After a great start to the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season that somehow included no wins, Team Penske finally got their first win of the season at Talladega Superspeedway in the GEICO 500.
After nine races of exceptional performances from their three drivers but no victories to show for it, Team Penske finally got their first win of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season.
They did so when Joey Logano crossed the finish line ahead of the rest of the field to conclude the 188-lap GEICO 500 at the four-turn, 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway oval in Lincoln, Alabama in his #22 Ford.
Logano won the race after the team’s other drivers were involved in a huge accident. Brad Keselowski was knocked out of the race as a result of the accident and the damage that his #2 Ford sustained, and Ryan Blaney’s #12 Ford sustained damage as well.
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Team Penske are now the fifth team to win a race through 10 races so far this season. They have joined Richard Childress Racing and Furniture Row Racing in a third place tie with one win so far this season, and they now trail only Stewart-Haas Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing in that category.
Stewart-Haas Racing have won four races so far this season, while Joe Gibbs Racing have won three. In fact, coming into the GEICO 500, Joe Gibbs Racing had won three races in a row, with all three of those races having been won by Kyle Busch.
Stewart-Haas Racing won three races in a row earlier in the season as well, and Kevin Harvick was responsible for each of those three victories. Clint Bowyer was responsible for the team’s other and most recent victory.
How did the action from Talladega 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 10th race of the 2018 season.
To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | -1 |
| 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 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Hendrick Motorsports, Front Row Motorsports (+1)
Down: Chip Ganassi Racing, Go Fas Racing (-1)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Team Penske | Ford | 2 | +1 |
| 2 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 | -2 |
| 4 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | -1 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 14 | +2 |
| 13 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 15 | +1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 12 | -3 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Front Row Motorsports (+2)
Down: Go Fas Racing (-3)
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Be sure to tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 2:00 pm ET next Sunday, May 6th to watch the live broadcast of the 11th of 36 races on the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. That race is the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.