Chase Elliott ended his 42-game winning streak Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway. This was a big win for Elliott, who missed the 2023 playoffs without a win. The No. 9 car’s last winning driver came in 2022 at Talladega Superspeedway. But Elliott’s victory means more than a return to winning ways. According to NBC Sports, Elliott’s win at Texas moved him closer to the modern-day NASCAR record for most consecutive wins at any track. Elliott’s winning streak now stands at 13 races, less than the 14-race record set by Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson.
Elliott’s winning streak dates back to 2020 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The record for most consecutive wins at any track dates back to NASCAR’s founding and is held by Richard Petty at 21 races. Elliott’s next chance to break the modern NASCAR record will come on May 5th at Kansas Speedway.
The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion’s first chance to break the record will come on May 12 at Darlington Raceway. Chase Elliott talks about ending NASCAR winning streak in Texas in 2024
Chase Elliott’s winning streak has finally come to an end.
Elliott’s 42-race winless streak at Texas Motor Speedway came to an end after winning the AutoTrader Echo Park Automotive 400 trophy. The driver of the No. 9 car outpaced his rivals on multiple restarts and took the checkered flag when the driver behind him, Ross Chastain, crashed. After the event, Elliott was asked about the self-doubt that creeps up on him when he doesn’t win a race. The Hendrick Motorsports driver talked about the history of his own winning streak and why breaking it now is truly special. “Yeah, it’s definitely very difficult.
I think the longer it goes on, the more opportunities you have to not run well or lose the race and it can get harder,” Elliott said. . “Honestly, for me, this trip and everything that’s happening today is because of the people who were sitting in Room 9 in that Monday morning meeting. It starts with [Crew Chief Alan Gustafson] As I said earlier, when things don’t go well, it’s very easy for people to jump ship and do something else, like go somewhere else. That’s exactly what it is. It happens often. ” “For me, and fortunately for our entire group, it was very important to climb this mountain and try again together to get back to where we need to be as a group. We are not all together But there are still a lot of people who were on our team for most of my nine years. This is very special.” It’s been a tough year and a half for Elliott, but he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Champion has qualified for the playoffs and can now focus on accumulating more points. Elliott will be fighting for more wins in 2024, but winning at Texas is far more important than most, if not all, of his races this year.
