Chase Elliott and his Hendrick Motorsports team used a masterful tire strategy and avoided the on-track melees to win Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Elliott, making his first start of the season with Hendrick’s No. 17 Chevrolet team, struggled from the start but was among a handful of teams that held a set of four new tires late into the race. A caution for a spin by Ryan Ellis sent most teams down pit road on lap 171 of 200 but most did not have a complete set of new tires. Elliott did and with 17 laps remaining, he powered around Mayer – who was on scuff tires – to take the lead for the first time.
After cutting a tire, Hill appeared to stay in the gas and connected to Custer before eventually spinning out Custer’s No. 00 Ford on the backstretch. Elliott led Mayer, Jones and Busch on the restart with 12 to go. Jones quickly moved into second to challenge Elliott one lap later. CLA DRIVER # MANUFACTURER LAPS TIME INTERVAL PITS POINTS 1 C. ElliottHENDRICK MOTORSPORTS 17 Chevrolet 200 2:36'27.100 6 2 B. JonesJR MOTORSPORTS 9 Chevrolet 200 +0.500 2:36'27.600 0.500 12 42 3 S.
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