NASCAR: Driver Ratings for The 65th Daytona 500 Won By Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Ricky Stenhouse Jr - 10
St𓃲enhouse will forever be knoꦅwn as a Daytona 500 champion.
Joey Logano - 9
No one likes finishing second, especially in the Daytona 500. That being said, L𝐆ogano has already won this iconic event, and has a nice start in his bid to win back-to-back titles this season.
Christopher Bell - 9
Bell was consiste🌼ntly at the front of the field throughout the race, and only continues to get better after a breakout seas💃on a year ago.
Chris Buescher - 9
It looked as though Buescher and his RFK Racing owner/teammate were in control of the race. The l🐷ast caution was ultimately a back-breaker, but this team is certainly headed in the right direction.

Alex Bowman - 7
The pol💛e sitter still has not won this race since 2000, but Bowman stayed in the hunt and was able to finally finish the race.
AJ Allmendinger - 8
Not many people envisioned Allmendinger contending for the win, but he did exactly that in the closing 🐻laps. It was a solid start to his returꦦn to full-time competition.
Daniel Suarez - 5
His spin with three laps to go ultimately shook up how this race played out, but he was never really a factor in this race, otherﷺ than ꧃that.
Ryan Blaney - 6
Blaney entered as the betting favorite, but an incident colle𒆙cted his No. 12 Mustang once𝐆 again, which really hindered his performance the rest of the way.
Ross Chastain - 6
Much like his teammate, Chastain was nev♎er a seri⛎ous threat in this race.
Riley Herbst - 9
A top-ten finish in his fi🍰rst career Daytona 500 start was a massive result for this young driver. Even more so for the Rick Ware Racing team, who had both cars finish inside the top 14.
Travis Pastrana - 9
His 11th placꦏe finish might not be indicative of how he performed, but his Cup debut was a sensational one, with the finishing position and leading a lap in the race.

Kevin Harvick - 7
His 22nd and final Daytona 500 did not go the way he wanted, but Harvick survived a couple of incidents on the 📖track and still manage🐻d a solid 12th place finish.
Martin Truex Jr - 6
This could have been Martin’s final Daytona 500 as well, and it ended with a thud. After leading laps early, Martin nearly w✱on the first stage but was freight trained on the final lap. His rac𒉰e went downhill from there.
Denny Hamlin - 6
The three-time Daytona 500 winner could not stick at the front of the field, and ultimately ౠwas a non-factor in the closing stage.
Kyle Larson - 6
Starting on the front row obviously doesn’t matteꦉr in this race, and Kyle has proven that for🔯 a second straight year.
Kyle Busch - 8
Three more laps. That is how close Kyle came to finally capturing that elusive Daytona 500 victory. For the se♔cond time in less than a week, he was leading the race, only to see it ruined by Daniel Suarez.

Bubba Wallace - 6
This was one of the bigger disappointments on Sunday. With two runner-up finishes in this🐽 event, Bubba was🎀 one of the favorites to win. Unfortunately, his day went off the rails early when Truex bumped him up and into the wall.
Brad Keselowski - 8
The RFK organization certainly flexed its🐎 muscle today, as both of their cars looked unbeatable. In the end💫, Daytona carnage struck again and Brad must wait until next year for another shot at the Great American Race.
Austin Cindric - 7
The defending race winner didn’t appear to have the same speed as last year, 💎and was collected in one of the late-race accidents.
Noah Gragson - 6
Expectations may have been a little high, but it was just a so-so outing𝕴 for the rookie.
Ty Gibbs - 7
Gibbs was doing fine in his Daytona 500 d🅺ebut, but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Conor Daly - 9
The last꧙-minute decision to try his ha♏nd at Daytona turned out to be a tremendous one. After a shaky start where they missed qualifying, and snuck their way into the race with a bouncing car, Daly managed to finish 29th for Floyd Mayweather’s small race team.
Jimmie Johnson - 9
The two-time Daytona 500 winner was in pursuit of a third, as he moved his way into the top ten after starting the race in the back of the field. It was a strong showing for the owner/driver as 🌠he made his return to the Cup series.

William Byron - 7
He was in the picture la🌄te in the race, only to be collected in no ꦍfault of his own.
Chase Briscoe - 7
Si🎉milar to⛎ Byron, he was doing well before disaster struck.
Chase Elliott - 4
A promising day quickly turned sour for the sport’s most popular driver. Chase💙 w🐠as taken out in the first major incident, ending any real hope of scoring a Daytona 500 win.
Tyler Reddick - 5
Likꦍe many others, he was just a victim of this type of racing.