts), the top F1 Boston driver; Mike Smith (falling 250 places to 302nd – 3990 pts), the lone Apex Karting driver; and Shawn Brisco (up 27 places to 375th – 2486 pts), top driver from Race Place Motorsports.
The “Hard Charger” among the top-50 of the IKN Driver Rankings in August was Appuzzo. The Xtreme Indoor race pilot moved up a staggering 339 places during the month, ending up eighth on the charts with a points total of 5454. Appuzzo benefited from a pair of Summer League wins In August, taking the Lightweight class victories in Round Four (875 pts) and Round Five (875 pts).
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IKN Driver Rankings Top-50
August 31, 2009
| Pos | Driver | Home Track | Races | Score | +/-| 1. | Jordan Pembleton | Victory Lane Karting | 24 | 5576 | 10 | | 2. | Truman Godfrey | F1 Race Factory | 11 | 5563 | -1 | | 3. | Jon Kimbrell | Dromo 1 | 11 | 5544 | NC | | 4. | Patrick Britain | Dromo 1 | 13 | 5543 | 1 | | 5. | Diego Morales | Dromo 1 | 11 | 5525 | -3 | | 6. | Michael Ibach | Victory Lane Karting | 50 | 5489 | 7 | | 7. | DJ Osmond | Victory Lane Karting | 31 | 5467 | -1 | | 8. | Michael Appuzzo | Xtreme Indoor | 7 | 5454 | 339 | | 9. | Mike Kai | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5437 | NC | | 10. | Hans Soneson | Victory Lane Karting | 57 | 5433 | -3 | | 11. | Jean Hoy | Xtreme Indoor | 18 | 5413 | 9 | | 12. | Robbie Freeman | Victory Lane Karting | 21 | 5402 | 2 | | 13. | Fred Ogrim | Victory Lane Karting | 31 | 5396 | 10 | | 14. | Aaron Downs | Dromo 1 | 8 | 5395 | -6 | | 15. | Dan Burke | Victory Lane Karting | 32 | 5392 | -11 | | 16. | Jay Schreiber | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5352 | -6 | | 17. | Jason Drescher | Xtreme Indoor | 22 | 5350 | -5 | | 18. | Eduardo Pardo | Xtreme Indoor | 22 | 5335 | 8 | | 19. | Cody Robnett | Victory Lane Karting | 33 | 5330 | 2 | | 20. | Michael Whipple | Xtreme Indoor | 7 | 5314 | 329 | | 21. | Johan Schwartz | Victory Lane Karting | 13 | 5309 | 15 | | 22. | Andrew Von Fange | Victory Lane Karting | 31 | 5302 | 15 | | 23. | Steve Pepka | SyKart Indoor | 10 | 5283 | -8 | | 24. | Adam Kellerman | SyKart Indoor | 8 | 5282 | -8 | | 25. | Dario Echeverry | Xtreme Indoor | 16 | 5277 | 15 | | 26. | Mike Casino | Victory Lane Karting | 46 | 5275 | -7 | | 27. | Tony Hana | SyKart Indoor | 31 | 5270 | -10 | | 28. | Miles Calvin | Dromo 1 | 6 | 5267 | -10 | | 29. | Walt Sova | Victory Lane Karting | 34 | 5237 | NC | | 30. | Laurie Osmond | Victory Lane Karting | 22 | 5231 | 5 | | 31. | Luis Echeverrey | Xtreme Indoor | 11 | 5227 | 44 | | 32. | Julian Castro | Xtreme Indoor | 11 | 5213 | 93 | | 33. | Kevin Carney | Lehigh Valley GP | 7 | 5211 | -11 | | 34. | Dennis Kimbrell | Dromo 1 | 11 | 5204 | 10 | | 35. | Zack Skolnick | Victory Lane Karting | 13 | 5202 | -7 | | 36. | Logan Calvin | Dromo 1 | 7 | 5201 | -12 | | 37. | Chris Naficy | SyKart Indoor | 13 | 5199 | -12 | | 38. | Bryan Armburst | Victory Lane Karting | 22 | 5159 | 34 | | 39. | John Reaney | Victory Lane Karting | 34 | 5158 | 18 | | 40. | Brad Carosella | Lehigh Valley GP | 17 | 5150 | -13 | | 41. | Alex Gantt | Victory Lane Karting | 27 | 5143 | 9 | | 42. | DJ Bloomfield | Victory Lane Karting | 12 | 5142 | -11 | | 43. | Coty Hartson | Victory Lane Karting | 10 | 5136 | 52 | | 44. | Antonio Haddad | Lehigh Valley GP | 6 | 5134 | -15 | | 45. | Fernando Carmona | Xtreme Indoor | 19 | 5127 | 28 | | 45. | Armin Sedghi | SyKart Indoor | 29 | 5127 | -13 | | 45. | Peter Baran | Lehigh Valley GP | 15 | 5127 | -13 | | 48. | Brandon Flyte | Lehigh Valley GP | 13 | 5124 | -14 | | 49. | Anthony Razo | Dromo 1 | 8 | 5113 | 54 | | 50. | Paul Shelton | Victory Lane Karting | 26 | 5108 | 9 | |
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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 (Dromo 1, F1 Boston, Grand Prix Kartways, Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Race Place Motorsports, Sykart Indoor Racing Center, Velocity Indoor Karting, 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, 12 and 24 Hours of Charlotte, Three Hours of Lehigh Valley, Midwest Regional Indoor Karting Championship), 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. |
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