The "winged" side of life

It is still early in the season for some of the national winged sprint car series but we thought we would take a look at how some of the more prominent Indiana drivers are doing so far this season.

Joey Saldana

Saldana has started his 2016 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series campaign on strong ground.

The "Brownsburg Bullet" picked up his second win of the season last Friday night at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Texas after picking up his first of the season at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.

Saldana, driving the #83 Roth Motorsports car, currently sits fourth in points just 13 points back of 7-time and reigning series champion, Donny Schatz who sits in third. He is 118 points back of current points leader Brad Sweet.

On top of his two series victories, Saldana has tallied 16 top tens as well as three quick qualifier awards.

Kraig Kinser

The son of "The King" Steve Kinser is following the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions in 2016 after previously being a World of Outlaws regular.

Kinser started his season strong with ASCoC during Speedweeks when he won the series opener at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL. However, since then Kinser has managed only one top ten and has missed the feature in three of the series' eight feature events this season.

Kraig Kinser currently sits 13th in series points, 226 points back of points leader Dale Blaney. 

He has also tallied one top ten with the World of Outlaws in limited action.

Bryan Clauson

In case you have not heard, BC is chasing 200 races in 2016. With his campaign for 200 races comes more winged sprint car races. 

In only part time action with the World of Outlaws this season the Noblesville native has earned himself one top five as well as five top tens. 

Even with his part-time participation in the series, Clauson's consistency places him 16th in points in a series with only 13 full-time drivers that has seen 98 different drivers earn points in 2016.