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 p💝ole position to fending off multiple challengers on restarts.

Denny Hamlin: 9

A much-needed result after 𓆉last week, and one that may give him m🐟omentum as the regular season winds down.

Joey Logano: 9

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

Kyle Larson: 9

A great drive to the front, but just couldn't 🧸capitalize on the final reജstart.

Martin Truex Jr: 8

Another top-ten run as he quietly builds his posi🧔tive momentum.

Ryan Blaney: 8

A 6t🐻h place result ꦦto follow up his race win last weekend.

Daniel Suarez: 8

Suarez really needed a good finish, as the tables at Trackhouse may be turnin𒊎g...

William Byron: 8

A seventh straight top-ten𒆙 finish for Byron, who is having a career year.

Michael McDowell: 8

McDowell finished inside the top-ten and manꦛaged to hold off guys like Kevin Harvick and Christopher Bell in the process.

Kevin Harvick: 7

Another top-ten that puts Harvick☂ into the playofꦗf picture as the driver with the most points without a win.

Christopher Bell: 7

It wasn't a clean day for Bell but he managed to bounce bac💝k and nearly got hims✃elf a top-ten finish.

Chris Buescher: 8

Buescher continues to quietly string together solid finishes as RFK Racing c꧋ontinues to improve.

Corey LaJoie: 7

Not a bad debut for Hendrick but he surely wanteꦓd more out of this opportunity.

Corey LaJoie
Corey LaJoie

Ross Chastain: 6

Chastain caused another wreck and ha𝔍d another poor finish.

Alex Bowman: 5

Todཧay's 26th place finish for Bowman was not exactly what ܫthe team envisioned going into this weekend.

Brad Keselowski: 6

More𝔍 mechanical issues on 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 ꦛinside the top-ten again before a failed brake rotor sent him into the wallꦓ just five laps from the finish.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 7

He also had༒ a gut punch that took him ou🌌t towards the end of the race when he was collected in another incident.

Chase Briscoe: 2

Briscoe and the No. 14 team just seem lost at t🏅his point.

Tyler Reddick: 4

The day started on a sour note and ended in an even more disappointing fashion for Tyleꦰr and his tꦕeam.

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