NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings after 2018 Gander Outdoors 400 (Dover)
By Asher Fair
With six races remaining in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, how do the sport’s 15 full-time teams rank against one another?
Chase Elliott delivered Hendrick Motorsports their second victory of the 36-race 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season by winning the opening race of the second round of the playoffs, the Gander Outdoors 400, at Dover International Speedway.
Aside of Elliott’s victory in the 404-lap race around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) Dover International Speedway oval in Dover, Delaware to open up the round of 12, Hendrick Motorsports’ other victory this season is Elliott’s victory in the race at Watkins Glen International in early August.
Hendrick Motorsports are now one of five teams that have won at least two races this season. Stewart-Haas Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Team Penske and Furniture Row Racing have earned 10, eight, five and four victories through the season’s first 30 races.
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Richard Childress Racing are now the only team to win exactly one race this season. Austin Dillon won the season opener, the Daytona 500, at Daytona International Speedway, but neither he nor teammate Ryan Newman have been able to win a race since.
Of the four teams aside of Hendrick Motorsports to win at least two races this season, only one have done so as a result of only one of their drivers winning. Furniture Row Racing are a one-car team, meaning that defending Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. has been responsible for all four of their victories so far this year.
As a result, Hendrick Motorsports are the only multi-car team with multiple victories earned by one of their drivers and no victories earned by any of their other drivers at this point in the season.
How did Hendrick Motorsports’ second victory of the season and the rest of the action from the Gander Outdoors 400 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 with six races remaining on the 2018 schedule.
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)]
1st – Team Penske, Ford – [1st (0)]
2nd – Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Furniture Row Racing, Toyota – [3rd (0)]
4th – Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [4th (0)]
5th – Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [5th (0)]
6th – Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [6th (0)]
7th – Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [7th (0)]
8th – Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [8th (0)]
9th – Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [9th (0)]
10th – JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [10th (0)]
11th – Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [11th (0)]
12th – Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet – [12th (0)]
13th – Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [13th (0)]
14th – Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [14th (0)]
15th – Go Fas Racing, Ford – [15th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: N/A (-)
Down: N/A (-)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Team Penske, Ford – [2nd (+1)]
2nd – Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [1st (-1)]
3rd – Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [4th (+1)]
4th – Furniture Row Racing, Toyota – [3rd (-1)]
5th – Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [6th (+1)]
6th – Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [5th (-1)]
7th – Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [7th (0)]
8th – Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [9th (+1)]
9th – Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [8th (-1)]
10th – JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [10th (0)]
11th – Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [11th (0)]
12th – Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet – [12th (0)]
13th – Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [14th (+1)]
14th – Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [13th (-1)]
15th – Go Fas Racing, Ford – [15th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Team Penske, Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports (+1)
Down: Stewart-Haas Racing, Furniture Row Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, Wood Brothers Racing, Germain Racing (-1)
Formulated rankings predictions for after next race
According to the formula used to calculate the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings, here is how the formulated set of rankings will look after this weekend’s race, the 1000Bulbs.com 500, at Talladega Superspeedway.
Rank – Team (Trend)
1st – Furniture Row Racing (+2)
2nd – Team Penske (-1)
3rd – Stewart-Haas Racing (-1)
4th – Joe Gibbs Racing (-)
5th – Chip Ganassi Racing (-)
6th – Hendrick Motorsports (-)
7th – Richard Childress Racing (-)
8th – Wood Brothers Racing (-)
9th – Roush Fenway Racing (-)
10th – JTG Daugherty Racing (-)
11th – Front Row Motorsports (-)
12th – Germain Racing (+1)
13th – Leavine Family Racing (-1)
14th – Go Fas Racing (+1)
15th – Richard Petty Motorsports (-1)
Biggest Movers
Up: Furniture Row Racing (+2)
Down: Team Penske, Stewart-Haas Racing, Leavine Family Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports (-1)
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The 1000Bulbs.com 500 is the next race on the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoff schedule, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 14.