NASCAR: Driver Rankings for AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing at Kansas
Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing at Kansas

Denny Hamlin: 10

Hamlin has Kansas figured out, and his last-lap𒊎 pass today was icing on the cake after 🍎a strong weekend overall.

Kyle Larson: 10

After getting spun on Lap 5 of the race, Larson did a marvelous job to get back up front and led the most laps, just came up a b💎it short after brushing the wall.

William Byron: 9

Byron also had ꦐhis trouble early in the race and was able to recover from two incidents to finish 3rd after starting on pole.

Bubba Wallace: 9

A much-needed ♓momentum booster𝓰 for Bubba and the team at a place where he won last year.

Ross Chastain: 7

Another top-five, but also another incident on track that seems to be reaching a boil🅺ing point with other drivers.

Ross Chastain
Ross Chastain

Joey Logano: 6

He finished 6th but he gained track position by not pitting late in the race and was not one of the stronger cars as Ford st♛ruggled today.

Chase Elliott: 7

Solid run for Elliott, who needs finishes like this (and a win, of course) to get i🍌nto the Playoffs.

Martin Truex Jr: 7

He folloꦕwed up his win last weekend with another strong top-ten run.

Tyler Reddick: 6

He was unable to put the No. 45 ☂Toyota in victory lane at Kansas for a third straight time, but it was a solid day for Reddick, outside of the contact with Larson at tꦺhe start of the race.

Tyler Reddick
Tyler Reddick

Austin Dillon: 6

Like Logano, Dillon picked up some track position with a nicely-timed cau🅘tion flag, but collected a much-needed 10th place finish.

Kevin Harvick: 7

He was never at the front, but none of the Fords w🍰ere.

Daniel Suarez: 5

It was another race where he was outperformed by his tea𒈔mmate.

Ryan Blaney: 5

His day started out okay but hꦏe quickly faded with most of the other Foꦦrds.

Chris Buescher: 5

A mediocre day for RFK Raci🍌ng, as Buescher and Brad were stuck in the middle of the pack for most of the afternoon.

Brad Keselowski: 5

See above.

Noah Gragson: 1

🧸He had contact on the track, later spun out by himself, finished 29th, and got punched in the face on pit ro🍎ad. Not sure if the day could have gone much worse for the brash rookie.

Noah Gragson
Noah Gragson

Austin Cindric: 2

A flat tire early in the race ruined his day.

Chase Briscoe: 2

Another Ford struggling for speed, but thi👍s team also had some mistakes on pit road that cost th𒀰em.

Ty Gibbs: 4

Gibbs ran up front for t🐭he majority of the race but contact with his teammate (🐠Truex) in the final stage sent him spinning.

Kyle Busch: 2

Another brutal day for Kyle, who was penalized for speeding on pit road, penalized for a loosꦛe wheel, had contact on the track with Wallace, and eventually spun out in Stage 2.

Christopher Bell: 3

Like Gibbs, Bell was battling inside the top-fivꦇe before he crashed at the end of Stage 2.

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