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 th🦄is one.

Daniel Suarez: 8

Suarez was a legitimate contender in this race, which has not been the case for much of t🔯his season.

AJ Allmendinger: 7

A little luck for AJ in a superspeedway race.

Michael McDowell: 8

The Daytona 500 winner reminded everyone that he is a great 🌃superspeedway driver.

Kyle Busch: 6

Busch didn't haveꦇ the speed to fight for the win but he will gladly take another top-five finiꦺsh.

Brad Keselowski: 8

This was one that Brad could have gotten to end his 80-race ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwinleꦦss streak, but it just wasn't meant to be.

Justin Haley: 8

A great night for Kaulig Racing with both cars🤡 insi🔯de the top-eight.

Ryan Blaney: 9

Penske was clea🅘rly hooked up in this race, but the ꦫcircumstances 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 another top-ten resu🍨lt f🍬or JTG Daugherty Racing.

Erik Jones: 5

Jones was involved in 🌼a couple of incidents tonight but still ended up with an 11th place result.

Austin Cindric: 8

It has been a rough season for Cindric but he and his Penske teammates certainly꧟ had the best cars tonight.

Denny Hamlin: 7

Hamli🐽n was a victim in one accident, but also caused another one when he took out Kevin Harvic𝓀k near the end of the race.

Chase Elliott: 5

A brutal night for Elliott, who was never a factor in this oꦅne.

Chris Buescher: 8

Like his teammate/boss Keselowski, Buescher had the speed to contend at the front but just fell o🔯n the wrong side of lady luck.

Joey Logano: 7

After a strong start and solid run, he got shuffled near the end of the race and endeꦚd up in 17th position.

Aric Almirola: 5

The pole sitter led the first 45 la🎃ps but was non-existant after his move against Logano didn💝't pay off.

Christopher Bell: 8

Bell had one of the fastest cars in the race, and showcased it twice by coming from the back all the w🎃ay 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 the race.

Alex Bowman: 5

Bowman was another driver caught up i🔯n a crash but he was partl✨y to blame in this one.

Tyler Reddick: 7

Reddick had a dece༺nt car tonight but was collected in the seven-car accident late in the night.

Martin Truex Jr: 8

All of the Joe Gibbs Racing cars were strong tonight, and Truex may have had th🍰e 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 after taking multiple chops from Ross Chastain but he too was collected in the Lap 1🌸22 crash.

Ross Chastain: 5

Chastain didn't have a car capable of༒ winning,𒁃 and made a few more curious moves in this race.

Kyle Larson: 7

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

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