NASCAR Power Rankings: Kansas gives Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell a boost

Kyle Larson remains atop the NASCAR Cup Series power rankings, thanks to his dominating performance at Kansas Speedway.

Once again, those behind him continue to jockey for position. Those drivers landed in their spots partly based on speed and partly based on just the ability to get to the finish and earn a good result.

The rankings will take a week off as the NASCAR All-Star Race is this weekend at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and then return after the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend.

Dropped out: Ross Chastain (Last Week: 6)

On the verge: Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Bubba Wallace

10. Chase Briscoe (Last Week: Not Ranked)

A fourth-place finish gives him three finishes of fourth in the last seven races (and four top 10s in the last seven races). Certainly, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver needs to earn more stage points (he has earned points in just three stages) and be more consistent, but he has had his moments.

9. Tyler Reddick (LW: 9)

A 17th-place finish at Kansas was disappointing for Reddick. He is still sixth in the Cup standings, but four consecutive finishes outside the top 10 show this team is going in the wrong direction.

8. Chase Elliott (LW: 7)

A slow pit stop ruined a potentially solid day for Elliott, who led 29 laps at Kansas and finished second in both stages. The 15th-place finish had to hurt badly for the Hendrick driver. 

7. Joey Logano (LW: 10)

Logano followed up his win at Texas and finished ninth at Kansas. Now he heads to the All-Star race, where the Penske driver is the defending winner. 

6. Denny Hamlin (LW: 4)

A sour clutch ended Hamlin’s day early at Kansas, a week after an engine failure ended his race early at Texas. He's