The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series now has five races complete and the drivers in the top 10 of the point standings are starting to separate them from the pack. Some of the teams that ran well in 2016 are still looking to regain the speed they had last year.
Here are my Power Rankings as the series heads to Martinsville Speedway…
- Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
- Brad Keselowski (Team Penske)
- Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing)
- Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Joey Logano (Team Penske)
- Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing)
- Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing)
- Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing)
- Erik Jones (Furniture Row Racing)
- Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing)
- Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing)
- Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Daniel Suarez (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing)
- Trevor Bayne (Roush Fenway Racing)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing)
- Ty Dillon (Germain Racing)
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