CONCORD, N.C. — Danny Dietrich leads the National Sprint Car Rankings for the third straight week, raising his average finish to 3.431.
Dietrich has made a national best 66 starts this season and has been dropping lackluster finishes since he hit the 50-start mark. The Gettysburg, Pa., driver won his 14th feature of the season last Friday at Williams Grove Speedway.
His 3.431 average finish is down from 3.7 the previous week, putting him ahead of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series driver Brad Sweet, who has an average finish of 3.680 in 59 starts.
World of Outlaws point leader Donny Schatz (4.420) remains third, with an average finish of 4.020 in 56 races.
Two more World of Outlaws drivers — David Gravel (4.260) and Daryn Pittman (5.620) — round out the top five.
Logan Wagner, Cap Henry, Logan Schuchart, Jade Hastings, who entered the top 10 for the first time, and Buddy Kofoid round out the top 10.
Dietrich leads the Eastern region on the strength of 14 victories, while other regional leaders are Buddy Kofoid (Great Lakes), Billy Balog (Great Plains), Logan Schuchart (Northwest), Dominic Scelzi (West), Jacob Patton (Mid-America) and Carl Bowser. (Ohio-PA).
One hundred and 18 drivers have combined to win 315 features run through Sept. 2.
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