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2024 National Standings

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PositionDriverPointsN/D
01 Luke Bogacki 5814/5
02 Jeremy Mason 5356/5
03 Jason Kenny 5266/7
04 Val Torres 5154/5
05 Brad Pierce 5154/6
06 Michael Dalrymple 5113/9
07 Jim Perry Jr 5066/5
08 Steve Hoyt 5066/6
09 Jeremy Demers 5054/6
10 Michael Handras 4987/6
11 Tom Carlson 4945/8
12 Bob Locke 4935/6
13 Tim Powell 4855/5
14 Keith Mayers 4754/4
15 Rusty Cook 4736/8
16 John Taylor 4736/5
17 Kris Whitfield 4733/7
18 Roger Warren 4635/6
19 Damon Bustamante 4623/6
20 Nathan Prose 4476/6
21 Craig Porter 4435/6
22 Vernon Rowland 4433/7
23 Steve Williams 4306/6
24 Joey Shipp 4296/5
25 Larry Roedel 4275/9
26 Lyle Schreiner 4183/7
27 David Morris 4136/4
28 Mike Boehner 4104/5
29 Rick Swank 4066/5
30 Sherman Adcock Jr 4055/6
31 Tim Gillespie 4037/5
32 Evan Kowalski 4004/4
33 Austin Williams 3983/6
34 Dennis Keck 3973/7
35 Leo Zynda III 3975/5
36 Paul Richardson 3966/6
37 George Meyer 3964/7
38 Brian Preszler 3912/7
39 Marty Williams 3903/5
40 Thomas Smith 3894/5
41 Mike Wiblishouser 3873/6
42 Charlie Kenopic 3874/5
43 Tim Tiry 3856/6
44 Thomas Dimond 3844/5
45 Nathan Vrooman 3844/6
46 Trevor Larson 3831/8
47 Larry Scarth 3763/6
48 Ken Mostowich 3763/6
49 Rodger Sauder 3754/8
50 Pat Martin 3754/5
51 Edwin Olpin Jr 3702/9
52 JJ Brock 3663/5
53 Corinne Mac Millan 3644/6
54 Chris Naffziger 3633/6
55 George Scott III 3602/7
56 Brent McKinney 3573/6
57 Dell Hall 3575/6
58 Jimmy Williams 3563/5
59 Daniel Mohr 3553/8
60 Rock Haas 3545/5
61 Iggie Boicesco 3546/6
62 Alfred Johnson 3521/7
63 Jeffrey Jensen 3517/5
64 Ricky Hall 3497/3
65 Hank Smith 3486/4
66 Jason McClure 3473/7
67 Tim Parker 3453/6
68 Patrick DeBottis 3454/5
69 Jeff Warren 3426/5
70 Corey Bentley 3392/6
71 Ryan Giacone 3364/4
72 Nichole Stephenson 3335/6
73 Jerry Denton Jr 3333/8
74 Michael Boner 3253/4
75 Gene Brown 3253/4
76 Rob Willis 3253/6
77 Jeff Crooks 3253/6
78 Joe Harper 3246/5
79 Mike Utley 3244/4
80 Rick Mattioli 3243/5
81 Dave Thompson 3223/5
82 Bradley Garner 3223/6
83 Robert Houston Jr 3215/5
84 Scott Lawton 3164/4
85 Joshua Mellof 3163/5
86 Tommy Turner Jr 3144/4
87 Jesse Fritts 3105/5
88 Robert Rowan 3091/6
89 Roger Kato 3072/4
90 Kevin Dyck 3071/7
91 Richard Stroud 3053/4
92 Mark McMasters 3051/6
93 Rich Pica 3033/5
94 Michelle Lisenby 3024/5
95 Brian Cassin 3005/7
96 Rod Wolter 2990/7
97 John Juliano 2980/5
98 Christopher Best 2961/8
99 Dale Harrison 2954/4
100 Steve Parsons 2952/4
101 Chris Cannon 2952/7
102 Tom Stalba Jr 2951/6
103 Terry Wilcox 2934/5
104 Bill Jackson 2933/4
105 Doug Kroft 2924/5
106 Randy Nygaard 2923/6
107 Kim Fritts 2923/4
108 Jerry Heffelfinger 2916/5
109 Greg Hehr 2914/8
110 Al Gavlovsky 2914/6
111 Duane Lafleur 2903/6
112 Peter Bothe 2862/4
113 John Wright 2851/7
114 Rick Bowman 2851/6
115 Michael Miller 2842/4
116 Larry Bernshausen 2843/4
117 Darius Poitier 2822/5
118 Rich Price 2824/6
119 Tom Goldman 2822/5
120 Jim Kreitzer 2824/4
121 Timothy Millwood 2815/5
122 John Sikish 2817/6
123 Brenda Hunter 2812/5
124 Dave Coapstick 2812/6
125 Cody White 2813/7
126 Scott Lyons 2804/5
127 Jerry Spoor 2802/5
128 Carl Root 2803/5
129 Jason McCandless 2780/5
130 Bob Prose 2776/3
131 Collin Becker 2751/6
132 Jody Davis 2723/3
133 Sarah Becker 2721/6
134 Kevin Theobald 2722/5
135 Ron Lower 2714/4
136 Bobby Dearry 2703/4
137 Steve Theodor 2703/5
138 Nathan Huber 2661/6
139 Peter Luciano 2652/4
140 Michael Van Winkle 2642/9
141 Ryan Smith 2642/4
142 Robert Naber 2641/4
143 Lauren Freer 2637/3
144 Dale Dryden 2622/9
145 Phil Unruh 2611/7
146 Mitch Withers 2612/6
147 Tom Allen 2613/4
148 Joseph Tankersley 2602/5
149 Randy McCool 2590/7
150 Dennis Clark 2570/5
151 Nicholas Shepherd 2561/7
152 B J Keister 2561/4
153 David Holmes 2551/7
154 Mac Starks Jr 2545/3
155 Paul Wiechmann 2522/4
156 Robert Handschuh 2524/3
157 Gregory Maaninga 2521/5
158 Curtis Geise 2512/7
159 Ashley Cole 2513/6
160 David Griffith 2504/5
161 Don Juel 2480/7
162 John Phillippi 2451/4
163 Paul Lorton 2441/4
164 Jaron Miller 2440/8
165 Mark Philbrick 2432/4
166 Stephen Paquin 2431/5
167 Norman Brungardt 2421/6
168 Jay Cepelka 2424/3
169 Scott McMasters 2421/6
170 Darin Dolezal 2413/3
171 Henry Borger 2403/4
172 Bryan Morris 2402/6
173 Paul Brown 2403/3
174 Steven Furr 2363/1
175 Lee Brewer 2362/2
176 Donald Knoblick III 2352/3
177 Bob Fuller 2332/7
178 Kevin Briles 2331/8
179 Kyle Rickman 2331/5
180 Don Friis Sr 2330/8
181 Michael Cobb 2321/6
182 Martin Llamas Acuna 2321/4
183 Eddie Arnold Jr 2325/3
184 Jerry Calton 2312/6
185 David Gotts 2313/4
186 Maximus Butcher 2313/3
187 Larry Christiansen 2311/5
188 Scott Tuttle 2302/4
189 Bo Butner III 2282/1
190 John McKoane 2252/2
191 Lindsey Larson 2252/4
192 Jeremy Siffring 2251/4
193 Peter Gehan 2241/4
194 John Dexter 2241/4
195 Jesse Serna 2231/6
196 Mark Yeager 2233/2
197 Tim Lynch 2231/4
198 Robert Goodrich 2232/3
199 Rodney Souza 2232/4
200 Darren Wood 2222/4
201 Donald Miller 2224/2
202 Jeffery Smith Jr 2221/4
203 Charlie Stewart 2211/9
204 Ray Cordeiro 2212/4
205 Greg Martin 2212/4
206 Peter Zak 2212/4
207 Kenny Threatt 2215/3
208 Mike Lagos 2213/3
209 Darryl Mitchell 2202/4
210 Mike Lang 2203/4
211 Rob Kropfeld 2202/4
212 Wally Hack 2203/3
213 Daniel Gilgosch 2171/3
214 Timothy Moore 2150/4
215 Mark Pons 2121/5
216 Dean Mathauser 2125/3
217 Bill Cawsey 2121/6
218 Jeff Fisher 2112/4
219 Gary Minor 2114/3
220 Johnny Cobb 2103/3
221 Larry Bradshaw 2102/4
222 Gary Mignacca 2102/4
223 Joseph Galati 2102/4
224 Loreen Rogers 2102/4
225 Bill Trum 2103/5
226 Steve DeSantis 2104/4
227 Jeff Gerber 2102/4
228 Steve Williams 2102/4
229 Dale Evens 2101/6
230 Todd Nielsen 2102/4
231 Clint Parker 2060/4
232 Brandon Hutchinson 2060/4
233 Ken Griffiths 2051/3
234 Chris Bishop 2051/4
235 Kenny Yeoman 2040/4
236 Michael Wright 2031/4
237 Todd Pullen 2021/5
238 Dan Davis 2021/5
239 David Archambault 2021/6
240 Terry Pollard 2010/5
241 Brian Fritz 2010/4
242 Leonard Riotto 2011/4
243 Dave Fields Jr 2012/3
244 Casey Wagner 2010/6
245 Trenton Langan 2001/6
246 Brian Shockley 2002/3
247 Rick Cates 2001/5
248 Kevin Jellum 2002/4
249 Scott Sattler 2005/2
250 Oscar Olt 1960/3
251 George Warren 1951/3
252 Mike Pevey 1941/4
253 Mark Price 1930/7
254 Eddie Mc Dow 1930/4
255 Russ Ginger 1912/4
256 Bill Nuzzo 1915/2
257 Nicholas Volpe 1911/4
258 Wayne Kelley 1911/3
259 Matthew Cheney 1910/5
260 Lynn Ellison 1911/3
261 Larry Antonellis 1902/3
262 Mark Harmon 1902/4
263 David Sears 1901/4
264 Billy Upton Jr 1853/0
265 Dennis Hay 1840/4
266 Tony Manning 1822/2
267 Kerry Kost 1820/6
268 Grant Christianson 1821/4
269 Ron MacKenzie 1821/4
270 John Krueger 1813/2
271 John Dalrymple 1812/3
272 Brandon Harris 1810/5
273 Trisha Owens 1811/4
274 Brandon Sellers 1810/6
275 Todd Malik 1811/4
276 Davey Adams 1801/4
277 Craig Henderson 1801/4
278 Kevin Robb 1801/4
279 Don Westra 1801/5
280 Wade Archer 1801/5
281 Keneth Sanders 1802/4
282 Dale Koncen 1732/2
283 Kevin Carey 1730/4
284 Donald Shanks 1711/4
285 Carllus Adkins 1710/5
286 Alan Bush 1712/4
287 Joseph Gallucci Jr. 1713/2
288 Richard Grenier 1712/3
289 John Parrino 1702/4
290 Paul Prange 1701/4
291 Michael Lang 1701/5
292 Gary Hartig 1701/4
293 Ken Bowers 1702/3
294 Ken Heard 1670/3
295 William Botelho 1630/4
296 Ed De Staute 1622/2
297 Jim Caudle 1620/4
298 David M Scott 1621/3
299 William Munroe 1621/3
300 Scott Wagner 1621/3
301 Gene Quinn 1611/3
302 Sergio Santovenia 1611/3
303 William Morgan 1612/2
304 Marko Perivolaris 1612/2
305 Fred Shaner 1610/6
306 Joe Eckel 1600/4
307 Adam Hicks 1603/2
308 Dennis Territo Jr 1602/3
309 Dennis White 1601/4
310 Jeff Landholm 1600/5
311 Craig Butler 1601/4
312 Daryl Nance 1602/3
313 John Helmin 1601/3
314 John Long Jr 1550/3
315 Austin Hickey 1521/3
316 Charles Yannetti Jr 1521/3
317 Andrew Sargent 1520/4
318 Keith Winters 1510/4
319 Dave Dahlem 1513/1
320 Douglas Sedmak 1511/2
321 Randy Kersey 1510/4
322 Chuck Lowinske 1510/5
323 Robby Schaffer 1510/4
324 Lee Klingensmith 1513/1
325 Gary Cooke 1501/4
326 Roger Knapp 1501/3
327 Greg Ventura 1501/3
328 Marv Wiebe 1500/4
329 Hank Pramov 1500/4
330 Keith Huckstep 1501/5
331 Jerry Holcomb 1503/3
332 Steve Eckard 1501/3
333 Tony Tanner 1501/4
334 Rob Foss 1502/2
335 Dan Chiles 1501/3
336 Daren Keller 1500/4
337 Shannon Brinkley 1451/2
338 Kevin Griffiths 1450/3
339 Dean Petersen 1451/2
340 Matthew Treadway 1431/2
341 Keith Purvis 1420/4
342 Taylor Nobile 1423/0
343 Bob Scheefer 1401/4
344 Wes Neely 1401/3
345 Mark Williamson 1400/4
346 Carl Rectenwald 1401/3
347 Murray Hebert 1331/2
348 Kevin Myers 1330/2
349 Scott Mackie 1322/1
350 David Butler 1322/1
351 Vernon Swindoll Sr 1321/2
352 Ted Leahy 1321/2
353 Paul Fidler 1311/2
354 Logan Warr 1301/2
355 Jerry Duke 1301/3
356 George Donhauser 1301/3
357 Sean Lang 1301/3
358 Jim Burrell 1300/4
359 Tim Miller 1300/4
360 James Costello 1303/1
361 Jeffrey Keyuk 1301/3
362 Richard Spradlin 1302/2
363 Morgan Napier 1301/3
364 Danny Tool 1301/4
365 Ron Walk 1301/6
366 Douglas Simpson 1301/3
367 Stan Moulzolf 1301/3
368 Dwight Nuest 1302/4
369 David Senkow 1300/4
370 Robert Stigall 1301/3
371 Todd Barton 1222/1
372 Brittany Roach 1220/3
373 John MacLean 1222/1
374 Jim Morrison 1211/2
375 Jonathon McCandless 1210/4
376 Vincent Fourcade jr 1211/2
377 Rodney Frazier 1210/4
378 Philip Smida 1213/0
379 Jeff Kinney 1211/2
380 Donald Kruse 1200/4
381 Randy Bowers 1200/4
382 Melvin LeForbes Sr 1202/1
383 Gordon Boven 1201/2
384 Clark Mundt 1200/4
385 Guy Hansen 1201/3
386 William Mc Culloch Jr 1201/3
387 Michael Burkhart II 1200/4
388 Bob Phillips 1140/2
389 Duane Kohl 1140/2
390 Zachary Eckert 1120/3
391 Austin Stettner 1120/2
392 James Cowie Jr 1112/1
393 Ernie Knight 1113/0
394 Landon Neely 1110/3
395 Joseph Lokhaug 1110/3
396 Lonnie Wilburn 1111/2
397 Daniel Koll 1110/3
398 Steve Lowe 1111/2
399 Jerry Pollard 1101/3
400 Bill Packard 1101/2
401 Gary Hesselbrock 1101/2
402 Arnold Reed 1102/3
403 Kyle Pawuk 1109/0
404 Justin James 1100/3
405 Michael Duke 1101/2
406 Janice Hogan 1101/2
407 Ronald Ross 1100/3
408 Jacob Elrod 1105/0
409 TJ Hinman 1101/3
410 Charles Flanagan Jr 1101/2
411 Bob Arbuckle 1100/4
412 Skeeter Wayne 1101/2
413 Dalton Deffenbaugh 1041/0
414 Johnny Brooks 1022/0
415 Randy Inman 1022/0
416 Chris Jonsen 1010/2
417 John Pulyak 1011/2
418 Ian St. Pierre 1011/2
419 Tracy Barnes 1000/3
420 Shawn Carter 1000/4
421 Rudy Matthews 1002/1
422 Randy Shipp 1004/0
423 Matt Tankersley 1002/2
424 Alison Prose 1004/0
425 David Linder 1001/2
426 Jake Barbato 1002/2
427 Bruce Broeker 1003/0
428 Rocky Clark 1001/2
429 Vincent Gregoire 1001/2
430 Ronald Brady 1002/1
431 Gary Linkhorn 1001/2
432 Randy Vados 1001/2
433 Breanna Rachac 1001/2
434 Jody Monty 1001/2
435 Russ Anderson 1000/3
436 Carl Watts 920/2
437 Joshua Dalrymple 912/0
438 Michael Freischel 911/1
439 Jesse Smith 911/1
440 Steve Collier 900/3
441 William Young 901/2
442 Michael Blodgett Jr 900/2
443 Kevin Romfo 900/2
444 Peter Yoon 901/2
445 Haden Brown 902/1
446 Randy Fabbro 901/2
447 Dave Burden 901/2
448 Larry Forbes 901/2
449 Chris Eidson 900/3
450 Nick Daniels 901/2
451 Josh Williams 900/3
452 Harry Keen 901/2
453 Aaron Monty 901/2
454 Patrick Carrell 901/2
455 Robert Powledge 820/2
456 George Smith 810/2
457 John Grob Jr 810/2
458 Jeff Lopez 810/2
459 Ron Orbin Sr 811/1
460 Kurt Potach 810/2
461 Ausby Brewington 812/0
462 Donald Wettstein 810/2
463 Dawson Pauley 812/0
464 Mitchell Marcy 810/2
465 Jose Calixtro 800/2
466 Ray Schoneman 800/2
467 John Sapone Jr 800/2
468 Yeshua Wilcox 800/2
469 Justin Allen 800/2
470 Frank Tatarynowicz 800/2
471 Dave Hedges Jr 801/1
472 Dave Bishir II 801/1
473 Jeffery Lawson 801/1
474 Jackson Collier 740/1
475 Doug Marsters 711/1
476 Jason Kelley 710/2
477 Victor Singer Jr 700/2
478 Bill Dennis 701/2
479 Robert Aldrich 701/1
480 Kyle Rizzoli 702/0
481 Mike Coltrin 700/2
482 Michael Low 700/2
483 Greg Slack 702/0
484 Jimmy Pollard 700/2
485 Wayne Seavey 701/1
486 Jason Wettstein 700/2
487 Michael Harris 702/0
488 Bob Moran Jr 700/2
489 Richard Kohrt 700/2
490 James Wilson Sr 700/2
491 Jason Dorsett 701/1
492 Scott Deffenbaugh 701/1
493 Edward Rudek 701/1
494 Ryan Siffring 702/0
495 Mark Skipper Jr 700/2
496 Jeff Ivy Sr 700/2
497 Gary Mitchell 700/2
498 Christopher Hess 700/2
499 Ray Dew 701/1
500 Bill Rogers 620/1
501 Ted Seipel 621/0
502 Dave Cook 621/0
503 Chris Tenuta 620/1
504 Dan Northrop 621/0
505 Butch Dresback 611/1
506 Jess Dale 611/0
507 Corey Manuel 600/2
508 Derek Thibodaux 601/1
509 Daniel Herbert 601/1
510 Tim Vargas 600/2
511 Gregory Bonds 600/2
512 Bernard Weaver 602/0
513 Jerry Pierce Jr 600/2
514 Jay Peppler 600/2
515 Chuck Wier IV 600/2
516 Kevin Maupin 601/1
517 Barry Ribeiro 601/1
518 Jack Webster 601/1
519 Derek Fitzpatrick 601/1
520 Russell Higgins 600/2
521 Ricky Howard II 600/2
522 Kelli Barbato 602/0
523 Nathaniel Rutz 600/2
524 Robert Smyth 601/1
525 Kimberly Will 602/0
526 Phil Stamps 601/1
527 Thomas Small 601/1
528 Jay Bunce 600/2
529 Sean Shaffer 520/1
530 Vito Bosca 511/0
531 Derek Clark 510/1
532 Raymond Miller II 511/0
533 Ray Connolly 511/0
534 Alex Miller 511/0
535 Ron Kelly Jr 511/0
536 Michael Reynolds 511/0
537 Kevin Burnett 501/0
538 Eddy Plaizier 501/0
539 Brian Svoboda 501/1
540 Mike Coughlin 501/0
541 Ryan Locke 501/0
542 Billy Atkinson 410/1
543 Mark Smith 410/1
544 Darrel Smith 410/1
545 Brandon Dolezal 400/1
546 Michael Whitaker 402/0
547 Jimmy Galante 401/0
548 Chuck Hawk Jr 401/0
549 Dean Hall 402/0
550 Beau Hicks 401/0
551 Don Gutierrez 400/1
552 Marco Bordone 400/1
553 Bryan Johnson 400/1
554 Tommy Corbett Jr 401/0
555 Eric Stroud 401/0
556 Mark Mark Richards 400/1
557 Joe Mellof 400/1
558 Tony Collier 400/1
559 Scott Brown 401/0
560 Don Riley 401/0
561 Junior Stanley 401/0
562 Vincent Reali 401/0
563 Connor Millwood 400/1
564 Teddy Barlow 400/1
565 Jeremy Jensen 400/1
566 Chad Fergen 401/0
567 Dennis Allen 401/0
568 Michael Epprecht 401/0
569 Sharon Partin 401/0
570 John Winters 300/1
571 Steven King 300/1
572 James Granier 300/1
573 Chris Huesers 300/1
574 Brian Funderburk 301/0
575 John Rollins 301/0
576 Kevin MacNicol 301/0
577 David Polichena 301/0
578 Matthew Bong 300/1
579 Bob Earleywine 301/0
580 Mark Fenton Jr 301/0
581 Melissa Zak 301/0
582 Dan Bain 301/0
583 Allen Macham 301/0
584 Kenny Snow 301/0
585 Clarence Woodham 300/1
586 Scott Hodges 300/1
587 Scooter Wilkins 300/1
588 Glen Smith 300/1
589 Robert Farkas 301/0
590 Greg White 301/0
591 Josh Oglesbee 300/1
592 David Wines 300/1
593 David Burket 300/1
594 George Stack 300/1
595 Daniel Walleigh 300/1
596 Earl Ballard 300/1
597 Travis Scott 300/1
598 Ray Sawyer 301/0
599 Brad Coryell 301/0
600 L. Scott Libersher 300/1
601 Tim Molnar 300/1
602 Anthony Cropper 300/1
603 Randy De Luca 300/1
604 Matthew Gregoire 300/1
605 Timothy Hooper 300/1
606 Joey Davidson 300/1
607 Tim Nicholson 300/1
608 Bobby Tolley 301/0
609 Stephen Pray 300/1
610 Al Owens 300/1
611 Gabriel Torres 300/1
612 David Muller 300/1
613 Dennis Paz 301/0
614 Chris Torres 301/0
615 Bryan Downer 301/0
616 Ashley Warn-Daniel 301/0
617 Stephen Schmid 301/0
618 DeAndre Fitzgerald 301/0
619 Andrew Olson 301/0
620 Brooke Giacone 301/0
621 Steve Shaughnessy 300/1
622 Todd Redman 300/1
623 Mike Ricke 301/0
624 Jamie Summers 300/1
625 Steve Whitlow 300/1
626 Clyde Wright Jr. 300/1
627 Joseph Carbacio 301/0
628 Keith Hildahl 301/0
629 Tony Jones 301/0
630 Janice Swan 301/0
631 Derek Denney 301/0
632 Randi Butner 301/0
633 Devin Isenhower 301/0
634 Thomas Paquette 300/1
635 Peter Neal 300/1
636 Bill Cote 300/1
637 Benoit Martin 301/0
638 Larry Paden Sr 301/0
639 Edward McCleaft 301/0
640 Frank Volpe 301/0
641 Doug Ramsey 301/0
642 Bobby Partin 301/0
643 Rory Haar 200/2
644 Bryon Turner 200/2
645 Joey Cram 100/1
646 Steve Garmon 100/1
647 Phil Roush 100/1
648 William Winthrop 100/1
649 Deacon Kallish 100/1
650 Chuck Lowry Jr 100/1
651 Daniel Seidel 100/1
652 Joseph Comeroski 100/1
653 Timothy McLeish 100/1
654 Felix Hutchinson 100/1
655 Matt Lauterbach 100/1
656 Mike McMasters 100/1
657 Camaro Costello 100/1
658 Buddy Wood 101/0

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