Denny Hamlin doesn’t just have two wins in his last six starts, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has five top-four finishes in his last seven starts. That type of consistency is hard to beat. And that has put him back atop these power rankings.

Denny Hamlin isn’t mincing words as his race team 23XI finds itself on the brink of losing its guaranteed spot in NASCAR. After a federal judge denied a temporary restraining order that would have allowed 23XI and Front Row Motorsports to keep racing as chartered teams during a legal battle with NASCAR,

Denny Hamlin certainly had to earn it at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday. After a one-hour rain delay, he had to face two hard-charging teammates in the closing laps, beating both Christopher Bell and later Chase Briscoe to capture the win.