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Elliott In No. 9 Nascar Chevy Scores Fourth Straight Top 2 Finish At New Hampshire 2022: Video

Chase Elliott put the No. 9 Nascar Chevy in Victory Lane at Nashville a few weeks back, then finished second at Road America the week after before winning yet again last week at Atlanta. Elliott continued his dominating performance on Sunday at New Hampshire, finishing second to score his fourth consecutive Cup Series finish in the top two.

Elliott’s No. 9 Chevy Camaro ZL1, who started second, suffered a mistake during a pit stop during Stage 2 that forced him to restart outside the top 20. He quickly fought back through traffic and came into contention after during Stage 3, passing the No. 22 Ford Mustang of Joey Logano and the No. 45 Toyota TRD Camry of Kurt Busch. He led 13 laps, but fell victim to the No. 20 Toyota TRD Camry of Christopher Bell, who didn’t look back once he passed Elliott’s No. 9 Camaro, eventually winning the race.

“I feel like just a poor run of execution on my end in the last run,” said Elliott after the race. “It took me a while to get past Joey [Logano] and the 45 [Busch] and I had to run harder than I wanted to. Just made a couple mistakes and couldn’t get much breathing room.”

Meanwhile, while under caution during Stage 2, a bizarre incident unfolded between the No. 3 Nascar Chevy of Austin Dillon and the No. 6 Mustang of Brad Keselowski. Dillon appeared to slam Keselowski in frustration after the two raced side-by-side for several laps. Keselowski retaliated and threw the No. 6 Mustang into the side of the No. 3 Camaro, understandably upset by the contact. It’s not clear what led to this particular incident, but Dillon said it was a long time coming. “We’ve gone at it a couple times the last two years,” he said of Keselowski. “One time, I hit really hard. So, just don’t like the way certain people race me.”

Toyotas dominated the race, with polesitter Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 19 Camry leading a race-high 172 laps, and Bell’s No. 20 Camry led 42 laps on his way to victory. Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Nascar Ford Mustang placed fifth.

Nascar Cup Series Race Results, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, July 17, 2022
Finish Start Car Number Driver Team Laps Run Laps Led Car
1 5 20 Christopher Bell Rheem/WATTS Toyota 301 42 Toyota TRD Camry
2 2 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 301 13 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
3 4 23 Bubba Wallace Draft Kings Toyota 301 0 Toyota TRD Camry
4 1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Interstate Batteries Toyota 301 172 Toyota TRD Camry
5 10 4 Kevin Harvick GEARWRENCH Ford 301 0 Ford Mustang
6 14 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 301 0 Toyota TRD Camry
7 9 6 Brad Keselowski Kohler Generators Ford 301 0 Ford Mustang
8 18 1 Ross Chastain Worldwide Express Chevrolet 301 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
9 19 99 Daniel Suarez SLAM! Chevrolet 301 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
10 3 45 Kurt Busch SiriusXM Radio Toyota 301 40 Toyota TRD Camry
11 6 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 301 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
12 17 18 Kyle Busch DeWalt Toyota 301 0 Toyota TRD Camry
13 28 2 Austin Cindric # Autotrader Ford 301 0 Ford Mustang
14 8 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
15 29 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 300 6 Ford Mustang
16 20 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Gold Fish Casino Slots Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
17 16 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 300 0 Ford Mustang
18 11 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Libman Ford 300 0 Ford Mustang
19 22 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
20 25 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
21 13 8 Tyler Reddick Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
22 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Minute Rice Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
23 30 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet 300 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
24 12 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 300 25 Ford Mustang
25 26 38 Todd Gilliland # Chicago Pneumatic Compressors Ford 300 0 Ford Mustang
26 31 21 Harrison Burton # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 300 3 Ford Mustang
27 23 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 300 0 Ford Mustang
28 15 34 Michael McDowell FloRacing Ford 299 0 Ford Mustang
29 33 15 JJ Yeley(i) Adirondack Tree Surgeons Ford 299 0 Ford Mustang
30 36 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 297 0 Ford Mustang
31 7 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 282 0 Ford Mustang
32 21 7 Corey LaJoie Built.com Chevrolet 88 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
33 35 42 Ty Dillon Allegiant Chevrolet 5 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
34 34 77 Josh Bilicki(i) Zeigler Auto/Ditec Marine Chevrolet 5 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
35 27 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 4 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
36 32 78 BJ McLeod(i) MyMochi Ice Cream Ford 4 0 Ford Mustang

# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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  1. I just hope Chevy gets back on track and WINS more. They gave this one away. At least it’s the young GUNS not the “Old Farts” Time for the young to move up to leadership.

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