The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series now has eight 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 (Joe Gibbs Racing).
Here are my Power Rankings as the series heads to Richmond International Raceway…
- Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
- Brad Keselowski (Team Penske)
- Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing)
- Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Joey Logano (Team Penske)
- Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing)
- Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing)
- Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Erik Jones (Furniture Row Racing)
- Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing)
- Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing)
- Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing)
- Trevor Bayne (Roush Fenway Racing)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing)
- Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing)
- Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Ty Dillon (Germain Racing)
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