2020 Cup champion Chase Elliott returns to Darlington after successful for the primary time this season in final Sunday’s race at Dover Motor Speedway. Regardless of being winless within the Cup Sequence on the 1.366-mile egg-shaped observe, Elliott gained the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence at Darlington in 2014, his first time racing there.
He gained his first race of the season at Dover Motor Speedway on Monday, giving Hendrick Motorsports drivers 4 for 4 within the file books of wins this season. His teammates Kyle Larson, William Byron and Alex Bowman are already within the playoffs, and it is solely Might.
Elliott spoke on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio this week to debate his season, which included lastly successful his first race at Dover final weekend and becoming a member of his three Hendrick Motorsports teammates at Victory Lane. He was then requested about Darlington and why he selected to compete within the Xfinity Sequence on Saturday.
Within the dialogue, Elliott admitted:
“I really feel like I’ve struggled over there for the final couple of years. Simply haven’t gotten a superb deal with on a path that I need to be in or a selected really feel that I’ve been searching for. And clearly, with this automobile change now, it’s going to be a bit totally different however, such as you say, it’s been a spot that I simply don’t really feel personally I’ve introduced a ton to the desk and I feel that a possibility that got here as much as run the Xfinity Sequence race with JRM on Saturday and I jumped on it as fast as I may as a result of I felt like that was one which I actually wanted. So I’m hopeful that that helps me. I need to get some further laps. I need to attempt to higher our program there on Sunday.”
Chase Elliott’s entrance within the Xfinity Sequence 2022 season at Darlington Raceway
Chase Elliott hopes that the Xfinity Sequence race will help him within the Cup Sequence on Sunday. He additionally believes that a number of the classes he realized in Dover will be utilized to Darlington.
Rain interrupted qualifying on Friday afternoon, placing an finish to Chase Elliott’s aspirations for a robust end and, extra crucially, receiving some observe expertise. Chase Elliott and Brennan Poole had been each disqualified resulting from NASCAR guidelines.
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Elliott’s appearances within the Xfinity Sequence have grow to be more and more uncommon in recent times. He solely raced as soon as final 12 months and completed fourth in Indianapolis. In 2019, he had one other one-off race at Daytona to begin the season, ending tenth.
