In a double-overtime shootout at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday (April 14), Chase Elliott muscled past Ross Chastain to claim his first NASCAR Cup Series win since Talladega Superspeedway in 2022.
The win snapped a 42-race winless streak for NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver.
“Oh, man, it couldn’t feel any better,” Elliott told FOX Sports.
After taking the white flag with a manageable lead over Chastain, Elliott was rewarded the win after Chastain spun off the front of William Byron‘s No. 24 Chevrolet to bring out the yellow flag.
Brad Keselowski, Byron, Tyler Reddick and Daniel Suárez made up the top five behind Elliott. Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Busch and Carson Hocevar completed the top 10.
Stage one ran cordially with one caution for cause following a single-car spin from seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.
Kyle Larson won stage one, his fifth stage win of 2024, over Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin. Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe completed the top five, with Ryan Blaney, Elliott, Michael McDowell, Byron and Wallace rounding out the top 10.
The intensity picked up in stage two with side-by-side racing throughout the top 10 until Bell lost it on the exit of turn 4. Attempting to avoid the slow No. 20 car, Alex Bowman and John Hunter Nemechek collided in the bottom lane, spinning into the grass.
Less than 15 laps later, Hocevar spun off Kyle Busch’s front bumper, bringing out the caution again.
Under the caution, Larson’s right-rear tire came loose and off the car, sending the pole sitter two laps down.
The caution flew quickly after the restart, with Josh Berry spinning into the wall in turn 1. Berry did the same on the following the next restart, ending his day.
On the ensuing restart, McDowell was running second when he lost the rear on the exit of turn 4 and backed it into the wall. That ended the No. 34’s day.
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