NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Coca-Cola 600
By Asher Fair
How do the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings look following Martin Truex Jr.’s third victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season?
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. earned his third victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season and his third victory in the last five races by winning the 36-race season’s 13th race, the Coca-Cola 600, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Truex Jr.’s victory in this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Charlotte Motor Speedway oval in Concord, North Carolina made him the third driver to win three races so far this season.
Truex Jr. is now tied with teammate Kyle Busch and Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski atop the wins list so far this season with three victories. Three other drivers have combined to win the other four races that have been contested in 2019.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin won two of those four races while Team Penske’s Joey Logano and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott each won one.
How did Truex Jr.’s third 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 Coca-Cola 600.
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – [1st (0)]
2nd – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [4th (+1)]
4th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [7th (+3)]
5th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [5th (0)]
6th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – [3rd (-3)]
7th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [8th (+1)]
8th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [6th (-2)]
9th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [10th (1)]
10th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – [12th (+2)]
11th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [11th (0)]
12th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [9th (-3)]
13th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [16th (+3)]
14th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [18th (+4)]
15th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [15th (0)]
16th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [19th (+3)]
17th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [20th (+3)]
18th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [14th (-4)]
19th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [13th (-6)]
20th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [21st (+1)]
21st – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [17th (-4)]
22nd – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [22nd (0)]
23rd – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [23rd (0)]
24th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [24th (0)]
25th – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [25th (0)]
26th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – [27th (+1)]
27th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [28th (+1)]
28th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – [26th (-2)]
29th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [29th (0)]
30th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [30th (0)]
31st – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [31st (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: William Byron (+4)
Down: Erik Jones (-6)
Here are the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings following the action from Charlotte Motor Speedway. To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.