4 Takeaways From Chase Elliott's Victory At Texas
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Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, Texas) — Chase Elliott isn’t always known for being a driver who is able to win early in the season. But he’s making 2026 a year when he's capitalizing on opportunities. Elliott earned his second win of 2026. This season, he has notched two victories in the first 11 races, six races earlier than he has ever done in his previous 11 seasons. "I'm proud of our team for that because anytime you can check off new boxes in this sport when you've been doing it for 10-plus years is cool. It's hard to do," Elliott said in his post-race news conference. "It's hard to win. So I'm really proud of our team for that and just proud of the day that we had. It was one of our strongest races that we've had in quite some time." Here are my takeaways: 1. Chase Elliott A Threat While Tyler Reddick has been the talk of the season with five wins, Chase Elliott earning two already has him third in the standings. With the team still figuring out the new Chevrolet body, they might have the most potential for growth. "We just feel like the Toyotas came into the season really hot, and they did some great work over the offseason," four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon said in his post-race news conference as Hendrick Motorsports Vice Chairman. "I want to give them credit. We had a lot of change-over with the new car. We're searching and finding what's going to work. And some tracks, it works good. Some tracks it doesn't." 2. Wrecks Stymie Contenders Contact on pit road foiled a potential race-winning day for Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano, while contact on the track foiled potential race-winning days for Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs. Bell was leading when he got clipped by spinning Todd Gilliland. Briscoe was in the top five when he had contact with Kyle Larson on pit road. In another bizarre pit-road incident, Joey Logano ran into Cole Custer, who had stopped in front of Logano to let Ty Gibbs out of his pit. Gibbs was soon in the garage after slapping the wall f
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Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, Texas) — Chase Elliott isn’t always known for being a driver who is able to win early in the season. But he’s making 2026 a year when he's capitalizing on opportunities. Elliott earned his second win of 2026. This season, he has notched two victories in the first 11 races, six races earlier than he has ever done in his previous 11 seasons. "I'm proud of our team for that because anytime you can check off new boxes in this sport when you've been doing it for 10-plus years is cool. It's hard to do," Elliott said in his post-race news conference. "It's hard to win. So I'm really proud of our team for that and just proud of the day that we had. It was one of our strongest races that we've had in quite some time." Here are my takeaways: 1. Chase Elliott A Threat While Tyler Reddick has been the talk of the season with five wins, Chase Elliott earning two already has him third in the standings. With the team still figuring out the new Chevrolet body, they might have the most potential for growth. "We just feel like the Toyotas came into the season really hot, and they did some great work over the offseason," four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon said in his post-race news conference as Hendrick Motorsports Vice Chairman. "I want to give them credit. We had a lot of change-over with the new car. We're searching and finding what's going to work. And some tracks, it works good. Some tracks it doesn't." 2. Wrecks Stymie Contenders Contact on pit road foiled a potential race-winning day for Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano, while contact on the track foiled potential race-winning days for Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs. Bell was leading when he got clipped by spinning Todd Gilliland. Briscoe was in the top five when he had contact with Kyle Larson on pit road. In another bizarre pit-road incident, Joey Logano ran into Cole Custer, who had stopped in front of Logano to let Ty Gibbs out of his pit. Gibbs was soon in the garage after slapping the wall f
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