Elliott Collects 12th Top-Ten Finish of the Season at Pocono

Chase Elliott rallied from 29th to 10th in the final stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway to record his 12th top-ten finish of the 2017 season.
Elliott rolled off the grid 13th Sunday afternoon at Pocono Raceway. Despite battling with a tight-handling NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet for the majority of Stage 1, Elliott managed to finish inside the top 10 at the end of the 50-lap stage.
During Stage 2, crew chief Alan Gustafson used pit strategy to set the No. 24 team up for the final stage by calling Elliott to pit road just before the end of the 50-lap stage. The second-year driver ended the second stage in 18th.
Between the second and third stages, Elliott reported to the team that he felt he had a flat tire after possibly running over debris on the track. The NAPA team elected not to take any chances and called Elliott in for four fresh tires. The precautionary pit stop caused Elliott to start the final 60-lap stage in 29th.
Elliott made his charge back towards the front to recover as many lost positions as possible. As competitors made their final green-flag pit stops of the race, Elliott remained on the track. He eventually pitted with 21 laps remaining and returned to the track inside the top 15.
The driver of the No. 24 continued to climb towards the top 10, finding 11th with 12 laps to go. Two laps later, Elliott passed teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to re-enter the top 10 for good.
Elliott took the checkered flag in 10th for his 12th top-10 finish of the season. The result puts him seventh in the NASCAR Cup Series driver point standings with only five races remaining in the regular season.
Start / Finish: 13th / 10th
Points Earned: 28
Points Standing / Total: 7th / 616 points
Next Race: August 6, I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International
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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 (312) and laps led (more than 82,000). It has earned at least one race win in a record 40 different seasons, including an active streak of 39 in a row (1986-2024). 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 driven by 2020 champion Chase Elliott.