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When the field rolls off pit road and gets ready to take the green flag at Atlanta, it’ll mark a completely new beginning for the 16 drivers that have qualified for this year’s NASCAR playoffs. And for each of those, what they’ve done to make it to the point in which they have a shot to win the Cup Series championship only carries a certain amount of weight.
With the regular season now over and the playoff drivers finalized, this week marks a natural reset point as NASCAR shifts from the first 26 races of the year to the 10-race battle for the championship. And as such, the CBS Sports NASCAR Power Rankings have been reset as well. The 16 playoff drivers have all moved up to the top of the Power Rankings, with each ranked by our standard Power Rankings methodology (which is, well, inexact — to be completely honest with you, a lot of making a Power Ranking is based on recent performance and “feel”).
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When the field rolls off pit road and gets ready to take the green flag at Atlanta, it’ll mark a completely new beginning for the 16 drivers that have qualified for this year’s NASCAR playoffs. And for each of those, what they’ve done to make it to the point in which they have a shot to win the Cup Series championship only carries a certain amount of weight.
With the regular season now over and the playoff drivers finalized, this week marks a natural reset point as NASCAR shifts from the first 26 races of the year to the 10-race battle for the championship. And as such, the CBS Sports NASCAR Power Rankings have been reset as well. The 16 playoff drivers have all moved up to the top of the Power Rankings, with each ranked by our standard Power Rankings methodology (which is, well, inexact — to be completely honest with you, a lot of making a Power Ranking is based on recent performance and “feel”).
