NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings after 2018 Can-Am 500

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PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 11: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M and M’s Toyota (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images) /

#4 through #1

No. 78. Furniture Row Racing, Toyota. MARTIN TRUEX JR.. #4.

Last Rank: 4th (-)
Races: 35
Top 10 finishes: 20
Top 5 finishes: 19
Podium finishes: 11
Wins: 4
Average finish: 10.97
Average finish in last five races: 10.80
Most recent finish: 14th
Points in most recent race: 31
Stage wins: 10
Stage points: 284
Playoff points: 38
Standings position: 2nd
Points: 4156

ARIC ALMIROLA. #3. . No. 10. Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford

Last Rank: 7th (+4)
Races: 35
Top 10 finishes: 16
Top 5 finishes: 4
Podium finishes: 2
Wins: 1
Average finish: 12.86
Average finish in last five races: 6.80
Most recent finish: 4th
Points in most recent race: 34
Stage wins: 1
Stage points: 160
Playoff points: 6
Standings position: 7th
Points: 4102

#2. . No. 4. Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford. KEVIN HARVICK

Last Rank: 3rd (+1)
Races: 35
Top 10 finishes: 28
Top 5 finishes: 22
Podium finishes: 13
Wins: 8
Average finish: 9.00
Average finish in last five races: 11.20
Most recent finish: 5th
Points in most recent race: 39
Stage wins: 18
Stage points: 375
Playoff points: 61
Standings position: 3rd
Points: 4142

#1. . No. 18. Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota. KYLE BUSCH

Last Rank: 2nd (+1)
Races: 35
Top 10 finishes: 27
Top 5 finishes: 21
Podium finishes: 17
Wins: 8
Average finish: 8.43
Average finish in last five races: 10.00
Most recent finish: 1st
Points in most recent race: 54
Stage wins: 6
Stage points: 350
Playoff points: 61
Standings position: 1st
Points: 4182

Biggest Movers
Up: Aric Almirola (+4)
Down: Joey Logano, Erik Jones (-4)

The Can-Am 500 was the third and final race of the round of 8, meaning that the point totals of the eight round of 8 drivers, including the four who are set to advance to the Championship 4 and the four who are not, were updated after the race even after the point totals that they earned during the race were added to the respective previous point totals.

Involved in the calculation for the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings are several variables, and several of these variables changed as a result of the change described above. As a result, these rankings were affected. Here are the updated formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings after these changes were applied.

NOTE: The changes reflected in the “Last Rank” category are the changes from the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings that were shown on the last several slides to the updated formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings that are shown on the next several slides.

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