The CARS Tour will take to the asphalt of Ace Speedway this weekend for its fifth event of the 17-race season. At the quarter-completion mark of the year, that makes this a good time to grade who’s standing out the most during the 2024 season to date.
But first, a few ground rules. The field is stacked with talent, but only mostly full-time drivers will be ranked. CARS Tour stats will weigh more than outside endeavors, which can help highlight someone’s talent but doesn’t affect what they have done within the league itself. Best finishes can also impact the rating, placing them over a higher-positioned driver in the actual points standings due to the perceived higher ceiling.
Honorable Mention:
One driver not included in the power rankings list due to the rules above but definitely showing promise is Connor Zilisch.
Zilisch won impressively at Hickory Motor Speedway in April. But he’s running a partial schedule and finished 15th in his second start of the 2024 season at Orange County Speedway. This would be where the outside success can help elevate a driver’s strength and talent. A win helps, but we need to see more from the young driver to overcome lack of starts, so he’s out of the rankings for now.
Now then, let’s get on to the rankings.
Reigning 2023 champion Carson Kvapil tops the charts in the first power rankings of the 2024 season.
Kvapil won the season opener at Southern National Motorsports Park. Despite missing the race at Hickory to run in the Xfinity Series that weekend, the young JRM driver sits a comfortable sixth in the point standings, with two other top-fives in his starts this point.
The defending champ has two wins to his name at the next track on the schedule, Ace Speedway. Kvapil will be looking to add to that tally, build his resume and possibly compete for another championship as the season goes on.
Connor Hall currently leads the point standings. He doesn’t have a win to show for his success just yet, but Hall’s consistency up front has made for a start to the season any driver would want, even with a lack of victories.
The Earle Hall driver hasn’t finished worse than fourth all season, doing so twice – most recently at Orange County despite starting 18th. He came home a season-best second behind Kvapil at Southern National and finished third at New River All American Speedway.
The consistency is there. We just need to see some victories. If Hall can…
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