Chase Elliott in serious trouble for his plans on joining the…

Chase Elliott has had a good season so far, and he made it into the playoffs by winning at Texas. He has multiple top-5 finishes, and that’s what puts him in a safe spot when it comes to the round of 12. Atlanta played in his favor as he came 8th there, scoring some important playoff points. The Watkins Glen race, on the other hand, was a different story. A P19 finish impacted his points and now NASCAR is heading to Bristol for the final round before there are only 12 drivers left.

NASCAR has already raced once at Bristol this year, and Elliott made a top-10 finish there in March. Although he came in at P8, Elliott had a hard time at the track as there was one problem that they did not account for, Graining, because of which Elliott suffered at the race in spring. But this time they want better results.

Ready with an answer, Chase Elliott stated, “Yeah, that’s a good question. I mean, when I think back to the spring race and kind of what transpired there, there were little signs here and there that something was fixing to be different.”

Elliott explained how he and the Hendrick Motorsports team did not pay attention to the graining of the tires as much as they should have. Claiming, “It kind of fixes itself,” he got in the car to finish P8. Elliott added, “So, whatever happened here in the spring—just like things kept snowballing, you know—we ended up running really slow around the racetracks.”

The race became about preserving tires, and that’s the strategy that Elliott went with. He explained, “We weren’t running as fast, probably not laying as much over. It was kind of cool out, so I do think it was a little bit of a perfect storm, but it was a storm that everyone seemed to like, particularly from the competition side at NASCAR. I think they are trying to recreate that”