NASCAR: Driver Ratings for Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway

Chris Buescher: 10
An 🔴emphatic victory for tဣhe driver and the team, locking in a Playoff spot.
Denny Hamlin: 9
Hamlin was in position to steal anotheꦡr victory but a mistake on the final restart cost him.
Kyle Busch: 8
He started up f꧑ront and finished up front but the middle of the race did n𒈔ot go well.
Joey Logano: 7
Se💫emingly coming out of nowhere, Logano quietly snuck in for ano🎶ther top-five result.
Ryan Preece: 9
It was an impressive drive f🌃rom Preece, who🍒 was certainly in his element today.
Brad Keselowski: 9
He led a race-high 102 laps and went to victo♉ry lane as an owner, but his mistake on the final pit stop may have cost him the win.
Martin Truex Jr: 9
Martin's run fro🌠m the bac🌞k of the field to the front was arguably the most impressive drive of the day.

Aric Almirola: 8
A strong day for Almirola, who rebounded from anܫ early pit commitme🎃nt violation.
Austin Dillon: 7
This was a much-needed result for Dillon, after an embarrassing exit 𒐪last weekend at Pocono.
Kevin Harvick: 7
Pro𒁃bably not the way he wanted his final race at Richmond to go, but the four-time winner earned another top-ten finish.
Chase Briscoe: 6
All Stewart Haas cars finished inside 🧸the top 11 but Briscoe was the last o✃f the bunch.
Bubba Wallace: 8
It was shaping up to be a strong day for Wallace, but another costly pit cre♛w mistake ruined that.
Chase Elliott: 7
He was never in conten𒀰tion for the win, but still managed to narrow h🍨is points deficit with four races to go.
Ryan Blaney: 6
Ford was strong but Blane𝓡y was unable to capitalize with just a 14th place finish.
Ty Gibbs: 7
This wa𝔉s a decent 🧔showing for the rookie, who remains in the hunt for one of the final Playoff positions.
Tyler Reddick: 5
It was a tale of two races for Reddick, who led every lap in Stage 1 but made a mꦕi🌳stake coming to pit road on his final stop while running in 2nd place, which earned him a penalty.
Alex Bowman: 3
Bowman is in a must-win situation but throwing blocks at his teammate while ba🔯ttling for the Lucky Dog did not have anyone in the orga🔯nization smiling.
Kyle Larson: 4
After winning the Sꦑpr🧸ing race at Richmond, Larson (like the entire Hendrick team) was out to lunch today.
Christopher Bell: 3
A horrible weekend for Bell, who made a mistake in qualifying and was penalized during the race, where he was nev🎉er a factor.
William Byron: 3
Perhaps the most surprising out♏come today was Byron being such a non-fa⛦ctor as Hendrick struggled.
Michael McDowell: 3
Front R💖ow tried 🐈to go off-strategy to get McDowell some track position, but it didn't work out as he clings to the final Playoff spot.
Ross Chastain: 2
Chastain might not have even been mentioned on the broadcast today, which is becoming a recurrin♏g theme this season.
AJ Allmendinger: 1
Kaulig decided to gamble on letting AJ race at Road America on Friday and Saturday, and delivered a dud today as they fall 22 points 🅘below the Playoff cut line.
Daniel Suarez: 1
For the second week in a row, Suarez saw his day end with a crash. Th🌼e Trackhouse driver was never a factor in the race and is now 34 points below the cut line.