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.
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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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.