🏁 Elliott Is Back In the Winners Circle

April 15, 2024

Good Morning Race Fans. There are now 6 drivers locked into the Playoffs. Lets discuss what happened yesterday.

CUP RACE RECAP
Elliott Snaps Winless Drought in Double Overtime

Source: Texas Motor Speedway via X

The 2022 Cup Series champion is back in the winners circle for the first time in 42 races after taking the checkered flag in double overtime. In a race that saw a Texas Motor Speedway record of 16 caution flags, drivers struggled to keep the next gen cars from spinning.

Denny Hamlin was leading late in the race when a caution led to an overtime with Elliott and Hamlin on the front row. Hamlin ultimately spun from the outside lane falling to the back of the pack and causing another overtime. Elliott was able to take the lead in 2nd overtime and go on to win.

Kyle Larson started on pole and looked to have the dominant car while leading 77 laps and taking his pole position all the way to a stage 1 win. Then everything changed when the No. 5 cars right rear wheel went flat and completely came off on lap 116 during caution. The dominant No. 5 team faced a 2 lap penalty and was unable to make its way back to the front of the race.

STANDINGS

POS

DRIVER

POINTS

WINS

1

Kyle Larson

335

1

2

Martin Truex Jr

318

0

3

Denny Hamlin

307

2

4

Chase Elliott

303

1

5

William Byron

297

3

6

Ty Gibbs

280

0

7

Ryan Blaney

278

0

8

Tyler Reddick

269

0

9

Bubba Wallace

256

0

10

Christopher Bell

250

1

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NEXT WEEK
Back to Super Speedways

📍Talladega Superspeedway

⏳ Qualifying Saturday at 10:30 a.m. ET

⏰ Race Sunday at 3:00 p.m. ET

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🏁 Last years winners: Kyle Busch (Spring), Ryan Blaney (Fall)

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Till next week 🤙🏼