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NASCAR Cup Series: Early 2020 power rankings

By Asher Fair

HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 17: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light Ford, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, lead the field at the start of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Speedway on November 17, 2019 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 17: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light Ford, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, lead the field at the start of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Speedway on November 17, 2019 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /
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HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 16: Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Symbicort Chevrolet (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 16: Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Symbicort Chevrolet (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /

#24 and #23

#24. . No. 32. Go Fas Racing, Ford. COREY LAJOIE

Corey LaJoie found some success in his first full season competing in the Cup Series driving for Go Fas Racing, recording four top 12 finishes, including two top seven results, which were the first two top 10 finishes of his career. With Go Fas Racing now set to have a technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing, both they and LaJoie are poised to have their best seasons yet. It may take some time for them to start clicking like it did for Matt DiBenedetto with Leavine Family Racing after they formed a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing, but the fact that LaJoie has a year under his belt with the team should help.

#23. . No. 3. Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet. AUSTIN DILLON

After three consecutive playoff appearances, Austin Dillon took a major step back in the 2019 season, managing only a 21st place finish in the championship standings without a single top five finish. The problem for him is that this “step back” really wasn’t a huge step back. His playoff appearances in 2017 and 2018 came only because of the fact that he won a regular season race each year, and both were somewhat fluky wins, the former coming in a fuel mileage race and the latter coming in a Daytona 500 in which he wrecked the leader on the final lap and led only that one lap. Unless he can win in that fashion again in 2020, it’s hard to see him getting back to victory lane or the playoffs.

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