If my calculations are correct...
Top 8 Contenders for the PERFECT CONVERTER BATTLE FOR THE BENJAMINS are locked in!!! 

2016 champion

Eric Tuuri
Brian Prior - 5th Place
Bill Benson - 2nd Place
Al Matuska - 6th Place
John Sahli - 3rd Place
Bob Keaton - 7th Place
Mike Pleveich - 4th
Clay Courson - 8th
Eric Tuuri has already been crowned your 2016 SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT 8.90 Index Champion but those remaining Top 5 spots are up for the taking by any of the racers you see above!!!   Add in the guys outside the Top 8 and non-points spoilers will be very interesting to see how things play out at our Season Finale Oct 1st!!!
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHAMPIONSHIP 
2016 9.90 Index Class Contenders
Brian Kennelley - 1st Place
Mark Walker - 2nd Place
Jack Brown - 4th Place
The 2016 9.90 Championship Title could go to any of the men above...
Will Kennelley hang on to become the 1st 9.90 racer to successfully defend a title??  Will Walker come around him to claim his 2nd Renegade Title (he was the 2013 10.50 Index Class Champion) or
will Jack Brown find his way to yet another Renegade Final to claim his 1st ever class title??
Wanda Johnson - 4th Place
The Lady with a Longshot...
It isn't impossible for Wanda Johnson to take the title for herself and become the 1st Women to claim a Renegade Championship but it will take the guys abover her going out early and 17+ cars for her to even have a shot.  We will have to wait and see how many registered racers we have to know whether she is a player in the game come October 1st!!
PERFECT CONVERTER BATTLE FOR THE BENJAMINS
2016 CONTENDERS
The Top four gunning for the title are obviously locked in to the Battle for the Benjamins but they are not the only ones.  Even though the title is out of reach these two, they do have a shot at moving up among the Top 5 racers and knocking out one of the racers featured above.
<<<  Alex Brown  -  5th Place
Brad Courson - 6th Place >>>
Who will round out the Top 8???  Will Tom Brown and Darrin Sotera who currently round out the Top 8 even make the finale??  The 9.90 class has a lot of racers capable of making a last minute play to make it into the 2016 Battle for the Benjamins presented by Perfect Converter Co!!
Tom Brown - 7th Place
Tom Hecker - 10th Place
Tom Hyatt - 13 Place
Darrin Sotera - 8th Place
Bill Bowman - 11th Place
Dennis Chillik - 14th Place
Dave Gebauer - 9th Place
Chad Pokopatz - 12 Place
Ray Tumbry - 15th Place
Ray Tumbry rounds out anyone with a shot at the allstars but he will need a hail mary pass with a 17+ car field to make it happen BUT Never Say Never and if you are a true Renegade you Never Say Die!!!  Good Luck to all the racers in contention and those joining in in hopes of spoiling their fun on October 1st!!
With the current points system its a little tougher to judge the classes that go back and forth between 16 and 32 car fields to determine who has a shot at year end.  To play on the side of caution 10.50 year end contention was based on 17+ Cars assuming Race #9 will be 5 rounds of racing...Obviously we won't know that until we get there...
These three are the only ones locked into the Battle for the Benjamins presented by
Perfect Converter Company...Congrats to them on a great season!!

2016 champion

Mike Carroll
Scott Fury - 2nd Place
Bob Singer - 3rd Place
Will the remainder of the guys rounding out the current Top 8 spots be able to hold onto their positions and move on to the Battle for the Benjamins???
Dennis DeWeese - 4th Place
Mike Blair - 5th Place
Doug Paine - 6th Place
Mike Herno - 7th Place
Paul Carillon - 8th Place
Any of the above go out early and these 3 have a strong shot of shaking things up
and breaking into the Top 8 during the Finale!!
Gary Paine - 9th Place
Jim Slaughter - 10th Place
Jack Battafarano - 11th Place
It would definitely take 17+ cars for these longshots to make it into the
Battle for the Benjamins but it is possible!!!
Rick Pearson - 12th Place
Bob Marr - 13th Place
Gary Wojnowski - 14th Place
A betting man would definitely put the odds on Tim McKenzie's taking home the 2016 Summit Racing Equipment 11.50 Index Championship!!  1st Scott Chitty needs 17+ Cars to enter the event, if that happens then he must pull off the perfect package...#1 Qualifier / Win the Event / Secure 8 bonus points for either a perfect light or perfect ET along the way!!  But until we hit the track can't count the 2015 Class Champion out just yet!!
Tim McKenzie - 1st Place
Scott Chitty - 2nd Place
Jim Harty is the only other racer securely locked in to the Battle for the Benjamins.
The other 6 racers currently holding the Top 8 Spots will have to fight for the right to keep it!
Jim Harty - 3rd Place
Shawn Matis - 6th Place
Jim Parrish - 4th Place
Billy Kennelley - 7th Place
Mark Franko - 5th Place
Jacob Matis - 8th Place
Depending on how many rounds the current Top 8 go vs how many these 3 below can go whether we will have some last minute changes. Phil, Brad and Big Ricky all have a very good shot at cracking the Top 8...just need to see how it all plays out!! 
Phil Nordquist - 9th Place
Brad Slaughter - 10th Place
Big Ricky - 11th Place
Our 11.50 Class Longshots.......
Zach Zapp and Tyler Green both need 17+ Car Fields to have a shot at making the allstars!!
Zach Zapp - 12th Place
Tyler Green - 13th Place
Good Luck to ALL the Year End Contenders
of the Renegade Racing Association!!!
 
Thank you Summit Racing Equipment and Perfect Converter Co. for their support of our points program and the racers of the RRA!!