NASCAR: Driver Ratings for William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott at Watkins Glen

William Byron: 10
Byron dominated this race, l💎eading 66 of the 90 laps on his way to his series-high fifth win of the season.
Denny Hamlin: 10
Pole position and finishing ruꦉnner-up made for a much better weekend than he had last week at Indianapolis.
Christopher Bell: 9
A steady race for Bell, who seemsℱ to be getting back into a gr𒈔oove after disappearing for much of the summer.
AJ Allmendinger: 8
Most drivers would be happy with a top-five finish but this w🌞as AJ's best hope at punching a ticket into the Playoffs.
Ty Gibbs: 8
A frustrating end to the Xfinity series race yesterday ende🐷d with a top-five result today but the rookie is still below the Playoff cut line heading into the final race of the regular season.
Martin Truex Jr: 7
Although he was the last of the Joe Gibbs Racing caꦏrs, he still finished 6th after starting at the back of the field.
Chris Buescher: 7
Another top-ten result on a road course for Buescher, w⭕ho continues to be the most underrated driver in the garage.
Tyler Reddick: 7
Reddick had a decent day but a tire issue early in the race likely pr꧃evented a top-five finish.
Ryan Blaney: 8
Considering that he started in t🐟h꧙e back half of the field and there was only one caution in this race, a top-ten finish was outstanding for Blaney today.
Joey Logano: 8
Finishing right behind his Penske teammate, this road course race went so much better than last weekend when he nearly🐽 took out a quarter of tꦐhe field.
Todd Gilliland: 8
A brilliant drꦜive for Gilliland, who is quietly one of the better road course aces in the🙈 garage.
Bubba Wallace: 8
The last two weekends for Bubba were all about staying out of trouble and hitting your marks. He did just that, which is why ꦓhe holds a 32-point cuജshion heading into Daytona, where he will be considered one of the drivers to beat.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 7
It is fair to say that not many people saw this result in the c💎ards for Stenh🌊ouse.
Kyle Busch: 5
The good news is that Kyle managed to finish a race without issues on🎃 the track, but this weekend was a poor performance all around for the No♑. 8 team.
Brad Keselowski: 7
A solid top-15 run for Keselowski, who now has both of h꧑is cars loc๊ked into the Playoffs.
Ross Chastain: 4
Chastain continues to strugꦰgle to find any consisten♍cy, or speed.
Kevin Harvick: 6
Harvick acknowledged that they have been horrible on road courses this year but he improved 12 pos⛦itions in the race and is now locked into the Playoffs with just 11 races remaining in his career.
Daniel Suarez: 2
It couldn't have gone much worse༒ for Suarez, who spun by himself just five laps into the race, ultimately taking him out of contention. He will have to win at Daytona next w🦩eekend, which is a long shot at best.
Alex Bowman: 3
Bowman was another driver in a must-win scenar𓂃io and he didn't even come close. After a surprising top-five finish on ꦏthe IMS road course last weekend, he was out to lunch today at the Glen.
Kyle Larson: 4
It was a rough afternoon for Larson, who was battling for the lead early in the race. A penalty for speeding on pit exit sent him to the back, where he and Austin Dillon came together on t🤪♏he final lap, battling for 21st position.
Chase Elliott: 1
Elliott needed to win and was running inside the top-ten at arguably his strongest track. He didn't get taken out by another driver or a faulty tire. It wasn't an issue with speed 🐭or track position. He simply ran out of gas because of a mistake made on the pit stand. That is inexcusable for an organization like Hendrick Motorsports.
Michael McDowell: 5
From the highs of winning last wღeek to the lows of a DNF today. McDowell led laps early, won📖 the opening stage, but two penalties on pit road and a blown engine brought an early end to his day.