NASCAR power rankings: Here are the best drivers heading to the Indianapolis road course

NASCAR’s top series heads to another road course this weekend with three races remaining in the regular season, but Cup drivers will face the road course at Indianapolis, rather than the traditional oval, for the first time. The Verizon 200 at the Brickyard is Sunday, Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. on NBC. Below are The Charlotte Observer’s NASCAR power rankings for the week of Aug 9. This list is updated each week. Honorable mention— Christopher Bell (previously unranked).He has four straight top-10 finishes and battled eventual Watkins Glen winner Kyle Larson late in last Sunday’s race, but was spun off …

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