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

William Byron: 10
Byron do🌟minated this race, leading 66 of the 90 laps o🐲n his way to his series-high fifth win of the season.
Denny Hamlin: 10
Pole position 🎉and finishing runner-up made for a much better we🥂ekend than he had last week at Indianapolis.
Christopher Bell: 9
A steady race for Bell, who seems to be getting back into a groove after disappꦬearing for much of the summer.
AJ Allmendinger: 8
Most drivers would be happy with a top-five finish but this was AJ's best꧅ hope at punching a ticket into the Playoffs.
Ty Gibbs: 8
A frustrating end to the Xfinity series race yesterday ended with a top-five resℱult 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 cars, he still finished 6th after starting at the bac𓆏k of the꧑ field.
Chris Buescher: 7
Another top-ten result on a road course for Buesch🌳er, who 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 preveꦏnted a top-five fꦿinish.
Ryan Blaney: 8
Considering that he started in the back half of the field and there was only one caution in this race, a top-te🎶n finish was outstanding for Blaney today.
Joey Logano: 8
Finishing right behind his Penske te🍃ammate🌺, this road course race went so much better than last weekend when he nearly took out a quarter of the field.
Todd Gilliland: 8
A brilliant drive for Gilliland, who is quietly one of the be💟tter road cou🌞rse aces in the garage.
Bubba Wallace: 8
The last twᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo weekends for Bubba were all about staying out of trouble and hitting your marks. He did just that, which is why he holds a 32-point cushion 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 sawও this re🦄sult in the cards for Stenhouse.
Kyle Busch: 5
Thꦆe good news is that Kyle managed to fi💧nish 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 Kesel♛owski, who now has both of his cars locked into the Playoffs.
Ross Chastain: 4
Chastain꧙ continues to struggle to find any consisten𝓰cy, or speed.
Kevin Harvick: 6
Harvick acknowledged that they have been horrible on road courses this year but he improved 12 positions in the race and is now locked into the Playoffs with🐬 just 11 races remai🐽ning 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 h🌜ave to win at Daytona next weekend, which is a long shot at best.
Alex Bowman: 3
Bowman was anothe🎐r driver in a must-win scenario and he didn't even come close. After a surprising top-five fᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚinish on the 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 anꦐd Austin Dillon came together on the final lap, battling for 21st position.
Chase Elliott: 1
Elliott needed to win and was running inside the top-ten at arguably h𒁏is 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 week to the lows of a DNF today. McDowell led laps early, won the opening stage, but two penalꩲties on pit road and a blown💙 engine brought an early end to his day.