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 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.