Saturday’s 50-minute NASCAR Cup follow at Iowa Speedway featured only one incident, involving Chase Elliott. Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, and perennially ranked as NASCAR’s hottest driver, spun out and hit the wall with 27 minutes left within the follow.
After 30 laps of follow, Elliott spun whereas working the second lane by means of Turns 1 and a couple of. The automobile appeared to backside out simply earlier than shedding management, and the monitor is ready for a repave earlier than its 2027 race on the Fourth of July. Elliott reported harm to each the left rear and left entrance, with seen scars on the physique of his No. 9 Chevrolet.
Watch: In-car: Elliott bottoms out in Iowa follow earlier than spin
He managed to drive the automobile again to the pits, and shortly returned to the monitor after the HMS workforce took a take a look at it. He ran one other 30 laps, slotting in thirtieth on the time sheets.
In qualifying, Elliott was nicely off the tempo, timing in thirty second. The workforce made extra intensive repairs after qualifying, and he’ll go to the rear of the sphere due to that.
Elliott completed eleventh at Iowa one 12 months in the past, and is in want of a constructive weekend. Regardless of being the one Hendrick driver to go to Victory Lane in the course of the 2026 season, he’s presently dealing with a streak of eight consecutive races with no prime ten end.
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