Just like last week at Darlington, the Cup Series will be racing again at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. This time, though, they’ll only be on the track for 208 laps–equating roughly to 312 miles and just a little over half the distance the teams ran on Sunday evening. Still, though, with us getting a chance to see the cars race on Sunday, that gives us a great indication of who should do well on Wednesday.
There are quite a few statistics that go into the Power Index formula, including recent performance both overall and at Charlotte specifically, similar track performance, projected strength of the car, practice speeds, starting position, and a few other variables.
Here’s a quick overview of the Power Index number: essentially, zero (0) is considered average; the more negative a number is in the Power Index, the stronger that driver is considered in the Fantasy NASCAR world. The opposite holds true as well: the more above zero a driver is, the worse he is considered for Fantasy NASCAR that week.
Alsco 500(k) Fantasy NASCAR Power Rankings
| Rank | Driver | Power Index |
| 1. | Truex, Jr., Martin | -56.1 |
| 2. | Elliott, Chase | -54.0 |
| 3. | Busch, Kyle | -50.9 |
| 4. | Harvick, Kevin | -50.1 |
| 5. | Bowman, Alex | -42.2 |
| 6. | Logano, Joey | -41.3 |
| 7. | Keselowski, Brad | -37.1 |
| 8. | Jones, Erik | -36.2 |
| 9. | Hamlin, Denny | -32.9 |
| 10. | Blaney, Ryan | -32.6 |
| 11. | Busch, Kurt | -18.7 |
| 12. | Reddick, Tyler | -11.7 |
| 13. | Johnson, Jimmie | -9.8 |
| 14. | Byron, William | -8.7 |
| 15. | Almirola, Aric | -6.3 |
| 16. | Custer, Cole | -4.2 |
| 17. | Bowyer, Clint | -1.5 |
| 18. | DiBenedetto, Matt | -1.2 |
| 19. | Bell, Christopher | 1.1 |
| 20. | Dillon, Austin | 6.6 |
| 21. | Kenseth, Matt | 8.9 |
| 22. | Buescher, Chris | 10.5 |
| 23. | Newman, Ryan | 11.9 |
| 24. | Stenhouse, Jr., Ricky | 26.9 |
| 25. | Nemechek, John H | 28.8 |
| 26. | McDowell, Michael | 30.8 |
| 27. | Dillon, Ty | 33.5 |
| 28. | Wallace, Bubba | 36.7 |
| 29. | Preece, Ryan | 39.2 |
| 30. | LaJoie, Corey | 42.8 |
| 31. | Suarez, Daniel | 43.4 |
| 32. | Poole, Brennan | 48.0 |
| 33. | Yeley, JJ | 56.7 |
| 34. | Houff, Quin | 57.1 |
| 35. | Sorenson, Reed | 61.6 |
| 36. | Gase, Joey | 62.4 |
| 37. | Bilicki, Josh | 66.9 |
| 38. | Smithley, Garrett | 70.1 |
| 39. | McLeod, BJ | 72.0 |
| 40. | Hill, Timmy | 74.3 |
