NASCAR: Driver Rankings For Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske, Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske, Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

Ryan Blaney: 10

Finally, the 59-raceꦯ winless streak is over after a monster Coca-Cola 600 victory.

William Byron: 9

A great day for Byron, who started on pole, led 91 laps, won the f🌳irst stage, and finished 2n🦋d.

Martin Truex Jr: 9

Truex continues his 💜strong run of momentum with🎉 a 3rd place result.

Bubba Wallace: 9

Another impressive t🍸op-five run for Wallace, who seems to be gaining confidence.

Tyler Reddick: 9

Reddick was one of the ♒strongest cars in this race, and he absolutely deserved his top-five finish.

Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace
Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace

Kyle Busch: 7

Another wild 🐎roller coaster for Busch, who was involved in two accidents 🔯but managed to rebound to finish 6th.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 7

He continues to produce solid results ꦚas his career year continues.

Chris Buescher: 7

Buescher won Stage 2 ꦺand was running up front and held on for another to♏p-ten finish.

Austin Dillon: 7

A surprise result for Dillon, who was never really in the picture in🙈 this race.

Zane Smith: 8

A top-ten finish feels like a win for the rookie.

Kevin Harvick: 7

Harvick was running up front for most of the race, but a late spin ended his hopes of winning𒉰 his final 600.

Alex Bowman: 6

It was his fir♈st race back after missing six weeks, but just another mediocre performance for the vanilla driver.

Ryan Preece: 6

A decent day for Preece, who nꦛeeds to start collecting some solid results.

AJ Allmendinger: 6

Allmendinger was in🎀volved in a crash late in the race♋ but still managed a top-15 finish.

Justin Haley: 6

Finish♒ed just behind his v𒀰eteran teammate, but had a quiet night.

Brad Keselowski: 6

What started out as a strong day quickly went south for Keselowski, who had to pit for a loose wheel, then crashed later o🦋n.

Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin
Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin

Chase Briscoe: 5

Briscoe was out to lunch🤪, compared to his Stewart Haas R꧋acing teammates.

Joey Logano: 5

Logano was never in contention, but also got collected in the final accident when Kyl💞e Larson spun.

Ross Chastain: 5

N⛄either Trackho♎use Racing driver looked the same after the rain delay.

Daniel Suarez: 5

See above

Christopher Bell: 5

It was a rough evening for Bell, who was penalized during the rain delay, then spun on his own later in the racไe.

Aric Almirola: 4

The highlight of his night was shoving Bubba Wallace on 𝓰pit lane...

Ty Gibbs: 7

Gibbs was running inside the top-ten for most of the race but was collected in a crash later on and ended up 26th, which was not reflective of his performance onಌ Monday.

Kyle Larson: 6

Larson was up near the front and was in contention for the win until he spun on his own in the closing laps🔯.

Chase Elliott: 2

Notও his best day, after retaliating against Denny Hamlin after the two made contact.

Denny Hamlin: 5

Hamlin was leading laps and running well until he and Chas🥀e got together.

Jimmie Johnson: 1

It was a brutal night for ⛦Johnson and the Legacy Motoℱr Club organization. Johnson spun early in the race, got taken out by teammate Noah Gragson, and all three team cars were in the garage at one point in the race.

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