NASCAR: Driver Ratings For Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, Won by Ross Chastain

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing at Nashville
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing at Nashville

Ross Chastain: 10

Wi🐬nning from pole position is always great, but especially for Ross as he did it cleanly 🌠without any on-track issues with other drivers.

Martin Truex Jr: 9

He probably had the b𒀰est car tonight, but another runner-up finish keeps his positive൩ momentum flowing into the unknown weekend ahead in Chicago.

Denny Hamlin: 8

Hamlin led laps and was in contention for the 🌄race win, as he continues his str💝ong season.

Chase Elliott: 7

Anotꦬher top-five finish, but the 2020 champion is going to need to win one of the final nine races in order to get into the Playoffs.

Kyle Larson: 7

He ear🌟ned another top-fไive but was never in contention for the win, as he was strangely quiet for most of this race.

William Byron: 7

An average night for Byron, but continues to be one of th🔯e hottest driversღ in the series right now.

Christopher Bell: 7

A good showing for Bell, who has s🔯truggled in the last several weeks.

Erik Jones: 8

A much-needed 8th place finish for J✅ones, who has had a ter✨rible season thus far.

Kyle Busch: 8

Another imℱpressive rebound for Busch, who had a flat tire, a pit road penalty, and a spin all within the fir🙈st half of the race.

Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

AJ Allmendinger: 7

A race win on Saturday and a top-ten f𓃲inish on Sunday made for a great weekend for Allmendinger.

Brad Keselowski: 6

Another missedꦰ opportunity for Brad, who was running inꦺ 4th before suffering issues on the restart halfway through the night.

Daniel Suarez: 6

A top 12 result was an improvement, but he continues to be outshined by his teammateꦚ.

Ty Gibbs: 6

A quiet night for the 💛rookie, who continues to string together solid finishes.

Bubba Wallace: 6

He fell back early in th🌠e race, caught a lucky break t🌜o get back to the front, only to fall back again.

Alex Bowman: 4

Another med💛iocre finish for the mediocre driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, while his three teammates all ℱfinished inside the top-six.

Joey Logano: 3

Logano was nowhere to be found this weekend, as all three Team Penske cars s𓂃truggled.

Kevin Harvick: 7

A tough break for Harvick, who was on pace for a top-five finish 𒅌before his tire went down.

Tyler Reddick: 7

Similar to Harvick, the 23XI Racing driver clearly had one of the bestဣ cars but a loose wheel ruined his night.

Ryan Blaney: 3

The only positive takeaway for ꦑBlaney is that he was not𒆙 hurt in that nasty head-first crash into the concrete wall.

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