With nine of the 36 races on the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series schedule in the books, let’s have a look at where the sport’s teams stack up against one another.
Nine of the 36 races on the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series schedule have now been completed, meaning the 2018 season is officially one-quarter of the way over. What that also means is that there are still three-quarters of it left to go before the champion is crowned.
For the third consecutive race, Kyle Busch drove his #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to victory lane, and he did so in the Toyota Owners 400 at the four-turn, 0.75-mile D-shaped Richmond Raceway oval in Richmond, Virginia.
Busch’s third consecutive win was his third win of the season, and it was also Joe Gibbs Racing’s third consecutive win and their third win of the season. As a result of these facts, the fact that just five different drivers and four different teams have won at least one race so far this season still holds true for the third consecutive race.
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Joe Gibbs Racing’s third victory of the 2018 season brings them to within one win of Stewart-Haas Racing, the team that won four of the first six races of the season and still sit atop the 2018 season’s team wins list.
Aside of these two teams, Richard Childress Racing and Furniture Row Racing both have one win apiece.
How did the action in the most recent Cup Series race in Richmond affect the NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings? Here are the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings and the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings following the 2018 Toyota Owners 400.
To see how the formulated rankings are calculated, click here.
Formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Team Penske | Ford | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | +2 |
| 13 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | +2 |
| 14 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 12 | -2 |
| 15 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | -2 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Germain Racing, Go Fas Racing (+2)
Down: Front Row Motorsports, Leavine Family Racing (-2)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Team Penske | Ford | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 13 | +1 |
| 13 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 12 | -2 |
| 15 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Go Fas Racing, Germain Racing (+1)
Down: Front Row Motorsports (-2)
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The next race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, which is the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, is set to take place next Sunday, April 29th. Be sure to tune in to Fox on that day at 2:00 pm ET to watch the live broadcast of that race, which is the 10th of the season.