NASCAR Chevy Driver Chase Elliott Breaks Winless Streak At Texas 2024: Video

In a wild race at Texas Motor Speedway, Chase Elliott holding off the hard-charging field to win in double Overtime, putting the No. 9 NASCAR Chevy Camaro ZL1 back in Victory Lane for the first time in 42 races.

Elliott was forced to defend the top spot through three late-race restarts, diving away from the field while the pack unraveled in to chaos behind him more than once. Ross Chastain, driver of the No. 1 Camaro, looked like he had a shot at the win on the final restart, but he made contact with William Byron’s No. 24 Camaro and spun out, allowing Elliott to run away with the lead as the yellow-checkered waved, freezing the field.

“Oh man, it couldn’t feel any better,” said Elliott after completing a so-called “Polish victory lap” in which he drove the track making right-hand turns instead of lefts, a homage to the late Alan Kulwicki. In fact, Kulwicki was the last driver to win in a race car sponsored by Hooters on June 14^th, 1992, before Elliott brought the colors back to Victory Lane on Sunday.

Elliott added, “Couldn’t be any more grateful for this journey and the fact, it hasn’t always been fun but certainly I have enjoyed working with our guys. We’ve been working really hard and really well together and that’s always been fun. We’ve enjoyed the fight together.”

The race would have likely gone to Kyle Larson had the No. 5 NASCAR Chevy not lost the right rear wheel while leading. Larson was penalized for a loose wheel, surrendering the race lead and putting an end to what could have been an absolutely dominant day. Even so, Larson currently has the points lead, 21 points ahead of second-place Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 19 Toyota TRD Camry.

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

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