.chaseelliott had a chance to point his way into the playoffs, but that's likely over now after crashing out early at MISpeedway. NASCAR He will have to win one of the next three races.
, who missed several races earlier this season due to injury and a one-race suspension, was running seventh in Sunday’s race when he had a rear tire go down, spun and slammed into the Turn 2 wall.Chevrolet that it knocked him out of the race, which left him with a 36th-place finish.
Elliott, 27, was still mathematically in contention to make the 16-driver playoffs on points coming into the weekend but needed a string of strong runs in the final four regular season races to do so.“I hate that happened. It’s really early in the day to have a tire blow like that, it’s really weird,” Elliott said. “Bummer, but not surprised.
“Not at all,” Elliott said when asked if there was any warning. “Obviously, we stayed out but I didn’t feel like I was being hard on it.Elliott said his playoff situation never changed from that he believed was the case when he returned from his injury – that he would need to win.With the road course at Watkins Glen, Indy and the superspeedway of Daytona still to go, Elliott certainly has favorable tracks ahead on which he could win his first race of the year and lock himself into the playoffs.
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