Chase Elliott shines to win at Road America
Field Level Media
05 Jul 2021, 08:19 GMT+10
A lousy starting position proved to be no problem for Chase Elliott as the road-racing ace deftly worked his way up through the field, took the lead for the first time on Lap 38 and drove to victory in Sunday s Jockey Made in America 250 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Road racing ace?
Oh yeah, the victory at the Road America road circuit which hosted its first Cup event since 1956 was the Hendrick Motorsports star s seventh in a Cup car and his sixth in his last eight starts.
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Even a start near the back of the pack couldn’t prevent Chase Elliott from continuing his uncanny success on road courses.
Elliott started in the 34th position but still found a way to win the NASCAR Cup Series at Road America on Sunday to wrap up a playoff spot. The 25-year-old Hendrick Motorsports has seven career Cup Series victories on road courses, putting him in sole possession of third place in NASCAR history. Chase Elliott (9) celebrates his victory in a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, July 4, 2021, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Elliott wins at Road America to start new Hendrick streak
Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America on Sunday to continue his uncanny success on road courses and wrap up a playoff spot.
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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) Even a start near the back of the pack couldn’t prevent Chase Elliott from continuing his uncanny success on road courses.
Elliott started in the 34th position but still found a way to win the NASCAR Cup Series at Road America on Sunday to wrap up a playoff spot. The 25-year-old Hendrick Motorsports has seven career Cup Series victories on road courses, putting him in sole possession of third place in NASCAR history.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) â Immediately after the bombshell announcement that Justin Marks had purchased Chip Ganassi’s NASCAR team, the outgoing owner took the soon-to-be new boss back to the shop to address a room full of anxious employees.
âIt was important to me to get in front of people and look them in the eye,” Marks told The Associated Press. “I told them, âI am here because I love racing and there are a lot of good things happening in this building and I am going to work hard to preserve as much of that as possible.ââ
The work begins next week for the co-owner of Trackhouse Racing, who struggled to find a charter for the team’s first year of competition and balked at paying the escalating costs of NASCAR’s equivalent of a franchise. Kaulig Racing last month bought a pair of charters for what the industry believes to be at least $10 million apiece, and after crunching the numbers, Marks just couldn’t justify the spend.