Week Nineteen - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After the Chicago Street Course
- Adam Carabine
- Jul 11
- 4 min read
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.
Ryan Preece – This week: 10 – Last week: 14
How about that P7 for Ryan Preece at the Chicago Street Course last weekend? While I’m not entirely sure where Preece is getting all of this speed from lately, he’s been deservedly bumped back into the Top 10 of the Power Rankings. His average finish over the last five races is just over 10. Impressive.
Ty Gibbs – This week: 9 – Last week: 15
Speaking of impressive, how about Ty Gibbs lately? His average finish over the last five races is 8.8 – yes that’s a smaller sample size than a full season, but that’s lower than anyone’s season-long total this year. All five of his last races have been in the Top 15, and there are two Top 5s in there, including a runner-up finish at Chicago last weekend.
Erik Jones – This week: 8 – Last week: 8
Erik Jones manages to hold serve this week and stay in the Power Rankings Top 10, despite a P25 finish in Chicago. Partially saved by some other drivers ahead of him doing worse, the other recent races have been stellar for the LMC driver.
AJ Allmendinger – This week: 7 – Last week: 12
Obviously with a road course-heavy section of the schedule in play recently, it’s not surprising to see Allmendinger rise up in the Power Rankings. However, his oval performance has been getting better of late too, and he’s had some solid underlying numbers to help with his road course skills.
Kyle Larson – This week: 6 – Last week: 7
Once seemingly secured at the very top of the Power Rankings, Larson has had a few rough weeks, though things seem to be turning around. He fell out of the Top 10 at one point, but has clawed his way back up. A Top 15 finish in Chicago helped, and the others should watch out because next weekend’s Sonoma is one of his best tracks.
Chris Buescher – This week: 5 – Last week: 6
Buescher’s car had some issues in Chicago at times, but he managed to salvage a solid finish from the day. While we’ve become accustomed to seeing Buescher compete at road courses lately (see Watkins Glen last year!), P18 in Chicago didn’t exactly wow us – but some bigger names up the list suffered and fell out, leaving room for Buescher to move up a spot.
Tyler Reddick – This week: 4 – Last week: 5
There were a few down weeks for Reddick but he is now the only driver in the Cup Series who hasn’t been out of the Top 10 a single week this season. With William Byron falling down to 13th this week, a few drivers made up some extra spots – but Reddick’s move up was well-deserved after a solid P3 at the Chicago Street Course.
Shane Van Gisbergen – This week: 3 – Last week: 10
Two wins in his last five races (in his rookie season, no less), and SVG has climbed up to the podium of our Power Rankings. Watch out for him next week, as we travel to another road course. He could quickly jump to the very top!
Denny Hamlin – This week: 2 – Last week: 1
The battle for the top spot was a very close one this week. Denny showed great poise having to start dead last in Chicago, and making his way up to a great P4 finish, it wasn’t quite enough to stay at the very top. Missing Mexico City, and the DNF at Atlanta was a tough hill to climb.
Chase Elliott – This week: 1 – Last week: 2
Strangely, this is Chase Elliott’s first time in the top spot for the Power Rankings. This year’s most consistent driver is having a career year in average finish, buoyed by an incredible Top 20 streak dating back to last year’s playoff race in Las Vegas. While it hasn’t always been flashy, his consistency paired with a win the previous weekend in Atlanta was a winning combo to help him up to the top.
Biggest Movers
Carson Hocevar – This week: 29 – Last week: 13
Falls 16 places
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – This week: 17 – Last week: 24
Gains 7 places
Alex Bowman – This week: 12 – Last week: 19
Gains 7 places
Shane Van Gisbergen – This week: 3 – Last week: 10
Gains 7 places
Rest of the List
11. | Ryan Blaney | LW: 4 | -7 |
12. | Alex Bowman | LW: 19 | +7 |
13. | William Byron | LW: 3 | -10 |
14. | Christopher Bell | LW: 9 | -5 |
15. | Ross Chastain | LW: 18 | +3 |
16. | Chase Briscoe | LW: 17 | +1 |
17. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | LW: 24 | +7 |
18. | Kyle Busch | LW: 22 | +4 |
19. | Bubba Wallace | LW: 19 | -3 |
20. | Zane Smith | LW: 20 | -- |
21. | Brad Keselowski | LW: 11 | -10 |
22. | Justin Haley | LW: 26 | +5 |
23. | Joey Logano | LW: 21 | -2 |
24. | JH Nemechek | LW: 29 | +5 |
25. | Ty Dillon | LW: 27 | +2 |
26. | Michael McDowell | LW: 31 | +5 |
27. | Austin Cindric | LW: 25 | -2 |
28. | Cody Ware | LW: 33 | +5 |
29. | Carson Hocevar | LW: 13 | -16 |
30. | Noah Gragson | LW: 34 | +4 |
31. | Daniel Suarez | LW: 30 | -1 |
32. | Todd Gilliland | LW: 23 | -9 |
33. | Josh Berry | LW: 28 | -5 |
34. | Austin Dillon | LW: 32 | -2 |
35. | Riley Herbst | LW: 36 | +1 |
36. | Cole Custer | LW: 35 | -1 |
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