NASCAR: Full 2023 Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Driver Ratings

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta.
Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing at Atlanta
Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing at Atlanta

William Byron: 8

This win was not as impressive as his previous three but he still overcame a penalty and a spin in this on꧟e.

Daniel Suarez: 8

Suarez was a legitimate contender in this race, which has not been the💜 case for much of this se🐷ason.

AJ Allmendinger: 7

A little luck for AJ in a superspeedway race.

Michael McDowell: 8

The Daytona 500 winꦫner 🀅reminded everyone that he is a great superspeedway driver.

Kyle Busch: 6

B🌊usch didn't have the speed to fight for the win but he will gladly take another top-five finish.

Brad Keselowski: 8

Thiܫs was one that Brad could have gotten to end hi♔s 80-race winless streak, but it just wasn't meant to be.

Justin Haley: 8

A great night ♒for Kaulig Racing with both cars inside t𒅌he top-eight.

Ryan Blaney: 9

Penske was clearly hooked up inꦉ this race, but the circ🔯umstances didn't play into their favor tonight.

Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Team Penske
Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 7

Stenhouse was never in the mix for the race win but will gladly collect anothꦕer top-ten result for JTG Daugherty Racing.

Erik Jones: 5

Jon🐎es was involv♎ed in a couple of incidents tonight but still ended up with an 11th place result.

Austin Cindric: 8

It has🦩 been a r🌞ough season for Cindric but he and his Penske teammates certainly had the best cars tonight.

Denny Hamlin: 7

Hamlin was a victim in one acciden꧂t, but also caused another one when he took oꦚut Kevin Harvick near the end of the race.

Chase Elliott: 5

A brutal night for Elliott, wh🔴o was never a factor in this one.

Chris Buescher: 8

Like his teammate/boss Keselowski, Buescher had the speed to contend at the front but just fell on the ꦍwrong side of lady luck.

Joey Logano: 7

After a strong start ꦬand solid run, he g🧸ot shuffled near the end of the race and ended up in 17th position.

Aric Almirola: 5

The pole sitter led the first 45 laps but was non-existant after his move against ﷽Logano didn't pay off.

Christopher Bell: 8

Bell had one of the fast🅰est cars in t🎀he race, and showcased it twice by coming from the back all the way to the front, but he was collected in one of the late-race incidents.

Bubba Wallace: 7

A rough weekend for Wallace, from nearly crashing in qualifying to actually crashing in t🃏he race.

Alex Bowman: 5

Bowman was another driv🔴er caught up in a crash but he🅘 was partly to blame in this one.

Tyler Reddick: 7

Reddick had a decent car tonight but was collected in the seven-car accide🃏nt late in the night.

Martin Truex Jr: 8

All of the Joe Gibbs Racing cars⛎ were strong tonight, and Truex may have had the best hot rod of them ♚all but he was also involved in the Lap 122 crash.

Kevin Harvick: 7

It was shaping up to ༺be a great final Atlanta race for Harvick before he was chopped by Hamlin and NASCAR decided not to throw a caution flag.

Ty Gibbs: 7

The rookie was impressive aft🤪er taking multiple chops from Ross Chastain but he too was collected in the 🔯Lap 122 crash.

Ross Chastain: 5

Chastain didn't ꧒ha🍬ve a car capable of winning, and made a few more curious moves in this race.

Kyle Larson: 7

A strong car went down the drain when he was spunꦚ by Jones and the blown𒉰 tire put an extra early end to his night.

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