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

Winning from pole position is always great, but especially for Ross as he did it cleanly without any on-track iꦛssu💛es with other drivers.

Martin Truex Jr: 9

He pr𒁃oba♏bly had the best car tonight, but another runner-up finish keeps his positive momentum flowing into the unknown weekend ahead in Chicago.

Denny Hamlin: 8

Hamlin led laps and wa🌼s in contention for the race win, as he continues his strong season.

Chase Elliott: 7

Another top-five finish, but the 2020 champion is going to need to win one of the final nine rꦆaces in order to get into the Playofꦉfs.

Kyle Larson: 7

He earned another top-five but was never in contention for the win, as he was strangel🎃y quiet for most of this race.

William Byron: 7

An average night for Byron, but continues to be one of the hottest drivers i❀n the series right now.

Christopher Bell: 7

A good showinℱg for Bell, who has struggled in the last seve💜ral weeks.

Erik Jones: 8

A much-ne🅰eded 8th place finish♉ for Jones, who has had a terrible season thus far.

Kyle Busch: 8

Anothe🍌r impressive rebound for Busch, who had a flat tire, a pit roඣad penalty, and a spin all within the first half of the race.

Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

AJ Allmendinger: 7

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

Brad Keselowski: 6

Another missed opportunity for Brad, who was running in 4th bꦺefore suffering issues on the rest𓂃art halfway through the night.

Daniel Suarez: 6

A top 12 resu🔯lt was an improvement, but he continues to be outshined by his teammate.

Ty Gibbs: 6

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

Bubba Wallace: 6

He fell back early inꦫ the race, caught a lucky break to🧜 get back to the front, only to fall back again.

Alex Bowman: 4

Another mediocre finish for the mediocre driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, while his th🃏ree te𝄹ammates all finished inside the top-six.

Joey Logano: 3

Logano was nowh𓆉ere to be found this weekend, as all three Team Penske cars struggled.

Kevin Harvick: 7

A tough break for Harvick, who was on ♔p𝔉ace for a top-five finish before his tire went down.

Tyler Reddick: 7

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

Ryan Blaney: 3

The only positive takeaway for Blaney is that he was no🦩t hurt in that 🍎nasty head-first crash into the concrete wall.

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