Finally, Fortune Favors Chase Elliott in NASCAR Cup Series Win at Charlotte

Finally, Fortune Favors Chase Elliott in the NASCAR Cup Series Alsco 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 28: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Alsco Uniforms 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28, 2020 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Fortune Favors Chase Elliott at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Alsco 500

Lightning struck near Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday night. Bad luck didn’t, where Chase Elliott was concerned.

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Big NASCAR Truck Series Win for Chase Elliott for a Big Bounty

Big NASCAR Truck Series Win for Chase Elliott for a Big Bounty
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 26: Chase Elliott, driver of the #24 iRacing Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Trucks Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2020, in Concord, North Carolina. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

A Big NASCAR Truck Series Win for Chase Elliott over Kyle Busch nets 100K for Virus Relief

On his first try, the bounty hunter got his prey.

In the closing laps of Tuesday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chase Elliott held off a determined charge from Kyle Busch. In the closing laps, Chase Elliott took the lead to earn the victory and a $100,000 bounty offered to any full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver who could beat Busch.

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A Late Caution Propels Brad Keselowski to Victory in Coca-Cola 600

A Late Caution propels Brad Keselowski to Victory in the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 24: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, 2020, in Concord, North Carolina. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

A late caution set Brad Keselowski up for victory in NASCAR’s longest race—and set Chase Elliott up for a second straight crushing disappointment.

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Post-Darlington 2 Power Ranking

The Post Darlington 2 power ranking takes into account the win for Denny Hamlin.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – MAY 20: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Delivering Strength Toyota, crosses the finish line under caution to later win the rain-shortened NASCAR Cup Series Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 20, 2020, in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Post-Darlington 2, the power ranking for the NASCAR Cup Series reveals a few ups and downs with Denny Hamlin’s win and Chase Elliott’s spin.

The second Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway was an exciting finish. Denny Hamlin was leading the Toyota 500, with Chase Elliott in close pursuit. Suddenly, Kyle Busch nipped the No. 9 car in the rear quarter panel, spinning Elliott around and out of contention. Hamlin wins the rain-shortened race, Busch still finishes second, Kevin Harvick is third, with Brad Keselowski and Erik Jones rounding out the top-five.

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Chase Elliott has Another Great Start, Another Disappointing Finish at Phoenix

Chase Elliott in the FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, March 8, 2020
AVONDALE, ARIZONA – MARCH 08: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 UniFirst Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Cup Series FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 08, 2020, in Avondale, Arizona. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Chase Elliott is once again the victim of Murphy’s Law at Phoenix Raceway

In Friday’s time trials, Elliott won the pole for Sunday’s FanShield 500, marking the eighth straight top-ten start at Phoenix for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Finishing races at the one-mile track, however, has been a problem for Elliott, and that proved true once again in the fourth NASCAR Cup Series event of the 2020 season. Elliott led the first 60 laps and finished second to Kevin Harvick in Stage 1.

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