NASCAR Cup Series: Team Power Rankings after 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350
By Asher Fair
How did the action from the Toyota/Save Mart 350, the 16th race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, affect how the 16 full-time Cup Series teams rank against one another?
The Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the 16th race of the 36-race 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, and it was the first of three road course races on the 2018 schedule, as it was held at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California last Sunday.
Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr., the defending Cup Series champion and lone driver for Furniture Row Racing, entered the race having earned two victories for the team so far this season in his #78 Toyota.
Following the 110-lap race around the 10-turn, 1.990-mile (3.203-kilometer) Sonoma Raceway road course, Truex Jr. had earned Furniture Row Racing their third victory of the 2018 season, which ranks third among all teams in the sport.
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The team’s third victory of the season was also their second victory in the last three races, as Truex Jr. also won the race at Pocono Raceway on the first Sunday in June.
Only Stewart-Haas Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing have won more races than Furniture Row Racing have so far this season. Stewart-Haas Racing, a four-driver team, have won seven races with two of their drivers. Those two drivers are Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer, who have won five races and two races, respectively. Joe Gibbs Racing, another four-driver team, have won four races with one of their drivers. That one driver is Kyle Busch.
How did the action from the 16th race of 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 Furniture Row Racing’s third victory 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 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 | +2 |
| 3 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Team Penske | Ford | 3 | -1 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Joe Gibbs Racing (+2)
Down: Stewart-Haas Racing, Team Penske (-1)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 4 | +2 |
| 3 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Team Penske | Ford | 2 | -2 |
| 5 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | -1 |
| 7 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 8 | +1 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 7 | -1 |
| 9 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | BK Racing | Toyota | 16 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Furniture Row Racing (+2)
Down: Team Penske (-2)
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Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois is scheduled to host the next NASCAR Cup Series race. That race, the Overton’s 400, is scheduled to take place later today, and it is scheduled to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting at 2:30 p.m. ET.