NASCAR: Driver Ratings For Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, Won by Ross Chastain

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing at Nashville
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing at Nashville

Ross Chastain: 10

Winning from pole position is always great, but especially for Ross as he did it cleanly without any on-t♕rack issues with other drivers.

Martin Truex Jr: 9

He probably had the best car tonight, but another runner-up finish keeps his positive momentum flowing into the unknown weekend ah🦄ead in Chicago.

Denny Hamlin: 8

Hamlin led laps and was in contention for the race win, as he continues his strong sea🗹son.

Chase Elliott: 7

Another toಌp-five finish, but the 2020 champion is going to need to win one of the final nine races in order to get i🅺nto the Playoffs.

Kyle Larson: 7

He earned another 🌌top-five but was never in contention for the win, as he was strangely quiet for most of this race.

William Byron: 7

An average night for Byron, but continues to be one of th🦋e hottest drivers in the series right now.

Christopher Bell: 7

A good sꦫhowing for Bell, who has struggled in the last sev🎉eral weeks.

Erik Jones: 8

A much-nee𓆏ded 8th place finish for Jones💦, who has had a terrible season thus far.

Kyle Busch: 8

Another impressive rebound for Busch, who had a flat tire, a pit road penalty, and a spin all within the fi⭕rst half of the race.

Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

AJ Allmendinger: 7

A race🗹 win on Saturday and a top-ten finish on Sunday made for a g🅘reat weekend for Allmendinger.

Brad Keselowski: 6

Another missed opportunity for Brad, who was running in 4th before suffering i🙈ssues on the restart halfway through the night.

Daniel Suarez: 6

A top 12 result w🐷as an improvement, but he c❀ontinues to be outshined by his teammate.

Ty Gibbs: 6

A quiet night for the rookie, who continues to string together solidꦗ finishes.

Bubba Wallace: 6

He fell back early in the race, caug﷽ht a lucky break to get back to the front, only to fallꩵ back again.

Alex Bowman: 4

Another mediocre f♚inish for the mediocre driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, while his three teammates alꦑl finished inside the top-six.

Joey Logano: 3

Loga♔no was nowhere to be found 🐼this weekend, as all three Team Penske cars struggled.

Kevin Harvick: 7

A tough break for Harvick, who was on pace for a top-five finish before his tir𓄧e went down.

Tyler Reddick: 7

S൲imilar to Harvic♓k, the 23XI Racing driver clearly had one of the best cars but a loose wheel ruined his night.

Ryan Blaney: 3

The only positive takeaway for Blaney is that꧋ he was not hurt in that nasty head-first crash into the co༒ncrete wall.

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