Chase Elliott, NASCAR and Dover Motor Speedway
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On the latest episode of former NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour podcast, he discussed Chase Elliott's pit stop blunder at Dover.
Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team knew from the jump that Sunday\\\"s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway was going to be contested one. Mother Nature at the \"Monster Mile\" certainly proved as such.
Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway got 2.009 million viewers on TNT, per Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal. Viewership dropped 27% during the near hour-long rain delay in Stage 3.
Chase Elliott will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday's Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway after rain canceled Cup practice and qualifying Saturday. The starting lineup was set by the metric, which factors in 70% from the driver's finish the previous weekend and 30% based on the car owner points.
Chase Elliott has been awarded the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports) after qualifying was rained out.
Denny Hamlin went back-to-back at Dover Motor Speedway, holding a late lead through a rain delay and an overtime finish Sunday for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver's series-best fourth victory of the season.
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GPFans on MSNNASCAR Results Today: Dover - Bell and Hamlin denied as Elliott secures early victoryAnd, although the No. 9 did not lead every lap, after surviving a late challenge from the likes of Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin, Elliott converted his pole into the stage win after 120 laps of action. Rounding out the top 10 were Chase Briscoe, Ty Gibbs, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Kyle Larson, who rose 15 spots during the opening stage.
The NASCAR Cup Series hits Dover Motor Speedway for an afternoon race that will also serve as the fourth round of the in-season challenge.