Week Eighteen - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Atlanta 2

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By Adam Carabine

A look at the Top Ten in our weekly Power Rankings, plus the biggest movers! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture.  StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs, with an emphasis placed on the most recent 5 races.

Shane Van Gisbergen – This week: 10 – Last week: 14

After a healthy jump up the Power Rankings for winning in Mexico City, SVG had a really solid oval performance in Atlanta this past weekend.  He earned points in both stages, and ran in the Top 20 all day.  With a crazy race like Atlanta was, even just a solid finish is better than crashing out.

Christopher Bell – This week: 9 – Last week: 5

Unfortunately for Bell, he falls a few spots this week due to a rough race in Atlanta.  He scored his third DNF of the season, and finished 30th without even completing half of the laps of the race.

Erik Jones – This week: 8 – Last week: 11

Legacy Motor Club has been on a bit of a tear lately, as both Jones and his teammate John Hunter Nemechek have been racking up solid finishes.  Atlanta was no exception for Jones, as he managed to avoid most of the chaos and finished with a Top 5.

Kyle Larson – This week: 7 – Last week: 12

Larson has had a few struggles with consistency lately, and it actually found him falling out of the Top 10 of our Power Rankings last week.  This week he returns, though not in exactly convincing fashion.  His P17 at Atlanta was enough to bring him back into the Top 10, but he’s got some work to do to get back to the top.

Chris Buescher – This week: 6 – Last week: 13

It’s been a solid few weeks for RFK Racing as well, and Chris Buescher gets a well-deserved bump into the Top 10 of the Power Rankings.  He led 15 laps at Atlanta, earned 8 stage points, and finished in the Top 10. 

Tyler Reddick – This week: 5 – Last week: 8

After a slow slide down the Power Rankings, it was a nice return to form for Tyler Reddick at Atlanta.  While he didn’t get the win, he had a reassuring evening for him and his team.  He won Stage 2, led 18 laps, and was in contention for the win up until the very end.  He wound up P4.

Ryan Blaney – This week: 4 – Last week: 4

Despite another terrible last-placed finish for Blaney (which once again wasn’t really his fault), he manages to hold onto his spot in the Power Rankings for now.  This is the last week his win in Nashville is more heavily weighted, so he could drop in the coming weeks if he doesn’t get some better luck when it comes to wrecks.

William Byron – This week: 3 – Last week: 2

Speaking of awful, no-good days, William Byron had one of his own and also had a DNF, finishing 37th. Silver lining – he did earn stage points in the first stage, and he continues to be the Regular Season points leader. 

Chase Elliott – This week: 2 – Last week: 3

Chase Elliott had already been uber-consistent all season, and finally got the win that officially locks him into the playoffs in Atlanta.  There wasn’t really any doubt he’d make it to the Round of 16, but this sets it in stone now.  He also earned the most Stage Points of anyone, and had the most Quality Passes too. 

Denny Hamlin – This week: 1 – Last week: 1

Hamlin was one of the many, many (many), cars that were involved in an early wreck. While he tried to limp it back around the track, he ended up having to take the DNF.  Despite this, he manages to hold onto the top spot based on some stellar weeks leading up to this. 

Biggest Movers

Ross Chastain – This week: 18 – Last week: 7

Falls 11 places

Chase Briscoe – This week: 17 – Last week: 6

Falls 11 places

Alex Bowman – This week: 19 – Last week: 31

Gains 12 places

Rest of the List

11.	Brad Keselowski	LW: 15	+4
12.	AJ Allmendinger	LW: 10	-2
13.	Carson Hocevar	LW: 17	+4
14.	Ryan Preece	LW: 9	-5
15.	Ty Gibbs	LW: 20	+5
16.	Bubba Wallace	LW: 23	+7
17.	Chase Briscoe	LW: 6	-11
18.	Ross Chastain	LW: 7	-11
19.	Alex Bowman	LW: 31	+12
20.	Zane Smith	LW: 26	+6
21.	Joey Logano	LW: 16	-5
22.	Kyle Busch	LW: 21	-1
23.	Todd Gilliland	LW: 18	-5
24.	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	LW: 29	+5
25.	Austin Cindric	LW: 22	-3
26.	Justin Haley	LW: 30	+4
27.	Ty Dillon	LW: 32	+5
28.	Josh Berry	LW: 19	-9
29.	JH Nemechek	LW: 28	-1
30.	Daniel Suarez	LW: 25	-5
31.	Michael McDowell	LW: 24	-7
32.	Austin Dillon	LW: 27	-5
33.	Cody Ware	LW: 34	+1
34.	Noah Gragson	LW: 33	-1
35.	Cole Custer	LW: 35	--
36.	Riley Herbst	LW: 36	--