NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings after 2018 AAA Texas 500

With two races remaining on the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, how do the 29 drivers who have not missed a race this year rank against one another?

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick retook the top spot on the wins list for the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season by earning his eighth victory of the season and his first of the playoffs in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Harvick’s victory in the 337-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Texas Motor Speedway oval in Fort Worth, Texas, which was extended by three laps due to a late caution flag period, was his first since he won the race at Michigan International Speedway in mid-August.

Harvick had been tied atop the wins list for the 2018 season with seven victories ever since Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch earned his seventh victory of the season by winning the round of 16 race at Richmond Raceway in September.

How did Harvick’s Cup Series-leading eighth victory of the season affect the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the second of three round of 8 races.

Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings

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

Biggest Movers
Up: Erik Jones (+4)
Down: Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson (-4)

Here are the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the penultimate race prior to the championship-deciding season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.