NASCAR: Way-too-early 2018 Driver Power Rankings

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 19: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Caramel Toyota, race during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, 2017 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 19: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Caramel Toyota, race during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, 2017 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) /
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HOMESTEAD, FL – NOVEMBER 19: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
HOMESTEAD, FL – NOVEMBER 19: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) /

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Martin Truex Jr. is the early favorite to win the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season’s championship, and rightfully so given how dominant he was this past season and how he has doubled his career win total for two straight seasons now. However, it won’t be easy for him, as there are plenty of other drivers who will be hungry to win the title, with many having never won a Cup Series title before.

It is also hard for a driver to repeat by winning two championships in a row. The last time a driver won two or more titles in a row was back from the 2006 to the 2010 seasons, when seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson reeled off five titles in a row. Before that happened, no driver had won two or more titles in a row since four-time Jeff Gordon won the titles in the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

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Do you agree with these way-too-early NASCAR Cup Series driver power rankings for the 2018 season? Which drivers do you think should be ranked higher or lower? Are there any extremely overrated drivers or perhaps any drivers that you believe could possibly be sleepers?