NASCAR: Final 2017 Driver Power Rankings – Martin Truex Jr. goes out on top
By Asher Fair
Which of the four Championship 4 drivers look the best as the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season comes to a close following the action from Homestead-Miami Speedway?
With all 36 races of the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season now complete, of which 10 were playoff races, the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion has been crowned in the Championship 4 race, the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.
Which of the four Championship 4 drivers who battled for the right to be called 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion rank where in these rankings with the season having just come to a close with the final playoff race and final overall race of the season at Homestead-Miami?
Here are the updated NASCAR Cup Series driver power rankings following the season-ending action from Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida the 36th and final venue in the 2017 playoffs and the 2017 season as a whole.
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Which of the four Championship 4 drivers rank where in these rankings after Martin Truex Jr. and Furniture Row Racing’s championship-sealing victory in the final race of the 2017 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway?
NOTE: The “Last Race” category includes each driver’s rankings in the previous edition of the NASCAR driver power rankings, which were the rankings among the Championship 4 drivers following the final Round of 8 playoff race of the 2017 Cup Series season and the penultimate race of the season at Phoenix.
Non-Championship 4 Playoff Drivers (Not Ranked)
- Chase Elliott, #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Denny Hamlin, #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
- Ryan Blaney, #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford
- Jimmie Johnson, #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Kyle Larson, #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
- Matt Kenseth, #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
- Jamie McMurray, #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
- Ricky Stenhouse, #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
- Ryan Newman, #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
- Austin Dillon, #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
- Kurt Busch, #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
- Kasey Kahne, #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Erik Jones, #77, Furniture Row Racing, Toyota
- Clint Bowyer, #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
- Daniel Suarez, #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
- Joey Logano, #22, Team Penske, Ford
- Trevor Bayne, #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
- Ty Dillon, #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet
- Aric Almirola, #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Ford
- Paul Menard, #27, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
- Chris Buescher, #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
- David Ragan, #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
- Michael McDowell, #95, Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet
- Cole Whitt, #72, TriStar Motorsports, Chevrolet/Ford
- AJ Allmendinger, #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
- Landon Cassill, #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
- Matt DiBenedetto, #32, Go FAS Racing, Ford
- Danica Patrick, #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
- Corey Lajoie, #83, BK Racing, Toyota
- Reed Sorenson, #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet/Toyota
- Gray Gaulding, #23, BK Racing, Toyota
- Jeffrey Earnhardt, #33, Circle Sport/TMG, Chevrolet
- Michael Waltrip, #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet/Toyota
- Derrike Cope, #55, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet/Toyota
- DJ Kennington, #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota
- Cody Ware, #55, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet/Toyota
#4 through #1
#4. [Last Race: 4th (-)] — Brad Keselowski finished in the worst position of the four Championship 4 drivers at Homestead-Miami in 7th place. He gambled on his tire strategy early, but that gamble did not ultimately play to his advantage when it mattered most late in the race, and he was unable to win his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship.<p class=. No. 2. Team Penske, Ford. BRAD KESELOWSKI
#3. [Last Race: 2nd (-1)] — Kevin Harvick had a great race at Homestead-Miami in the championship finale en route to a 4th place finish, but it was not enough for him to secure his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship in a season during which he won just two races.<p class=. No. 4. Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford. KEVIN HARVICK
KYLE BUSCH. #2. [Last Race: 3rd (+1)] — Kyle Busch finished just about a half-second behind race winner Martin Truex Jr. in the championship finale at Homestead-Miami and in the championship as well. With his 2nd place finish in the race, Busch finished 2nd in the final standings, thus failing to secure his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship.. No. 18. Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
#1. [Last Race: 1st (-)] — By winning the championship finale at Homestead-Miami for his eighth victory of the season, Martin Truex Jr. became a NASCAR Cup Series champion, doing so by putting an exclamation point on an extremely dominant season. No driver deserves to be the 2017 champion more than Truex Jr. does.. No. 78. Furniture Row Racing, Toyota. MARTIN TRUEX JR.
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The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series begins in just under three months on Sunday, February 18th with the Daytona 500, which will be held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida. Will Martin Truex Jr. continue his dominance next season?