NASCAR: Driver Rankings for Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing at Gateway
Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing at Gateway

Kyle Busch: 10

A brilliant drive from pole position to fending 🍃off multiple challengers on restarts.

Denny Hamlin: 9

A much-needed resul🌳t after l꧑ast week, and one that may give him momentum as the regular season winds down.

Joey Logano: 9

He followed up his win last year 🔯with a 3rd place result today.

Kyle Larson: 9

A great drive to the front, but just cou♎ldn't capitalize on the final r💝estart.

Martin Truex Jr: 8

Another top-ten run as he quietly builds his pos𓂃itive momentum.

Ryan Blaney: 8

A 6th pla𝄹ce result to follow up his race win last weekend.

Daniel Suarez: 8

Suarez really needed a good finish,🐻 aܫs the tables at Trackhouse may be turning...

William Byron: 8

A seventh straight top-ten finish for Byron, who is having a career ye𝕴💟ar.

Michael McDowell: 8

McDowell finished inside the top-ten and managed t✤o hold off ꦡguys like Kevin Harvick and Christopher Bell in the process.

Kevin Harvick: 7

Another top-ten that puts Harvick into the playoff pict🤪ure as the driver with the most points without a win.

Christopher Bell: 7

It wasn't a clean day for Bell but he m🅠anaged to bounce back and nearly got hi🦩mself a top-ten finish.

Chris Buescher: 8

Buescher continues to quietly string tog🐽ether solid finishes as RFK Racing continues to improve.

Corey LaJoie: 7

Not a bad debut for Hendrick but heꦛ surely wanted more out of this opportunity.

Corey LaJoie
Corey LaJoie

Ross Chastain: 6

Chastain𒁃 caused another wreck and had another poor finish.

Alex Bowman: 5

Today's 26th plac🅘e finish for Bowma📖n was not exactly what the team envisioned going into this weekend.

Brad Keselowski: 6

More mechanical issues oꩵn the No. 6 Ford resulted in a poor finish but he continues to show speed.

Bubba Wallace: 7

A tough break for Bubba, who was running inside the tꩲop-ten again before a failed brake rotor sent him into the wall just 🐷five laps from the finish.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 7

He also had a gut punch that took him out towards the end of the race when he was collected in another i♊ncident.

Chase Briscoe: 2

Bris🍒coe and the No. 14 team j𝕴ust seem lost at this point.

Tyler Reddick: 4

The day started on a s🍒our note and ended in an even more disappointing fashion for Tyler and his team.

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