Chase Elliott mainly says his 2025 season was good however not nice.
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Whereas Elliott completed eighth within the present championship format, he did rating the fourth most factors general from Daytona in February to Phoenix in November, a testomony to the season-long consistency the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports workforce is thought for over the course of the previous three seasons.
There simply hasn’t been sufficient wins for the requirements they set for themselves.
“I believe for us, it was okay at instances, and actually strong at instances, but it surely simply wasn’t nice,” Elliott stated throughout a press convention for his hottest driver award. “We have had some excessive spots right here or there however definitely not as persistently doing that as what we want.”
Qualifying is definitely his largest concern going into the 2026 season. His common beginning place was 16.1 this 12 months down from a profession common of 11.1. This has price him stage factors at instances but additionally positioned his workforce at a pit stall drawback.
“The qualifying factor definitely has been an enormous level of emphasis, all through the course of the season,” Elliott stated. “I felt like we gained on that the final couple of months. We had been far more aggressive in that regard.”
After all, making the playoffs signifies that Elliott is then amongst the final to exit each single week too.
“I really feel like a few of our greatest performances all 12 months actually got here within the final month and a half or so, which was good,” he stated. “It’s all the time enjoyable to finish the season in a great place.”
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