Martin Truex Jr - 10

What a way to start the season after going winless last year. Truex was strong in qu🐼alifying and was able to execute down the stretc🐬h, an area where this team struggled last season. He will take all of the momentum heading into Daytona, where he has never won before.

Austin Dillon - 9

It was somewhat of a surprising performance for Dillon, who was able to keep pace and beat his new teammate. Now he heads to Daytona, seeking his second 500 v𒊎ictory.

Kyle Busch - 9

After a runner-up finish last year, Busch ended up 3rd after allowing his faster teammate to get b♕y him in the closing laps. A solid debut for the two-tim👍e champion with his new team.

Alex Bowman - 9

Bowman missed out on the main event last year, and also missed five of the last six races of the season due to his concussion. This was a much-needed step in the right direction for this𒅌 No. 48 team.

Kyle Larson - 8

Larson quietly had a top-five run, which bodes well as he tries to regain the do💯minant form he showed during his 2021 championship season.

Tyler Reddick - 7

Reddick was solid in his debut with 23XI Racing, proving that he will be💜 a contender at every round again this season.

Ryan Preece - 9

The feel-good story of the race was Preece, who led 🦄a race-high 44 laps. Had it not been for the electrical issue towards the end of the race, he could have ended up in victory lane in his first start with Stewart Haas.

Ross Chastain - 7

Chastain did himself 𝓰no favors by taking out multiple cars tonight, includi🃏ng his good buddy Denny Hamlin.

Denny Hamlin - 6

Hamlin was spun by Chastain again, and found himself in the middle of a few other dust ups during the𒊎 race. It was not a great start to the season for the veteran, as he tries for his fourth Daytona 500 win next weekend.

William Byron - 7

Byron showed flashes of brilliance early in the race, but was never able to get up towards the leaders to challenge fo⭕r the𓆏 win.

Justin Haley - 7

Haley was the f🎐♌astest car in qualifying on Saturday, which should account for something. He was one of the casualties during the main event, taking him out of contention.

Kevin Harvick - 6

The final Clash for Harvick did not go well, but better days are ahead 💜for him and the No. 4 team.

Christopher Bell - 5

Bell was another driver that ended up being involved in several incidents on the night. Mos🐷t of them were not of his doing, just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Noah Gragson - 5

Gragson didn’t make much noise at all tonight, which cou☂ld be a good thing for him going forward.

Chase Briscoe - 5

B🐭riscoe had a promising start to this race, but it faded quickly as he found trouble in a couple of diꩲfferent incidents with other drivers.

Joey Logano - 6

The defen♊ding race winner and reigning series champion was the h𒈔ighest-finishing Penske car, in 16th place.

Ryan Blaney - 4

Blaney had a dreadful night, and his car wa🎃s living proof of that. Now he can turn his attention to Daytona, where he nearly♉ won last year, pushing his teammate to the finish line.

Aric Almirola - 5

Almirola managed to win a heat race but he was not able to stay up front duri💦ng the main event.

Daniel Suarez - 4

Suareꦦz was simply nowhere to be f﷽ound in this race.

AJ Allmendinger - 4

AJ’s return to full-time competition got off to a bit of a ro🎀cky start, as he spun on several occasions throughout the night.

Chase Elliott - 4

The most popular driver in NASCAR had one of the quietest nights 💖in recent memory. This was a night to forget, but it also doesn’t award any points so he shouldn’t be too concerned.

Bubba Wallace - 7

A promising night quickly turned so😼ur as Wallace was taken out by Dillon while battling for the lead late in the race. He doesn’t need any motivation, but he will have plenty of it heading into Daytona, where he finished runner-up in the 500 last year.

Todd Gilliland - 6

Gilliland ended up about whe♓re everyone expected, but he showed some promising signs of talent at various points of the race.

Michael McDowell - 6

A decent night went wrong wheꦓn McDowelꦗl ran out of gas late in the race.

Austin Cindric - 4

Cindric had a miserable night. He barely made the main event, taking the provisional spot to get there after he failed to advance in the heat and LCQ races. He will now try to defe🅺nd his Daytona 500 victory.

Ty Gibbs - 6

Another bad break for Gibbs, as the rookie suffered more mechanical issues on his No. 54 Camry. It would be in his best interest to just forget this on♍e and f🐭ocus forward, where the future is bright.

Erik Jones - 5

Jones had a solid night going before a spin earꦓly in the race broke the rear end of his Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet.