Chase Elliott wins the Conflict, holding off Blaney

The final time NASCAR raced at Bowman Grey, Chase Elliott’s Corridor of Fame father Invoice Elliott hadn’t even made his Cup debut but. However in NASCAR’s long-awaited return to the North Carolina observe lovingly dubbed the Madhouse, the youthful Elliott got here away completely satisfied. He was the quickest man in qualifying, received his Saturday warmth race, and took a dominant victory in Sunday’s function race by main 171 of 200 laps on then cramped quarter-mile observe.

“We do not race in stadiums like this,” mentioned Elliott in his winner’s interview, thanking the bought out crowd of 20,000. “It is simply actually cool. I recognize you all making that second particular for me and my crew. That is superior. I do know it isn’t a factors race, however it’s good to win, for certain.

Whereas Sunday’s Final Probability Qualifier to fill the ultimate three grid spots was a take-no-prisoners slugfest, the 23 NASCAR Cup drivers who made the lower placed on a a lot tamer important occasion. The race noticed a number of heated moments and loads of contact, however stayed largely clear, with solely Chase Briscoe failing to final the total distance.

Denny Hamlin did handle to muscle the lead away from Elliott across the midway level, however his keep out entrance did not final lengthy, as Elliott snatched it again within the second half.

Late laps noticed Ryan Blaney chasing Elliott via slower visitors. Whereas Elliott took benefit of getting pole place, Blaney solely made the lower because the twenty third automobile because of a 2024 factors provisional.

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The Staff Penske driver managed to elbow his method ahead over the course of the race, trailing Elliott as they reached lapped visitors. Most of these lapped vehicles have been Chevrolets, although — they did not put up any resistance as Elliott approached, however Blaney didn’t discover it really easy to get by.

Elliott secured the Conflict’s Bobby Allison Memorial Trophy and the large test, Blaney took second, and Hamlin third. Joey Logano, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick, Shane van Gisbergen, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top-ten.