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With two races in the rearview mirror in 2024, Hendrick Motorsports ace speedster and NASCAR’s golden boy, Chase Elliott, hasn’t been able to accomplish what he set out for—to redeem himself of last season’s dismal performance and enthrall the fanbase with a solid comeback. And as we near another race weekend, the #9 driver feels like a lot of it falls on him.
Frontstretch’s Michael Massie, among other media members, spoke with Chase Elliott about his early struggles in 2024 while his other teammates have had some success. In fact, the 2020 Cup Series champion also gets blunt, saying that the intermediate track at Las Vegas has never been his best track. Despite that, the driver is optimistic that he will get the desired result for the work he and his team have put in.
“This has been our worst track” – Chase Elliott gets real about Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Ever since his snowboarding accident last year in March, Chase Elliott seems like he is not the same driver he used to be. The #9 driver is yet to regain winning form and is looking to find that rhythm to reclaim his throne as NASCAR’s best driver. With the season-opening at Daytona, all Elliott could do was manage a P14 finish at the 2.5-mile speedway and a P16 finish at his home track in Atlanta.
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As the Cup Series extravaganza reaches the desert in Las Vegas, Elliott makes a candid confession, revealing that the intermediate track has never been his favorite track and taking the blame all on himself while lauding his team for their stellar performances. In fact, the mile-and-a-half race track in the desert at Las Vegas has never been Chase Elliott’s best.
Out of the 13 starts at the venue, Elliott was caught up in accidents three times and is yet to win a single race at the mile-and-a-half tri-oval. His last best finish came in 2021 when his #9 HMS Chevy crossed the finish line as the second-fastest despite starting 11th. Reflecting on this, he said, “They’ve run really well out here the whole time really ever since I’ve been in HMS this has been a really solid track for you know for Hendrick as a whole so yeah we’ve certainly dove into every avenue and trying to be better and you know I think a lot of it falls on me and just how I attack the racetrack and how I drive the car.”
