NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings after 2018 Brickyard 400
By Asher Fair
With the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series regular season in the books, here is where the sport’s 15 full-time teams stack up against one another.
One race after joining Stewart-Haas Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing as one of the four teams with more than one victory in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, Team Penske joined those three teams as one of the four teams with at least three victories this season.
Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski built on his victory in last Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway by winning the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, more commonly known as the Brickyard 400, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Keselowski’s victory in the 160-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana brought Team Penske’s 2018 victory total from two to three, meaning their victory total has tripled over the course of the last two races.
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Prior to last week, Team Penske’s lone victory was Joey Logano’s victory in the race at Talladega Superspeedway back in April. They had just one victory in the first 24 races of the regular season, but they are set to enter the playoffs with two consecutive victories and as arguably the hottest team in the sport.
How did Team Penske’s third victory of the 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 regular season finale.
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 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | +2 |
| 5 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 3 | -2 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 | -1 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Chip Ganassi Racing (+2)
Down: Furniture Row Racing (-2)
The playoff point totals, standings positions and point totals used to calculate these formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings are based on regular season statistics. These regular season statistics have changed following the conclusion of the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard. Because of this, there are two formulated sets of NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings included in this article as opposed to only one like there usual is.
Here is the second formulated set of rankings. The calculation used to determine these rankings include the updated playoff point totals, standings positions and point totals for each driver ahead of the playoffs. The changes reflected in the “Last Rank” category are the changes from the formulated set of rankings presented above to the updated formulated set of rankings presented below.
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 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Team Penske | Ford | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Furniture Row Racing (+1)
Down: Chip Ganassi Racing (-1)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 3 | -1 |
| 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | +1 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 7 | -2 |
| 10 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 15 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Team Penske, Richard Childress Racing, Wood Brothers Racing, Germain Racing (+1)
Down: Roush Fenway Racing (-2)
Formulated rankings predictions for after next race
The calculation used to calculate the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings predicts that this is how the formulated set of rankings will look after this weekend’s race, the South Point 400, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
| Formulated Rankings Predictions |
| 1st – Stewart-Haas Racing (-) |
| 2nd – Team Penske (+1) |
| 3rd – Joe Gibbs Racing (-1) |
| 4th – Chip Ganassi Racing (-) |
| 5th – Hendrick Motorsports (+1) |
| 6th – Furniture Row Racing (-1) |
| 7th – Richard Childress Racing (-) |
| 8th – Wood Brothers Racing (-) |
| 9th – Roush Fenway Racing (-) |
| 10th – JTG Daugherty Racing (-) |
| 11th – Leavine Family Racing (+1) |
| 12th – Front Row Motorsports (-1) |
| 13th – Germain Racing (-) |
| 14th – Richard Petty Motorsports (-) |
| 15th – Go Fas Racing (-) |
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Be sure to tune in to the inaugural race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. This race, the South Point 400, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 16. It is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network from Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.