NASCAR: Race Winner Martin Truex Jr Leads Driver Ratings at New Hampshire

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Crayon 301 at New Hampshire.
Martin Truex Jr, Joe Gibbs Racing at New Hampshire
Martin Truex Jr, Joe Gibbs Racing at New Hampshire

Martin Truex Jr: 10

A completely dominating r🎃ace for Truex, who is now a three-time win🤪ner this season.

Joey Logano: 9

He wa👍s no✅ competition for Truex, but no one was this weekend.

Kyle Larson: 9

A really good finish for Larson, who really needed it after a rough few ⭕weeks.

Kevin Harvick: 9

The driver of the ⛄No. 4 car, who has four wins here, finished 4th in hisꦦ final start at New Hampshire.

Brad Keselowski: 9

Another solid top-five finish for Keselowski🧜, as their team continues to rise.

Tyler Reddick: 8

Reddicꦕk battled through a multitude of issues today and nearly🐼 scored a top-five result.

Denny Hamlin: 7

Hamlin has typically dominated atಞ New Hampshire, but today was just a good day.

Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin
Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin

Bubba Wallace: 8

A really strong weekend for Wallace, who has struggled mightily at this track in theꦺ pas🔴t.

Austin Dillon: 7

Dillon was able to hold on and score a top-tꦯen result, but he was never in contention.

Chase Briscoe: 8

ꦫThis is a driver that de🅠sperately needed a solid finish, and he earned a top-ten today.

Erik Jones: 8

Like Briscoe, ꦆJones finally got a good result to stop the bleeding.

Chase Elliott: 6

Just an average day at best for Elliott, who really needs to find victory lane if he wants🧸 to make the Playoffᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs.

Chris Buescher: 7

The rise of RFK♏ Racing continues, wit🍷h Buescher earning another top 15 result.

Ryan Blaney: 5

His good day went south with a penalty🐲 on his final pit stop.

Ross Chastain: 5

Chastain was never a factor in this race, which ꦜhas been the case far too often this season.

William Byron: 6

Byron found trouble early in the race and was neཧver really able t🐷o recover.

Christopher Bell: 4

The pole sitter was hit with a penalty, made a mistake on pit road, and found the w🍸all in what was 🎉a roller coaster day.

Aric Almirola: 3

Almirola has had a brutal s🥂eason, but toda🌟y was a real gut punch when he crashed while leading the race.

Kyle Busch: 1

A we๊ekend to forget for🀅 Busch, who crashed in practice, qualifying, and Stage 1 of the race.

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