2023 Bristol Food City Dirt Race Driver Ratings
Christopher Bell: 10
Bell has clearly been the best driver in the JGR stable for the last couple of years, and now he could be in the midst of a breakout season.
Tyler Reddick: 10
He may have come up one spot short, but Reddick now has a ton of momentum after getting his season off to a slow start.
Austin Dillon: 9
This was an impressive result for Dillon, who is one of the forgotten dirt racers in the field.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 8
The veteran dirt racer and Daytona 500 champion scored his best result of the season since the Great American Race.
Chase Briscoe: 7
Briscoe ran up front for most of the night but found the wall late in the race on his own, then spun Ryan Blaney on the last restart.
Justin Haley: 8
The driver that no one ever talks about scored yet another under-the-radar top-ten.
Martin Truex Jr: 8
This was somewhat of a surprise, but kudos to Truex and the No. 19 team for a very strong run.
Todd Gilliland: 8
Another top-ten for Gilliland, who continues to show his true potential in this series.
Kevin Harvick: 7
He was never up contending for the race lead, but Harvick performed well in his final dirt race.
Michael McDowell: 8
Credit to Front Row Motorsports for having both of their cars inside the top ten.
Ty Gibbs: 8
The rookie did well, just missing out on a top-ten finish.
Bubba Wallace: 7
Aside from his spin early in the race, it was a good weekend for Bubba, who won his Heat race last night.
William Byron: 7
The hottest driver in the series was cooled down a bit tonight, partly because of hard contact early in the race.
Brad Keselowski: 5
It was a brutal night for Keselowski, who spun multiple times.
Chris Buescher: 5
Much like his owner/teammate above, it was just not a great night for RFK Racing.
Austin Cindric: 6
Expectations may have been slightly higher, but it was a rough night for all three Penske drivers.
Denny Hamlin: 7
A mediocre night quickly went south with a late spin. He was clearly the slowest of the four JGR cars.
Ryan Blaney: 8
A potential solid finish went out the window on the final restart when he was spun up front by Briscoe.
Ryan Preece: 4
Preece has already been struggling this season, and did himself no favors tonight by trying to extract some revenge on Kyle Larson.
Daniel Suarez: 5
He was taken out late in the race but Suarez was never in the ballpark anyway.
Ross Chastain: 5
Much like his Trackhouse teammate, Chastain had nothing for the rest of the field tonight.
Alex Bowman: 5
Known for his prowess on dirt, more was expected of Bowman in this event.
Kyle Busch: 8
He ran strong for most of the night, until a mechanical issue took the defending race winner out of contention.
Kyle Larson: 8
Larson dominated the opening stage and had the race well in hand until Preece put him into the wall intentionally, multiple times.
Joey Logano: 3
It just wasn’t Joey’s night, as he was collected in multiple incidents and penalized on pit road.
