Week Thirteen - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Charlotte

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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.

Chase Briscoe – This week: 10 – Last week: 16

Two Top-5s in a row, including a P3 at the Coca-Cola 600 this past weekend, and Briscoe has broken into the Top 10 of our Power Rankings.  He started on the pole, but it was nothing but chaos for the rest of the day.  Heck of a battle to get back onto the podium.

Ryan Preece – This week: 9 – Last week: 13

Suddenly without really realizing it, Preece has become the points leader of RFK.  This was probably helped by Buescher’s 60 pt penalty, but Preece has been solid lately.  He’s had two Top-10s in a row, and co-owner Brad Keselowski might be turning things around too – things could be looking up for RFK.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – This week: 8 – Last week: 10

It might be time to stop marvelling at Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s appearances in our Power Rankings Top Ten.  His average finish over the last five races (the most heavily weighted in our Power Ranking formula, ps) is 14.  For a driver on an underfunded one-car team, that’s probably better than they could have hoped to start this year.

Joey Logano – This week: 7 – Last week: 8

In what seemed like an off-day for Team Penske at Charlotte, Joey Logano was the bright(er) spot. He barely hung onto the lead lap, but his underlying numbers weren’t terrible.  He’ll be riding some of the positive momentum of a win three weeks ago at Texas.   

Tyler Reddick – This week: 6 – Last week: 5

Another week, another Reddick car that looked at one point like it could contend for a victory, but winds up with a disappointing finish.  On the final pitstop of the race, often referred to as the money stop, he was caught speeding on pit exit. What had been a great day to that point turned into a P26, two laps down.  He nearly wiped out both himself and leader-at-the-time William Byron, possibly leading to Byron surrendering the lead.

Christopher Bell – This week: 5 – Last week: 6

It seemed like somewhat of a quiet day for Christopher Bell at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.  At times he was near the front, but then something would happen off-screen and he’d be back in the teens.  Props to him for salvaging a Top-10 at one of the most physically demanding races of the season, but it did seem like that car might have had more to give.   

Ross Chastain – This week: 4 – Last week: 7

Starting literally last, and making his way to the front, passing for the lead with 5 to go, and winning the race – I’m sure Chastain would have preferred to stay up front all day instead, but it showed some resilience we haven’t yet seen from Trackhouse this year.  This wasn’t Chastain ‘backing into a win,’ this was a clinical pass in the dying moments of the race – stealing victory from Byron.

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

Mr. Not-so-flashy-but-consistent, Chase Elliott has been on a solid roll pretty much from the start of the season.  He hasn’t finished better than 4th, or worse than 20th.  He might need to ramp up the excitement level in order to defend his title as NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, but even without a win yet this year, he’s solidly in the playoff picture. 

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

William Byron had a near-perfect race slip through his fingers in the final five laps.  You’ve got to feel for the guy, at least for a minute or two.  Then you remember that he already has a win and is locked into the playoffs. You also remember that he scored 65 of a possible 70 points at Charlotte to pad his lead atop the points standings.  He’ll be okay.    

Kyle Larson – This week: 1 – Last week: 1

A majorly disappointing day for Larson, and the Cup Series race was only half of it.  After crashing out early from the Indy 500, he flew to Charlotte only to crash out of the Coca-Cola 600. He did spin on his own early in the race, but managed to fight back, only to be taken out by a rogue Daniel Suarez who either misread the distance between him and Chase Briscoe, or received some faulty data from his spotter.  Larson’s dominance at a few of the recent races salvages his spot atop the Power Rankings, but he’s no longer as infallible as he was last week.

Biggest Movers

Ryan Blaney – This week: 12 – Last week: 4

Falls 8 places

Brad Keselowski – This week: 29 – Last week: 36

Gains 7 places

Rest of the List

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