What an exciting summer it’s been for the zMAX CARS Tour.
Since our last power rankings following the race at Dominion Raceway, the series has visited Caraway Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway and Ace Speedway.
All four races produced drama throughout, allowing for big shakeups in both the series standings and our power rankings. Following the first four races, it was Carson Kvapil who ranked No. 1. By the halfway point, Brenden Queen had taken over the top spot.
As always, these rankings are based solely on drivers results in the CARS Tour and do not factor in outside endeavors. At the three-quarter mark of the season, there’s a new No. 1 at the top of the mountain.
Let’s take a look at how the field shakes out with just five races left in 2024.
Previous Ranking: Fifth
Much like the weather in North Carolina, Brent Crews and the No. 29 team have been on fire this summer.
Even an average finish of 7.8 in the past four races doesn’t do Crews’ summer justice. He suffered from a mechanical failure at Hickory and was involved in an accident at North Wilkesboro, resulting in finishes of 19th and 10th, respectively.
When Crews hasn’t had the bad luck bug, he’s been in victory lane. After winning a thriller at Caraway, the 16-year-old prospect picked up his series-high third win of the season this past weekend at Ace.
Crews has now climbed to third in the standings, just 15 points behind series leader Connor Hall. If the rookie can stay on this hot streak, we could be calling him ‘CARS Tour Champion’ at season’s end.
Previous Ranking: Third
Connor Hall has been lights-out fast all summer long. Unfortunately for Hall, it’s been open season on the rear bumper of the Nelson Motorsports No. 22.
In an alternate universe, Hall could have won three out of the last four races and we’d be looking ahead to 2025, with this title battle all-but-over. But lady luck has had other plans in recent weeks.
Hall took the white flag as the leader at both Caraway and Hickory. A last corner bump-and-run from Crews put Hall down in third at Caraway, while a last chance dive bomb from Ryan Millington spun Hall at Hickory, resulting in a third-place finish.
That wasn’t the end of the misfortune. Hall was running second at Caraway when contact from Treyten Lapcevich in the final 10 laps sent him spinning to a fifth-place result. Add in a lap 8 accident at North Wilkesboro and…
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