How did Joe Gibbs Racing’s eighth victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season in the season’s 13th race affect the NASCAR Cup Series Driver Power Rankings?
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. earning his third victory of the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season by winning the season’s 13th race, the Coca-Cola 600, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This victory was also his third victory in the last five races.
Additionally, 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 was already Joe Gibbs Racing’s eighth victory of the season.
Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin have each won multiple races so far this season, with Busch winning three and Hamlin winning two. The team’s other driver, Erik Jones, has not yet won a race this season.
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Aside of Joe Gibbs Racing, only two teams have won any races this season, and only one of these teams have won more than one race. Team Penske have earned four victories so far this season while Hendrick Motorsports have earned one.
Meanwhile, the winningest team of the 2018 season, Stewart-Haas Racing, are still searching for their first victory of the 2019 season just one season after winning 12 races.
How did Joe Gibbs Racing’s eighth victory of the 2019 season affect the NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings? Here are the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings and the non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings with 13 of the season’s 36 scheduled races in the books.
To see how the formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings are calculated, click here.
Formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Team Penske, Ford – [1st (0)]
2nd – Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [4th (+1)]
4th – Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [5th (+1)]
5th – Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [3rd (-2)]
6th – Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [7th (+1)]
7th – Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [6th (-1)]
8th – Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [8th (0)]
9th – JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [10th (+1)]
10th – Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [9th (-1)]
11th – Go Fas Racing, Ford – [12th (+1)]
12th – Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – [11th (-1)]
13th – Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [13th (0)]
14th – Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [14th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Hendrick Motorsports, Stewart-Haas Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing, Go Fas Racing (+1)
Down: Chip Ganassi Racing (-2)
Non-formulated NASCAR Cup Series Team Power Rankings
Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – [1st (0)]
2nd – Team Penske, Ford – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – [4th (+1)]
4th – Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – [3rd (-1)]
5th – Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – [5th (0)]
6th – Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – [6th (0)]
7th – Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – [8th (+1)]
8th – Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – [7th (-1)]
9th – JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – [9th (0)]
10th – Germain Racing, Chevrolet – [10th (0)]
11th – Go Fas Racing, Ford – [12th (+1)]
12th – Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – [11th (-1)]
13th – Front Row Motorsports, Ford – [13th (0)]
14th – Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – [14th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Hendrick Motorsports, Wood Brothers Racing, Go Fas Racing (+1)
Down: Stewart-Haas Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Leavine Family Racing (-1)
Pocono Raceway is scheduled to host the next race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, which is the 14th race of the season. This race, the Pocono 400, is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 from the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 2.