NASCAR Cup Series: Driver Power Rankings after 2018 KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas
By Asher Fair
Where do the 31 full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers stack up against one another following Kevin Harvick’s victory in the KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas Speedway?
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick rolled to yet another victory in the KC Masterpiece 400 at the four-turn, 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The win was his second consecutive victory and his fifth through just 12 races in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Five drivers have combined to win the seven races that Harvick has not won so far this season, with Kyle Busch, who is on somewhat of a three-race cold streak following his three-race winning streak at Texas, Bristol and Richmond, being the only one of those drivers with more than one victory.
As a result, there are only six drivers whose positions in the 2018 Cup Series playoffs are secured with just one race to go until the halfway mark of the regular season. Aside of Harvick and Busch, the four drivers locked into the playoffs are 2018 race winners Austin Dillon (Daytona), Martin Truex Jr. (Fontana), Clint Bowyer (Martinsville) and Joey Logano (Talladega).
How did Harvick’s victory and the rest of the action during the 2018 KC Masterpiece 400 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 race at Kansas Speedway.
Keep in mind that because of the fact that Trevor Bayne is no longer a full-time driver, he is no longer included in these rankings.
To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.