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| November 19, 2009 News |
| IKN Driver Rankings - November 8 |
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.
Jordan Pembleton
Victory Lane Karting – Charlotte, N.C.
IKN Driver Rankings Points Breakdown
| Race | Finish | Points| Indoor Karting World Championship | 5th | 1066 | | VLK Fall League Lightweight Round #4 | 1st | 922 | | VLK Fall League Lightweight Round #6 | 1st | 906 | | VLK Winter League Lightweight Round #4 | 2nd | 932 | | VLK Winter League Heavyweight Round #4 | 2nd | 925 | | U.S. Indoor Karting Championship | 5th | 1094 | |
After taking over the top spot in the IKN Driver Rankings at end of October, Mike Smith drops one position following the USIKC with a revised points total of 5748. While the Apex Karting driver was unable to repeat as U.S. National Champion, he did enjoy a successful run in Arizona, finishing third overall (1117 pts). This result becomes Smith’s leading points race, edging his Dromo 12 Hours win (1000 pts), 24 Hours of Charlotte runner-up finish (990 pts) and Oregon Indoor Karting Championship win (933 pts).
Jon Kimbrell rejoins the IKN Driver Rankings top-three following a championship-winning performance at the USIKC. The Dromo 1 star has a new points total of 5740, thanks in large part to his first National Championship crown (1140 pts). In addition to his USIKC win, Kimbrell receives the majority of points from third place in the Dromo 12 Hours race (980), Dromo 1 GP Series wins in Round Eight (928 pts), Round One (900 pts) and Round Four (900 pts).
Completing the top-five in the post U.S. Indoor Karting Championship edition of the IKN Driver Rankings is Victory Lane Karting’s Dan Burke and F1 Race Factory’s Truman Godfrey. Burke raised his points total to 5688, thanks in large part to a seventh place at the USIKC (1072 pts) and a third place in the Heavyweight class of Round Four of the VLK Winter Series (916 pts). Godfrey’s revised points total of 5663 comes in large part to his runner-up finish at the USIKC (1129 pts), as well as his runner-up finish in the Midwest Regional Indoor Karting Championship (931 pts) and Round One win in the North Carolina Indoor Karting Championship (900 pts).
Other drivers of note in the October edition of the IKN Driver Rankings are Adam Kellerman (falling three positions to sixth – 5634 pts), the top Sykart Indoor Racing Center driver; Eduardo Pardo (dropping one spot to 22nd – 5366 pts), the leading Xtreme Indoor Karting driver; Kevin Carney (up one spot to 43rd - 5247 pts), the new highest ranked Lehigh Valley Grand Prix driver; Mike Grimm (up 37 positions to 54rd – 5174 pts), the new leading Velocity Indoor Karting race pilot; Adam Labonte (down five places to 90th – 5006 pts), the top F1 Boston driver; and John Truscott (down two places to 391 – 3138 pts), the top driver from Race Place Motorsports.
The “Hard Charger” among the top-50 of the post USIKC IKN Driver Rankings is Joey Tanner. The Sykart Indoor Racing Center driver advanced 33 positions in the rankings, landing 18th on the charts with a points total of 5407. Tanner’s increased points total came in large part to an eighth place finish in the USIKC (1060 pts), as well as a P1 class win in Round Six of the Sykart Indoor Racing Series (837 pts).
To discuss the IKN Driver Rankings, please visit the official discussion thread located HERE
IndoorKartingNews.com Driver Rankings Top-50
November 8, 2009
| Pos | Driver | Home Track | Races | Score | +/-| 1. | Jordan Pembleton | Victory Lane Karting | 31 | 5845 | 3 | | 2. | Mike Smith | Apex Karting | 16 | 5748 | -1 | | 3. | Jon Kimbrell | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5740 | 3 | | 4. | Dan Burke | Victory Lane Karting | 42 | 5688 | 3 | | 5. | Truman Godfrey | F1 Race Factory | 18 | 5663 | -3 | | 6. | Adam Kellerman | Sykart Indoor | 14 | 5634 | -3 | | 7. | Fred Ogrim | Victory Lane Karting | 52 | 5623 | 7 | | 8. | Michael Ibach | Victory Lane Karting | 64 | 5616 | -3 | | 9. | Cody Robnett | Victory Lane Karting | 52 | 5579 | 7 | | 10. | Hans Soneson | Victory Lane Karting | 78 | 5544 | -1 | | 11. | Diego Morales | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5527 | -3 | | 12. | Patrick Britain | Dromo 1 | 12 | 5514 | -2 | | 13. | Mike Kai | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5500 | NC | | 14. | Tony Hana | Sykart Indoor | 22 | 5473 | -3 | | 15. | DJ Osmond | Victory Lane Karting | 32 | 5467 | -3 | | 16. | Jay Schreiber | Dromo 1 | 10 | 5430 | 1 | | 17. | Robbie Freeman | Victory Lane Karting | 29 | 5421 | 2 | | 18. | Joey Tanner | Sykart Indoor | 17 | 5407 | 33 | | 19. | Scott Gaarde | Sykart Indoor | 25 | 5390 | 19 | | 20. | Walt Sova | Victory Lane Karting | 49 | 5377 | NC | | 21. | Aaron Downs | Dromo 1 | 8 | 5367 | -6 | | 22. | Edddie Pardo | Xtreme Indoor | 20 | 5366 | -1 | | 23. | Ben Wallace | Apex Karting | 7 | 5365 | 32 | | 24. | Jean Hoy | Xtreme Indoor | 18 | 5364 | -1 | | 25. | Johan Schwartz | Victory Lane Karting | 17 | 5358 | -3 | | 26. | Michael Appuzzo | Xtreme Indoor | 11 | 5355 | -2 | | 27. | Dario Echeverry | Xtreme Indoor | 19 | 5353 | NC | | 28. | John Reaney | Victory Lane Karting | 51 | 5335 | -3 | | 29. | Andrew Hopwood | Victory Lane Karting | 54 | 5331 | -3 | | 29. | Coty Hartson | Victory Lane Karting | 15 | 5331 | 2 | | 31. | Paul Shelton | Victory Lane Karting | 35 | 5322 | -3 | | 32. | Tony Rolfson | F1 Race Factory | 9 | 5318 | 14 | | 33. | Austin Kipp | F1 Race Factory | 9 | 5315 | -5 | | 34. | Andrew Von Fange | Victory Lane Karting | 34 | 5305 | -4 | | 35. | John Connaughton | Victory Lane Karting | 34 | 5295 | -3 | | 36. | Julian Castro | Xtreme Indoor | 15 | 5290 | -1 | | 37. | Miles Calvin | Dromo 1 | 7 | 5287 | 3 | | 38. | Mike Casino | Victory Lane Karting | 47 | 5285 | -5 | | 39. | Luis Echeverrey | Xtreme Indoor | 15 | 5282 | NC | | 40. | Jason Drescher | Xtreme Indoor | 18 | 5273 | -3 | | 41. | Michael Whipple | Xtreme Indoor | 12 | 5267 | -5 | | 42. | Alex Gantt | Victory Lane Karting | 37 | 5249 | NC | | 43. | Kevin Carney | Lehigh Valley GP | 8 | 5247 | 1 | | 44. | Laurie Osmond | Victory Lane Karting | 22 | 5231 | -3 | | 45. | Nikolaus Hagleither | Xtreme Indoor | 16 | 5223 | 4 | | 46. | Brad Carosella | Lehigh Valley GP | 17 | 5222 | -3 | | 47. | Dennis Kimbrell | Dromo 1 | 11 | 5204 | -2 | | 48. | Fernando Carmona | Xtreme Indoor | 16 | 5202 | -2 | | 48. | Zack Skolnick | Victory Lane Karting | 15 | 5202 | -2 | | 50. | Jade Gurss | Victory Lane Karting | 7 | 5200 | -2 | |
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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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