NASCAR Cup Series: Team Power Rankings after 2018 Pocono 400
By Asher Fair
How do the full-time NASCAR Cup Series teams stack up against one another following the 14th race of the 2018 season, the Pocono 400?
Through 13 races of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season heading into the Pocono 400 at the three-turn, 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, only two teams had more than one victory.
Those two teams, which still have six and four victories so far this season, are Stewart-Haas Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing, respectively. Three other teams entered the race weekend with one win so far in 2018.
One of those three teams, Furniture Row Racing, joined Stewart-Haas Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing as a team with multiple victories so far in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, as they earned their second victory of the season at Pocono Raceway.
At Pocono Raceway, Martin Truex Jr., Furniture Row Racing’s lone driver, was victorious for the second time this season and for the first time since he won the race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California in his #78 Toyota back in the middle of March.
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Toyota teams and Ford teams have now combined to win the last 13 races. Richard Childress Racing are the only Chevrolet team that have won a race so far this season, and they won the season opener, the Daytona 500, with Austin Dillon in his #3 Chevrolet back in the middle of February.
Toyota teams now have six wins so far this season, while Ford teams still have seven. Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing are the only two Toyota teams that have combined for these six victories, and Stewart-Haas Racing and Team Penske are the only two Ford teams that have combined for these seven victories.
How did the action from the 14th of 36 races on the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series schedule 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 Pocono 400.
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 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 | -2 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 | -1 |
| 7 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | +1 |
| 10 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 13 | +3 |
| 11 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 | -2 |
| 12 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | -2 |
| 14 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Front Row Motorsports (+3)
Down: Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Leavine Family Racing (-2)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 2 | +1 |
| 2 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 | -3 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 | -1 |
| 7 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | +1 |
| 8 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 7 | -1 |
| 9 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | +1 |
| 10 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 11 | +1 |
| 11 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | +1 |
| 12 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 | -3 |
| 13 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Furniture Row Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing, Team Penske, Chip Ganassi Racing, Wood Brothers Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Front Row Motorsports, JTG Daugherty Racing, Germain Racing (+1)
Down: Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports (-2)
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The next race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season is the FireKeepers Casino 400, which is set to take place at Michigan International Speedway next Sunday, June 10. It is set to be broadcast live on Fox.