NASCAR: 2023 Grant Park 220 at Chicago Street Course Driver Ratings

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Grant Park 220 at Chicago.
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports at Chicago
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports at Chicago

Shane Van Gisbergen: 10

There is no other acceptable ra🐠ting here - 🐠the guy just came in and kicked ass in his first ever NASCAR race.

Justin Haley: 10

A runner-up finish for Haley, who continues to be one of the ওmost underrated🎐 drivers in the series.

Chase Elliott: 8

There were plenty of crashes this weekend but with a little luck, Chase was able to get up front and colleဣct some extremely valuable points.

Kyle Larson: 7

A solid race for Larson, who hung arou🥃nd near the front♛ for most of the afternoon.

Kyle Busch: 7

Another finish inside the top-five for this race te🔴am that is just clicking right now.

Austin Cindric: 8

Cindric desperately needed this good finish.

Michael McDowell: 7

Another under-the-radar solid finish for McDowell and Front Row Moꦚtorsports.

Joey Logano: 6

There was a lot of good fortune in order to get෴ this resul🥃t, but Penske will certainly take it.

Ty Gibbs: 8

A great drive by the rꦓookie, who was the top-finishing Toyota on 🀅Sunday.

Chris Buescher: 8

Yet another top-ten run fo🌟r Buescher, as RFK Racing continues to show their improvement.

Denny Hamlin: 5

N𝐆ot 💫the finish he envisioned after earning pole position, but a decent rebound after his early incident.

William Byron: 7

He hasn'🥂t been competing for wins lately, but he still had a solid race on Sunday.

AJ Allmendinger: 5

Expectations were high for AJ, who was one of t♑he only drivers in this race with experience r💝acing on street courses.

Christopher Bell: 8

He had the car to ♋beat early on, leading 37 laps before an accident crushed his hopes of wi꧙nning.

Jenson Button: 7

The finish was not indicative of how h🦂is day went, which was another solid outing.

Ross Chastain: 6

He may have improved from his 34th place starting position, but he ♌was not able to get to the front.

Daniel Suarez: 5

If any Trackhouse driver was going to win at🌳 ꦿthis track, many assumed it would be Suarez, but he was nowhere to be found.

Tyler Reddick: 8

He and Bell were the class of the fiel🌼d but a late-race incident ruined his run.

Kevin Harvick: 5

H𒉰arvick got collected in a crash but it didn't really matter, as he struggled all weekend.

Bubba Wallace: 6

Not a gr🤪eat showing for Bubba, in Michael Jordan's backyard.

Martin Truex Jr: 6

A spin at the end of the race put him further ඣdown that he should have been, but he was never in contention for the win.

Ryan Blaney: 6

His day went much better than 💧last S🌟unday, which speaks volumes with his 33rd place finish.

Alex Bowman: 2

F🐷inishing last is never good, especially when you are trying to get into the playoffs.

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