NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings after 2018 Gander Outdoors 400 (Dover)

With four playoff races in the books and six remaining on the schedule, how do the 30 full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers stack up against one another?

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott opened the second round of the four-round, 10-race 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs by earning his second career Cup Series victory and his second Cup Series victory of the season.

After winning the race at Watkins Glen International in early August, the 22-year-old Dawsonville, Georgia native doubled his career win total by winning the 404-lap Gander Outdoors 400 at the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) Dover International Speedway oval in Dover, Delaware to open up the round of 12.

With Elliott having become the first driver to clinch a berth in the third round of the playoffs, the round of 8, how do the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings look? Here are the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the Gander Outdoors 400.

Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [1st (0)]
2nd – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [8th (+5)]
4th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – [9th (+5)]
5th – Martin Truex Jr. – #78, Furniture Row Racing, Toyota – [3rd (-2)]
6th – Kurt Busch – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [7th (+1)]
7th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – [4th (-3)]
8th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – [5th (-3)]
9th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [11th (+2)]
10th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [12th (+2)]
11th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [6th (-5)]
12th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [10th (-2)]
13th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [15th (+2)]
14th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [14th (0)]
15th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [16th (+1)]
16th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [13th (-3)]
17th – Ryan Newman – #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [17th (0)]
18th – Daniel Suarez – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [19th (+1)]
19th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [21st (+2)]
20th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [20th (0)]
21st – Jamie McMurray – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [18th (-3)]
22nd – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [23rd (+1)]
23rd – A.J. Allmendinger – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [22nd (-1)]
24th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [24th (0)]
25th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [25th (0)]
26th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [26th (0)]
27th – Kasey Kahne – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet – [27th (0)]
28th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [29th (+1)]
29th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [28th (-1)]
30th – Matt DiBenedetto – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – [30th (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Chase Elliott, Joey Logano (+5)
Down: Clint Bowyer (-5)

Here are the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the fourth race of the 2018 playoffs. To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.