5) Roush Fenway Racing (Team value: $150 million)

Roush Fenway Racing earned a revenue of $104 million and mad a profit of $6.2 million in 2014. The team is finding it a challenge to keep its top drivers. It has already lost Matt Kenseth, who joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2013. Carl Edwards has followed Matt’s example.

4) Richard Childress Racing (Team value: $170 million)

Even though the team did not win any race in 2014, it generated a revenue of $136 million and made a profit of $11.5 million. Newman finished the year second behind Harvick in the Sprint Cup standings. RCR added rookie Austin Dillon and Ryan Newman, a Stewart-Haas castoff.

3) Stewart-Haas Racing (Team value: $186 million)

The team expanded to four cars in 2014, signing Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick to multiyear contracts. This move worked well for them. Harvick won the team’s second ever Sprint Cup Championship. Stewart-Haas Racing earned a revenue of $120 million and made a profit of $9.6 million in 2014.

2) Joe Gibbs Racing (Team value: $201 million)

Joe Gibbs Racing made a profit of $11.4 million in 2014. In the year 2015, it will become the third team to run four full-time cars, joining Stewart-Haas racing and Hendrick Motorsports. The team’s 2014 revenue stood at $115 million. Team members have strong sponsorship deals with brands like FedEx and Dollar General.

1) Hendrick Motorsports (Team value: $350 million)

The team earned a revenue of $180 million in 2014. It has won 11 of the last 20 Sprint Cup championships. Its profit for 2014 was $14.4 million. The team’s success has helped it secure NASCAR’s most valuable sponsorship portfolio. All of four Hendrick drivers are among the highest paid in NASCAR.

These teams are worth an average $139 million. They generated a combined revenue of $886 million in 2014.