With 19 races of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season in the books, how do the sport’s 15 teams with full-time drivers stack up against one another?
Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. earned his fourth victory of the 36-race 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season in the season’s 19th race, the Quaker State 400, at Kentucky Speedway.
As Furniture Row Racing’s lone driver, Truex Jr.’s fourth victory of the season in his #78 Toyota in the 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky was the fourth victory of the season for the team.
Five teams have won at least one race so far this season. Of those five teams, three have won multiple races. With Furniture Row Racing’s victory at Kentucky Speedway, all three of those teams have won at least four races this season.
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Stewart-Haas Racing lead all Cup Series teams with seven victories so far this season while Joe Gibbs Racing are close behind with six victories of their own. However, these teams are both four-driver teams, and two drivers from each of these teams have won at least one race so far this season. Meanwhile, Furniture Row Racing have earned all four of their victories as a one-driver team.
That said, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch both have five victories, so it isn’t like these two teams don’t have dominant drivers like Furniture Row Racing do. The close competition among these three top-tier teams has made for a great season thus far, and it should make for a great championship battle down the stretch.
How did Furniture Row Racing’s fourth victory of the 2018 season 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 action from Kentucky Speedway.
To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings are calculated, click here.
NOTE: Because of the fact that Gray Gaulding has not driven the #23 BK Racing Toyota in either of the last two races and therefore BK Racing no longer have a full-time driver, BK Racing are not included in these NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings.
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 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | +1 |
| 8 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 7 | -1 |
| 9 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | +1 |
| 12 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | -1 |
| 13 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Wood Brothers Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Front Row Motorsports (+1)
Down: Roush Fenway Racing, Leavine Family Racing, Germain Racing (-1)
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 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 | -2 |
| 4 | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 9 | +2 |
| 8 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 7 | -1 |
| 9 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | +1 |
| 12 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 14 | +2 |
| 13 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | -2 |
| 14 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Wood Brothers Racing, Front Row Motorsports (+2)
Down: Joe Gibbs Racing, Leavine Family Racing (-2)
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The next race on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the 20th race of the 2018 season. That race is the Foxwoods Resort Casino, and it is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 22 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast of that race at 2:00 p.m. ET.