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2026 National Standings

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How points are earned.
Position Driver Points N/D
01 Dale Thaxton 210 1/2
02 Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson 189 1/2
03 Rob Mendenhall 188 1/2
04 James Hinkle 177 1/2
05 Allen Firestone 169 1/1
06 Mark Buehring 164 2/2
07 Chris Arnold 153 2/2
08 Vince Hoda 153 2/2
09 Monte Green 145 1/2
10 Tom Schmidt 145 1/2
11 Earl Folse 145 2/1
12 Will Yakimetz 137 1/2
13 Jim Thorp 137 1/1
14 Carl Freeman 136 0/2
15 Douglas Crumlich 134 1/2
16 Lester Johnson 134 1/2
17 Rick McDonough 134 1/2
18 Tom Patterson 131 2/3
19 Bill Mizia 125 0/2
20 Lance Abbott 125 1/1
21 Don Meziere 123 1/2
22 Frank Altilio 123 1/2
23 Rich Smith 115 1/1
24 Glenn Butcher 115 1/1
25 Larry Giese 112 1/2
26 Scott Underwood 112 1/2
27 Bruce Duncan 112 1/2
28 Joe Stannard 104 0/2
29 Donald Preece 104 1/1
30 Chad Riley 101 1/2
31 Scott Lyons 101 1/2
32 Kirk Lanz 101 1/2
33 Jeffrey Gillette 95 0/1
34 John Benoit 93 1/1
35 Ed Olpin 93 1/1
36 John Gifford 90 1/2
37 Jeff Windholz 90 1/2
38 Richard Okerman 82 0/2
39 Jeff Connelly 82 1/1
40 Larry Willard 82 1/1
41 Mark Roberts 82 1/1
42 Michael Chitty 82 1/1
43 Bob Gulitti 82 1/1
44 Ray Martin 71 0/2
45 Chris Newman 71 0/2
46 Roy Haynes 71 0/2
47 David Beckwith 71 0/2
48 Ronald Riegel 71 1/1
49 Kevin Edmonds 71 1/1
50 Daniel Leibham 71 1/1
51 Michael Feeler 71 1/1
52 Ricky Taylor Jr 71 1/1
53 Randy Balough 63 0/1
54 Ken Ratzloff 63 0/1
55 Michael Proctor 60 1/1
56 Kelly Harper 60 1/1
57 Austin Mohr 60 1/1
58 Michael Scott 60 1/1
59 Jeff Brooks 60 1/1
60 Douglas Bussa 60 1/1
61 Ron Mergel 60 1/1
62 Mike Lucas 60 1/1
63 David Kowalski 60 1/1
64 Keith Raftery 60 1/1
65 Bengt Blomberg 60 1/1
66 Jeremy Mouton 60 1/1
67 Robert Steward 52 1/0
68 Chris Esrick 52 0/1
69 Aaron Steinkey 52 0/1
70 David Cook Jr 41 0/1
71 Chadrick Morrison 41 1/0
72 Patrick Warr 41 0/1
73 William Knudsen 41 0/1
74 Gerald Bucklin 40 1/1
75 Greg Lair 30 0/1
76 Patrick McHenry 30 0/1
77 Jackie Robison 30 0/1
78 Jacky Bennett 30 0/1
79 Todd Pritchard 30 0/1
80 Robert Sellers 30 0/1
81 Darian Boesch 30 1/0
82 Michael Grafas 30 1/0
83 Ronald Proctor Sr. 30 0/1
84 Chuck Tersolo 30 0/1
85 Madison Payne 30 0/1
86 Ted Kellner 30 0/1
87 Richard Harrison 30 0/1
88 Bryan Warr 30 0/1
89 Carl Hagen 30 0/1
90 Mike Doushgounian 30 0/1
91 Sammy Gonzales 30 1/0
92 Caden Menholt 30 1/0
93 Kyle Firestone 30 0/1

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