NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings after 2019 GEICO 500

Following Chase Elliott’s first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season in the GEICO 500, how do the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings look?

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott earned his first victory of the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season by winning the season’s 10th race, the GEICO 500, at Talladega Superspeedway in thrilling fashion.

Elliott’s victory in the 188-lap race around the four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.281-kilometer) high-banked Talladega Superspeedway oval in Lincoln, Alabama made him the sixth different driver to win a race so far this season. This victory was the fourth victory of his Cup Series career.

Of the other five drivers who have won at least one race so far this season, three of them have won multiple races in 2019. These three drivers, Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin and Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski, have earned three, two and two victories, respectively, so far this season.

Team Penske’s Joey Logano and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr., like Elliott, have each won one race so far in 2019.

How did Elliott’s first victory of the 2019 season affect the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the season’s 10th race.

NOTE: StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill has been removed from both the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings and the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings as a result of the fact that he is no longer eligible to earn points in the Cup Series this season after he competed in the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [1st (0)]
2nd – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [9th (+6)]
4th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [4th (0)]
5th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [3rd (-2)]
6th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [8th (+2)]
7th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – [6th (-1)]
8th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [5th (-3)]
9th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – [10th (1)]
10th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [11th (1)]
11th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [7th (-4)]
12th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [15th (+3)]
13th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [13th (0)]
14th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [21st (+7)]
15th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [14th (-1)]
16th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [16th (0)]
17th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [17th (0)]
18th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [12th (-6)]
19th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [18th (-1)]
20th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [19th (-1)]
21st – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [20th (-1)]
22nd – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [22nd (0)]
23rd – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [25th (+2)]
24th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [23rd (-1)]
25th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [28th (+3)]
26th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – [24th (-2)]
27th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [27th (0)]
28th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – [30th (+2)]
29th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [26th (-3)]
30th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [29th (-1)]
31st – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [31st (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Alex Bowman (+7)
Down: Jimmie Johnson (-6)

Here are the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the thriller that was the GEICO 500. To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.