Finnish rally ace Mikko Hirvonen stays at the top of our combined driver rankings chart for a second month. By the end of April a total of 116 drivers from NASCAR, FI, IRL, NHRA and WRC have qualified for inclusion in the ranking calculations. Thsi month the rankings are dominated by World Rally and IndyCar drivers, and for the first time since we started the month by month rankings in early 2007, no NASCAR drivers make the list.

The Top 10 Drivers at the end of April 2008 are

1. Mikko Hirvonen (WRC)
2. Chris Atkinson (WRC)
3. Sebastian Loeb (WRC)
4. Helio Castroneves (IRL)
5. Scott Dixon (IRL)
6. Tony Kannan (IRL)
7. Kimi Raikkonen (F1)
8. Dan Wheldon (IRL)
9. Jason Line (NHRA)
10. Dani Sordo (WRC)

Ashley Force’s (NHRA) and Danica Patrick’s (IRL) historic wins in April placed them at #18 and #23 respectively.