Chase Elliott Continues Strong Start to 2017, Finishes 3rd at Las Vegas
Chase Elliott and the No. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS team posted another impressive run with a third-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Elliott is now third in the NASCAR Cup Series standings after three races, only three points out of the lead.
Elliott took the green flag from the 12th position on Sunday afternoon and quickly made his way into the top 10. Once he cracked the top 10, Elliott remained there for the remainder of the 267-lap event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
By the time the first 80-lap Stage, which was slowed by caution twice, had ended, the second-year driver had advanced into the fifth position to earn six bonus points.
Having pitted in the final 10 laps of the first stage, the No. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet SS team elected not to pit again between stages, allowing Elliott to restart in the fourth position on Lap 88.
The Dawsonville, Georgia native battled in the top five for the duration of Stage 2. When the stage came to a close on Lap 160, Elliott had returned to fourth and picked up seven more points.
Elliott started the final stage in fourth place and remained there for much of the final 107 laps.
After falling to sixth late in the race, Elliott managed to maneuver his way around a last-lap incident to ultimately finish third, collecting the No. 24 team’s second consecutive top-five finish of the season.
Start / Finish: 12th / 3rd
Points Earned: 47
Points Standing / Total: 3rd / 129 points
Next Race: March 19, Camping World 500, Phoenix International Raceway
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Founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984, Hendrick Motorsports is the winningest team in NASCAR Cup Series history. At the sport’s premier level, the organization holds the all-time records in every major statistical category, including championships (14), points-paying race victories (291) and laps led (over 77,000). Headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, the team fields four full-time entries in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by 2020 champion Chase Elliott.