NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings after 2018 Hollywood Casino 400

With the round of 12 of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs having been completed, how do the sport’s full-time drivers rank against one another?

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott earned his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his third victory of the 2018 season, his third victory in the last 11 races and his second victory in the three-race second round of the four-round, 10-race playoffs, the round of 12, by winning the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, which was the final race of the round of 12.

Elliott’s victory in the 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas made him the fifth driver to win at least three races this season.

Of the other four drivers who have won at least three races through the season’s first 32 races, only three are set to advance from the round of 12 to the round of 8, the third round of the playoffs.

How did Elliott’s third career Cup Series victory and the rest of the action from Kansas Speedway affect the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings with just four races remaining on the 2018 schedule following the Hollywood Casino 400.

Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings

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

Biggest Movers
Up: Chase Elliott (+5)
Down: Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer (-4)

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