Take a breath.
After a spring filled with memorable races, the first half of the 2024 CARS Tour wrapped up last weekend. With its conclusion comes a well-earned break. The tour won’t see the track again until its July 3 trip to Caraway Speedway.
After the season’s first quarter, we issued our first power rankings for the series, with Carson Kvapil was sitting on top. Four races later, much has changed. A new driver has hit a hot streak and surged atop the rankings, with the top-five shuffled behind him.
Reminder, these are based on full-time/mostly full-time drivers with results only based on this series, not outside endeavors, though they can help. Now then, let’s take a look at the power rankings entering the summer break.
Previous Ranking: Eighth
Queen has set the series on fire for three of the last four races.
The fan-favorite kicked it off with a second-place finish at Ace Speedway then won two of the next three races. In doing so, Queen has moved up to second in the points standings and continued the tradition of visiting Waffle House after wins with increasing frequency. Away from the CARS Tour, Queen also elevated his stock with an impressive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Bad news for the rest of the field – things could get even worse from here. Queen won in 2023 at two of the next four tracks on the schedule and finished second at another, Ace Speedway in that group. If he can repeat that success, Queen’s poised to maintain his hold on these rankings and challenge for a CARS Tour title.
2. Carson Kvapil
Previous Ranking: First
While he sits deeper in the standings in sixth, the results don’t indicate the speed Kvapil has shown through this four-race stretch. After missing the Hickory Speedway race, Kvapil’s scored a win at Ace Speedway, finished third at Langley Speedway and came home seventh at Dominion Raceway. His biggest blemish is a 22nd-place finish at Tri-County Speedway.
Kvapil’s overall consistency and solid results are enough to keep him high on the list, albeit one spot short the top. A repeat of his 2023 success at Ace could help Kvapil get back into the title hunt and lead these rankings.
Previous Ranking: Second
This one’s tricky. Hall has a win, something that held him back in the first rankings. But he’s fallen a position because of the strength of the field around him
Hall is still as good as any on his best…
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