NASCAR: Sprint Cup Pre-Season Power Rankings

Number 9 and 8:  Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch

9 – Brad Keselowski.

"“Ultimately, I feel like we ended last season much stronger than we were in 2014 and you can’t always judge a team by the amount of wins,” crew chief Paul Wolfe said. “I try to look at the bigger picture of the performance and where it was at. That being said, we need to be able to execute a little better. We didn’t execute like we needed to. I think a lot of that comes down to communication between Brad and I and understanding what we can do to make our car better on the late-race restarts.”"

Keselowski dominated a few races at the end of the 2015 season, with top-four finishes at Talladega, Texas and Homestead.  The low-downforce rules package appears to play into his strengths as well with strong runs at Kentucky and Darlington, both of which featured a lower downforce package in 2015.

8 – Kurt Busch.  This is the longest I can remember you going without driving some chick so bat ‘crap’ crazy that you end up getting served.  Think you can extend your winless streak just as long?

Next: Number 7 and 6