Week Ten - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Talladega

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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.

Christopher Bell – This week: 10 – Last week: 4

Christopher Bell is lucky to have walked away from a horrendous crash that took him out of the race on lap 51.  While it also hurt his Power Rankings position, we’re just glad he’s okay.

Ross Chastain – This week: 9 – Last week: 10

Chastain single-handedly ruined many of the Toyota drivers’ day with a nasty block, but it worked out for him.  While he only finished 22nd in the end, his underlying numbers were pretty decent at Talladega.  He moves up one spot.

Joey Logano – This week: 8 – Last week: 8

Logano was on track for a P5 at Talladega (which would have been his first Top 5 of the year).  He showed flashes of his old self, having the best average running position of anyone, and leading 24 laps - but a post-race disqualification stalled him out in the Power Rankings.

Ryan Blaney – This week: 7 – Last week: 5

Unfortunately Ryan Blaney was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he got collected in Brad Keselowski’s spin as they tried to execute green flag pit stops early in the race at Talladega.  This was his fourth DNF of the season, which is the most of any driver through 10 races.

Tyler Reddick – This week: 6 – Last week: 7

Reddick had a decent car that was up front for some portions of the race, but was negatively impacted by the Toyota strategy plan that wound up putting most of them near the back of the field.

Bubba Wallace – This week: 5 – Last week: 9

Always a threat at the drafting tracks, Wallace was the best finisher of the Toyotas, despite their strategy misstep on Sunday.  He was in the hunt all day, and salvaged a bad strategy day for a Top 10.

Chase Elliott – This week: 4 – Last week: 6

Elliott has been quietly consistent these last few weeks, but he continues to charge up in the Power Rankings.  He scored a P7 at Talladega, and he’s got the third-best average finish of any driver this season.  He may be riding a 37-race-long winless streak, but he’s certainly on the hunt.

Denny Hamlin – This week: 3 – Last week: 2

Another victim of the Toyota strategy miss, Hamlin drops a spot in the Power Rankings with a P23 at Talladega.  Hamlin didn’t look all that terrible, but will need a big finish to undo this one next week at Texas.

Kyle Larson – This week: 2 – Last week: 3

The finish of the race at Talladega might not have gone the way Larson wanted, but he still managed a P3 finish.  Throw in an extra 18 stage points he earned on the day, and he’s moving in the right direction. 

William Byron – This week: 1 – Last week: 1

A quietly good day for Byron at Talladega, as he comes home P4.  He’ll need to watch his back as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson is pushing and has some positive momentum.

Biggest Movers

Chris Buescher – This week: 31 – Last week: 19

Falls 12 places

Noah Gragson – This week: 24 – Last week: 32

Gains 8 places

Rest of the List

11.	Austin Cindric	LW: 11	--
12.	Alex Bowman	LW: 13	+1
13.	Chase Briscoe	LW: 14	+1
14.	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	LW: 17	+3
15.	AJ Allmendinger	LW: 15	--
16.	Ryan Preece	LW: 12	-4
17.	Kyle Busch	LW: 16	-1
18.	Ty Gibbs	LW: 20	+2
19.	Justin Haley	LW: 21	+2
20.	Austin Dillon	LW: 24	+4
21.	Erik Jones	LW: 26	+5
22.	Todd Gilliland	LW: 23	+1
23.	Daniel Suarez	LW: 22	-1
24.	Noah Gragson	LW: 32	+8
25.	Carson Hocevar	LW: 31	+6
26.	Zane Smith	LW: 28	+2
27.	Josh Berry	LW: 18	-9
28.	Ty Dillon	LW: 27	-1
29.	Michael McDowell	LW: 30	+1
30.	JH Nemechek	LW: 25	-5
31.	Chris Buescher	LW: 19	-12
32.	SVG	LW: 34	+2
33.	Cole Custer	LW: 35	+2
34.	Riley Herbst	LW: 33	-1
35.	Brad Keselowski	LW: 29	-6
36.	Cody Ware	LW: 36	--