The final time NASCAR raced at Bowman Grey, Chase Elliott’s Corridor of Fame father Invoice Elliott hadn’t even made his Cup debut but. However in NASCAR’s long-awaited return to the North Carolina observe lovingly dubbed the Madhouse, the youthful Elliott got here away pleased. He was the quickest man in qualifying, received his Saturday warmth race, and took a dominant victory in Sunday’s function race by main 171 of 200 laps on then cramped quarter-mile observe.
“We do not race in stadiums like this,” stated Elliott in his winner’s interview, thanking the offered out crowd of 20,000. “It is simply actually cool. I admire you all making that second particular for me and my staff. That is superior. I do know it isn’t a factors race, however it’s good to win, for positive.
Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, main Warmth #1
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Whereas Sunday’s Final Likelihood Qualifier to fill the ultimate three grid spots was a take-no-prisoners slugfest, the 23 NASCAR Cup drivers who made the lower placed on a a lot tamer predominant occasion. The race noticed a number of heated moments and loads of contact, however stayed largely clear, with solely Chase Briscoe failing to final the total distance.
Whereas Denny Hamlin managed to muscle the lead away from Elliott across the midway level, his keep out entrance did not final lengthy as Elliott snatched it again within the second half. And in the long run, it was Ryan Blaney chasing him down via slower site visitors. Whereas Elliott took benefit of the observe place he had from the drop of the inexperienced flag, Blaney’s race was a really completely different story. He was compelled to fall again on a factors provisional, and began lifeless final. The Workforce Penske driver impressively managed to chop a path ahead, and was able to pounce on Elliott as they reached lapped site visitors.
Nonetheless, there was only one downside with that. A lot of the lapped automobiles they encountered have been Chevrolets who did not put up any resistance as Elliott approached, whereas Blaney struggled to stay involved of the chief.
Whereas Elliott secured the ‘Bobby Allison Memorial Trophy’, Blaney was compelled to accept second and Hamlin third. Joey Logano, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick, Shane van Gisbergen, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top-ten.
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