Pole positions: Taking look at career rankings in five current classes at Adams County Speedway

QUINCY — Four active drivers entered the current season with No. 1 all-time Muddy River Sports rankings among the five weekly classes at Adams County Speedway.

Dave Wietholder is No. 1 in the UMP modified series, which has been a weekly class at 8000 Broadway since 2009, while Denny Woodworth is atop the crate late model rankings, a series that has been around since 2017.

Tanner Klingele is No. 1 in the sport mod division, which dates to 2011, with Kim Abbott earning the top spot in the 4-Cylinders, which evolved from the sport compacts and have been around since 2011.

The lone class without an active driver ranked No. 1 is the stock car division, where Abe Huls rules the roost, even though he has not raced full-time at the track since 2016. The stocks have been a weekly series since 2008.

The rankings take into account all divisions at the track since it opened in 1975. Each year in each class the top 10 drivers receive points on a 15-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale. Their points are added up through the years in each series, which determine their ranking. 

Numerous classes have come and gone in that time, most notably the open/super late models, “A” Modifieds, “B” modifieds and the bombers. Drivers who were No. 1 in those retired rankings were Mark Burgtorf (open/super late models), Hank DeLonjay (“A” mods), Tony Dunker (“B” mods) and Eddie Dieker (bombers).

Here’s a rankings breakdown the five current classes at the speedway:

UMP Modified

Established: 2009

1. Dave Wietholder, 125 points, 4 titles

2. Steven DeLonjay, 86 points, 4 titles

3. Shawn Deering, 79 points

4. Michael Long, 64 points, 1 title

5. Jared Schlipman, 49 points, 1 title

6-tie. Frankie Wellman, 25 points

6-tie. Josh Newman, 25 points

6-tie. Russ Coultas, 25 points

9. Spencer Havermale, 22 points

10. Justin Reed, 21 points, 1 title

Sport Mods

Established: 2011

1. Tanner Klingele, 70 points

2. Tony Dunker, 57 points, 3 titles

3. Adam Birck, 52 points, 3 titles

4. Brandon Lennox, 34 points, 1 title

5. Joey Gower, 33 points, 1 title

6. Mike Goodwin, 26 points

7itie. Nathan Bringer, 19 points, 1 title

7-tie. Brad Holtmeyer, 19 points

9. Bobby Anders, 17 points

19. Justin Bartz, 16 points

Crate Late Models

Established: 2017

1. Denny Woodworth, 60 points, 4 titles

2. Tommy Elston, 29 points

3. Darin Weisinger Jr., 18 points

4. Sam Halstead, 16 points

5-tie. Laine Van Zandt, 14 points

5-tie. Melvin Linder, 14 points

7. Cliff Powell, 13 points

8. Charles Van Zandt, 12 points

9. Vance Wilson, 10 points

10. Brandon Savage, 8 points

4-Cylinders/Sport Compacts

Established: 2011

1. Kim Abbott, 106 points, 3 titles

2. Brandon Lambert, 57 points

3. Jeffrey DeLonjay, 39 points, 1 title

4. Austen Becerra, 38 points, 2 titles

5. Seith Woodruff, 37 points, 2 titles

6. Darin Weisinger Jr., 33 points

7. Craig Bangert, 32 points, 1 title

8. Barry Taft, 24 points, 1 title

9. David Prim, 19 points

10-tie. Laine Van Zandt, 13 points

10-tie. Casey Lambert, 13 points

Stock Cars

Established: 2008

1. Abe Huls, 102 points, 4 titles

2. Jerry Jansen, 67 points

3. Jake Powers, 66 points, 1 title

4. Terry Houston, 65 points, 2 titles

5. Beau Taylor, 53 points,1 title

6. Aaron Brocksieck, 28 points, 1 title

7. Brian Hoener, 25 points. 1 title

8. Andrew Griffin, 24 points

9. Michael Larsen, 20 points

10. Brandon Savage, 19 points