Canus City, Ear. , Chase eliet Somehow stole the Sunday race on the Cancas Speedway, where he went to the eighth flag from the eighth during the two-lap overtime sprint to earn a place in the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.
This was a wild end for a race that may have been won Denny HamlinWhich dominated and led 159 laps until a wife of late issues denied him in a career win number 60 for Gibbs Racing.
There was late caution in the race – Halin fell at a slow pit at seventh place at a slow speed – which put it Babba Wallace In a position to win the race. For a red-flying stoppage Zen Smith Flipping his car, the final overtime restart and Wallace were caught tightly in the door-to-door battle. Christopher bell For victory.
Halin then did not come from anywhere to catch Neverus, who drives for the team for co-owners with Michael Jordan, and Wallace scored the wall as he tried to catch his boss. Then Elliott suddenly entered the frame and broke Hamlin at the door to get it for his second win of the season.
“What a crazy finish. Hope you all enjoy it. I definitely did,” the most popular driver of Nascar told the crowd after collecting the checker flag.
Elliott joins Ryan Blani Since the two drivers were closed in the third round of the playoffs. After the next week’s race in Concord, North Carolina and Elliot, the ground will be cut from 12 drivers and Elliott said that once he reached the post to win, he was not giving up.
Elliot said, “I was not going to pick up, so I did not know what was going to happen. I felt at the end of the day, it was at that time.” “Wherever I finished, I ended. At that time, we were all committed. In fact, just starting again to stay in the eighth place and somehow win over a green and white checker.
Hamlin finished second and was clearly disappointed with the defeat. The three -time Detona 500 winner is considered the biggest driver who never wins the cup title and requires a win to close his location in the next round of the playoffs. He also has a 60th cup win as a major career goal and is stuck on 59 wins.
He ran the final 50-plus laps with his power steering on Fritz.
“Just super disappointing. I wanted this bad. It would have been 60 for me,” Hamleen said. “Obviously, in fact, really fed up [Wallace]And it just got real tight and we let it go [Elliott] win.
“Man, I wanted it for my father. I wanted it for everyone. Just wanted it a bit very difficult.”
Hamlin was followed by his JGR team colleagues Bell and Chase briskoWhich were third and fourth.
Wallace was injured in fifth place and even though Jeet deepened him in the playoffs in his career, but he focused on how bad his car was in the first race. He was not even upset with Hamlin, and he shook hands with his boss on Pit Road.
“Even a shot with the way we started … you could fool me. We were not good,” Wallace said. “Two years ago I would probably say something dumb [about Hamlin]He is a dumbbus for that step. I do not care whether he is my boss or not. But we are going to win. I hate that we gave it to Chevrolet there. ,
Elliott was the only non-toyrot driver in the top five, in a Chevrolet for Hendric motorcysts.
This is followed by a playoff elimination race in Hybrid Oval/Road Course in Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Kyle Larsen Won a year ago. The playoff fields will be cut from 12 drivers to eight after the next Sunday’s race.
Four drivers are in that race in the danger of playoff elimination Ross chastean, Austin syndricRadic and Wallace.
“Obviously there is only one thing we can do in Charlotte (Win), and that will be focused on us,” Radic said.
